Box 01
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Heath Hen Report #1 by Federation of the Bird Clubs of N.E. Inc. L.B. Fletcher, Sec'y 1925-1933, 1925 - 1933
Item — Box: 01, Folder: 11
Content Description
From the Collection:
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates:
1925 - 1933
Heath Hen Report #2 by Federation of the Bird Clubs of N.E. Inc. L.B. Fletcher, Sec'y 1925-1933, 1925 - 1933
Item — Box: 01, Folder: 12
Content Description
From the Collection:
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates:
1925 - 1933
Warden McLeod’s Heath Hen Report Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England Inc. 1925-1926 , 1925 - 1926
Item — Box: 01, Folder: 13
Content Description
From the Collection:
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is a now extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken. While at one point extremely common, the birds became locally extinct on the mainland and only existed on Martha's Vineyard by the late 1800s. The continuing decline was noticed by ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross, who reported his observations to the Federation of the Bird Clubs of New England in 1925. The Federation then took immediate action to try to preserve the remaining birds through...
Dates:
1925 - 1926
Wilson Ornithological Club's Constitution Notebook
Collection — Box: 01, Folder: 01
Identifier: A2023-13-01
Content Description
This collection consists of one handwritten notebook containing the constitution and by-laws of the Wilson Ornithological Club. It includes amendments made over the years following the adoption of the constitution in 1890, and a list of members and elected officers. The date of adoption of the constitution is noted as June 21, 1890, with amendments and additions made up until 1895.
Dates:
1890-1895; Majority of material found in 1890
Letter from Charles H. Taylor, Jr. to Dr. Glover Allen, 1923-11-24
File — Box: 01, Folder: 02
Content Description
From the Collection:
The album features pasted-down photographs and ephemera, along with some unpasted materials. Materials consist of two newspaper clippings from 1818, three photographic postcards from the 1900s, three letters between 1908-1923, lists of numbered and identified photographs in the album, and 171 photographs with the majority being of whaling vessels in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The photographs show vessels and occassionally their crew at different New Bedford wharves and in open water....
Dates:
1923-11-24
5x6 Photograph of 1817 Engraving of "Monstrous Sea Serpent as seen at Cape Ann" with handwritten inscription to Charles H. Taylor from [illegible], circa 1900
File — Box: 01, Folder: 03
Content Description
From the Collection:
The album features pasted-down photographs and ephemera, along with some unpasted materials. Materials consist of two newspaper clippings from 1818, three photographic postcards from the 1900s, three letters between 1908-1923, lists of numbered and identified photographs in the album, and 171 photographs with the majority being of whaling vessels in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The photographs show vessels and occassionally their crew at different New Bedford wharves and in open water....
Dates:
circa 1900
Album Pages (1/2), 1818 - 1907
File — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Content Description
From the Collection:
The album features pasted-down photographs and ephemera, along with some unpasted materials. Materials consist of two newspaper clippings from 1818, three photographic postcards from the 1900s, three letters between 1908-1923, lists of numbered and identified photographs in the album, and 171 photographs with the majority being of whaling vessels in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The photographs show vessels and occassionally their crew at different New Bedford wharves and in open water....
Dates:
1818 - 1907
Album Pages (2/2), circa 1890-1907
File — Box: 01, Folder: 05
Content Description
From the Collection:
The album features pasted-down photographs and ephemera, along with some unpasted materials. Materials consist of two newspaper clippings from 1818, three photographic postcards from the 1900s, three letters between 1908-1923, lists of numbered and identified photographs in the album, and 171 photographs with the majority being of whaling vessels in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The photographs show vessels and occassionally their crew at different New Bedford wharves and in open water....
Dates:
circa 1890-1907
Two Letters from P. B. Gifford to Charles H. Taylor, Jr., 1908-04-10 - 1908-06-02
File — Box: 01, Folder: 06
Content Description
From the Collection:
The album features pasted-down photographs and ephemera, along with some unpasted materials. Materials consist of two newspaper clippings from 1818, three photographic postcards from the 1900s, three letters between 1908-1923, lists of numbered and identified photographs in the album, and 171 photographs with the majority being of whaling vessels in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The photographs show vessels and occassionally their crew at different New Bedford wharves and in open water....
Dates:
1908-04-10 - 1908-06-02
Fourteen 8x10 Photographs (Bromoil/Bromide Prints), circa 1907-1908
File — Box: 01, Folder: 07
Content Description
From the Collection:
The album features pasted-down photographs and ephemera, along with some unpasted materials. Materials consist of two newspaper clippings from 1818, three photographic postcards from the 1900s, three letters between 1908-1923, lists of numbered and identified photographs in the album, and 171 photographs with the majority being of whaling vessels in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The photographs show vessels and occassionally their crew at different New Bedford wharves and in open water....
Dates:
circa 1907-1908