Philip A. DuMont Papers, MS 153, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

ISU Library Special Collections Department


MS 153 DuMont, Philip A. (1903-1996) Papers, 1868-1981, n.d.	Special Collections Department 403 Parks Library Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary
creator:	DuMont, Philip A. (1903-1996)
title:	Papers
dates:	1868-1981, n.d.
extent:	4.41 linear ft. (10 document boxes and 1 half-document box)
collection number:	MS 153
repository:	Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information
access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Philip A. DuMont Papers, MS 153, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Philip A. DuMont was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on 9 July 1903 and spent much of his childhood in Des Moines, Iowa. DuMont received his B.S. in biology (1926) from Drake University; his bachelor's thesis was titled "The One Hundred Most Common Birds of Polk County."

In 1932, DuMont started graduate work with Joseph Grinnell at the University of California, Berkeley, but did not complete the degree. Later in 1932 he began graduate work at the University of Iowa. His research there eventually was published as a monograph, A Revised List of the Birds of Iowa (University of Iowa Studies in Natural History, 1933). From 1927 to 1931 DuMont was employed by the Bird Department of the American Museum of Natural History. During that time he spent sixteen months studying birds and mammals in Madagascar.

In 1933, he was hired by cartoonist and conservationist Jay N. ("Ding") Darling to assess potential wildlife areas in Iowa. In 1935, he began work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, first as a biologist at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and then as manager of Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota. From 1936 to 1937 in South Dakota, he banded 16,453 birds of ninety-three species, the second highest total in North America. He worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service until 1972, spending many years in Washington, D.C. He was chief of the Branch of Interpretation and wrote hundreds of leaflets, bird and mammal lists, and brochures for the refuge system. He remained in Washington until 1986 when he moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

He joined the American Ornithologists Union in 1927 and became an Elective Member in 1941. DuMont published about two hundred articles, mainly on birds. Most were short notes discussing distributional or systematic questions. He also was an authority on daylilies and for many years chaired a daylily show in Washington, D.C.

Philip DuMont and his wife Jean had three daughters and a son. DuMont died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on 12 February 1996.

Collection description

The collection (1868-1981, n.d.) documents Philip A. DuMont's private and professional interests in ornithology and conservation through correspondence, research and project files, reports, articles, speeches, photographs, and newspaper clippings. These materials pertain to Iowa ornithology, Iowa conservation, DuMont's work with various conservation organizations, research on birds, and notes on bird collections.

The bulk of the collection contains writings and research notes by DuMont. In addition to DuMont's writings, the collection also contains articles which cite DuMont's work and which pertain to his interests and research. Records related to his research and projects on ornithology and conservation contain field notes, summaries of his findings and observations, rough drafts, meeting minutes from various conservation and ornithology related organizations, reports made by the Iowa Fish and Game Commission, and reports and proposals made by DuMont regarding conservation projects in Iowa. The correspondence covers topics such as DuMont's research, articles, ornithological projects, and also contains personal correspondence. Correspondents include Jay N. Darling, P.H. Elwood, and Walter M. Rosene. Also included are biographical files on DuMont, materials issued by organizations DuMont was a member of, and subject files related to conservation and ornithology.

Organization

This collection is organized into seven series:
Series 1, Biographical Files, 1924-1980, n.d.
Series 2, Correspondence, 1929-1958
Series 3, Research and Projects, 1922-1977, n.d.
Series 4, Writings by DuMont, 1926-1976, n.d.
Series 5, Writings by Others, 1868-1981, n.d.
Series 6, Organizations, 1923-1947
Series 7, Subject Files, 1904-1971, n.d.

Description of series


Series 1	Biographical Files	1924-1980, n.d.
extent:	0.2 linear feet
description:	This series contains biographical information, a bibliography of DuMont's writings, university class notes and other materials related to DuMont's ornithological interests.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Ornithological Bibliography of Philip A. DuMont	1939
1	2	Biography	1980
1	3	"A History of the Des Moines Audubon Bird Club"	n.d.
1	4	Scientific Collecting Certificates	1932-1934
1	5	University Class Notes	1924

