[TN-Bird] Re: TOS Archives and Collections
- From: "Charles P. Nicholson" <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird Listserve (E-mail)" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:44:00 -0400
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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