Biographical Materials 1986-2003
Obituary papers regarding the life of Frank A. Pitelka 1986-2003
Personal Ephemera undated
Correspondence
AINA 1959-1971
AINA-ecology of lemmings, funding 1959-1960
AINA-expenses, travel plans 1958
AINA-funding, expenses 1961-1962
AINA-funding 1963
AINA-funding and orders 1964-1965
AINA-funding 1959
AINA-funding 1961
AINA-reports, expenses 1969-1974
AINA, NARL 1964-1971
AINA, NARL 1970
AINA, NARL-funding 1965-1969
AINA, NARL-lemmings, shorebirds 1966-1968
Logistics, Alaska 1958-1961
Staffing, arrangements and logistics 1952-1970
Alaska project expenses and logistics 1958-1961
Arrangements and logistics 1938-1951
Named Correspondence 1958-1969
Beaver, Donald Lloyd 1967
Bruyn, Henry & Forbes, David 1960
Cade, Thomas 1958-1959
Carlson, Clifford G. 1960
Chamberlain, Lawrence L. 1961
Childs, Henry E. Jr. 1957-1959
Church, Ronald L. 1951
Church, Ronald L. 1952
Custer, Thomas Wayne 1969
DeBenedictis, Paul Undated
Gogan, Peter 1968
Hamilton, Robert Bruce 1965
Hawes, David B. 1969
Hillmer, Emmet 1959
Hines, John Q. 1962
Holmes, Richard T. 1964
Logsdon, H.S. 1963-1964
MacLean, Stephen F. 1964-1968
McBee, Richard H. 1963
Melchior, H. 1971
Mukherjee, Ardhendu 1963
Mullen, David A. 1961-1963
Mullen, Frances C. 1962
Papadopoules, M. 1959
Pieper, Rex D. 1959
Reynolds, Jack G. 1961
Schultz, A.M. 1961-1965
Schultz, Arnold M. 1958
Schwan, Thos. G. 1969
Stevens, Gary L. 1962-1963
Sullivan, John 1961
Tolonen, Karl Eric 1967
Verbeek, Nicolaas M. 1966
Personal
Arctic staff contact info (confidential) 1974
Notes, letters and postcard 1939-1970
Pitelka's expenses-confidential 1969
Research, Alaska 1957-1997
Birds and lemmings in Alaska 1957-1994
Entomology 1963
Longspurs 1968
NARL 1967-1972
NARL-expenses 1957-1958
NARL-lemmings, birds 1963-1993
Tundra biome 1970
U.S. fish and wildlife 1975-1976
University correspondence 1971-1997
Research
Plot lines
Plot II Undated
Plot line III Undated
Plot line IV Undated
Plot line III Undated
Plot line V Undated
Plot line and trap area V Undated
Plot line VI Undated
Plot line VIII Undated
Live plot data 1963
Trap line data
UMIAT Results 1955-1959
RLW Maps, Etc. trap plots I 1960
RLW Live plot general data 1960
Live trap area I
Habitat analysis
Trap II
Trap V
Live trap area IV
Data index cards 1951-1952
Phalaropus traplines 1951-1953
Trap line snow cover records 1952-1959
Trap lines, microtine transect accounts 1955-1956
Trap line data 1955-1956
Trap line summaries 1955-1960
Lemmus trap lines 1955-1956
Lemmus trapping data 1955-1958
Trap line data 1955-1959
Trap lines general 1955-1958
Lemmus snap trap data and tundra report from US office of education 1955-1971
Lafayette live trap data 1956-1957
Lemmus trapping data 1959
Lemmus trapping data 1959-1960
Alaska trap line results 1959-1961
Alaska trap lines results 1960
Trapping notes 1960
Lemmus trap line data 1960
Trap line 1961
Alaska trap line results 1962
Winter trapping data 1962-1964
Alaska trap line results 1963-1965
Lemmus trapping data 1964
Lemmus trapping data 1965-1970
Lemmus trapping data 1966-1970
Alaska trap line results 1966-1969
Trap line data 1970-1971
Lemmus trapping data 1971
Trap line data 1971
Trap line data 1972-1973
Lemmus trapping data 1972-1973
Banding data
Banding records for calcarius and Plectrophenax 1951
Plectrophenax and calcarius banding records 1951-1953
Banding data calcarius acanthis 1952
Banding data Plectrophenax 1952
Banding data Calcarius 1953
Banding data Plectrophenax, Misc. 1953
Temperature Data
Reynolds Temp data 1960
Tide data
Banding records and tide data
Tide data 1962
Procedures and operations
Barrow Alaska program instructions and field note copies 1941-1979
Barrow collecting instructional material assembled by Frank Pitelka 1950-1959
NAR operational notes 1970
Artic insect trapping instructions and sample material 1962-1972
Notes on objectives and procedures
A field manual 1954
Barrow field operations
Barrow lists, guides and work notes