Description of series


Series 2	Correspondence	1929-1958
extent:	0.42 linear feet
description:	This series contains DuMont's correspondence with various individuals, including correspondence related to his "Check-list of Iowa Birds" and other ornithological projects, personal correspondence, and correspondence related to articles written by DuMont.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	6	Check-list of Iowa Birds	1954-1958
1	7	Charles C. Ayres	1946-1947
1	8	John H. Baker, National Association of Audubon Societies	1935
1	9	Charles H. Batton	1935
1	10	Logan J. Bennett	1935-1940
1	11	W. C. Boone	1935
1	12	Woodward H. Brown	1954
1	13	Jay N. ("Ding") Darling	1934
1	14	P. H. Elwood	1935
1	15	Martin L. Grant	1962
1	16	George O. Hendrickson and M.A. Stempel	1934-1954
1	17	Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fritz Henning	1933
1	18	M. L. Hutton, Letter of Resignation	1935
1	19	M. L. Jones	1944
1	20	Olivia McCabe	1956
1	21	Daniel McKinley	1962
1	22	Helen Peasley and Florence Thornburg	1937
1	23	James L. Peters	1933
1	24	Fred J. Pierce	1933-1945
1	25	Walter M. Rosene	1926-1940
1	26	Fred T. Schwab	1943
1	27	T.C. Stephens	1929-1935
1	28	Successful Farming	1933-1935
1	29	U.S. Biological Survey	1929-1935
1	30	General Correspondence	1932-1933
1	31	General Correspondence	1933-1936
1	32	Material on Job Applications	1929-1934

