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Sally Hoyt Spofford papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-18-2374

Abstract

Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and memoranda pertaining to the administration of the Laboratory of Ornithology and her other interests in ornithology; rough drafts of Arthur A. Allen correspondence and writings; Edna Lane's Bird and Flying Squirrel field notes; Christmas newsletters with photographs from Peter Paul Kellogg; and J. Southgate Hoyt field notes, manuscripts, drawings, a draft of his Ph.D. thesis, and photographs, primarily relating to the pileated woodpecker. Also, Arthur Allen slides that match Bird Song records and files relating to the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs.

Dates

  • 1923-1982.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ornithologist, Administrative Assistant at the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.

Extent

3.3 cubic feet. (3.3 cubic feet.)

SERIES LIST

Series I. Laboratory of Ornithology and Personal Correspondence
Box 1
Series II. Arthur A. Allen Drafts
Box 1
Series III. Southgate Y. Hoyt and Sally Hoyt Spofford Papers
Boxes 1-4

Physical Description

Letters, manuscripts, notes, books, photographs, and drawings

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:
A. Macfaddedn, Mary Warren
Date completed:
April 1988-June 1993
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, March 1, 2001
Date modified:
RMC Staff, June 2014
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by A. Mcfadden, Mary Warren
Date
March 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)