Finding Aid for Ornithological Survey Photographs, 1907, 1963 | University of Illinois Archives

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Title: Ornithological Survey Photographs, 1907, 1963Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

ID: 43/5/12

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Section of Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification

Extent: 0.2 cubic feet

Arrangement: numerically

Subjects: Birds, Natural History Survey, Illinois, Ornithology

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Ornithological Surveys Photograph File contains large and medium format photographic negatives and prints taken by staff of the Illinois Natural History Survey during field surveys. The majority of the photographs show a nests and eggs, but photographs of the field parties, camps, field taxidermy, caves, and natural areas are also included. Specific locations covered include the fish market in Havana, the landscape west of Seville, La Crosse, Hamilton, Keokuk, Urbana, Saline County, Running Lake, Union County and Saint Joseph/Danville. The series also includes photographs taken by Jean Graber in 1963, of unidentified natural areas in Illinois.

Biographical Note

The major functions of the Section of Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification are to conduct worldwide systematic research on insect and animal groups that have species found in Illinois; to provide identification services for agencies, institutions and the public; to maintain the Survey's reference and research collections of preserved animal; and to conduct surveys and prepare reports on the fauna of Illinois.1 The section's staff is comprised of specialists responsible for the study and collection of animal groups, particularly of insect species. One specialist also acts as Head of the section.2

In 1885, the State Entomologist's Office was charged with the duty of producing a series of systematic reports covering the field of zoology in Illinois.3 An insect systematic program, derived from this old charge, was developed in the 1920's and formalized, in 1935, into an Insect Survey Section.4 In 1947, the program was expanded to include all animal groups, the Insect Survey Section was renamed the Section of Faunistic Surveys and Insect Identification and given the responsibility of taking care of all the Survey's taxonomic collections.5

1. Illinois Natural History Survey, Publications of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 1876-1983, p. 30.

2. University of Illinois, Student-Staff Directory, 1982-3, p. 34.

3. Illinois Natural History Survey, Bulletin, 27, December 1958, p. 130

4. Ibid., pp. 132-3.

5. Ibid., pp. 133-4.

Subject/Index Terms

Birds
Natural History Survey, Illinois
Ornithology


Box and Folder Listing


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[Series 1: Numbered Prints and Negatives, 1907],
[Series 2: Unnumbered Prints and Negatives, 1907, 1963],
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Series 1: Numbered Prints and Negatives, 1907Add to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: 2413 - Photo of Cave, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 2: 2414 - Fish Market - Havana, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 3: 2427 - Landscape View West of Seville, ILAdd to your cart.
Item 4: 2428 - Railroad Curve two miles SW of LaCrosse, IL, May 9, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 5: 2429 - Field Taxidermist working on Last Flycatcher 1 mile north of Burnside, IL, May 9, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 6: 2430 - Railroad Bridge over Mississippi River, Hamilton, IL, May 10, 1907Add to your cart.
Taken at 5:15 am from Telegraph tower, Keokuk in Background.
Item 7: 2431 - Landscape view of Mississippi River Valley from bluffs on east; Keokuk in background, May 10, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 8: 2432 - Speckled Eggs, May 1907Add to your cart.
Item 9: 2434 - Timber and Creek above Crystal Lak, Urbana, IL, May 21, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 10: 2452 - Statactite Cave, Saline County, June 8, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 11: 2470 - Birds in Nest (print only), no dateAdd to your cart.
Item 12: 2471 - Eggs in Praire Nest, no dateAdd to your cart.
Item 13: 2473 - Eggs in grassy nest, no dateAdd to your cart.
Item 14: 2479 - Eggs in nest in raspberry bushes, no dateAdd to your cart.
Item 15: 2480 - Eggs, No dateAdd to your cart.
Item 16: 2481 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 17: 2482 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 18: 2483 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 19: 2484 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 20: 2515 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 21: 2516 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 22: 2519 - EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 23: 2522 - Men at camp, no dateAdd to your cart.
Item 24: 2534 - Nest in bushAdd to your cart.
Item 25: 2520 - NestAdd to your cart.
Item 26: 2535 - Nest with chicksAdd to your cart.
Item 27: 2539 - Nest and eggsAdd to your cart.
Item 28: Nest and EggsAdd to your cart.
Item 29: 2542 - Man pointing to nest in treeAdd to your cart.
Item 30: 2501 - Camp at Running LakeAdd to your cart.
Item 31: 2502 - Camp east of Running Lake, Union County, Illinois, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 32: 2503 - Camp at Running Lake, Union County, Illinois, December 27, 2007Add to your cart.
Item 33: 2504 - Camp at Running Lake, Union County, Illinois, December 27, 2007Add to your cart.
Item 34: 2506 - Spring along cliff, east of Running Lake, Union County, Illinois, December 27, 2007Add to your cart.
Item 35: 2507 - Running Lake, Union County, December 27, 2007Add to your cart.
Item 36: 2508 - Timber near Running Lake, December 27, 2007Add to your cart.
Item 37: 2567 - Men in Canoe, St. Joseph Danville, Illinois, May 16 or 17, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 38: 2564 - Men in canoe, St. Joseph, Danville, IL, May 16 or 17, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 39: 2566 - Cliffs and water, St. Joseph, Danville, IL, May 15 or 16, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 40: 2568 - Camp at St. Joseph, Danville, IL, May 15 or 16, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 41: 2591 - Side view of entrance to cave, taken from exterior, July 1, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 42: 2603 - Downtown Decatur from Arcade Building, July 14, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 43: 2610 - Chicago looking northwest from Montgomery Ward store, July 26, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 44: 2615 - Kishwaukee River at New Milford, July 30, 1907Add to your cart.
Item 45: 2624 - Cliff and Pines, 2 Miles North of Stafford, Illinois, August 14, 1907Add to your cart.
Series 2: Unnumbered Prints and Negatives, 1907, 1963Add to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Meadow and Fence, May, 1963Add to your cart.
Photographer: Jean Graber?
Item 2: Landscape, Browfield, May 19, 1963Add to your cart.
Photographer: Jean Graber
Item 3: Brownfield, May 19, 1963Add to your cart.
Photographer: Jean Graber
Item 4: Meadow and Fence, May, 1963Add to your cart.
Photographer: Jean Graber
Item 5: Open meadow and tress, May 1963Add to your cart.
Photographer: Jean Graber?
Item 6: 8 x 10 print of field taxidermist working in camp, May 1907Add to your cart.
Item 7: 8 x 10 print of prairie, 1963Add to your cart.
Photographer: Jean Graber

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