Description of series


Series 3	Research and Projects	1922-1977, n.d.
extent:	1.67 linear feet
description:	This series contains research and projects undertaken by DuMont related to conservation and ornithology. Included are notes and observations made by DuMont, material related to DuMont's projects, reports made by the Iowa Fish and Game Commission, and reports and proposals made by DuMont regarding conservation projects in Iowa.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	33	"Analysis of Quail Crops Taken During Winter of 1934-35" by Logan J. Bennett, Game Technician	1934-1935
1	34-35	Articles on Sand Lake N.W. Refuge, South Dakota	1936-1939, n.d.
1	36	Bird Calendar (Bird Observations)	1922-1930
2	1	Bird Study – Merit Badge	1966
2	2	A Bird Community Notes	n.d.
2	3	Birds of the Chicago Region	n.d.
2	4	Blue and Snow Goose Migration, includes newspaper clippings	1937-1939, n.d.
2	5	"The Blum Bird Collection Near Terril"	1934
2	6	Canada Goose Notes	1933-1934
2	7	Check List of Minnesota Birds and Migration and Nesting Record	n.d.
2	8	Checklist on South Dakota birds	n.d.
2	9	"Clear Lake, Pocahontas County, Iowa"	n.d.
2	10	"Clear Lake Project: Hancock and Cerro Gordo Counties, Iowa"	n.d.
2	11	Daily Field Checklists	1923-1977, n.d.
2	12	Dewey's Pasture, Clay County, Iowa	1934
2	13	"Dewey's Pasture. Outlet from Mud Lake into Trumbull Lake. Mud Lake"	n.d.
2	14	"Dwight Collection"	n.d.
2	15	Elk Lake, Clay County, Iowa	n.d.
2	16	"Embeck Bird Collections"	n.d.
2	17	Examination Report and Communication in Regard to the Ruthven Marsh Project	1935
2	18	"Expansion of Biological Survey Project No. 1035 For Conducting a Commercial Fisheries Survey"	n.d.
2	19	"Furs, Fins, and Feathers." Includes Notes	n.d.
2	20	"Game Management Areas in Iowa"	1935
2	21	"Investigation of Public Lands for Game Production Areas." Wasteland Survey Project No. 1047 by Iowa State Planning Board	1935
2	22	"Iowa: A Game Production Project in Salt Creek Township, Davis County"	1934
2	23	"Iowa Birds Collected During 1934"	1934
2	24-25	Iowa Fish and Game Commission Minutes of Meetings of Chief Supervisor, District Supervisors and Game Technicians, Correspondence, and Warden and Game Management Program	1934-1935
3	1	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: 1047	1934, n.d.
3	2	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Biology	1934
3	3	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Deputy Game Wardens	n.d.
3	4	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Drained Lakes	n.d.
3	5	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Feeding Program	1934-1935
3	6	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Field Trips	1934, n.d.
3	7	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Foxes	1934
3	8	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Game Management Areas	1934
3	9	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Game Returns	1933-1934, n.d.
3	10	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Lake Reports	1920-1935, n.d.
3	11	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Leopold's Reports	1932, n.d.
3	12	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Meandered Lakes and Streams	1932
3	13	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Muskrat Report	1934
3	14	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Organizations	1934, n.d.
3	15	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Pheasants	1932-1934, n.d.
3	16	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Planning Board	1934
3	17	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Quail Reports	1934
3	18	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Quail Shooting Areas	1934
3	19	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Rental, State Lands	n.d.
3	20	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Refuges	1932-1934, n.d.
3	21	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Status, Waterfowl	1933-1934, n.d.
3	22	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Union Slough Directory	n.d.
3	23	Iowa Fish and Game Commission: Wild Life Areas	1934
4	1	"Iowa Proposed Wild Fowl Refuge Areas: Ruthven Area, Clay County"	n.d.
