Arcadia's administrative records primarily consist of correspondence, but also include meeting minutes, press releases, deeds, and other legal and financial documents. Topics include the initial interest in the sanctuary as an Audubon property in 1938, the property's purchase, the appointment of Edwin Mason as the first sanctuary director in 1944, early efforts to acquire additional land, later fundraising drives including records of the Arcadia Development Committee to raise funds for a nature center (1968-1970), correspondence with architect E. Verner Johnson, the acquisition of the Allen land in 1970 and Ned's Ditch in 1974, as well as day-to-day operations of the sanctuary, largely through the correspondence of directors Robie Hubley and Judith Hubley. The bulk of correspondence ends in 1982.

Also in this series are the sanctuary director's annual reports, which include narratives of sanctuary activities, financial information, newspaper clippings, program flyers, brochures, and other items to illustrate the year's events. Planning documents include planning guidelines, lists of goals, and strategic planning records pertaining to Arcadia.

Subject files contain records of programs and events or reports that relate to Arcadia and its activities. Programs include Focus Outdoors, an annual conference and natural history weekend, and the Bilingual Nature Education Program, designed primarily as an outreach program to the Hispanic community in Holyoke.

This subseries contains records related to legal actions against the Northampton dump, a long-running conflict involving burning and pollution violations on Arcadia land. It includes newspaper clippings, court documents, and correspondence with Northampton officials. Also here are papers related to the Ox Bow property wetlands violation, including actions taken against the Ox Bow Water Ski Club and proposed building renovation. Other records relate to hazardous materials buried at the Northampton dump site, and the 1972, 1977, and 1988 oil spills that affected the sanctuary. Documents related to the asphalt plant legal action, opposing the construction and operation of the plant in Easthampton, include correspondence, legal briefs, affidavits, and other trial documents.

Ornithological records include early bird counts, daily field cards, cumulative lists, and annual Christmas bird censuses recorded at Arcadia.

Included in this subseries are sanctuary newsletters; brochures such as trail guides, nature walks, and fundraising material; and articles and reprints, largely from the Massachusetts Audubon Society Bulletin about Arcadia. Yearly Nature Day Camp and Camp Out brochures are also found here. Newspaper clippings, especially for the 1940s and 1950s, provide a thorough narrative of the sanctuary and its programs.

Administrative records consist of correspondence, annual and quarterly reports, and planning documents. The bulk of correspondence is between Mass Audubon's president, sanctuary department staff, and the Sanctuary Advisory Committee. A letter from Josiah K. Lilly III discusses the donation of the property to Mass Audubon. Also included are memos related to Sanctuary Committee meetings, discussion of the sanctuary's mission, and fiscal issues. Planning documents contain annual goals, quarterly work projects, and educational plans.

Subject files include records related to 1990-1991 educational programming; historical material, largely essays by and about Wilfred Wheeler, Sr.; and records related to holly management and pesticide use, the bulk from 1990 and 1991.

Printed material consists of a small, incomplete set of newsletters; several brochures that give detailed information about the sanctuary's species of holly; trail maps; and other miscellaneous material.

Administrative records consist of planning documents, financial statements, and annual reports. Planning documents include a five-year master plan developed when Mass Audubon took over the operation of the Trailside Museum in 1974, a 1974 inventory and set of recommendations for Chickatawbut Hill, a 1982 Trailside Museum exhibit master plan, and 1983 program development guidelines. Financial statements are reports prepared by independent auditors, primarily in the 1970s and 1990s. The sequences of both the financial statements and annual reports contain significant gaps.

Printed material includes early trail maps, museum brochures, day camp brochures, bird checklists, and group program brochures. Newsletters, dated from 1986 to 2002, also contain program listings.

The bulk of administrative records are proposed action plans and programming for the new sanctuary. Also included are reports, memos, program lists, committee meeting minutes, and correspondence.

Included here are brochures for educational services, summer day camp brochures, bird checklists, newspaper articles, a brochure related to the campaign to acquire the sanctuary in 1989, and newsletters dating from 1991 to 2002. Until 1997, newsletters contained only news and program listings for Broad Meadow Brook Sanctuary. In 1999, the newsletter also began to cover the Education Center and Conservation Advocacy Office. In 2001, the newsletters of Broad Meadow and Wachusett Meadow Sanctuaries were combined.

