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Collection of 190 pictures of birds in watercolor, pen, and pencil, by several artists, as well as 2 title pages, board, and spine. Includes birds found in Australia, India, and New Guinea.

Overview This collection consists of a single volume containing notes for an ornithological work, as well as loose material removed from the volume. The section Accipitres from G. R. Gray's Genera of Birds, 1849 (42 printed pages) has been placed into this volume and is heavily annotated, interleaved with many sheets of lined blue paper containing extensive annotations on and additions to the text. The additions are largely citations of dated nomenclature up to 1875;...

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This collection consists of one watercolor painting of multiple birds called ruffs. The painting was created by M.H.A. Staring (1897-1929), a Dutch artist and ornithologist whose specialty was depicting zoological subjects.

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Preparatory manuscript artwork and separate lithographic prints for the bird books created by John Gould and the artists employed in his publication workshop in London, England, in the 19th century. Birds found in these books exist around the world, including in North and South America, Asia, Australia, the United Kingdom and continental Europe, the Himalayan mountains, New Guinea, and Papua.

Overview This collection consists of drawings attributed to Joseph Wolf (1820-1899), which came to the University of Kansas as part of the bequest by Ralph Nicholson Ellis, Jr (1908-1945) of his library of natural-history books and manuscripts. Some are quick sketches capturing the outlines and positions of animals, while others are more detailed pencil studies. Both would have served as reference material for the artist who painted animals and provided zoological illustrations for numerous books,...

Overview Ralph Ellis (1908-1945) was an avid collector of books, particularly those pertaining to natural history and ornithology; he worked diligently to expand his library of Natural History books, especially those pertaining to birds and mammals. In 1936, Ellis purchased the greater part of the John Gould library from a London bookseller. He also subscribed to numerous journals, joined dozens of societies, and pieced together complete back files of periodicals. Ellis' collection of books and...

Overview Kansas City dermatologist Gordon C. Sauer, M.D. spent much of his life researching the 19th-century ornithologist John Gould. From 1948 until his death in 2003, Dr. Sauer published numerous articles and books about Gould. This collection reflects Sauer's research on John Gould, including correspondence, research on Gould, photocopies of Gould letters, and manuscripts of Sauer's books about Gould. The collection also contains some of Sauer's professional papers from his years as a...