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Volume X. Campaign documents: Norbeck Sanctuary Bill, Bag Limit Bill, Wholesale poisoning, 1927-1930

 File — Flat-box: 47

Scope and Contents

Volume 10 continues on the subject covered in volume 9, Hornaday’s campaign to reduce both bag limits and open seasons on waterfowl. Like volume 9, it was compiled with the assistance of Edith Helen Franz, and it also contains clippings, publications, and correspondence documenting Hornaday’s so-called Bag Limit War. Additionally documented is the 1929 Migratory Bird Conservation Act, also known as the Norbeck Bill, designed to provide reserves for the protection of migratory birds. Finally, volume 10 covers the Bag Limit War’s eventual resolution (and Hornaday’s victory) in 1930 with the passage of bag limit reductions.

Dates

  • 1927-1930

Access Restrictions

Some scrapbooks in series 4 are too fragile to be physically accessed, although the first ten scrapbooks have been digitized and are available at www.wcs.org/library. Please contact the WCS Archives regarding other possible access restrictions.

Extent

From the Fonds: 8.8 Linear Feet (22 Hollinger boxes)

From the Fonds: 11.2 Cubic Feet (33 oversize flat boxes)

Language of Materials

English