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2019

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The Avian Archives Of Iowa And Frederic Leopold, Anita Kay, Erin Anderson Jul 2019

The Avian Archives Of Iowa And Frederic Leopold, Anita Kay, Erin Anderson

Erin Anderson

The Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn) is a web portal for Iowa ornithological primary sources dating from 1895-2012. The portal’s eight archival collections provide robust documentation of over one hundred years of bird study in Iowa and encompass some of the Midwest’s most influential conservationists. This presentation and database demonstration will share documents and photographs from the Frederic Leopold collection. We will learn about Leopold’s life-long study of Wood Duck populations in Iowa while simultaneously exploring the content and functionality of this new and publicly accessible digital resource. In addition, we will present background information on the project’s inception …


The Avian Archives Of Iowa And Frederic Leopold, Anita Kay, Erin Anderson Jun 2019

The Avian Archives Of Iowa And Frederic Leopold, Anita Kay, Erin Anderson

Anita Kay

The Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn) is a web portal for Iowa ornithological primary sources dating from 1895-2012. The portal’s eight archival collections provide robust documentation of over one hundred years of bird study in Iowa and encompass some of the Midwest’s most influential conservationists. This presentation and database demonstration will share documents and photographs from the Frederic Leopold collection. We will learn about Leopold’s life-long study of Wood Duck populations in Iowa while simultaneously exploring the content and functionality of this new and publicly accessible digital resource. In addition, we will present background information on the project’s inception …