Jim Dinsmore letter to Thomas Kent. Jim Dinsmore provides a summary of birds, locations and dates that he and others have sighted, and includes a citation for a bibliography he mentioned. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Fall 1980.
A report of Piping Plover activity around the Iowa Power & Light Settling Ponds submitted by Barb Wilson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists Union Quarterly field report of Summer 1983.
Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated January 3, 1927. In this letter Rosene rails against the Izaak Walton League and National Audubon Society for not doing enough to ensure wildlife conservation and laments his own efforts to motivate the Iowa Ornithologists' Union.
Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated February 27, 1932. Rosene discusses bird behavior, identifying Eastern and Western Meadowlarks, and recently published books.
Letter from Philip DuMont to Thomas Stephens dated January 30, 1934. In this letter DuMont suggests printing an Iowa ornithology bibliography for members of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, discusses why some birds were included or excluded from his book "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa," and says he will be looking for more samples and sight records in preparation for issuing a new edition of the book. This document is in response to a letter from Thomas Stephens: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cv4br39.
Letter from Hugo Schroeder to Philip DuMont dated January 2, 1935. In this letter Schroeder says that he has seen DuMont's book "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa" and his article in the Oologist listing the breeding birds of Iowa and wishes to help by supplying a list of birds that he has seen nesting in areas around the Mississippi River. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9542j793.
Letter from George Hendrickson to Philip DuMont dated February 2, 1944. Hendrickson asks DuMont why a Water Ouzel from the Stempel collection was not included in the 1935 edition of the Revised List of the Birds of Iowa. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9z31nn75.
Letter from Fred Pierce to Philip DuMont dated December 9, 1931. Pierce sends DuMont a copy of a book review that will appear in Iowa Bird Life and encourages him to write articles for inclusion in Iowa Bird Life.
Undated report. This report is a review of the book "Birds of Polk County, Iowa." This is a draft of an advertisement published in Iowa Bird-Life, vol. 1, no. 4.
Letter from Philip DuMont to George Hendrickson dated February 9, 1944. DuMont responds to Hendrickson's request for updated information to the 1935 publication of the Revised List of the Birds of Iowa by listing journal articles where additions can be found. This document is in response to two letters from Hendrickson: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94f1mh9x and https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9b56d43m.
Letter from Thomas Stephens to Philip DuMont dated November 19, 1933. In this letter Stephens praises DuMont's book "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa," and discusses some birds that were included in the book that he thought were questionable. This document is answered by a letter from DuMont: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9696zx5n.
Undated letter from Francis Roberts to Mrs. J.E. Stewart. Roberts, the president of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, offers to write an editorial in Iowa Bird Life if the Des Moines Audubon Society plan on advertising and selling copies of their recent publication "Birds of Polk County.".
Letter from Arthur Bent to Mrs. J.E. Stewart dated November 30, 1931. Bent discusses a couple of questionable birds included in Philip DuMont's book and points out an incorrectly used word.
Letter from Philip DuMont to Fred Schwab dated September 8, 1943. In this letter DuMont offers corrections for errors he has spotted in the Jack Musgrove book "Waterfowl in Iowa".
Letter from Philip DuMont to Hugo Schroeder dated January 10, 1935. In this letter DuMont thanks Schroeder for notes about nesting birds in Iowa and informs him that the information will be used for the revised edition of the "Revised List of the Birds of Iowa." DuMont also mentions that the Starling is now present in ninety-six of the ninety-nine Iowa counties and lists some other birds that have increased in numbers in Iowa. This document is in response to a letter from Hugo Schroeder: https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w90k26b1c.
Letter from Walter Rosene to Philip DuMont dated December 8, 1927. Rosene reports on his sighting list for the year and says that he would like to help DuMont compile information for a new book listing birds sighted in Iowa.
Letter from Rudolph Anderson to Philip DuMont dated November 16, 1932. In this letter Anderson describes how he gathered information for his book "The birds of Iowa.".
Letter from Althea Sherman to Philip DuMont dated January 5, 1932. Sherman tells DuMont that she has written the Des Moines Audubon Society to praise his book that they published.
Letter from Frederick Lincoln to Mrs. J.E. Stewart dated December 8, 1931. Lincoln praises Philip DuMont's work in general but points out a word that is repeatedly used incorrectly.
