Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Projects and Reports

Notes and Drawings

Correspondence

Miscellaneous

Summary Information

Repository

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Creator

Pirnie, Miles David, 1898-

Title

Miles D. Pirnie papers

ID

UA.17.102

Date [inclusive]

1915-1977

Extent

3.0 Cubic feet

Language

English

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Biographical Note

Miles David Pirnie was born on June 4, 1898 in Pulaski, New York. He received a B.S. degree in Ornithology, Zoology, and Entomology from Cornell University in 1923. Upon graduation, he entered the Graduate School at Cornell where he studied the life histories and habits of ducks. Pirnie received his Ph.D. in June 1928.

From 1928 to 1931 Pirnie served as the Staff Ornithologist for the Michigan Department of Conservation. In 1931 he became the first Director of the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, part of the Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) of Agriculture. Pirnie and his family lived at the sanctuary until 1948, when he left to join the MSC Fisheries and Wildlife Department. He served many offices in the Michigan Audubon Society, co-edited the Jack-Pine Warbler in the 1940s, and researched waterfowl in the United States and Canada. Pirnie was a wildlife conservationist, ornithologist, author, wetlands expert, sportsman, and decoy carver. Miles Pirnie died on September 4, 1976 in Lansing, Michigan.

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Scope and Content

This collection is includes notes, reports, correspondence, maps, and photographs relating to Pirnie’s waterfowl research and projects. Additionally, Pirnie’s bird banding notes, field observations, date books, drawings, duck decoy patterns, and a scrapbook of bird photographs are included.

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Arrangement

This collection consists of five series: 1. Projects and Reports 2. Notes and Drawings 3. Correspondence 4. Miscellaneous. 5. Photographs.

Files within series are arranged alphabetically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections 2010

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

• Kellogg Bird Sanctuary.

Genre(s)

• Fieldnotes
• Letters (correspondence)
• Maps
• Photographs
• Publications
• Reports
• Scrapbooks

Personal Name(s)

• Hodgman, David
• Pirnie, Miles David, 1898-

Subject(s)

