Joseph Bell, 1952 - 1981

The collection holds the professional correspondence, department files, and subject files of Joseph Bell and Donald Bruning and the correspondence of Christine Sheppard while they were Curators of the Department of Ornithology.

Series I: Joseph Bell is composed of materials created by Bell and created by the department while he was Curator. Subseries 1.1 Correspondence: Includes correspondence while Bell was Curator as well as when he became Chairman of Ornithology. The material in this series includes correspondence between Bell and various institutions and organizations, general public, and fellow wildlife professionals. Memos and interoffice memos can also be found in this subseries. Subseries 1.2 Department Files: Contains material related to Department of Ornithology operations. Subseries 1.3 Subject Files: Includes materials on various topics related to ornithology and wildlife care.

Series 2: Donald Bruning is composed of materials created by Bruning while he was assistant curator, associate curator, and curator of the Department of Ornithology. Subseries 2.1 Correspondence includes Bell's correspondence while he held his curatorial level positions. This series also contains the correspondence of Bell and Christine Sheppard while they were curator and assistant curator respectively. Subseries 2.2 includes material related to the Department of Ornithology while Bruning was curator. Subseries 2.3 Subject Files contains on various topics related to ornithology and wildlife care.

Series 3: Christine Sheppard Correspondence is composed of correspondence while Sheppard was associate curator and curator of the Department of Ornithology.