Included in this subseries are annual and monthly reports prepared by the sanctuary director, containing summaries of activities, educational programs, visitation, building and grounds improvements, personnel changes, animal care, and lists of major accomplishments. Planning documents include lists of annual objectives and annual operating plans prepared by the director, as well as master plans prepared by the Sanctuary Committee. Sanctuary Committee records contain documents related to the committee's formation in 1974; correspondence; meeting minutes; reports; deeds; proposals; and financial records related to land donation and purchase, building construction, and renovation.

Also in this subseries are fundraising records for major campaigns, including the endowment of the Stillman property in 1968, the purchase of the Red Wing Farm in 1973-1974, the capital fund drive in 1979, and the development of the Nature Center in 1983, as well as annual appeals.

This subseries contains documents organized by subject as originally filed in sanctuary offices. Notable topics include barn construction and renovation (1979-1992), ongoing issues with horseback riders in the sanctuary (1962-2005), and the Natural Valley Storage Area program conducted on the Charles River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Included in this subseries are quarterly newsletters dating from 1978 to 2009 listing public and educational programs, summer camps, birding programs, and guided walks. Also here are trail maps; fundraising and informational brochures; flyers related to activities and events; The Mills at Broadmoor, 1696-1976, prepared by the Broadmoor Sanctuary for the Natick Bicentennial Commission; and other printed material.

The bulk of administrative records are annual reports. Also included are several memos and meeting minutes.

This subseries contains lists of trees planted by George W. Cook, biographical material about Cook, and essays related to the site.

Records include a bird list completed in 1932 and a calendar of "bird notes" for 1948.

Records largely consist of newspaper clippings related to George Cook and his development of Cook's Canyon. An offprint of a 1949 Bulletin article about the acquisition of Cook's Canyon is also here.

Included in this subseries is a 1910 photograph of Mary Peckham, mother of George W. Cook, a 1984 view of Cook's Canyon, and an undated day camp group photograph.

Planning documents in this subseries consist of a master plan overview, education and interpretive plans, annual plans, and five-year plans. Meeting minutes and committee records include those of the Drumlin Farm Committee, which formed to help determine the best use of the newly acquired property; the Board of Overseers for the Hatheway School of Conservation Education, which developed the scope and curriculum of its programs and classes; and the Sanctuary Advisory Committee, which oversaw the activities of the sanctuary and its programs. Records also include a fairly complete run of annual reports and miscellaneous records including lists of farm, wildlife, and environmental programs.

Correspondence is largely that of the committee members, Mass Audubon board, executive office, and sanctuary staff, discussing the initial vision for the sanctuary and its education programs, the curriculum of the Hatheway School, building expansions and conflicts with property abutters and the Town of Lincoln, the sanctuary's solar energy program, the 1980 barn fire and the barn's subsequent rebuilding, and the daily activities of the sanctuary. Also included is correspondence between Mass Audubon and the heirs of the estate related to the use of the property per the restrictions in Louise Hatheway's will; and correspondence with the board of appeals of the Town of Lincoln. Correspondence of Crawford Gordon, the son of Louise Ayer Hatheway, relates to the establishment of the Drumlin Farm sanctuary and the Louise Ayer Hatheway School of Conservation Education. It also details the disposition of some of the furniture belonging to the estate. Correspondence of D'Arcy and Lucia Todd MacMahon discusses the wishes of Louise Ayer Hathaway (Lucia's grandmother) about the use of the Drumlin farm property.

Subject files include a 1955 insurance inventory containing photographs of the house and grounds taken when Mass Audubon acquired the property; Massachusetts Historical Commission historic structures reports on the major buildings on the estate; copies of the will of Louise Hatheway; and various topics related to the management of the property and programming of Drumlin Farm.

This series consists of articles and newspaper clippings, including those related to the barn fire and reconstruction in 1980-1981. Brochures include trail maps, tour and program brochures, and day camp brochures. Newsletters and program guides were at first printed separately, but later combined into one publication.

Administrative records consist largely of correspondence related to Mass Audubon's relationship with the Felix Neck Wildlife Trust and the various management arrangements between the two organizations. Other correspondence is between Mass Audubon and its members and patrons and between sanctuary directors and Mass Audubon departments. Also included here are board meeting minutes of the Felix Neck Wildlife Trust, which were originally appended to correspondence.

Legal records include a 1968 deed from George M. Moffett to Mass Audubon; various agreements and leases between Mass Audubon and the Felix Neck Wildlife Trust; and undated by-laws of the Martha's Vineyard Natural History Society. Reports and planning documents include various lists of goals and objectives, as well as annual and quarterly reports for 1982-1983. Surveys include a 1979 flora and fauna inventory and a 1983 list of endangered wildflowers on the property. Educational programming includes program objectives, outlines, and examples of education handouts.

