Robert Porter Allen was an ornithologist and conservation activist with the National Audubon Society. He founded the Audubon Research Center in Tavernier, FL and dedicated his life to documenting various bird species. His efforts to document the Whooping Crane nesting sites in North America generated national media coverage and aided in the creation of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. This collection features digitized items from the USF Libraries Special Collections holdings.
This portion of the digital collection contains photographs or single-page images from the collection. For papers and warden reports, see the Robert Porter Allen Audubon Collection - Photographs.
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Field Notes, The Everglades, Florida, 1941
Robert Porter Allen
A field notebook with notes of bird observation and trip plans for the Everglades in 1941.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, February 21, 1941
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, about the feeding habits of spoonbills and their preference for killifish.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, May 15, 1941
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, reporting back on spoonbill sightings on a May 14th trip in the Florida Keys.
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Draft, Roseate Spoonbills, circa 1940s-1950s
A draft of a report on Roseate Spoonbills in the United States. Included are notes on where spoonbills are in the United States and conservation efforts to preserve the species.
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Article, Eight Months of a Hermit's Life Amid the Roseate Spoonbills, 1940
Robert Porter Allen
A paper presented at the "Annual Meeting 1940" from Robert Porter Allen about living amongst Roseate Spoonbills in Tavernier, Florida.
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Field Notes, 1940, and Christmas 1955 Census
Robert Porter Allen
A field notebook for bird observations near West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1940. Towards the back of the notebook are totals from the 1955 Christmas Census of birds.
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Field Notes, Texas Spoonbill, 1940
Robert Porter Allen
Field notes taken in 1940 from Robert Porter Allen's trips to the Gulf Coast of Texas to look for spoonbills.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, April 26, 1940
Robert Porter Allen
Letter written by Allen about the spooning of spoonbills and other birds in courtship. Drawings, charts, and maps explain the location and the stances of spoonbills.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, May 7, 1940
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, about spoonbills Allen observed at Rattlesnake Point in Texas.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, November 12, 1940
Robert Porter Allen
Letter from Robert Porter Allen from Tavernier, Florida, to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, about some spoonbill behavior, eating patterns, and pairing.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, November 30, 1940
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, about spoonbill and other bird numbers in the Florida Keys.
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Notebook, Notes on Necropsies on Birds, 1940-1941
Robert Porter Allen
A notebook with notes on necropsies performed on different species of birds.
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Notes and Drawings, Spoonbills, 1940-1941
Robert Porter Allen
A notebook with notes and drawings on spoonbills from 1940 to 1941.
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Report, Results of Record Cold in Florida Bay, circa 1940
Robert Porter Allen
A report by Robert Porter Allen on how cold affected birds and during a cold snap in January and February 1940 in Florida Bay, Florida.
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Field Notes, Florida Bay, December 1939 - February 1940
Robert Porter Allen
A field notebook for bird observations made near Florida Bay, Florida, from December 1939 to February 1940.
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Field Notes, Florida Keys, December 1939 - March 1941
Robert Porter Allen
A field notebook for birding trips to the Florida Keys between December 1939 and March 1941.
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Field Notes, Rock Harbor, Florida, 1939-1941
Robert Porter Allen
A field notebook for birding trips to Rock Harbour, Florida, between 1939 and 1941.
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Field Notes, Texas, June 1939
Robert Porter Allen
A field notebook with bird numbers and observations from a trip to Texas in June 1939.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to Alex, November 24, 1939
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to "Alex" from Bottle Key about observations he made while there.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, December 17, 1939
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, about the spoonbills Allen saw on a visit to Bottle Key in the Florida Keys.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, December 20, 1939
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, with updates on his field studies on Manatee Key. Included is a hand-drawn map of Manatee Key in the Florida Keys.
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Letter, Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, November 27, 1939
Robert Porter Allen
A letter from Robert Porter Allen to John H. Baker, President of the National Audubon Society, with updates on his field studies on Bottle Key in the Florida Keys. Included is a hand-drawn map of Bottlepoint Key (also called Bottle Key).
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Notes, Notes from Bottlepoint II, December 14, 1939
Robert Porter Allen
Robert Porter Allen's handwritten notes from Bottlepoint and Bottle Key on the birds he encountered.
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Planning Notebook, Florida Keys, 1939-1941
Robert Porter Allen
A notebook with notes on planning birding trips within the Florida Keys between 1939 and 1941.
