Scope and Contents The Joseph W. Stack papers relate to Stack's tenure as a professor in the Department of Zoology and as curator and director of the MSU Museum. His particular areas of interest were ornithology and bird banding. Other subjects covered in Stack's papers are the university curriculum, the Inland Bird Banding Association, and Stack's work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Materials found in the collection include maps, bird banding records, student reports and papers, manuscripts,...

Scope and Contents Electronic resources consist of digitized images of the glass lantern slides, video slides of those images, and digital and digitized documents including drawings and notes, articles and pamphlets written by Tyrrell, and publications that reference him or his work.The glass lantern slides depict images of birds taken by W. Bryant Tyrrell. Images include ospreys,red shouldered hawks, turkey buzzards, blue birds, barred owls, bald eagles, ravens, hummingbirds, ducks, and bobwhite...