Printed material consists of newsletters and program guides, printed from 1972-1983 by the Felix Neck Wildlife Trust and from 1983-2005 by Mass Audubon. Other printed material includes a 1970 edition of Felix Neck Naturalist, several brochures, trail maps, and a self-guided nature walk.

This subseries contains the administrative records of the Mass Audubon sanctuary's predecessor organization, Habitat, Inc., including deeds and land transactions, articles of organization, capability statements, monthly and annual reports, correspondence, trustees' records, Greenough Foundation trustees' records, financial statements, planning documents, and other administrative records.

A small amount of records pertain to Highland Farm Sanctuary, including sanctuary committee records (1974-1988) and planning documents (1986-1987). Additional administrative records include documents related to the merger of Habitat, Inc. and Highland Farm as a Mass Audubon property (1988-1994), as well as the administrative records of the newly formed Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, including monthly reports, a 1996 strategic plan, annual plans, and sanctuary committee records.

This subseries contains documents organized by subject as originally filed in sanctuary offices.

This subseries contains a complete set of Habitat newsletters from 1973 to 2009; seasonal lists of courses and workshops held at Habitat, Inc.; newspaper clippings related to the property; summer camp program brochures; general information brochures; trail guides; and program and event flyers.

The bulk of administrative records date from 1950 to 1951 and relate to the transfer of the Proctor estate to Mass Audubon. They include correspondence, sanctuary advisory committee meeting minutes, committee reports, a copy of the property deed, and development plans. Documents also include proposals for natural-history education programs and for a scout/youth development program. Annual reports date from 1965 to 2000 with gaps.

This subseries contains documents organized by subject as originally filed in sanctuary offices. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge records are largely correspondence between Mass Audubon and congressional representatives in 1946-1947 concerning H.R. 4362, which would have abolished the refuge. Plum Island real estate records relate to the land owned by Mass Audubon that was taken over by the federal government for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in 1940, including the original Annie H. Brown reservation. Salem/Beverly flow control structure records contain correspondence between Mass Audubon and the Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board related to the construction of a flow control structure and its impact on the Ipswich River.

This subseries contains articles, newspaper clippings, sanctuary brochures and flyers, newsletters, program guides, trail maps, and maps of Plum Island. The bulk of newspaper clippings relate to the movement to close Parker National Wildlife Refuge in 1946-1947. Beginning in 1979, newsletters and program guides are those of the Mass Audubon Northeast Region, which included Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as Endicott Regional Education Center in Wenham. Newsletters were printed separately for the two locations beginning in 1989.

Records consist of correspondence and memos related to the daily management of the sanctuary, including correspondence with the Mass Audubon Sanctuary Department and with Mass Audubon president Allen Morgan, internal memos, and a September 1978 letter from Theodore S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss) granting permission to use an image of the Lorax in a sanctuary program.

Also included are annual reports, grant proposals and reports, and long-range planning documents. A 1970 grant report contains photographs and documents in a scrapbook format to illustrate the property and the sanctuary's programs. A 1985 capital campaign resource book contains detailed information about the growth and organization of the sanctuary, as does a 1990 "situation analysis."

This subseries contains papers that relate directly to Thornton Burgess; his former home; and other literary, intellectual, and physical property owned by Burgess. It includes a 1947 letter from Burgess related to local bird watching, as well as papers related to his estate settlement, including his will, estate inventories, and correspondence between Mass Audubon and the Burgess family. Also here is correspondence with Burgess's publishers, Little, Brown, and Co., about the sanctuary's rights to use his characters and stories. Interpretive material created to help the staff present the Burgess house to visitors includes excerpts from Burgess stories, essays about Burgess and his work, a "Storyteller's House Resource Book," self-guided tours, and bibliographies. The 1978 Thornton Burgess Collection catalog and its 1983 supplement lists Burgess's work held by the sanctuary (much of which is currently held by the Massachusetts Historical Society). The series also contains records pertaining to the application and listing of the Burgess house on the National Register of Historic Places.

See the Thornton Burgess scrapbook (Vol. 25) for additional Burgess correspondence, photographs, and writings used for interpretation at the sanctuary.

Records in this series pertain to the renovation of the buildings and landscape within the sanctuary property, primarily in 1982-1983, 1988, and 1996-1997.

This subseries contains documents organized by subject as originally filed in sanctuary offices.

This subseries contains magazine, journal, and newspaper articles about Laughing Brook and its programs and activities. Additional printed material includes sanctuary newsletters, course lists, general informational brochures, brochures for Laughing Brook's Natural History Day Camp, trail maps, and fundraising material.

