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William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird collections in Keokuk, May 28, 1934 Item Info
- Title:
- William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird collections in Keokuk, May 28, 1934
- Creator (Person):
- Praeger, William Emilius
- Date Created:
- 1934-05-28
- Description:
- Letter from William Praeger to Philip DuMont dated May 28, 1934. In this letter Praeger tells DuMont that there were three bird collections in Keokuk that he knew of: the Shafer, the Davis and the Heiser. None of the men who owned the collections knew much about their birds and Praeger helped out with identifying some of the specimens.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bird watching Birds--Geographical distribution Birds--Identification Hunting Zoological specimens Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Contributor (Person):
- DuMont, Philip A. (Philip Atkinson), 1903-1996
- Location:
- Keokuk
- Latitude:
- 40.39727
- Longitude:
- -91.38487
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Philip A. DuMont papers
- Call Number:
- MS 153
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9sr1d
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Digital Collection Title:
- Philip A. DuMont collection
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97w6754s
- Related Resource:
- Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn)
- Avian Identifier:
- 4237
- Identifier:
- dumont1225
- Filename:
- ms0153b004f017i016.jpg
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94q7qp9f
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "William Praeger letter to Philip DuMont regarding bird collections in Keokuk, May 28, 1934", Philip A. DuMont Collection, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94q7qp9f
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