Ottumwa Bird Club meeting minutes, January 4, 1945
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Administrative records
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Ornithology--Societies, etc Meetings Zoological specimens
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1945-01-04
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Meeting minutes from the Ottumwa Bird Club, January 4, 1945 reporting on an "indoor hike" at the meeting using study skins 48 species of birds loaned by the Iowa Department of History and Archives.
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Ottumwa Bird Club
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Ottumwa
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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16
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More Gray Jays in Iowa
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Bird watching Birds--Behavior Zoological specimens
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1976-08-01
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1977-02-28
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report on Gray Jays sighted in Iowa in the fall of 1976 and winter of 1976/77 by Nicholas, S Halmi. This document was written as a response to an article by Gladys Black that was published in the Des Moines Register. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of spring 1977.
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Halmi, Nicholas S.
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Gray Jay
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Cedar Falls Decorah Mason City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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1
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Blum bird collection near Terril
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Reports Drafts (documents)
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Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1934-03-09
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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This document is a report describing a mounted bird collection. Philip DuMont describes a private collection of 74 mounted birds secured by Clifford Blum, listing some noteworthy specimens. This report was included in the article "Private bird collections in Iowa" published in Iowa Bird Life vol. 5, no. 3.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Scarlet Tanager Snow Goose American Golden Plover Common Pheasant
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Terril
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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5
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Iowa birds collected during 1934
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Reports
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Birds--Collection and preservation Zoological specimens
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1934-01-01
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1934-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report listing bird specimens collected. This report submitted by Philip DuMont lists the specimens he collected during 1934. These birds, eggs and nests are stored in his home in Des Moines with the exception of some specimens that were forwarded to Myron Swenk at the University of Nebraska for study.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Northern Flicker Grasshopper Sparrow Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Song Sparrow Black-billed Magpie Common Redpoll Dark-eyed Junco Horned Lark Eastern Screech-Owl
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Clay County Des Moines Emmet County Kossuth County Polk County Sioux County
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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2
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23
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Data on Iowa Red-tailed Hawks
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Research notes
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Bird surveys Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1932-01-01
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1933-12-31
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Research notes compiled from 1932-1933. In these notes Philip DuMont compiled a detailed list of all the Red-tailed Hawk specimens he could find in Iowa, classifying them by subspecies.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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5
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8
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Report on a revised birds of Iowa
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Reports Drafts (documents)
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Bird watching Bird watching--Guidebooks Birds--Identification Ornithology--Methodology Zoological specimens
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N/A
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Report for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. In this report Philip DuMont asks for help in substantiating which species should be included in his list of Iowa birds that he will submit as a thesis at the University of Iowa. This report is a draft of the note published in Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 1.
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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5
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10
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Philip DuMont letter to Joseph Grinnell regarding Savannah Sparrow identification, November 6, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1933-11-06
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to Joseph Grinnell dated November 6, 1933. DuMont asks for assistance in correctly identifying Savannah Sparrow specimens and mentions that the Revised list of the birds of Iowa should be available in about two weeks. This document is answered by a letter from Grinnell: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3551/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Nebraska North Dakota Herschel Island Alberta Manitoba Utah
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Joseph Grinnell letter to Philip DuMont regarding Savannah Sparrow identification, November 17, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1933-11-17
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Joseph Grinnell to Philip DuMont dated November 17, 1933. Grinnell gives his opinion on the subspecies of some Savannah Sparrow specimens and mentions that Savannah Sparrow classification may soon be revised. This document is in response to a letter from Dumont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3550/view
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Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939
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Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Lake Athabasca
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to James Peters regarding Sparrow identification, November 23, 1933
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1933-11-23
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to James Peters dated November 23, 1933. DuMont asks for assistance in correctly identifying Savannah Sparrow specimens and verifying Grasshopper Sparrow specimens. This document is answered by a letter from Peters: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3553/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Nebraska North Dakota Herschel Island Alberta Manitoba Utah California
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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James Peters letter to Philip DuMont regarding Sparrow identification, January 2, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens Families
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1934-01-02
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from James Peters to Philip DuMont dated January 2, 1934. Peters informs Philip DuMont that he has not finished reviewing the Sparrow specimens sent to him, but gives a preliminary assessment. Included with this letter is a letter from Janetta DuMont, who is forwarding Philip DuMont's mail, discussing the DuMont family's activities around Christmas. This document is in response to a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3552/view This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3554/view
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DuMont, Janetta A. Peters, James Lee, 1889-1952
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Herschel Island
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Philip DuMont letter to James Peters regarding Savannah Sparrow specimens, May 16, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-05-16
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to James Peters dated May 16, 1934. DuMont sends more Savannah Sparrow specimens to Peters for review, and discusses some birds he has recently sighted in Iowa. This document is in response to a letter from Peters: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3553/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Marbled Godwit Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Hudsonian Godwit Red-necked Phalarope Dark-eyed Junco Common Starling
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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5
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Philip DuMont letter to James Peters regarding Sparrow specimens, October 1, 1934
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Correspondence
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Bird watching--Guidebooks Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-10-01
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from Philip DuMont to James Peters dated October 1, 1934. DuMont asks Peters if he has finished reviewing the Sparrow specimens yet, and asks for the specimens back since he is preparing to publish the 2nd edition of the "Revised list of the birds of Iowa". This document is answered by a letter from Peters: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3556/view