See also News clipping scrapbooks (Vols. 26-30), which contain newspaper clippings related to Laughing Brook from 1968 to 1995.

A small collection of loose photographs include images of Thornton Burgess in 1922 and ca. 1955, various views of the Thornton Burgess house in 1967, and miscellaneous photographs of the property and sanctuary activities.

For additional photographs of Burgess, his family, and his home dating from 1874 to 1965, see the Thornton Burgess Scrapbook (Vol. 25).

Volume 25 is a scrapbook of the life and work of Thornton Burgess compiled by Laughing Brook staff for use as an interpretive aid for the Burgess or "Storyteller's" House. It contains original photographs, essays, reproductions of correspondence and other documents, newspaper and magazine clippings, drawings, and photographs. Notable items are photographs of Burgess with illustrator Harrison Cady, ca. 1955; copies of Burgess's birth and marriage certificates; early photographs and articles related to the Burgess house; a photograph of Burgess's father and scenes of Sandwich, Mass., ca. 1874; and photographs of Burgess as a child and throughout his life, with family and working in his studio. The scrapbook presents a full biographical record of Burgess, and most photographs are well identified.

Volumes 26-27 are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Audubon member Gertrude LaPointe as a gift for Laughing Brook Sanctuary. They cover the years 1968 through 1991, but the completeness of coverage is irregular. Included are articles from the Springfield Daily News, the Springfield Sunday Republican, and other newspapers, as well as a few brochures and other printed material.

Volumes 28-30 are oversize scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Jean Onelette for Laughing Brook. Articles are dated, but few newspaper attributions are noted. Volumes also contain additional printed material related to sanctuary classes, activities, and events.

This subseries includes land records such as property deeds, lists of acquired property, valuations, votes to authorize land purchases, and leases. A "Real Estate Book," 1922-1944, includes both Moose Hill and Plum Island real estate transactions, alterations, repairs, and insurance costs.

Monthly and annual reports were written by sanctuary superintendents and are only sporadically represented in the collection. Early reports (1919-1923) primarily contain information about birding activities, while later reports (1960s-1990s) discuss programs, membership, education, camps, staff, buildings, and other topics of day-to-day sanctuary management.

Included in sanctuary correspondence is a lengthy series of letters (1923-1924) between superintendent Harry Higbee and directors Winthrop Packard and Francis Allen concerning negotiations with the Field family over sanctuary land, including photographs. Also included is correspondence and memos from the 1970s through 2000 between sanctuary staff, Mass Audubon directors, members, and neighbors, largely related to the daily operations of the sanctuary.

Planning documents include surveys and maintenance plans, development plans for capital improvements, annual plans and goals, and other management plans. The bulk of grants and proposals found in this series relate to the Kendall Foundation (1977-1997), including correspondence, memos, proposals, and grant reports. Also found here are records of the sanctuary advisory committee and design review committee.

Subject files are organized as originally filed in sanctuary offices. Included are files related to specific parcels of land, such as Allen's Ledge, the Griffyn property, the Kendall property, and Wolomolopog Pond; a 1988 biological inventory of the sanctuary; and files related to the history of Moose Hill, including Harry Higbee's "A Bird Paradise," David Clapp's "Notes from Moose Hill," and historical material photocopied from an early 20th-century scrapbook.

This series consists of reports and lists related to bird counts conducted in February 1964-1968.

The bulk of this series is a nearly complete run of newsletters and program brochures from 1977 to 2010, describing seasonal programs and activities in the sanctuary. Other printed material consists of sanctuary brochures, trail maps, articles, newspaper clippings, and a privately printed pamphlet about the life of George W. Field.

This series contains board of directors' records including meeting minutes, reports to the board from the warden (later director) of the sanctuary, committee reports, by-laws, and educational activity reports. After 1950, when the sanctuary ownership shifted to Mass Audubon, the board became the Sanctuary Advisory Committee.

Financial records include accounts, receipts, and reports of routine sanctuary expenses, as well as a journal of gifts and admission fees kept from 1961 to 1973. Correspondence largely consists of letters between the board or advisory committee and the sanctuary director, patrons, vendors, and benefactors. Annual and monthly reports appear sporadically, and those dating before 1950 are included in the board of directors meeting minutes.

Barn Restaurant records consist of a guest book, account book, checking account records, and tax records related to a restaurant run at the sanctuary in the early 1960s. Other administrative records in this series include deeds; press releases; and planning documents such as sanctuary master plans, feasibility studies, and capital campaign plans.

