Henry Hazlitt Kopman papers, 1893-1952 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Henry Hazlitt Kopman papers, 1893-1952

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 478

Primary Creator: Kopman, Henry Hazlitt.

Extent: 7.0 Volumes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in approximate chronological order. The collection consists of seven volumes.

Date Acquired: 02/12/1960. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Audubon societies., Birds -- Florida., Birds -- Louisiana., Birds -- Mississippi., Kopman, Henry Hazlitt., Ornithology.

Forms of Material: Notebooks., Notes., Scrapbooks.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of journals of trips for bird observations taken for the Audubon societies by Henry Hazlitt Kopman in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. There is also a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of articles that Kopman published in the Times-Democrat.

Biographical Note

Henry Hazlitt Kopman was a noted ornithologist and author of Wild Acres: A Book of the Gulf Coast Country, New York (1946). He wrote articles for the Times-Democrat, New Orleans. He died in Mississippi City, Mississippi in 1959, leaving a widow, Laura, and a son, Henry Marshall Kopman.

Subject/Index Terms

Audubon societies.
Birds -- Florida.
Birds -- Louisiana.
Birds -- Mississippi.
Kopman, Henry Hazlitt.
Ornithology.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Accruals: Additional material added to the collection in 1990.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Allen Bruce Blakemore.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Henry Hazlitt Kopman papers, Manuscripts Collection 478, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1977 and 1990 by HB and ML.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 805564551

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Volume:

[Volume 1: Bird migration records, Louisiana and Mississippi, 1893-1917],
[Volume 2: Bird migration records, Louisiana and Mississippi, 1893-1910],
[Volume 3: Ornithological observations at New Orleans and vicinity made by Henry Hazlitt Kopman, 1893-1952],
[Volume 4: Journal of the trip on the Florida coast in the "San Nikola"; Captain Polizos; inspection of Louisiana Bird Island (Audubon Society Reservation); Henry Hazlitt Kopman., 1908],
[Volume 5: Bird notes Henry Hazlitt Kopman, Mississippi and Louisiana, 1906 January 1-1911 December 31],
[Volume 6: Journal of trip taken by Henry Hazlitt Kopman in schooner "Seabird" along Louisiana coast chiefly west of the Mississippi River...Audubon Societies, 1907 May 15-June 21],
[Volume 7: Scrapbook of news clippings of articles published in the Times Democrat, New Orleans, entitled "Louisiana Birds", 1899-1903],
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Volume 7: Scrapbook of news clippings of articles published in the Times Democrat, New Orleans, entitled "Louisiana Birds", 1899-1903: In back of volume is an article about Louisiana butterflies and a pamphlet on bird migration in the lower Mississippi Valley.

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