LEMCYC Data card set up
Codes for birds in Barrow Alaska
Barrow bird and plant list
Administrative resources for Barrow researchers
Artic Lemming procedures 1956
Specimen specific research and data
Misc. Lemming research 1951-1960
Notes on calcarius specimens 1951-1953
Lemmus data Analyses 1952
Lemmus data 1952
Lemmus data analysis 1953
Lemmus sex ratio data 1953
Lemmus tables, analyses etc. 1952-1956
Alaska misc. notes 1952-1953
Lemmus data 1953
Longspur data 1972
Lemmus data 1954
Predator notes, birds, lemmus research data 1954-1972
North Alaska misc. specimen data 1955-1959
Microtine skull statistics and measurements Alaska 1957
Sullivan vegetation data 1962
Predators IBP period weasels 1965-1971
Food overlap amond sandpipers 1968
Bird data including route maps and bird count 1971-1972
Curlew sand piper and temp data 1972
Longspur data
US Fish and wildlife, sand pipers 1992
Longspurs
Field notes
Volume 1 v1533 1940-1941
California- San Bernadino and Inyo County Nevada- Nye and Clark County v1533_s1 1940
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marin and Sonoma County California v1533_s2 1941
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Volume 2 v1534 1942
Inyo and Mono County California v1534_s1 1942
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Volume 3 v1535 1942-1946
Species Accounts v1535_s1 1942-1946
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Volume 4 v4149 1942-1988
Journal v4149_s1 1942-1948,1966
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Species Accounts v4149_s2 1947-1988
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Volume 5 v1536 1943-1948
Catalog, Journal, Species Accounts, and Plant List v1536_s1 1943
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Catalog v1536_s2 1945-1946
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Western Nevada, Catalog and Journal v1536_s3 1946
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Catalog v1536_s4 1946
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico, Catalog, Journal, Species Accounts v1536_s5 1946
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Catalog v1536_s6 1947
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Oregon and Nevada, Catalog, Journal, and Species Accounts v1536_s7 1947
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Cruz Island, Catalog, Journal, Species Accounts, and List of Birds v1536_s8 1948
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Species accounts, hummingbirds 1942-1946
Arizona, Mexico field notes 1949-1951
Plectrophenax behavior notes 1951-1952
Plectrophenax behavioral notes 1951-1953
Pitelka species accounts and catalogs 1951-1955
Continuous watches 1951-1952
Field journal and catalog Barrow, Alaska 1960
Barrow census data 1960-1969
Calcarius 1952
Lemmus observation 1953
Field notes 1953-1964
Pitelka species accounts 1956
Forage utilization checks 1970
Merele solomon filed notes 1957-1960
Catalog from Pitmegea River, Alaska 1957-1959
Transect data 1957-1958
Catalogs 1959
Sandpipers 1959
D. Mullen lemmus data 1960-1961
Copy of D. Mullen's lemmus data sheets 1960-1961
Pitelka journals and species accounts 1962-1963
Barrow census data 1960-1969
Lemmus data 1961-1962
Excerpts by Hans Jenny at Barrow, Alaska 1961
Barrow lemmus data 1962-1963
Lemmus data 1959
Lemmus Wainwright specimens 0155-1958
Erolia and calidris field notes 1962
Pitelka journals and species accounts 1962-1963
Lemmus data 1962-1964
Alaska field journal and species accounts, mostly Trynqites 1962-1964
Shorebird feeding study 1965-1966
Alaska field notes 1967-1969
Alaska field notes 1972-1973
Holmes, RT- Kolomale R., Y-K Delta, AK 1966-1969
Catalogs 1966-1979
Pitelka field notes 1970-1971
Pitelka Alaska field notes 1972-1973
Lemmus specimen records 1972-1973
Alaska field notes 1974-1975
Pitelka field notes 1976-1978
Lynne Steinzel field notes 1977
D. Shuford journal 1977-1978
Barrow Phenology 1978