This series includes early records such as a daily diary of sanctuary activities kept by warden Maurice Pell in 1929, Pell's 1932 journal describing his establishment of a beaver colony at Pleasant Valley, and historical essays by sanctuary founders Mary Parsons and Bishop Thomas Davies. Other records concern educational and environmental projects conducted by sanctuary staff, as well as an inventory and record of the sale of antique furniture and a "museum collection" donated to the sanctuary in 1965. A large body of records relate to a 1970s proposal by the state to locate a reservoir on 55 acres of sanctuary property and Mass Audubon's efforts to deter it. These include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, notes, and newspaper clippings.

Located on 264 acres in Pittsfield, Canoe Meadows became a Mass Audubon property in 1976. Records in this subseries primarily relate to the inventory, acquisition, and development of the sanctuary. Administrative records include correspondence and steering committee meeting minutes; planning documents include environmental analyses, master plans, recommendations for development, education plans, an archaeological survey, an ecological management plan, and design plans for a visitors center. A photographic presentation and newspaper clippings related to the property's acquisition are also found here.

Additional administrative records related to Canoe Meadows may be found within the Pleasant Valley administrative records, specifically within correspondence and advisory committee records.

This subseries includes 1929-1930 bird-banding records by species, cards containing species reports from 1929 to 1945, a 1931 volume of bird records kept by warden Maurice Broun, three volumes of bird records kept by director Morris Pell from 1933 to 1935, bird records and daily bird lists kept by director George J. Wallace from 1938 to 1940, 1946 species reports, check lists, daily field cards kept by director Alvah Sanborn, and first sightings lists from 1977 to 1982 reported primarily by Marilyn Flor.

Included in this subseries are articles about Pleasant Valley reprinted from the Bulletin; pamphlets including the 1940 and 1941 editions of Pleasant Valley, which contain essays about the history and nature of the sanctuary; newspaper clippings; program guides listing classes, activities, and events held by the sanctuary, the bulk from 1978 to 1990; brochures and trail maps; and newsletters of the Berkshire Sanctuaries from Spring 1983 and from 1991 to 2001.

See also the Pleasant Valley Sanctuary scrapbooks for additional newspaper clippings and other printed material.

This series contains a large number of photographs taken at or related to Pleasant Valley and Canoe Meadows sanctuaries. Photographs of the two sanctuaries are organized separately by date. Undated photographs have been organized alphabetically by subject.

Albums in this subseries consist largely of newspaper clippings from the Berkshire Eagle related to Pleasant Valley, along with occasional brochures, programs, and other printed material. Volumes labeled "scrapbooks" also contain a few letters, reports, and meeting minutes. Two albums contain copies of the Berkshire Eagle newspaper column "Our Berkshires," written in 1940-1941 by various authors, including Pleasant Valley director George J. Wallace.

Administrative records include an undated annual report, an undated topographical map, and a ca. 1974 list of goals for the sanctuary.

Records relate to the land and buildings owned by the Allen family that eventually became part of Rutland Brook Sanctuary. They include correspondence, accounts, and plans for the construction of the kitchen house, caretaker's house, and a dam on the property, as well as landscaping accounts and plans, and correspondence concerning damages to the property from 1938 and 1953 tornadoes.

Administrative records include correspondence related to the acquisition and development of Malachi Brook (later North Hill) Wildlife Sanctuary and the sanctuary's relationship with its neighbors and the town of Duxbury. Other records include correspondence related to the acquisition of the North River sanctuary, press releases, and correspondence created in day-to-day sanctuary management. Also included are monthly and quarterly reports for the combined South Shore sanctuaries.

Subject files largely relate to individual properties and sanctuaries managed under the South Shore Sanctuaries and reflect the original filing order.

The bulk of printed material consists of newsletters and program guides, with a gap between 2006 and 2009. The series also contains program and event flyers, newspaper clippings, and a South Shore Sanctuaries brochure.

Administrative records contain the 1938 correspondence of property owner Bennet Bristol with his lawyer and Mass Audubon concerning the property deed and legal restrictions on the land and lakes within it. Other administrative records, which date from the early 1960s, include correspondence related to the potential closing of the sanctuary in 1978; planning records; programming information; a 1990 land management agreement with the Mass. Department of Environmental Management; internal memos; and a Centennial Project case study. Also included here are annual reports and a 1974 ten-year review of sanctuary operations.

Records in this subseries relate to Mass Audubon efforts to restrict fishing in sanctuary ponds, in accordance with the wishes of the former owner. They include correspondence between Mass Audubon, the Department of Natural Resources, the Division of Fisheries and Game, and the donor, as well as a copy of the 1973 state regulation enforcing these restrictions.

