William Dunlap Sargent falconry papers

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Identifier: 21-18-1314

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence from the 1930s and 1940s concerning falconry, including letters to a young falconer (1947-1948) with much information on the sport; research and manuscripts on falcons, hawks and other birds containing locations of eyries, articles, notes and illustrations; photographs of hawks and falcons Sargent trained as hunters; drawings of hawks and falcons; and diagrams of furniture and fittings used in falconry.

Dates

1927-1965.

Creator

Sargent, William Dunlap, 1908-1965. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Biographical chronology

CHRONOLOGY

1908
: Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 15
1926
: Graduated from the Lincoln School of Teacher's College; Summer Staff Entomologist in the museum maintained by AMAH at Kanokwakke Lakes Scout Camp; Entered Cornell University
1927
: Summer Junior Nature Counselor, Camp Lincoln, Keeseville, N.Y.
1928
: Entomology Museum at Kanokwakke Lakes Camp
1929
: Summer Biological Survey of a trout stream for Tuscarora Club, Arena, N.Y.
1930
: Summer member of West Virginia University Zoological Field Expedition under Dr. J.G. Needham
1931
: B.S., Cornell
1930-1931
: Biological Survey of Mashpee River for Mr. J.W. Farley, Boston, Mass.
1932
: M.S., Cornell; Summer Survey of North Hudson drainage, fish food unit
1932-1936
: Instructor of Ecology and Limnology at Cornell
1936
: Ph.D., Cornell, in Limnology
1937-1948
: Biology Instructor at City College of N.Y.
1948-1961
: Assistant Professor, C.C.N.Y.
1961-1965
: Associate Professor, C.C.N.Y.
1965
: Died

Extent

1.7 cubic feet. (1.7 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes correspondence concerning falconry, including letters to a young falconer (1947-1948) containing much information on the sport; photographs of hawks and falcons Sargent trained as hunters; drawings of hawks and falcons; and diagrams of furniture and fittings used in falconry.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence on Falconry Box 1

Series II. Student Materials Box 1

Series III. Research and Manuscripts on Falcons, Hawks and other Birds Boxes 1 & 6-8

Articles and Speeches by Sargent Research: Subject Files Research: Card Files

Series IV. Photographic Materials Box 5

RELATED MATERIAL

Correspondence from Sargent can be found in the Arthur Augustus Allen papers, #21-18-1255 with whom he worked at the Laboratory of Ornithology.

Physical Description

Correspondence, photographs, drawings, and diagrams.

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:: R. Strassberg
Date completed:: April 1971
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, February 2002
Date modified:: RMC Staff, April 2018