Alaska D. Shuford species observation 1978
Phenology notes I 1978
Phenology notes, Meade river Alaska 1979
Barrow Phenology 1979
D. Shuford journal, north slope Borough, Alaska Meade river at Atquasuk/ Barrow 1979
Phenology notes II 1979
C.W. Swarth journal and species account 1979
J. Evans Alaska journal Meade river, north slope 1979
Alaska notes on tryngites subruficolis 1978-1980
B.J. McCaffery journal 1980
Phenology notes Barrow, Alaska 1980
Phenology notes, Barrow 1980
Photographs and slides
35 mm slides 13 shore bird and 23 eastern hardwoods slides 1952-1953
35 mm slides taken in Chile, landscapes and graphs 1966
35 mm slides New Guinea bird illustrations
35 mm slides acorn woodpecker taken by Roenig
35 mm slides acorn woodpeckers and charts
35 mm slides Poland field station - 24 slides 1966
35 mm slides 32 acorn woodpeckers taken by S.J. Hannon
35 mm slides 76 acorn woodpeckers
35 mm slides 14 assorted birds
35 mm slides 13 slides, Mike Marsh, Bill Lidicker, Bropski, on Island in San Francisco bay
35 mm slides 46 slides western united states, western California
35 mm slides coast range series 11 slides, Richmond field station 10 slides
35 mm slides 34 slides sanderlings, Bodega bay California
35 mm slides jays and habitat in Mexico 115 slides plus Malaysian forest - 4 slides
Photo taken by Williamson and Pitelka
Shorebird Photos Barrow, Alaska and Thomas Custer portrait 1970-1978
Winter sun, Barrow, Alaska
Negatives of lemmus and film by Aldefer
Aerial photographs Barrow, Alaska
Photos sandpiper
Aerial photographs Barrow, Alaska
Photographs and negatives Barrow, Alaska
Research photographs sandpipers
35 mm slides polar bear kill
Photographs, negatives and 35 mm slides Barrow, Alaska 1947-1960
Photographs of buff breasted sandpipers 1960
Negatives - eggs, nests, landscape - Alaska
Photographs snow measurement 1960
Photographs field journals and catalog 1951-1956
35 mm slides Barrow, Alaska plants 1972
35 mm slides specimen and plant Barrow, Alaska 1972
Maps
Maps from local collectors Merle Soloman W.J. Maher 1957
Live plot data and maps 1963
Live plot data 1964
Live plot maps 1965
Maps 1963-1971
Oversized data sheets
Michael Marsh Maps 1950
Manuscripts 1951-1980
Written by Frank Pitelka 1952-1980
"Some problems of lemming ecology studied in Northern Alaska: The 1955 program." 1955-1956
"Checklist of the insects of the Pt. Barrow, Alaska Region" and an "Analysis of soil invertebrate samples from Barrow, Alaska." 1956-1957
"Ecology of Lemmings and other Microtines in Northern Alaska," report submitted to the Arctic Institute of North America. 1962
Personal notes, graphs, reports and unpublished papers entitled "Insects and their habitats in the Tundra of the Barrow Region of Alaska" and "The role of insects in the economy of certain Arctic Alaskan birds." 1952-1963
"Efficiency of Winter scavengers in the Arctic," and "Cycle pattern in lemming populations near Barrow Alaska." 1971
"Effect of habitat conditions on spatial parameters of shorebird populations." 1980
"A review of the literature I have studied in the field of small mammals, especially brown lemming (lemmus trimucronatus) at Barrow, Alaska," and "Shorebird feeding observations." undated
"Insects & their habitats in the Tundra near Barrow, Alaska." Undated
"Key to the orders of adult insects in the immediate Barrow area," and personal notes. Undated
"The nature and extent of the insect fauna at Pt. Barrow, Alaska," unpublished manuscript. Undated
"Insects and their habitats in the Tundra near Barrow, Alaska." Undated
"Key to the orders of adult insects in the immediate Barrow area," and "Insects and their habitats on the Tundra near Barrow, Alaska," and other research notes. 1952-1957
Collection of bibliographies with the subject of Alaska. Undated
Microtine literature bibliography 1969
Published and unpublished manuscripts regarding lemmings in the Arctic Tundra. 1952-1973
Written by others 1951-1973, n.d.