4	2	Journal	1933-1934
4	3	Journal, April 12 to November 28	1934
4	4	List of Bird Articles	n.d.
4	5	List of Birds and Notes on Horned Lark Collection	1935, n.d.
4	6	List of Birds in Missouri	n.d.
4	7	List of Birds Observed at American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Meeting in Charlestown, South Carolina	1928
4	8	List of Topics, Notes on Bird Breeding, Trip through Canada, Notes from Iowa Historical Museum	n.d.
4	9	"Lizard Lake, Pocahontas County, Iowa"	n.d.
4	10	Mud Lake, Clay/Palo Alto Counties, Iowa	n.d.
4	11	Notes and Correspondence Regarding Talbot Paroquets	1933, n.d.
4	12	Notes on Accidental or Rare Specimens of Iowa Birds	n.d.
4	13	Notes on Bird Attributes, Egg Composition, the Cowbird, and Bird Environments	1933, n.d.
4	14	Notes on Bird Problems, Breeding, and Lists of Birds	n.d.
4	15	Notes on Directory of Birds to be collected in Iowa	n.d.
4	16	Notes on Bird Migration, Temperature, and Ideas for Articles	n.d.
4	17	Notes on Iowa Bird Collections	n.d.
4	18	Notes on Iowa Bird List	1929-1934, n.d.
4	19	"Notes on Iowa Birds During the Summer of 1934"	1934
4	20	Notes on Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa	n.d.
4	21	Notes on Specimens and Articles	n.d.
4	22	Observations of Iowa Lakes	1935, n.d.
4	23	Observations of May 14, 1933, Birds in Boone County	1933
4	24	"Outlet from Mud Lake into Trumbull Lake" Clay County, Iowa	n.d.
4	25	The Outlet to Lost Island Lake, Clay County, Iowa	n.d.
4	26	"The Plains Shelterbelt Project" and "Tree and Shrub Species"	n.d.
4	27	"Preliminary Report: Survey of Wild Life Areas in Iowa" and other documents on Biological Survey Project No. 1035	1934
4	28	"Proposed Game Refuge Areas Which are Suitable for Forestry Projects"	n.d.
4	29	"Proposed Mississippi River Valley Areas in Iowa"	1935
5	1	"Proposed Plan For Developing Wild Life Thickets on Rural School Grounds in Iowa"	n.d.
5	2	"Proposed Plan of Intensive Game Production" Davis County, Iowa	1935
5	3	"A Proposed Revision of the List of Iowa Birds"	n.d.
5	4	"Proposed Snow Fence and Game Cover Planting"	n.d.
5	5	Proposed Waterfowl Refuges and Wildlife Management (1 photograph of Allen Green)	1934
5	6	Questionnaire for a New Birds of Iowa	1928, n.d.
5	7	Recommendations to the Iowa Fish and Game Commission	1934
5	8	Red-tailed Hawk Notes	1932-1933
5	9	"Report of the State Highway Commission on the Iowa Lakes and Lake Beds"	1916
5	10	"Report on a Revised Birds of Iowa"	n.d.
5	11	"A Report on a Slough in Palo Alto County, Iowa"	n.d.
5	12	"A Report on Additional Slough, Marsh and Drained Lake Areas in Clay County, Iowa"	n.d.
5	13	"Report on Midway Islands – Albatross Study" Correspondence with Lt. Gen. Joseph Smith, Military Air Transport Service	1955
5	14	"Report on the Small Ponds Sloughs and Reservoirs Survey"	1934
5	15	Round Lake, Clay County, Iowa	n.d.
5	16	"Ruffed Grouse Program for Iowa" by Logan J. Bennett, Game Technician	n.d.
5	17	"Rush Lake, Palo Alto County, Iowa"	n.d.
5	18	"Ruthven Project," Clay and Palo Alto Counties, Iowa	n.d.
5	19	"Savannah Sparrows"	1933-1934
5	20	"Second Six Month's Report to the Iowa State Planning Board"	1934
5	21	"Silver Lake, Palo Alto County, Iowa"	n.d.
5	22	"Species in Class Aves"	n.d.
5	23	Specimen Lists	n.d.
5	24	Staling Notes for Iowa: Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and an article by May Thacher Cooke on "The Spread of The European Starling in North America (to 1928)"	1933-1935
5	25	"Summary of Plants and Shrubs Collected for Game Cover and Food Planting Program"	n.d.
5	26	"Sunk Grove, or Sunken Island Lake, Pocahontas County, Iowa"	n.d.
5	27	"Survey of Dry Lake Beds in Iowa"	1935
5	28	Tentative Program for the Next Six Months of the Biological Survey Project No. 1035	1934
5	29	Theoretical Plan for Gravel Pit by Aldo Leopold	n.d.
5	30	"Types of Surveys in the Land and Water Program"	n.d.
5	31	Union Slough	n.d.
5	32	Union Slough, Kossuth County, Iowa	n.d.
5	33	University of Iowa Natural History Museum	n.d.
5	34	"Virgin Lake, Palo Alto County, Iowa"	n.d.
5	35	Waterfowl Census on January 26	1936
5	36	"Waterfowl Conditions in the Missouri Valley"	n.d.
5	37	"Waterfowl Food Plants"	n.d.