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DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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5
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19
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James Peters letter to Philip DuMont regarding Sparrow specimens, October 8, 1934
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Correspondence
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Birds--Identification Ornithology--Study and teaching Birds--Classification Zoological specimens
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1934-10-08
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N/A
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Letter from James Peters to Philip DuMont dated October 8, 1934. Peters tells DuMont that the Sparrow specimens will be returned to him in a few days and that they will all be identified with labels. This document is in response to a letter from DuMont: https://avian.lib.iastate.edu/documents/3555/view
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Peters, James Lee, 1889-1952
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Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow
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Iowa Herschel Island
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Philip A. Dumont Papers | MS 153
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Sabula, 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Fowling Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1895-11-16
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1998-04-11
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records committee review for a Pacific Loon at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on November 15, 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of a specimen, correspondence about the sighting from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the bird sighting, notes about the specimen, an article in Iowa Bird Life about the specimen, the original sighting record found in the publication Iowa Ornithologist 2:73. by H.J. Giddings seen by W. Eldridge, and referenced by six other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Sabula
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Burlington circa 1895
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Ornithological illustration Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1894-12-31
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1994-11-04
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Pacific Loon at Burlington, IA, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, around 1895. Includes a record review document with votes, photographs of the specimen, notes about the specimen, two letters about the sighting from George Schrimper to Ronald E. Goetz, a letter from Ronald Goetz to Tom Kent, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 2:43-51 by C.C. Nutting seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in four other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Pacific Loon at Sabula, 1899
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1899-11-26
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Red-throated Loons at Sabula in Jackson County, IA on November 26, 1899. Includes a record review document with votes, comments by the IOU Records Committee on the sighting, the original sighting record found in the publication The Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by H.J. Giddings, and referenced by two later publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Pacific Loon
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Sabula
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird circa 1896
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1896-01-01
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1993-08-16
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at La Porte City in Black Hawk County, IA around 1896. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Note in Iowa Ornithologist 2:34 by Morton E. Peck, and referenced in two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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La Porte City
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in 1903
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Hunting Zoological specimens
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1903-08-01
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1996-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Magnificent Frigatebird at Burlington in Des Moines County, IA in August 1903. Includes a record review document with votes, request for reconsideration of record, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson seen by Paul Bartsch, and referenced in three other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Magnificent Frigatebird
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Burlington
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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15
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Snowy Egret at Elk Lake in 1934
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Field notes
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Birds--Identification Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1934-07-24
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1996-04-24
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for two Snowy Egrets at Elk Lake in Clay County, IA on July 24, 1934. Includes a record review document with votes, a request for reconsideration, a letter from Jim Dinsmore to Department of Animal Ecology in Iowa State University, the original sighting record found in the publication Little Blue Herons in Iowa in Iowa Bird Life 5:13 by Logan J. Bennett, and referenced in another publication.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Snowy Egret
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Elk Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at McGregor in 1905
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1905-09-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at McGregor in Clayton County, IA during September 1905. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont .
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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McGregor
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Boone County before 1907
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1907-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Boone County, IA before 1907. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication Birds of Iowa by Rudolph Martin Anderson identified by Carl Fritz Henning, and referenced in two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Boone County
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Dickinson County circa 1917
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes
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Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1917-01-01
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Lake Okoboji in Dickinson County, IA around 1917. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Revised List of Birds of Iowa by Philip A. DuMont in the Harry Tennant Collection.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Okoboji Lake
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union | MS 166
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in 1954
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Behavior Birds--Identification Ciconiiformes | Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks Threskiornithidae | Ibises Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1954-04-10
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1993-08-26
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for an Ibis species at Swan Lake in Johnson County, IA on August 10, 1954. Includes a record review document with votes and the original sighting record found in the publication Glossy Ibis at Swan Lake in Iowa Bird life 24:80 written by Alfred W. Meyer with a photograph by Frederick W. Kent, seen by Alfred W. Meyer. Specimen collected by Walter C. Thietje.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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Swan Lake
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for White-faced Ibis at Rippey in 1891
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Zoological specimens
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1891-04-01
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1997-08-23
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a White-faced Ibis out of a flock of thirteen at Rippey in Greene County, IA on April of 1891. Includes a record review document with votes, a photograph, the original sighting record found in the publication Report of the committee on state Fauna in Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 1(3):39-42 by Charles C. Nutting seen by Benjamin F. Osborn, and referenced by two other publications.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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White-faced Ibis
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Rippey
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Records Committee review for rare bird sighting for Black Vulture at Perry in 1933
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Administrative records Clippings (information artifacts) Field notes Photographs
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Birds--Identification Photography of birds Rare birds Zoological specimens Taxidermy
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1933-12-01
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1994-02-03
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Manuscript, graphic, and printed material
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Records Committee review for a Black Vulture at Perry in Dallas County, IA on September 17, 1933. Includes a record review document with votes, the original sighting record found in the publication The Black Vulture in Dallas County Iowa by H.R. Dill , and a photograph of the specimen by Thomas Kent.
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Iowa Ornithologists' Union Records Committee
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American black vulture
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Perry
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