Big Game Estimates and Inventories
These papers include correspondence, statistics, and material generated and collected by the Biological Survey in its administration of the inventory from 1928 to 1940. For similar records, see Record Unit 7146.
Records
This accession contains items relating to the Biological Survey and were donated by Robert Bruce McAtee, son of Waldo Lee McAtee. Significant people in this collection include Alexander Wetmore, F. E. L. Beal, William M. Mann and A. K. Fisher. Subjects covered include ornithology and tree voles. Materials include correspondence …
Collection Records
This accession consists of collection records documenting bird specimens in the National Museum of Natural History, Division of Birds (formerly United States National Museum). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, loan records, and related materials.
Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman Collection
This collection consists primarily of papers documenting the professional career and personal life of Edward William Nelson. A smaller amount of material was created by Edward Alphonso Goldman and relates to both professional and private matters. Apparently, Goldman assumed control of Nelson's papers after the latter's death, probably for reference …
Vernon Orlando Bailey Papers
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
John Alden Loring Papers
These papers document Loring's association with the Bureau of Biological Survey and consist primarily of correspondence received by him while in the field. Most of the letters were written by Bureau Chief, Clinton Hart Merriam, and contain instructions for field work and identifications of collections made by Loring. Also included …
Field Reports
This collection consists primarily of reports, notebooks, notes, photographs, maps, and related materials documenting field research conducted by staff naturalists of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its predecessor, the Bureau of Biological Survey. The reports, which primarily concern biological surveys conducted in the United States, are usually …
Hartley H. T. Jackson Papers
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee. The papers of Hartley H. T. Jackson were received by the Smithsonian Institution Archives in two accessions. The first accession was transferred from the Bird and Mammal Laboratories, United States Department of Interior, in 1973; an …
Arthur Holmes Howell Papers
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Records
These records document the administration, field work, and research activities of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, especially its bird banding, island survey, and pelagic survey programs. Included are reports, correspondence, field records, office records, contracts, data, notes, manuscripts, maps, and photographs. The records also contain material from earlier field …