Description of series


Series 4	Writings by DuMont	1926-1976, n.d.
extent:	2.5 linear feet
description:	This series contains published articles, letters, speeches, and observations by DuMont. The subject matters include bird censuses, bird observations, ornithological issues, migration patterns, bird collections, bird species, ornithological articles, Iowa and Nebraska birds, hunting, and book reviews. The files are arranged in a numbered series with unnumbered writings arranged alphabetically at the end.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
6	1	No. 1 "The One Hundred Most Common Birds of Polk County, Iowa"	1926
6	2	No. 2 [Christmas Census, Des Moines, Iowa.]	1926
6	3	No. 3 "The ‘Boyids' of New York." Read before the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Des Moines, Iowa	1927
6	4	No. 5 Mysterious Death of Birds at Little Wall Lake	1928
6	5	No. 6 [Christmas Census, Wilton, Connecticut] Bird-lore, vol.30, no.1, pp.32-33.	1927
6	6	No. 7 "Pomarine Jaegers and Phalaropes Offshore in November" Auk, vol. 46, no. 1, pp.102-103 (DuMont is a co-author)	1928
6	7	No. 8 "Holboell's Grebe (Colymbus holboelli) in Iowa in June." Wilson Bulletin. Vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 191-192.	[1929]
6	8	No. 9 "Some Iowa Observations" Bulletin of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, vol. 7, no. 4, p. 28.	1929
6	9	No. 10 "Identification of Sycamore Warbler in Connecticut Was Satisfactory." Auk, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 353-354	[1929]
6	10	No. 11 "Ani (Crotophaga Ani) Wintering in Florida"	1929
6	11	No. 12 "Wilson's Phalarope and Baird's Sandpiper in South Carolina" Auk, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 539-540	1929
6	12	No. 13 "Some Observations on the Use of Bird Skins and Feathers by the American Indian"	1929
6	13	No. 14 "Killing Wildfowl from Airplanes"	[1929]
6	14	No. 15 "The European Starling at Des Moines, Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 252	[1929]
6	15	No. 16 "Occurrence of the Russet-backed Thrush in Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 252	[1929]
6	16	No. 17 [Christmas Census, Fairfield County, Connecticut] Bird Lore, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 27	1928
6	17	No. 18 [Christmas Census, Montauk, Long Island, New York] Bird Lore, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 29-30	[1929]
6	18	No. 19 "Rare Connecticut Birds in Sanctuary Collection" Auk, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 93-94.	[1930]
6	19	No. 20 "The Distribution Westward of Seiurus Noveboracensis Noveboracensis"	[1930]
6	20	No. 21 "Christmas Census," Georges Bank (South and East of Nantucket, Mass.), Bird-Lore, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 24	[1930]
6	21	No. 22 "Abundance of Wintering Limicolae on the Florida West Coast" Auk, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 247-248	1929
6	22	No. 23 "Summary of Bird Notes from Pinellas County, Florida"	1931
6	23	No. 24 "Birds of Polk County, Iowa." Includes Correspondence and List of Reviews	1931
6	24	No. 25 "Directory to the Birds of Sarasota, Florida"	1931
6	25	No. 27 "Starlings in Washington County, Iowa"	1931
6	26	No. 28 "Notes from Central Iowa"	1932
6	27	No. 29 "Some 1931 Middle Western Records of the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, p. 29	1933
6	28	No. 30 "Some 1931 Fall Notes from Central Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 8-9	1931
6	29	No. 31 "Comparing Two Recent Iowa Bird Lists" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 28-29	1931
6	30	No. 32 "Some Notes from Southern Florida" Auk, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 236-237	1931
6	31	No. 33 "Pomarine Jaegers (Stercorarius Pomarinus) off Key West, Florida" Auk, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 220-221	1931
6	32	No. 34 "Some Iowa Birds in a Des Moines Collection" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 236-237	1932
6	33	No. 35 "Bird Notes from Tehama County, California" Condor, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 192	1932
6	34	No. 36 "Field Characters of the Starling." Iowa Bird Life, vol. 2, no. 3, p. 41	[1932]
6	35	No. 37 "Summer Notes from Central Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 38-39	1932
6	36	No. 38 "The Atlantic Kittiwake Taken in Central Iowa" Auk, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 102-103	1933
7	1	No. 39 "American Egret in Lake County, Indiana" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 44, no. 4, p. 236	1932
7	2	No. 40 "Know Iowa Hawks"	1932
7	3	No. 41 "Old Specimen of the Blue-faced Booby from Texas" Auk, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 92	1933
7	4	No. 42 "The American Egret in Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 48-50	1932
7	5	No. 43 [Bird Notes] (from Iowa City). Iowa Bird Life, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 54.	1932
7	6	No. 44 "The Iowa Red-tailed Hawks" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 5-7	1933
7	7	No. 45 "A Mensural Study of a Collection of Grus Canadensis from Iowa and Nebraska" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 13-15	1933
7	8	No. 47 "A Definite Nebraska Record for the Black Gyrfalcon" Nebraska Bird Review, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 12-14	1933
7	9	No. 49 "Report on a Revised Birds of Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 11-12	1933
7	10	No. 50 "A Record of the Treganza's Great Blue Heron from Central Nebraska" Nebraska Bird Review, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 31	1933
7	11	No. 51 "Notes on the Nebraska Flickers Contained in the Talbot Collection" Nebraska Bird Review, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 32	1933
7	12	No. 52 "An Old Specimen of Hybrid Flicker from Central Arkansas" Auk, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 362	1933
