[TN-Bird] Re: TOS Archives and Collections

Gentle Readers (and the rest of you),
As I have told some of you recently, supporting documentation for rare bird
records through about 1997 is in the special collections at the University
of Tennessee, as are many other historic TOS papers.  The rare bird
documentation material includes the sighting forms submitted to the bird
records committee, some photos (some of which have been published), some
drawings, and the committee voting forms.  Below is an inventory of this
material.

To add to some of the information posted by others:
 - The U.S. National Museum collection at the Smithsonian has a sizeable
collection of Tennessee skins, most of which were collected by the Wetmore
expedition in 1937.  It also contains some earlier skins collected by A. H.
Howell, as well as a scattering of stuff collected by others.
 - The H. O. Todd egg collection, housed for many years at University of the
South in Sewanee, is now at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in
Los Angeles.
 - The Cumberland Museum had a lot of Amelia Laskey's papers in the late
1980s/early 1990s.  I don't know if they are still there.

Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN

Tennessee Bird Records Committee

Rare Bird Reporting Forms ? in TOS Archives at University of Tennessee
Special Collections

Yellow-billed Loon      Clay County, February 1995
Pacific Loon            Davidson County, March 1988
                        Henry County, November 1994
                        Franklin County, December 1994, photos
Clark?s Grebe           Marion County, March 1993
Storm-petrel species    Carter County, September 1989
Northern Gannet Robertson County, November 1987
Magnificent Frigatebird Jefferson County, September 1988, photo
                                Maury County, September 1988
White-billed Tropicbird Jefferson County, September 1990
Neotropic Cormorant     Lake County, June 1993, photos
                        Shelby County, June 1996
                        Shelby County, August 1996, photo
?Great White? Heron     Sullivan County, October 1990, photos
Reddish Egret           Sumner County, August, September 1997, photo
Glossy Ibis             Stewart County, May 1988
                        Sumner County, September 1988
                         Washington County, April 1990
White-faced Ibis        Shelby County, April 1990
                         Lake County, August 1994
Roseate Spoonbill       Stewart County, July 1989
                        Lake County, September 1994
Whooper Swan    Madison County, November 1985 ? July 1986, photos
Mute Swan               Washington County, December 1983 ? February 1984, photo
Ross? Goose             Stewart County, November 1986, photos
                        Stewart County, December 1987 ? January 1988
                        Henry County, February 1988
Garganey                Shelby County, September 1994
Ferruginous Duck        Shelby County, June 1995
Harlequin Duck  Campbell County, January 1984
                        Davidson County, January 1985
Barrows Goldeneye       Franklin County, February 1986
White-tailed Kite       Dyer County, May 1991
                        Humphreys County, June 1991, photos
                        Rutherford County, June 1993
Swainson?s Hawk Haywood County, April 1992
Ring-necked Pheasant    action to remove species from official state list
Caribbean Coot  action to remove from official state list
Snowy Plover            Lake County, September 1985
                        Dyer County, March 1992
Wilson?s Plover Shelby County, April 1988
Long-billed Curlew      Lake County, September 1991
                        Shelby County, September 1993
Red-necked Stint        Shelby County, August 1993
                        Shelby County, October 1994
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  Shelby County, September 1992
Curlew Sandpiper        Lake County, June 1996, photos
Ruff                    Washington County, May 1989
Pomarine Jaeger Carter County, September 1989
                        Henry County, June/August 1987, photo
                        Marion County, October 1995
Parasitic Jaeger        Franklin County, September/October 1978
                        Henry/Stewart County, October 1985, photo
                        Henry County, September 1988
                        Johnson County, September 1989
Long-tailed Jaeger      Lake County, September 1984
Little Gull             Hamilton County, January 1994
Black-headed Gull       Davidson County, March 1987, photo
                        Roane County, May 1988
California Gull Hardin County, December 1990-January 1991, photos
                        Hardin County, January/February 1996
Thayer?s Gull           Hardin County, December 1990-January 1991
Lesser Black-backed Gull        Johnson County, September 1989
                                Hardin County, February ? April 1990
                                Hardin County, December 1990
                                Hamilton County, February 1991, photo
                                Marion County, March 1993
                                Henry County, November 1994
Great Black-backed Gull Sumner County, January 1985
                                Henry County, March 1986
                                Henry County, December 1986
Sabine?s Gull           Hamilton County, September 1988
                        Lake County, September 1995
Ivory Gull              Hardin County, February 1996, photo
Ross? Gull              Lake County, December 1985
Royal Tern              Johnson County, September 1989
Arctic Tern             Lake County, July 1990
Black Skimmer   Marion County, October 1995, photo
Eurasian Collared-Dove  Hamilton County, October-November 1994, photos
                                Gibson County, October 1994
                                Overton County, February 1995
Monk Parakeet   action to remove species from state list
Black-chinned Hummingbird       Hamilton County, November 1990
Anna?s Hummingbird              Davidson County, January 1995, photos
Rufous Hummingbird              Rutherford County, September 1983
                                Wilson County, November 1993, photo
Allen?s Hummingbird             Hamilton County, December 1993, photos
Say?s Phoebe            Davidson County, September 1984
                        Davidson County, October 1987
                        Lake County, May 1994
                        Lauderdale County, February 1995
Ash-throated Flycatcher Sullivan County, December 1985
Violet-Green Swallow    Washington County, March 1994
Varied Thrush           Hamilton County, December 1990
Townsend?s Warbler      Blount County, December 1994
                        Hardin County, December 1994
Kirtland?s Warbler      Washington County, October 1989
                        Hamilton County, October 1989
                        Knox County, May 1997
Western Tanager Williamson County, December 1992
                        Dyer County, August 1994
Shiny Cowbird   Shelby County, July 1995
Bullock?s Oriole        Davidson County, January 1995
Pine Grosbeak           Benton County, March 1992


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