"Review of the literature concerning the energy requirements of small rodents and how they meet it, with special emphasis on the genus lemmus," by Nils Chr. Stenseth and other summaries. 1952
Unpublished manuscript by Paul D. Hurd Jr., "The nature and extent of the insect fauna at Pt. Barrow, Alaska." 1956-1957
"Seasonal Changes in Herbage Weight and Species Composition in an Annual Grass Community," by Ratliff, Raymond Dewey 1959
"Nutrient cycles and lemming cycles on the Arctic Tundra," and, "The application of the ecosystem concept to range management," by Arnold M. Schultz 1960
Unpublished manuscripts and reports by Arnold M. Schultz regarding nutrient cycles in the animal systems of the Arctic Tundra. 1961-1962
"Freeways in the grass," and "Lemming Caecal bacterial studies," by F. Stephen Dobson. 1963-1976
Unpublished manuscripts and notes regarding the tipulids and chironomids at Barrow, Alaska by John E. Slater and Eugene J. Gerberg, Ph.D. 1966-1972
Published and unpublished manuscripts regarding vole populations, microtine populations and habitats, and biomes. 1968-1971
Published and unpublished manuscripts regarding brown lemmings and longspurs in the Arctic Tundra. 1971-1973
Lemming model project in Alaska headed by Boyd. D. Collier 1973
Unpublished manuscripts, notes and a newspaper article regarding predation in the regulation of animal numbers 1951-1961
Longhand notes about Lemmus Undated
Professional Papers
Research Grants
AINA-Final Report: "A comparative study of the mite fauna of the North American Arctic, with special emphasis on the marine mites." 1948
AINA-grant applications and correspondence 1973-1978
Lecture Materials 1951
Personal notes, writings and symposium material regarding arctic specimens used for lectures. 1951
Field directions for studying woodrat houses, zoology 113 1958
Committee Reports 1963-1967
NARL progress reports, a review brochure and a committee report on polar research, "Science in the Arctic Ocean Basin." 1963-1967
Conference Materials 1961-1964
Berkeley Arctic Conference program, correspondence and notes. 1961-1964
1972 Tundra Biome Symposium material and writings 1970-1972
Work Reports
Plan of work 1958
Twenty-Second Annual Winter Meeting 1952
Plan of Work 1957
The Arctic Institute of North America 1959
Proposal for 1959 1958-1962
Demographic Characteristics: US Department of the Interior 1988
Analysis of soil invertebrates from Barrow, Alaska 1957
Plan of Work, report for 1960-1961 and AINA report for 1960 1960-1961
Project Progress Report, Plan of Work and Research Proposal 1957-1964
Report on Research, Annual Report and Final Report 1951-1962
Final Report 1951-1953
AINA-Application 1954-1955
Lemming ecology - Report on Research 1955
Plan of work 1955-1956
Monthly Field Report-US Tundra Biome 1964-1972