7	13	No. 53 "The Snowy Owl in Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 82-83	1933
7	14	No. 54 "Breeding Birds in Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 24-25	1933
7	15	No. 55 "The Iowa Specimen of Pacific Loon Reexamined" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 89-90	1933
7	16	No. 56 "Nebraska Towhees in the Talbot Collection" Nebraska Bird Review, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 63-64	1933
7	17	No. 57 "Some Nebraska Bird Records in the Talbot Collection" Nebraska Bird Review, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 64	1933
7	18	No. 58 "Pedioecetes Phasianellus Kennicottii Revived" Auk, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 432-433	1933
7	19	No. 60 "Museum Acquisitions at the University of Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 40-41	1933
7	20	No. 61 "Florida Cormorant from Dismal Swamp, Virginia. A Correction" Auk, vol. 51, no. 1, p. 78	1934
7	21	No. 62 "Type Specimens of Birds Taken in Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 54-55	1933
7	22	No. 63 "Second Occurrence of the Western Sandpiper in Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 197	1933
7	23	No. 64 "Bird Notes During August 1933 from Polk County, Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 56-57	1933
7	24	No. 65 "A Revised List of the Birds of Iowa" University of Iowa Service Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 47, p. 4	1933
7	25	No. 66 "The Passenger Pigeon as a Former Iowa Bird." Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, vol. 11, pp. 205-211	1933
7	26	No. 67 "Nebraska Horned Larks in the Talbot Collection" Nebraska Bird Review, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 131-132	1933
7	27	No. 68 "The Present Range of the Starling in Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 53	1933
7	28	No. 69 "Specimens of Fregata magnificens in the University of Iowa Museum" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 120-122	1934
7	29	No. 70 "Migrant Nelson's Sparrows in Central Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 1, p. 62	1934
7	30	No. 71 "The American Egret and Little Blue Heron in Iowa During 1933" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 4-5	1934
7	31	No. 72 "Additional Records of the Starling in Iowa"	[1934]
7	32	No. 73 "Fall Migration Notes on Red-tailed Hawks in Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 18-19	1934
7	33	No. 74 "Western Harlequin Duck Taken in Central Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 63-64	1934
7	34	No. 75 "The Breeding Birds of Iowa" The Oologist, vol. 51, no. 5, whole no. 563, pp. 50-66	1934
7	35	No. 76 "The Bald Eagle as an Iowa Bird" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 2-4	1934
7	36	No. 77 Chapter on "Non-game Birds" in Furs, Fins and Feathers	1934
7	37	No. 78 "A Proposed Revision of the 'Revised List of The Birds of Iowa'"	1934
7	38	No. 79 "Shufeldt's Junco Taken in Northwestern Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 200-201	[1934]
7	39	No. 80 "First Occurrence of the Starling in the 99 Iowa Counties"	[1934]
7	40	No. 81 "A Report on the Starling in Iowa" Auk, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 525-526	1934
7	41	No. 82 "Observations of the Ferruginous Roughleg in Iowa" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 4, p. 262	1934
7	42	No. 83 "The Double-crested Cormorant Nesting in Southeastern Iowa" Auk, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 509-510	1934
7	43	No. 84 "Additional Obervations of Harlan's Krider's and the Western Red-tailed Hawk in Iowa" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 509-510	1934
7	44	No. 85 "Iowa Specimen of the American Eider Is Redetermined as the Pacific Eider" Wilson Bulletin, vol. 46, no. 3, p. 203	1934
7	45	No. 86 "Notes on Iowa Birds During the Summer of 1934." Iowa Bird Life, vol.4, no.4, pp.52-53.	1934
7	46	No. 87 [Letter to Open Forum Editor Concerning American Egrets and Little Blue Herons in Iowa] Des Moines Register	1934
7	47	No. 89 [Anderson's "Birds of Iowa" Not Out of Print] Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 38	1934
7	48	No. 90 "Franklin's Gulls on Storm Lake" Iowa Bird Life, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 50	1934
7	49	No. 91 "A Systematic Analysis of the Measurements of 404 Nebraska Specimens of Geese of the Branta canadensis Group, formerly contained in the D.H. Talbot Collection." Nebraska Bird Review, vol.2, no.4.	1934
7	50	No. 92 [A Trip Across the Everglades of Florida by Auto. One Number in a Series "Around the World with Birds", Compiled by Harry Flock. Regina, Saskatchewan.]	1934
7	51	No. 93 "Magpies in Western Iowa." Outdoor Iowa, News Release of the Iowa Fish and Game Commission.	1934
7	52	No. 94 "Where to go duck hunting?" Outdoor Iowa, News Release of the Iowa Fish and Game Commission.	1934
7	53	No. 95 "Starlings Increasing in Western Iowa." Outdoor Iowa, News Release of the Iowa Fish and Game Commission.	1934
7	54	No. 96 "Prairie Chickens in Iowa." Outdoor Iowa, News Release of the Iowa Fish and Game Commission.	1934
8	1	No. 97 "Maximum Members of Shore Birds in Iowa During the Spring of 1934." Auk, vol.52, no.1, pp.83-85.	1935
8	2	No. 98 "Woodcocks increasing in numbers." Outdoor Iowa, News Release of the Iowa Fish and Game Commission.	1935
8	3	No. 99 "A List of Bird Books Suitable for Iowa." Mimeographed by the Iowa Fish and Game Commission.	[1935]
8	4	No. 101 "The role of the Accidental or Straggling Species of Birds in Iowa." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.1, pp.8-9.	1935
8	5	No. 102 "Specimen of greater Scaup Duck Found in Northern Iowa." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.1, pp.72-73.	1935
8	6	No. 105 "Northern Phalaropes in Northwestern Iowa." Wilson bulletin, vol.47, no.1, p.72.	1935
