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You searched for: Start Over Creator Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953 Remove constraint Creator: Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953 Creator Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939 Remove constraint Creator: Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939 Institution Oregon State University Remove constraint Institution: Oregon State University

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1. Migratory Bird Advisory Board, 1934

Migratory Bird Advisory Board, 1934

Description: Document focuses include changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act, waterfowl conditions, and extent of hunting seasons. Additional focuses include homesteading issues on wildlife refuges and hunting practices, including baiting.

2. Correspondence, November 1910

Correspondence, November 1910

Description: Correspondence discussing the demonstration train exhibit in California and position of Oregon State Game Warden. Additional topics include William Finley’s efforts to secure funding for the National Association of Audubon Societies and inclusion of Finley’s photographs in William Leon Dawson’s book, Birds of California.

3. Correspondence, October 1910

Correspondence, October 1910

Description: Correspondence discussing William Finley’s lectures for farmers' institutes in California and the creation of a demonstration train exhibit. Correspondence also focuses on the illegal sale of bird plumes for hair decorations and an effort to gather support for L. Alva Lewis as the next Oregon State Game Warden. Additional topics include the increase of grebe nesting and game birds on the Lower Klamath Lake, a proposal to create bird reserves from lands owned by the University of California, and concerns about farmers’ complaints regarding the effects of birds on crops.

4. Correspondence, July 1910

Correspondence, July 1910

Description: Correspondence discussing possible lectures in the eastern United States, inclusion of William Finley’s article, “The Intelligence of Birds”, in Everybody’s Magazine, and a report created by Finley on the conditions of bird reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Correspondence also discusses charges brought against Claude Hibbard, Game Warden of the Malheur Lake Reservation.