Printed material includes newspaper clippings, newsletters and program guides (with a gap between 2006 and 2009), several brochures, program flyers, field guides, bird lists, and an undated booklet entitled Stony Brook's Past.

This series contains one 1957 and numerous 1964 photographs of Stony Brook's Day Camp staff and campers, as well as various views of the sanctuary. Several loose pages of a scrapbook contain photos and text that describe the sanctuary.

Administrative records consist of annual and quarterly reports, a 1970 file containing statistics on visitors to the sanctuary and correspondence related to sanctuary visits, 1970 advisory committee meeting minutes, a 1983 fact sheet, and a 1998 annual operating plan.

Records in this file include reports and historical research on the Goodnow Farm, Wachusett Meadow, and its environs.

Printed material includes property plans, newsletters and program guides, trail maps, a 1956 article about Wachusetts Meadow, newspaper clippings, a bird checklist, brochures, and a 1996 booklet entitled Wachusett Meadow: Land and People. After 2001, newsletters were combined with Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, and they are filed with Broad Meadow's newsletters.

Records in this series include several annual reports, a 1985 planning summary, and a 1990 memo.

Inventories and studies include a 1983 preliminary study of the mammals living in the sanctuary, a 1983 heath community study, a 1984 Lepidoptera study, and an undated inventory of the sanctuary's flora.

Two scrapbooks consist of typewritten paragraphs, photographs, and other illustrations. The first, compiled ca. 1958, gives a brief history of the property and illustrates the goals for purchasing and developing the sanctuary. The second, compiled ca. 1965, offers an illustrated overview of the sanctuary.

Photographs depict the "Cape Cod from the Bottom Up Oceanography Cruise."

Barney's Joy is an approximately 156-acre parcel of land that was donated to Mass Audubon with a conservation restriction in 1971. Records consist of correspondence and memos between Mass Audubon director Allen Morgan and staff, property donors Angelica L. Russell and D. Lloyd MacDonald, and Massachusetts state agencies. The bulk of the correspondence is related to the property's conservation restriction.

Records consist of a natural resources inventory and analysis of Brockton Audubon Society land in Brockton prepared for Mass Audubon in 1999.

Lost Farm is a parcel of land in Nantucket that was a bequest to Mass Audubon from the estate of Eleanor Ham. Records consist of an inventory of flora and fauna compiled between 1979 and 1983.

Records of the Mongan residence in Rockport consist of owners' records of the property (largely correspondence between the owners and architects), as well as specifications for an addition to the house and related plans.

Norman's Woe is a 27.5-acre parcel of land and buildings in Gloucester that was a bequest to Mass Audubon from the estates of Charles Russell Codman and Theodora D. Codman. Administrative records include correspondence between Mass Audubon and the donors; internal memos and correspondence; legal correspondence related to the bequest and the use of the land; records related to the development of the land as a wildlife sanctuary; and several bills and accounts related to the management of the property. Also included is a 1981 annual report.

Popponessett Split is open space in the town of Mashpee that was donated to Mass Audubon in 1954. Records include correspondence related to the donation, a map of the property, a copy of the transfer of title, and newspaper clippings. 1976 records consist of correspondence between Mass Audubon and the town of Mashpee regarding a conservation restriction for the property, a draft of the conservation restriction, and correspondence discussing the return of the property to Mashpee.

Donated to Mass Audubon in 1955 by trustees of the Henry B. Martin Fund and Eleanor P. Martin, Rocky Knoll consisted of a 19th-century house and a woodland tract in Milton. It became the educational headquarters of Mass Audubon until 1957, when administrative offices moved to Drumlin Farm. Records consist of annual reports for the years 1971, 1972, and 1974.

Salt Pond in Falmouth was managed by Salt Pond Area Bird Sanctuaries, who gave the title to Mass Audubon in 1962. In 1974, Mass Audubon returned the land to Salt Pond Area Bird Sanctuaries with the condition of a preservation restriction. Records include bird counts; correspondence and memos related to incorporating Salt Pond Area Bird Sanctuaries; correspondence and reports of the Salt Pond committee; correspondence between Mass Audubon and the Salt Pond committee concerning the management of Salt Pond; a copy of the transfer of title; deeds; annual reports (with gaps); mortgage loan documents; appeals; and hearings. Also included are maps and plans of Salt Pond and various landholdings, as well as several newspaper clippings about the property.