8	7	No. 106 "Caspian Terns in North Central Iowa." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.1, p.72.	1935
8	8	No. 107 "Fall Bird Notes from Clay County, Iowa. Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.1, p.6.	1935
8	9	No. 108 "An Autumnal Flight of Broad Winged Hawks in Eastern Iowa." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.1, p.5.	1935
8	10	No. 109 "Red Shafted Flicker Secured at Des Moines, Iowa." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.2, p.158.	1935
8	11	No. 110 "Prairie Falcon Records from Northwestern Iowa." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.2, pp.162-163.	1935
8	12	No. 111 "Passenger Pigeon Specimens." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.2, p.27.	1935
8	13	No. 112 "Additional Breeding Birds in Iowa." The Oologist, vol.52, whole no.578, pp.83-84.	1935
8	14	No. 113 "Distinctive Places in Iowa for Bird Study." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.3, pp.36-38.	1935
8	15	No. 114 "The American Egret and Little Blue Heron in Iowa." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.3, p.43.	1935
8	16	No. 115 "An Old Record of the Brown-headed Nuthatch in Iowa and Illinois." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.3, p.240.	1935
8	17	No. 116 "The Starling now nearly in all Iowa Counties." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.3, p.44.	1935
8	18	No. 117 "The 1934-35 Magpie Invasion into Iowa." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.3, p.44.	1935
8	19	No. 118 "Private Bird Collections in Iowa." Iowa Bird Life, vol.5, no.3, pp.38-41.	1935
8	20	No. 119 "Additional Iowa Species of Birds Substantiated by Specimens." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.3, pp.205-208.	1935
8	21	No. 120 "Chuck-wills-widow Collected in Southeastern Iowa." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.3, p.239.	1935
8	22	No. 121 "Directory of Birds to be Collected in Iowa." Iowa Conservation Commission.	1935
8	23	No. 122 "Specimen of European Widgeon Taken in Northwestern Iowa." Wilson Bulletin, vol.47, no.3, p.236.	1935
8	24	No. 123 "The Weights of 356 Nebraska Specimens of Geese of the Branta Canadensis Group Formerly Contained in the D.H. Talbot Collection." Nebraska Bird Review, vol.3, no.4, pp.135-141 (with two tables).	1935
8	25	No. 124 "Old Nesting Records of Rare Birds in Iowa." The Oologist, vol.53, no.1, pp.8-10.	1936
8	26	No. 125 "Anderson Printed His Own Local Bird List." Iowa Bird Life, vol.6, no.1, p.5.	1936
8	27	No. 126 "Distribution and Abundance of the Woodcock as a Summer Resident and Breeding Bird in Iowa." Boston Society of Natural History, vol.9, no.2, pp.233-235.	1936
8	28	"Audubon Western Bird Guide". Pough, Richard H. Doubleday & Co. Book Review by Philip A. DuMont	1957
8	29	Biological Abstracts: Hawks	1933
8	30	"Birding in Iowa in the 1930s"	n.d.
8	31	"Checklist of Iowa Birds"	1954
8	32	"Christmas Bird Counts 1971: Summary," Atlantic Naturalist (Reprint). Vol.27, no.1, Spring.	1972
8	33	"Data on Migrant Birds at Emmetsburg, Iowa"	1934
8	34	"Franklin's Gulls Nesting on Sand Lake Refuge, South Dakota"	n.d.
8	35	"Historical Notes on the Birds of Black Hawk County, Iowa" by Dennis Schlicht and Letter to the Editor	1973-1974
8	36	"How to Study Birds"	1933
8	37	"In Memoriam, Allan D. Cruickshank," Atlantic Naturalist. Vol.30, no.1, Spring.	1975
8	38	"In Memoriam, Clarence Cottam." Atlantic Naturalist. Vol.29, no.2, Summer.	1974
8	39	"The Invasion of the Staling into Iowa"	n.d.
8	40	"Karcher Memorial Slide Collection." Atlantic Naturalist. Vol.31, no.2, Summer.	1976
8	41	Letter on American Egret, Sunday Register, September 2, 1934	1934
8	42	Letter on European Starling near Oskaloosa, Oskaloosa Tribune, August 31, 1934	1934
8	43	Letter to Open Forum Editor	1936
8	44	"National Wildlife Refuges and Endangered Species of Birds"	1951
8	45	"New Standard English Names for Birds." Compiled by Philip A. DuMont. Atlantic Naturalist (Reprint). Vol.28, no.4, Winter.	1973
8	46	Observations on December 26, 1934, Bird-Lore, Vol XXXVII no.1, January 1935	1935
8	47	"The Oologist"	1934
8	48	"Planning for Fish and Game Restoration" Talk over WOI	1934
8	49	"The Present Status of the American Egret and Little Blue Heron in Iowa"	n.d.
8	50	"The Question of Hawks in Iowa"	n.d.
8	51	Rare Birds in Iowa, Wilson Bulletin, Vol. XLIV, no.4.	1932
8	52	"Relation of Franklin's Gull Colonies to Agriculture on the Great Plains"	1940
8	53	"The Remer Bird Collection of Le Mars"	1935
8	54	"A Report on the Revised Nomenclature of the List of Iowa Birds"	1932
8	55	"Restoration of Mingo Swamp Will Add Important Link in Chain of Federal Waterfowl Refuge", Missouri Conservationist. Vol.5, no.4.	1944
8	56	A Review of Ornithology in Iowa; Accomplishments and Objectives	n.d.
9	1-3	The Revised List of the Birds of Iowa Part 1 of 3	1934
9	4	"Some Fall Notes From Central Iowa"	1934
9	5	"Song Birds"	n.d.
9	6	"Specimens of Extinct Birds in Iowa Collections"	1933
9	7	"Starlings in Mahaska County"	n.d.
9	8	"A State Wide Program of Wild Life Areas"	1935
9	9	"Subspecies and Bird Watching"	n.d.
9	10	"Subspecies, and Their Place in The List of Iowa Birds"	1933
9	11	"The Tennant Bird Collection at Arnold's Park"	1935
9	12	United States Dept. of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. National Wildlife Refuge Bibliography. Compiled by Philip A. DuMont. Wildlife Leaflet no. 334.	1951
9	13	United Articles on Birds	n.d.
9	14	"Unusual Birds Found Near Des Moines"	n.d.
9	15	"Warblers, and How to Identify Them"	1933
9	16	"The Ways of Wildfowl" by Bishop, Richard E. Ferguson Publishing Co. New York. Book Review by Philip A. DuMont. Atlantic Naturalist (Reprint). Vol.27, no.1.	1972
9	17	"Wellendorf Bird Collection at Algona"	1935
9	18	"Why Keep Bird Records?"	1947
9	19	Woodpeckers	n.d.