• Ornithology
• Waterfowl

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Collection Inventory

Projects and Reports
			Box	Folder
Bird Reports 1929-1958			2576	1
Canada Geese - Notes and Correspondence 1949-1954			2576	2
Dead Stream - Notes, Proposals, and Maps 1950			2576	3
Dead Stream - Negatives 1936, 1950, Undated			2576	4
Dead Stream - Photographs 1936, 1950, Undated			2576	5
Featherbed Project 1952			2576	6
Featherbed Project Photographs 1952			2576	7
Fighting Island - Correspondence 1945, 1957-1958			2576	8
Fighting Island - Correspondence 1959-1961			2576	9
Fighting Island - Notes and Reports 1945-1961			2576	10
Fighting Island - Photographs 1960, Undated			2576	11
Huron Mountain Club 1960			2576	12
Kensington Metro Park 1953-1954			2576	13
Le Canard Marsh 1959-1960			2576	14
Pirnie Trip to Ohio and Ontario 1961			2576	15
"Researchers Should Know Duck Plumage Changes" 1948, 1958			2576	16
St. Helen Shooting Club - Correspondence 1956-1960			2576	17
St. Helen Shooting Club - Notes, Log Books, and Maps Undated			2576	18
St. Helen Shooting Club - Photographs Undated			2576	19
Sanford Natural Area 1965			2576	20
Shrewsbury Marsh - Correspondence and Notes 1950-1959			2576	21
Southern Ontario Duck Marsh Survey - Correspondence 1940-1958			2576	22
Southern Ontario Duck Marsh Survey - Notes 1940-1958			2576	23
State of Nebraska - Correspondence, Log Books, and Notes 1950			2576	24
Waterfowl Inventory Address Book 1954			2576	25
Waterfowl Inventory 1954			2576	26
Waterfowl Usage of Michigan State Parks 1947-1955			2576	27
Waterloo Area - Correspondence, Reports, Brochures, and Journals 1937-1946			2576	28
				Drawer
Oversized Maps				13
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Notes and Drawings
			Box	Folder
Biol. Survey Trip 1934			2576	29
Bird Banding 1938-1939			2576	30
Bird Banding 1945-1949			2576	31
Bird Classifications - Lecture Notes and Drawings 1967, Undated			2576	32
Bird Drawings 1920-1967			2576	33
Bird Drawings - Prints Undated			2576	34
Bird Notes Undated			2576	35
Bird Notes 1952, 1966-1970			2576	36-37
Bird Notes 1961, 1962, 1964			2576	38
Campus Birds and Trees 1959			2576	39
Checkbook for Ornithology 1920-1922			2576	40
Checklist Manuscript Notes 1958			2576	41
Datebook 1922			2576	42
Datebook 1924			2576	43
Datebook 1933			2576	44
Datebook 1935			2576	45
Datebook, 1936, 1938			2576	46
Datebook 1936, 1948			2576	47
Datebook 1949			2577	1
Datebook 1949			2577	2
Delta Notes 1938			2577	3
Delta Notes 1964			2577	4
Delta Trip 1962			2577	5
Duck Clubs in the Waterfowl Research Program Undated			2577	6
Duck Decoy Patterns Undated			2577	7
Duck Drawings Undated			2577	8
Duck Notes 1928-1930			2577	9
Duck Notes 1960-1962			2577	10-11
Duck Prints Undated			2577	12
Field Notes 1917-1919			2577	13
Field Notes 1920-1922, 1928			2577	14
Field Notes 1923, 1934			2577	15
Field Notes 1930, 1934, 1937			2577	16
Field Notes 1942-1949			2577	17
Field Notes 1945			2577	18
Field Notes October 1946			2577	19
Field Notes 1949			2577	20
Field Notes 1949			2577	21
Field Notes 1950-1951 1959			2577	22
Field Notes 1961-1965			2577	23
Fisheries and Wildlife Notes 1965			2577	24
FW 421 Lecture Notes Undated			2577	25
Georgia Plants 1922			2577	26
Ithaca to Okefinokee Field Notes June 1922			2577	27
Kalkaska, Michigan 1965			2577	28
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary Article List 1931-1944			2577	29
Lecture Notes and Clippings 1948-1967			2577	30
Lower Michigan 1928-1930			2577	31
Miscellaneous Notes and Articles 1938-1966			2577	32
Miscellaneous Notes 1953-1962			2577	33
Nature Study 1923, Undated			2577	34
Nebraska Undated			2577	35
New York State Bird Observations 1921			2577	36
Pulaski, N.Y. Bird Observations Undated			2577	37-38
Seney Notes 1928-1936, 1945			2577	39
Unpublished Manuscripts 1919-1948			2577	40
Upland Birds Notes 1928-1930			2577	41
"Waterfowl Lives" Outline and Notes 1958, Undated			2577	42-43
Waterfowl Management - Notes, Brochures, and Pamphlets Undated			2577	44
"Wild Ducks" Notes and Revisions 1964, Undated			2577	45
Wintergreen Lake 1964			2577	46
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Correspondence
			Box	Folder
Address Book Undated			2577	47
Arthur Allen 1924, 1929-1931			2577	48
Cornell and Ornithology 1919-1944			2577	49
David Hodgman 1950-1977			2577	50
Delta Waterfowl Research Station 1939-1966			2577	51
Duck Club Correspondence 1957-1960			2577	52
Duck Decoys 1973-1974			2578	1
Game Division 1929-1930, 1945, Circa 1950			2578	2
George W. Cornwell 1959-1965			2578	3
Kellogg Bird Sanctuary Dealers Address Book Undated			2578	4
Lew Oring Correspondence 1961			2578	5
Michigan Wildfowlers 1958-1960			2578	6
Miscellaneous Correspondence 1923-1941			2578	7
Misc. Correspondence 1944-1955			2578	8
Misc. Correspondence 1956-1959			2578	9
Misc. Correspondence 1960-1966			2578	10
Permit to Copy 1946-1961			2578	11
Province of Ontario Correspondence 1960-1964			2578	12
St. Luke's Club Correspondence and Maps 1951-1960			2578	13
Time/Life Magazines Correspondence 1961-1963			2578	14
Turtle Creek Club Correspondence and Notes 1960			2578	15
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Miscellaneous
			Box	Folder
Alumni Directories 1963-1965			2578	16
Banding Materials 1957-1963, 1968			2578	17
Biographical Information 1951-1955, 1971, Undated			2578	18
Cornell Rural School Leaflet 1924			2578	19
Diploma of Merit, Professor Emeritus 1968			2578	20
The Jack Pine Warbler 1946			2578	21
Radio Interview Transcript 1939			2578	22
Student Notes and Papers 1932-1966			2578	23
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Photographs
			Box	Folder
Biol. Survey Trip 1934			2578	24
Birds 1932-1939			2578	25
Birds 1941-1949			2578	26
Birds 1960-1965			2578	27
Birds 1966-1969			2578	28
Birds 1968, Undated			2579	1
Birds 1970-1975			2578	29
Birds Undated			2578	30
Christmas Cards 1933, Undated			2578	31
Delta Waterfowl Research Station Undated			2578	32
Ducks 1923, 1926-1927			2578	33
Ducks 1950-1951, 1958			2578	34
Ducks Undated			2578	35-37
Duck Decoys Circa 1958, Circa 1960, 1968, Undated			2578	38
Duck Hunting 1945, Undated			2578	39
M.S.U. Zoology Building 1935			2578	40
Negatives			2578	41
People. Miles Pirnie 1972, Undated			2578	42
People. Unidentified 1915 (?)			2578	42
Slides			2578	44-45
				Box
Scrapbook				2579