Harry C. Oberholser papers, 1883-1960 (bulk 1920-1945).
- 8,400 items. 24 containers. 9.6 linear feet.
- Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1883-1960; Series 2: Special Correspondence, 1926-1936; and Series 3: Miscellany.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Chiefly correspondence with ornithologists and other scientists on bird life and bird specimens of the United States and other countries, Oberholser's work with scientific organizations, and publication of his books and articles. Correspondents include John W. Aldrich, American Museum of Natural History, American Ornithologists' Union, Vernon Bailey, Florence Merriam Bailey, W.B. Bell, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Louis B. Bishop, Herbert Brandt, James McKeen Cattell, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Clarence Cottam, A.K. Fisher, Edward Howe Forbush, Joseph Grinnell, Ludlow Griscom, Henry W. Henshaw, Hartley H.T. Jackson, Lynds Jones, Charles R. Keyes, A.J. Kirn, S.P. Langley, Frederick Charles Lincoln, C. Hart Merriam, Edward William Nelson, Margaret Morse Nice, T.S. Palmer, T. Gilbert Pearson, Edward Alexander Preble, Charles Wallace Richmond, Robert Ridgway, Thomas S. Roberts, Alexander Sprunt, Witmer Stone, P.A. Taverner, Walter P. Taylor, W.E. Clyde Todd, U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States National Museum, Josselyn Van Tyne, and Wilson Ornithological Club.
Ornithologist.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013069
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Aldrich, John W. 1906- --Correspondence. Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942 --Correspondence. Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948 --Correspondence. Bell, W. B. 1877-1949 --Correspondence. Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-1954 --Correspondence. Bishop, Louis B.--Correspondence. Brandt, Herbert, 1884- --Correspondence. Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 --Correspondence. Cottam, Clarence, 1899- --Correspondence. Fisher, A. K. 1856-1948 --Correspondence. Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929 --Correspondence. Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939 --Correspondence. Griscom, Ludlow, 1890-1959 --Correspondence. Henshaw, Henry W. 1850-1930 --Correspondence. Jackson, Hartley H. T. 1881-1976 --Correspondence. Jones, Lynds, 1865- --Correspondence. Keyes, Charles R. 1871-1951 --Correspondence. Kirn, A. J.--Correspondence. Langley, S. P. 1834-1906 --Correspondence. Lincoln, Frederick Charles, 1892- --Correspondence. Merriam, C. Hart 1855-1942 --Correspondence. Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934 --Correspondence. Nice, Margaret Morse, 1883- --Correspondence. Palmer, T. S. 1868-1955 --Correspondence. Pearson, T. Gilbert 1873-1943 --Correspondence. Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957 --Correspondence. Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932 --Correspondence. Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 --Correspondence. Roberts, Thomas S. 1858-1946 --Correspondence. Sprunt, Alexander, 1898-1973 --Correspondence. Stone, Witmer, 1866-1939 --Correspondence. Taverner, P. A. 1875-1947 --Correspondence. Taylor, Walter P. 1888-1972 --Correspondence. Todd, W. E. Clyde 1874- --Correspondence. Van Tyne, Josselyn, 1902-1957 --Correspondence.
American Museum of Natural History--Correspondence. American Ornithologists' Union--Correspondence. Cleveland Museum of Natural History--Correspondence. United States. Bureau of Biological Survey --Correspondence. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--Correspondence. United States National Museum--Correspondence. Wilson Ornithological Club--Correspondence.
Birds. Birds--United States. Ornithology. Science--Societies, etc.