Description of series


Series 5	Writings by Others	1868-1981, n.d.
extent:	0.5 linear feet
description:	This series includes ornithological writings by people other than DuMont, many of which cite DuMont's writings. Many of these authors have professional connections to DuMont.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
9	20	Allen, J.A. "Notes on Birds"	1868
9	21	Bennett, Logan J. "Game Cover Plantings Made By E.C.W. Camps, Spring of 1935"	1935
9	22	Bennett, Logan J. "Pheasants in Southern Iowa"	n.d.
9	23	Bennett, Logan J. "Shrubs and Trees Recommended for Five Thousand Acre Experimental Game Area in the National Forest Area in Iowa"	1935
9	24	Bennett, Walter W. "Birds of Sioux City, Iowa" and Notes	1931
9	25	Bennett, Walter W. "Some Needed Bird Observations in Iowa"	n.d.
9	26	Bennitt, Rudolf. "Check-list of the Birds of Missouri"	1932
9	27	Boston Society of Natural History. "Distribution and Abundance of Woodcock in Iowa"	n.d.
9	28	Brown, Woodward H. "Polk County Checklist of the Observations of Members of the Des Moines Audubon Society"	1953
9	29	Darling, Jay N. "The Story of the Wildlife Refuge Program" Parts 1 and 2	1954
9	30	Dinsmore, James J. "Iowa's Avifauna: Changes in the Past and Prospects for the Future"	1981
9	31	DuMont, W. G. "Winter Observations of Iowa Migrants"	1937
9	32	Eddy, Brayton. "101 Animals of the Bible"	1948
9	33	Ennis, J. Harold. "A Catalog of Birds that Appear on Postage Stamps"	n.d.
9	34	Fenton, Carroll Lane. "The Birds of Floyd County, Iowa"	1923-1924
10	1	Hendrickson, George O. "Observations on Nests and Young of the Coot"	1937
10	2	Hodges, James. "The American Egret in Iowa"	n.d.
10	3	Illinois Audubon Society. "Check List of the Birds of Illinois"	n.d.
10	4	Keiser, Leon P. and Kozicky, Edward L. "Sex and Age Determination of Wild Turkeys"	1943
10	5	Low, Jessop B. "A Comparison of Spring Migrations of Some Birds Through Clay and Palo Alto Counties, Iowa"	1939
10	6	Musgrove, Jack. "Check List of Iowa Birds"	1949
10	7	Pierce, Fred J. "Birds of Buchanan County, Iowa" with Letter from Pierce	1930
10	8	Schorger, A.W. "The Passenger Pigeon in Wisconsin and the Problems in its History"	n.d.
10	9	Smith, Lloyd. "A Report on the Establishment of Waterfowl Game Management Areas in Southern Iowa"	n.d.
10	10	Spawn, Gerald B. "The 1934 Fall Migration of Shore Birds Through Clay and Palo Alto Counties, Iowa"	1935
10	11	Stephens, T.C. "The Birds of Dakota County, Nebraska"	1937
10	12	Stephens, T.C. "A Project in Iowa Ornithology"	1937
10	13	Swenk, Myron H. "A Study of the Distribution and Migration of the Great Horned Owls in the Missouri Valley Region"	1937
10	14	Tinker, A.D. "Notes on the Ornithology of Clay and Palo Alto Counties, Iowa"	1914
10	15	Weller, Milton W., Adams, I.C. Jr. and Rose, B.J. "Winter Roosts of Marsh Hawks and Short-Eared Owls in Central Missouri"	1955
10	16	Williams, H.V. "Birds of the Red River Valley of Northeastern North Dakota" and Notes	1926, n.d.
10	17	Youngworth, W.M. "The Birds of Fort Sisseton, South Dakota, A Sixty Year Comparison"	1935

Description of series


Series 6	Organizations	1923-1947
extent:	0.3 linear feet
description:	This series contains articles and information issued by organizations DuMont was a part of or interested in, including the American School of Wild Life Protection and the Iowa Ornithologists' Union.

Container List

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
10	18	American School of Wildlife Protection	1923-1934
10	19	"The Bulletin" Iowa Ornithologists Union	1929
10	20	Iowa Ornithologists Union Annual Meeting Programs	1933-1936
10	21	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Convention	1947
10	22-23	Letters of Information Issued by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union	1923-1932

Description of series


Series 7	Subject Files	1904-1971, n.d.
extent:	0.5 linear feet
description:	This series contains information and research contained in DuMont's collection, but not directly related to his projects. These documents include bibliographies of ornithological data, articles on ornithology, conservation in Iowa, newspaper clippings related to ornithology and DuMont, and photographs

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
10	24	Bibliography of Polk County, Iowa 1883-1934	ca. 1934
10	25	Bibliography of Reports, Iowa State Planning Board	n.d.
10	26	Correspondence and Notes Regarding Walter Savage	1933
10	27	Excerpt from "Birds Extinct in Iowa and Those Becoming So" by Paul Bartsch	n.d.
10	28	Game Policies	1933-1936, n.d.
10	29	"Iowa State Planning Board Distribution of Waterfowl Principle Waterfowl Flyways Breeding and Wintering Fall Migration"	n.d.
10	30	Lands Owned by State Board of Control and Education	n.d.
10	31	Lewis and Clark Trail	1965, n.d.
10	32-33	News Clippings	1904-1971, n.d.
11	1-2	News Clippings	1933-1936, n.d.
11	3	"Notes on Bird Antics"	1943
11	4	"Notes on the North American Wildlife Conference"	1938
11	5	Photographs	1928, n.d.
11	6	Principal Waterfowl Flyways Fall Migrations	n.d.
11	7	Smith Collection	n.d.

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