Ornithology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Art Collection
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0808
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 487 natural history drawings in watercolor, wash, ink, gauche, and tempera, primarily created between 1834 and 1936. The majority of subjects are birds, but mammals are also included. The collection is made up of 220 drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1874-1927, 71 by John L. (John Livesy) Ridgway (b. 1859), 63 by Robert J. Sim, 29 by W. T. Allan, 27 by Ernest Thomas Seton (1860-1946), 13 by Allan Brooks (1869-1946), 11 by D. Darling, 8 by Earl L. Poole, 5 by...
Dates:
1834-1995; Majority of material found within 1888-circa 1936
VIREO Department papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1000
Scope and Contents
The VIREO Department papers document the early history of the VIREO Department from its inception in 1979. This collection contains accession books, planning documents, reports, agreements, inventories, procedures, grant proposals, job applications, ledgers, royalty documents, correspondence, and negatives.
Dates:
1956 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1996
William Lloyd Baily Hummingbird Paintings
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0011
Scope and Contents
These four quarto sized volumes contain 58 pages of watercolors, each page measuring 34 x 27 cm., with varying image sizes. Each volume includes a dated title page and a contents page, handwritten in black ink, and each plate is followed by a hand written description. The watercolors are notable for the portrayal of the iridescence on the plumage of the hummingbirds, a technique invented by Baily, accomplished by the use of gold and silver leaf. A relative, John Collins, assisted Baily in...
Dates:
1855, 1857, 1858
Witmer Stone papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0072
Scope and Contents
The Witmer Stone papers document Stone’s research and his expansive network of scientific colleagues. This collection is arranged into four series: “I. Correspondence,” “II. Professional organizations,” “III. Graphic materials,” and “IV. Writings and notes.Series “I. Correspondence” is arranged alphabetically, and contains letters between Stone and other ornithologists regarding bird species, article submissions for The Auk, and other related...
Dates:
undated