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Alphabetical Files

 Series

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Alphabetical files, research files, and a scrapbook.

The alphabetical files, which were housed in two towers of filing cabinets, are largely correspondence but also some topical files.

The rest of the files in these papers were recovered from unlidded boxes on the floor of an on-site storage area at his home. The bulk of Bird's research files, which he maintained by a letter and number system, were heavily insect damaged and could not be retrieved. The research files that were able to be recovered included topical files and correspondence files that were not housed in the filing cabinets.

Correspondence, which is the bulk of both the alphabetical files and the research files, is distinctive in the Bird papers. He was a voluminous and descriptive correspondent with scientists and friends in an array of fields that interested him. He corresponded with a number of scientists in Russia since he was both fluent in that language and generous in providing translations of documents. In several of the files of correspondence with these Russian scientists, he provides an English language transcription of their resume and of their letters to him. Important correspondents include Olivier Costa de Beauregard, Alexander P. Dubrov, Andrija Puharich, Larissa Vilenskaya,and Arthur M. Young.

Dates

  • Approx. 1950-1996

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open to all users

Extent

From the Collection: 13.94 Linear feet (32 boxes, 1 OV flat box)

Language

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Russian

From the Collection: French

Repository Details

Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States