Scope and Content Note The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings regarding ornithologist Ruth Thomas. The correspondence consists of personal letters from Thomas to Harriet Wright of Birmingham, Alabama, regarding their shared interest in birding, Thomas’ readings and writings, and updates on her life. The newspaper clippings are of Thomas’ column, “The Country Diarist,” from the Arkansas Gazette. Photographs are of a bird feeder at Thomas’...

Scope and Content Note

The papers consist mostly of banding returns and Purple Finch studies. They also include several photographs and an extensive card file documenting bird sightings from 1948 to 1972. Photographs 1-4 are of Ruth Thomas, c. 1920-1960. Photograph 5 is of a Ruth Thomas book signing. Photographs 6-15 are of Ruth Thomas and various birds taken at her home in Morrilton, Arkansas, in 1970. The card file has been preserved in its original arrangement.