Straitsmouth Island off Rockport is owned by Mass Audubon, although the island's lighthouse and breakwater fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Coast Guard. Records include a 1981 application to and certificate from the National Registry of Historic Places, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the island before and after 1998 storm damage.

Mass Audubon acquired Tern Island in Chatham when it merged with the Federation of Bird Clubs of New England in 1936. The island was then one of the most important tern nesting areas along the east coast and was part of the Oliver L. Austin Ornithological Research Station (AORS) program. Records consist of Mass Audubon correspondence related to dredging and fill operations on the island.

See also the records of the Austin Ornithological Research Station, which include studies conducted on Tern Island.

This folder contains correspondence and field reports about Tick Thicket, a property in West Falmouth donated to Mass Audubon by the Iddings family. Tick Thicket was managed by Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary before Mass Audubon turned the property over to the Salt Pond Area Bird Sanctuaries in 1990.

Allen's birding records include 13 birding journals dating from 1880 to 1901. The first four volumes (1880-1884) are boyhood journals that he kept in West Roxbury, Mass. Later volumes are larger and were kept almost daily in West Roxbury, Boston, and Bridgewater, N.H. His records also contain lists of birds he observed from 1881-1889, including those in Yarmouth County, N.S. (1887); Compton, N.H.(1888); and various places in Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. Also included are records of migrations observed in West Roxbury and its vicinity (1889-1942). Membership records related to Allen's affiliations with the American Ornithologists' Union and Mass. Audubon.

The majority of entries in this unidentified journal were made in California in 1888. Other locations include Cambridge, Mass.; San Diego, Calif.; Provincetown, Mass.; Ontario; and New York.

These three volumes include the anonymous diarist's daily observations by species, as well as lists of eggs and nests.

These seven volumes contain birding notes and weather observations, primarily from Manchester, Mass. Formatted as page-a-day diaries, with space for multiple years on each page, the daily entries allow the reader to compare birding activity on each day for several years. Numerous newspaper clippings within the journals relate almost exclusively to the weather.

Hall was a taxidermist and collector who developed two gunning camps at Island Creek in Duxbury. In 1917, he opened a taxidermy shop on Court St. in Boston. His records include "Records of Birds Observed" (1910-1954), a loose-leaf notebook with species listed alphabetically. A collection handbook (1911-1915) lists Hall's collection of birds, animals, birds eggs, insects, etc., as well as cash paid for mounted birds, diagrams for determining male and female birds, labels to be used for mounted specimens, gunning trips, recipes for taxidermy, egg collecting, the value of mounted specimens, and a description of his gunning camp and stand. His "Record of Mounted Birds" (1911-1950) contains two volumes, an original and a copy, which include date, place shot, shooter, mounter, and descriptive remarks.

"Gunning Plans and Shop Design" (1914-1917) contains maps and plans, places hunted, costs, results, and a 1914-1915 gunning diary. It also includes the 1917 designs for his taxidermy office and shop at 4 Court St. in Boston, including furniture, pictures, and bird display cases. Three volumes of "Gunning Stand Records" (1916-1920) contain records of Hall's gunning stand at Island Creek, including a brief history, lists of visiting gunners, certificate of ownership and records of ducks shot in the fall of 1916, 1917, and 1918. Volumes list species, date, shooter, time, wind, and flock remarks. Miscellaneous papers include memos and lists of Hall's mounted collection. Also here are records of Hall's Maine camp from 1947-1950.

Dyke's records consist of five small bound journals describing birds he observed in list or narrative form. Most are observations from Bridgewater.

This unpublished manuscript draft with editorial corrections is subtitled, "Ramblings of a Naturalist on the Gaspe Peninsula in Eastern Quebec." Dr. John Bichard May was the state ornithologist for the Massachusetts Dept. of Agriculture.

Morgan's birding records largely consist of census lists for birds in the Sudbury Valley, both for specific dates and by yearly comparison. Also in this subseries is an article or speech he wrote about birding in Sudbury Valley, some personal notes, a few Mass Audubon yearly checklists, and a small amount of correspondence related to bird counts.

These 19th-century journals contain musical notations of bird songs, lists, and bird song observations. They were donated to Mass Audubon in 1987.

Correspondence is related to bird sightings, bandings, returns, and other data, between Austin and the Bureau of Biological Survey (U.S. Dept. of the Interior), the Mass. Dept. of Conservation, and various universities and research facilities.

Activity journals dating from 1932-1934 and 1939-1957 record daily weather, sightings, nesting, banding, and attacks, primarily on Tern Island, but also on Egg Island, Jeremy's Point, Nauset Point, Ram Island, Billingsgate Island, Plymouth Point, and North Point. Observations include those for arctic roseate, common, dougalli, hirundo, and parisaea terns.

