Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
Saunders, George Bradford, 1907-
Personal Papers
George B. Saunders Papers
1939-1993
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Accession 99-074
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 99-074, George B. Saunders Papers
Historical Note
Ornithologist George B. Saunders (1907 2001) received a Ph.D. in 1932 from Cornell University for his dissertation on a taxonomic revision of the meadowlarks, genus
Sturnella. Saunders participated as an assistant ornithologist on a Philadelphia Academy of Sciences expedition to south Africa in 1930, as a research fellow for the National
Research Council, and as a staff ornithologist at the Michigan Department of Conservation. In 1937, he joined the Bureau of Biological Survey (now U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and research data created and maintained by George B. Saunders.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Saunders, George Bradford, 1907-
Cornell University
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
National Research Council (U.S.)
Michigan. Department of Conservation
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Subject
Ornithology
Ornithologists
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Box 1
Box 1 of 1
Correspondence re: Archives, 1993
Box 1 of 1
Waterfowl Investigations in Mexico, 1939-1940
Box 1 of 1
Manuscript, Eastern White-Winged Dove in Southeastern Texas, 1940
Box 1 of 1
Research Papers on Food Habits, 1960-1981
Box 1 of 1
Banding and Recoveries, 1962
Box 1 of 1
Meadowlark Correspondence, 1940-1947 (Accession 98-057)
Box 1 of 1
Waterfowl Research - Food Tables and Correspondence, c. 1938-1998 (Accession 98-057)