Arthur A. Allen papers

Collection — Box: 180

Identifier: 21-18-1255

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers consist largely of professional correspondence, his notes as a student, course and departmental files, field notes and bird observation charts, manuscripts of his articles and books, unpublished papers and reprints by other ornithologists, tape recordings, phonograph records and recordmasters, slides, glass plate negatives, half-tone printing blocks, lantern slides, photographs and films; topics documented include bird-banding, bird identification, slide and record sales, advice to prospective and former graduate students, lecture engagements and tours, professional meetings of organizations such as the American Ornithologists' Union and the American Game Association (American Game Protective and Propogation Association), his expeditions to Panama, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Mexico and Alaska, wildlife conservation and game management, his friendship with Louis Agassiz Fuertes, his fifteen-year study of the raising of the ruffed grouse in captivity, his study of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the acquisition, design, building, and operation of the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University. Also included are personal papers, primarily correspondence with Elsa Guerdrum, whom he married in 1913, as well as correspondence with other family members, and genealogical tables of the Allen family.

Dates

1899 - 1968
Majority of material found within 1899 - 1964

Creator

Allen, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1885-1964. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access restricted to the permission of Prudence and Chris Allen.

Restrictions on use:

For commercial use of the papers, a royalty will be required which will be deposited to a fund created to encourage study in the use of photography, avian behavior, or for the history of ornithology.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Arthur Augustus Allen graduated from Cornell University in 1907, received an M.A. in 1908 and a Ph.D. in 1911. He served as professor of ornithology at Cornell University from 1916 until his appointment as professor emeritus in 1953. In 1919, he taught the first wildlife conservation course in the United States. Allen wrote for Magazines and journals, and authored several books, including The Book of Bird Life, 1930; American Bird Biographies, 1934; Ornithological Laboratory Notebook, 1936, 1941; The Golden Plover and Other Birds, 1939; as well as phonograph records and book sets from 1940 to 1964.

Extent

66 cubic feet. (66 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers consist largely of Allen's professional correspondence and his work in the field of ornithology.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Biographical Materials

Personal Documents Boxes 1-3, 183 and map case

Allen Family Genealogy Box 4 and map case

Personal Photographs Box 4

Personal Papers - Children Box 4

Personal Correspondence Boxes 5-13

Business Correspondence Boxes 14-27, 181

Series II. Professional Correspondence

General Boxes 28-99

Daily File Boxes 100-104

Professional Engagements Boxes 105-115

Louis Agassiz Fuertes Box 116

Grouse Boxes 117-119

Series III. Journals

Field Notes Box 120

Study and Expedition Journals Box 120

Series IV. Organizations Box 120

Series V. Wildlife Refuge Creation Boxes 121-122

Series VI. Manuscripts and Reprints by Arthur Allen

By Title: A-G Box 122

By Title: H-N Box 123

By Title: O-Z Box 124

Miscellaneous Box 124

Series VII. Teaching and Cornell University

Course Outlines and Lecture Notes Boxes 124-127

College of Agriculture Related Records Boxex 127, 128, 167-173

Series VIII. Radio Talks

Series IX. Papers and Reprints by Others

By Last Name of Author: A-D Box 129

By Last Name of Author: D-H Box 130

By Last Name of Author: H, J-P Box 131

By Last Name of Author: P, S-U, W Box 132

Series X. Photographic and Motion Picture Materials

Photographs and Some Sketches Boxes 133-139, 181, 182 and map case

Motion Picture Film Clips Boxes 140-154

Videos VHS and DVD

Glass Plate Negatives Boxes 155, 156, 161, 166, 176-179

Glass Slides Boxes 162, 165

Series XI. Phonographic Records and Sound Recordings

Phonographic Record Booklets Box 157

Phonograph Records Boxes 160, 174

Tape Recordings Boxes 158-160

RELATED MATERIALS

Described in DOCUMENTATION NEWSLETTER, Vol. III, No. 2, Fall 1977.

See also the Elsa Guerdrum Allen papers, #21-18-1362, http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMA01362.

Physical Description

Audio Recordings, Correspondence, Movie Film, Photographs, Publications, Research Materials

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:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: 1989
EAD encoding:: Evan Fay Earle, July 2007
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, November 2018

General

A copy of the printed guide is available by clicking here. (Searchable PDF)

General

The paper guide contains a more detailed listing of the names found in the correspondence in the collection. Not all the material in the collection is covered by the PDF guide.

General

Page numbers below refer to the page number of the entire document and are not the number printed on the original page.

Introduction, collection arrangement, box overview, directions, abbreviations used. - Pages 1-31. Note that Tape recordings are now in Boxes 148-160 and glass plate negatives are in Box 161.
List of some glass plate negatives - Pages 32 - 47
Alphabetical subject index - Pages 48 - 665. Use this to search for individual names not found in the online guide.