Manuscript Register

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University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: May 2000

Acquisition Note: This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries over a period of years, beginning in 1949.

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Alfred Marshall Bailey (1894 -- 1978) was a naturalist and writer from Iowa.

The papers of Alfred M. Bailey date from 1949 -- 1955 and consist of two linear feet of literary manuscripts primarily relating to his study of birds.

Birds of Alaska. Drafts of section about Branta Canadensis leucoporeia showing opinion change. Incomplete mss. Related correspondence.

Clippings

Denver Museum of Natural History, Museum Pictorials

No. 1. (published February 1951 though dated June 1950). Nature photography with miniature cameras. Drafts, galleys, page and press proofs, published magazine, related ephemera.

No. 3. (published October 15, 1951). Stepping Stones Across the Pacific. Published magazine.

No. 6. (July 1952). Laysan and black-footed albatrosses. Drafts, galley, press proof, published magazine.

No. 9. (September 1953). The red crossbills of Colorado. Drafts, press proof, published magazine.

No. 11. (June 1955). Birds of New Zealand. Draft, page and press proofs, galley, published magazine.

List of titles, numbers 1 -- 9.

Denver Museum of Natural History, Museum Publications. Popular Series. Catalog.