Guide to the Willie Chambers Papers, (bulk 1891-1964)

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Guide to the Willie Chambers Papers, (bulk 1891-1964)

Collection number: BANC MSS 67/131 c

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Contact Information:

The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: The Bancroft Library staff
Date Completed:: ca. 1967
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Willie Chambers Papers,

Date (bulk): (bulk 1891-1964)

Collection Number: BANC MSS 67/131 c

Creator: Chambers, Willie, 1878-1966

Extent: Number of containers: 2 boxes, 1 carton, 1 portfolio Linear feet: 2

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Correspondence, miscellaneous papers and photographs, relating to his interest in ornithology. Included are some records of the Cooper Ornithological Club, 1961-1964.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Willie Chambers Papers, BANC MSS 67/131 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The papers of W. Lee Chambers were a gift of Mrs. Harvey T. Anderson on February 20, 1967.

Scope and Content

The Papers of W. Lee Chambers relate mainly to his active interest in ornithology, most specifically to the collection of skins and eggs. They also contain records of the Cooper Ornithological Club of which he was business manager for many years. Glass plate negatives, primarily of Santa Monica at the turn of the century, and miscellaneous printed materials have been turned over to picture and book catalogers for separate cataloging.

Box 1

Outgoing letters, 1901-1950, arranged chronologically

Incoming letters, A-G, including A-Z miscellany for single letters. A partial list of correspondents is appended at end of report.

Box 2

Incoming letters, H-Z

Stone, Lois C: In Memoriam: W. Lee Chambers (Reprint from The Auk)

carton Carton

Cooper Ornithological Club:

See also portfolio

Membership lists

Business manager's reports, 1901-1926

Misc. financial records, including inventories and expenditures for the Avifauna, the Condor, and Grayson plates.

Ledger of accounts, 1926-1930

Misc. reports, etc.

Address file and seals

Notes and clippings re California Condor

Bird lists

Maps of Santa Monica, Long Beach, and Pasadena

Misc., including collector's permits; photographs and glass plate negatives, mainly of birds' nests and eggs

portfolio Portfolio

Statistical charts of Cooper Ornithological Club for Condor, Avifauna, etc.

A-Z Miscellany

American Ornithologists' Union

Letter, Oct. 28, 1902, by William Dutcher

Bailey, Laura (Beatty) Law (Mrs. Harold Harris Bailey)

Letter, Oct. 24, 1962

British Museum (Nat. Hist.)

Letter, Sept. 3, 1902, by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant

California Academy of Sciences

Letter, June 14, 1905, by Leverett Mills Loomis

Fisher, Walter Kenrick, 1878-

Letter, Jan 25, 1903

Miller, Alden Holmes, 1906-1965

Letter, Jan. 28, 1964

Miller, Loye Holmes, 1874-

Letter, Apr. 13, 1964

Storer, Tracy Irwin, 1889-

Letter, Aug. 20, 1920

U.S. National Zoological Park

Letter, Feb. 5, 1903, by Frank Baker

Zoological Society of Philadelphia

Letter, Apr. 17, 1905, by A. E. Brown

Baker, Frank, 1841-1918

see U.S. National Zoological Park

Barlow, Chester, 1873?-1902

17 letters, 1901-1902.

Additional Note

Some as editor of Condor and as treasurer, Cooper Club.

Bent, Arthur Cleveland, 1866-

21 letters, 1916-1946.

Brown, Arthur Erwin, 1850-1910

see Zoological Society of Philadelphia

Childs, John Lewis

17 letters, 1901-1919.

Daggett, Frank S.

4 letters, 1901-1902.

Additional Note

Some as president, Cooper Club, Southern Division.

Dawson, Frances E. (Mrs. W. Leon Dawson)

3 letters, 1939-1944.

Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928

97 letters, 1907-1924.

Additional Note

Mainly re publication of Birds of California. Ms., "Quillayute Bird-Names" and misc. re Birds of California and the International Museum of Oology at end of folder.

Dickey, Donald Ryder, 1887-1932

2 letters, 1920.

Dunn, Harry H., 1879-1932

11 letters, 1901-1902.

Dutcher, William, 1846-1920

see American Ornithologists Union

Emerson, W. Otto

6 letters, 1902-1906.

Fuertes, Luis Agassiz, 1874-1927

2 letters, 1905.

Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939

17 letters, 1901-1920.

Hillyer, Curtis, 1872-

2 letters, 1925.

See also South Moulton Company.

Howard, O. W.

45 letters, 1901-1902.

Lattin, Frank H.

3 letters, 1901-1902.

Law, John Eugene, d. 1931

14 letters, 1902-1920.

Loomis, Leverett Mills, 1857-1928

see California Academy of Sciences

Morcom, G. Frean

16 letters, 1901-1902.

Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert, 1863-1924

see British Museum (Nat. Hist.)

Ravenel, William de Chastignier, 1859-

see Smithsonian Institution

Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918

see Smithsonian Institution

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929

2 letters, 1902-1903.

Robertson, Howard

16 letters, 1901-1902.

Additional Note

Some as secretary, Cooper Club, Southern Division.

Smithsonian Institution

3 letters, 1902, by W. de C. Ravenel and R. Rathbun.

South Moulton Company

3 letters, 1925-1926.

Additional Note

One signed by Curtis Hillyer, q. v. Re publication of Birds of California.

Stone, Witmer, 1866-1939

2 letters, 1902-1905.

Additional Note

Re condor holdings in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Swarth, Harry Schelwald, 1878-1935

10 letters, 1901-1920.

Taylor, Henry Reed

21 letters, 1901-1905.

Thayer, John Eliot, 1862-1933

20 letters, 1902.