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Cayuga Bird Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 1996

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club," which provides an early history of the Club and was probably published in Bird Lore; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement. Also, newsletters, 1989-1997, by-laws, newspaper clippings, membership lists, and receipts.

Dates

  • 1913-1997.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Cayuga Bird Club was founded ca. 1913. Its first secretary was Arthur A. Allen; Louis Agassiz Fuertes served as the first president. Charter members included Liberty Hyde Bailey, Martha Van Rensselaer, Prof. William A. Stocking, Mynderse Van Cleef, and Prof. Walter F. Willcox.

Extent

1.4 cubic feet. (1.4 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material concerning the Cayuga Bird Club. Includes the club's constitution (ca. 1913) and papers of incorporation (1914); Arthur Allen's article "Cayuga Bird Club"; and correspondence of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the club's first president, including letters to him from Jared T. Newman concerning Renwick Woodland improvement.

PROVENANCE

The papers of the Cayuga Bird Club were part of the original Arthur A. Allen accession.

RELATED MATERIAL

Related collections: Hugh Daniel Reed Papers, #21\18\33 and Arthur A. Allen Papers, #21\18\1255.

Physical Description

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, clippings, photographs, and printed material.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Janet Hodgson
Date completed:
July 1973
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, January 2002
Date modified:
RMC Staff, October 2012
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Janet Hodgson
Date
January 2002
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)