Ornithology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bailey-Law Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-002
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes...
Dates:
1825 - 1971
Bailey-Law Collection, 1825-1971 (Ms1982-002)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1982-002
Dates:
1825 - 1971
M. L. Foley Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-031
Abstract
The collection includes receipts and more than 100 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to M. L. Foley's business selling birds out of Salem, Virginia.
Dates:
1958-1964, undated
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Collection
Identifier: Art-353
Scope and Content
Printed and hand-colored. Plate 256.
This item is located (loose) in QL 674 .A9 1861, v.3-4, Spec Large.
Dates:
n.d.
John Murray Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-036
Abstract
The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.
Dates:
1883 - 1999
Passenger Pigeon Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-082
Abstract
The collection consists of Virginia Tech librarian Ralph Brown's 1945 compilation of correspondence on passenger pigeons.
Dates:
1945