Tern reports include banding records organized alphabetically by type of tern; reports listing locations where terns were identified; recovery reports listing the person recovering the band, the type of tern, and the recovery's chronology; survival reports listing the years the bird survived after its banding and its location; and combined reports containing banding, recovery, and survival records.

Arranged alphabetically by members' names, records consist of notecards containing date of election; birth date and place; names of parents; education; residence; and date and place of death. Some cards include newspaper clippings and lists of published works. This subseries also contains correspondence from members themselves or members' families or friends pertaining to members' biographies or publications. Included are biographies of Mass Audubon members William Brewster, Francis H. Allen, John B. May, and Carl Buchheister.

This subseries consists of correspondence that doesn't relate to biographies or publications or relates to multiple biographies.

Included here is a Nov. 1876 Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club (Vol. I, No. 4), an Oct. 1879 Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 4), and an abstract of 1907 meeting minutes.

This subseries includes incorporation papers and other corporate records such as by-laws, sample stock certificates, board and stockholder meeting minutes, and other legal documents. Also here are correspondence and records related to the sale of Mildred's lithographic prints, including those of retailers, printers, framers, and museum curators.

The subseries also includes records related to the production and marketing of Mildred Morse Allen's natural-history films, including correspondence with lawyers, contracts and correspondence with motion-picture distributors, and correspondence with film producer and Morse-Allen employee Cliff Hauptman. Later administrative records relate to the transfer of the corporation to Mass Audubon by the executors of George Lockwood Allen's will and the dissolution of the company by Mass Audubon in 1994.

Tax records include federal, state excise, and Mass. Certificate of Condition documents; correspondence with accountants; handwritten notes; and accounts. Bills and invoices are for general expenses, including office maintenance, mail order lists, cameras, film, advertising, mailing supplies, legal fees, equipment, and framing.

Some financial records relate to the production of lithographic prints, including mailers, order forms, invoices, and letters requesting prints. The ledger entitled "Bird Painting Account Book" lists the costs and sales of prints.

Records related to the production of nature films include two account books, invoices and expense accounts, and the timesheets and invoices of Cliff Hauptman, who worked for Morse-Allen as a producer of the nature films. Royalty statements include those from Screenscope, Inc. and other broadcasters, and royalty account books list income by film. Also found here are bank registers and bank statements from the last years of the company.

These include various iterations of the scripts for Nature Remains (1965), Nature's Palette (1966), The Many Worlds of Nature (1973), and several unproduced scripts by Ed Knowlton.

Included here are bills, invoices, and correspondence related to Mildred Morse Allen's Arriflex camera and her automobiles; copyright certificates for her lithographic prints; samples of Morse-Allen, Inc. letterhead; correspondence and records related to the Meriden Gravure Co. which produced Mildred's prints; lists of retail prospects; papers related to the estates of Mildred's relatives Abner and Elsie Morse, from whom she inherited the Canton property; personal correspondence; and biographical information about Mildred written by her husband George Lockwood Allen.

The Film Group was incorporated by George L. Allen and several film producers in 1968. It was created to produce the films of Mildred Allen, as well as other commercial films, and existed as a separate company from Morse-Allen, Inc., even though George was one of its directors and the company received most of its financial support from the Allens.

Administrative records include correspondence, incorporation records, contracts and other legal documents, and meeting minutes of stockholders and the board of directors. Financial statements are unaudited balance sheets prepared by accountants for the company. Printed material includes an advertisement and a company brochure.

Items include a brochure for Nature Remains, newspaper and magazine advertisements for lithographs, and newspaper clippings related to the release of Nature Remains and the film's subsequent awards. Also included are biographical articles about Mildred Morse Allen.

Photos are 8" x 10" black and white prints of Mildred Allen photographing wildlife in numerous poses.

This subseries largely consists of minutes of agreement establishing the organization, approving or replacing trustees, acquiring land, and establishing financial accounts. Also here are deeds and legal agreements related to the land, and correspondence concerning the administration of the organization, deeds, and finances.

Financial ledgers include a general journal, a cash receipts journal, and journals for cash disbursements, trial balances, bank accounts, stock holdings, real estate, tangible personal property, contributions, and other expenses.

Tax records include the corporation's 501(c)3 non-profit annual reports, tax returns, and financial correspondence related to taxes.

This report was prepared for Mass Audubon by Marcia Litchfield in Oct. 1980.

With gaps for 2007-2008 and 2010.