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William Threlfall fonds

  • MS-14-33
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1984
Fonds contains records created by William Threlfall that pertain primarily to the diseases, virology, and parasitology of birds and waterfowl. Records are thesis, research notes, and articles.

Use of lakes by black duck broods in relation to biological, chemical, and physical features : [manuscript and other materials]

File contains the manuscript and two draft manuscripts written by Freedman, with Cynthia A. Staicer, Diane Srivastava, Nancy Dowd, Jennifer Kilgar, Jill Hayden, Fred Payne, and Tom Pollock, for Hydrobiologia, volumes 279-280. File also contains reviewer comments, Previous drafts were titled "Characteristics of Nova Scotian lakes in relation to their use by black duck broods". The report surveys the characteristics of duck populations at 32 freshwater lakes in central and western Nova Scotia.

Selected studies of forestry and bird communities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick : [manuscript and correspondence]

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman and Greg Johnson for the monograph "Biology and conservation of forest birds", Society of Cananadian Ornithologists Special Publication no. 1 (edited by A.W. Diamond and D.N. Nettleship). File also contains reviewer-edited drafts, correspondence, and proceedings itinerary.

Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museum of Natural History

Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.

Photographs of the birds of central Florida

File contains 172 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in central Florida over multiple visits, primarily between 1973 and 1977, but also in 1994. Photographs show various species of heron, crane, spoonbill, hawk, vulture, gull, egret, ibis, grebe, anhinga, pelican, and owl. Photographs are taken predominantly in the Everglades, however a few are from Pigeon Key, Bahia Honda, and Flamingo.

Photographs of the Amoco Cadiz oil spill, off Brittany

File contains 9 photographs taken by J. Vandermeulen (and collected by Bill Freedman), likely in 1978. Photographs show clean-up efforts of the oil spill after the Amoco Cadiz super-tanker ran aground off the Brittany coast (near Portsall, France) on March 16, 1978.

Photographs of Rock ptarmigan at Fiona Lake, Somerset Island

File contains 37 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Fiona Lake, Somerset Island, in 1979. Photographs showRock ptarmigan perched on rocky outcroppings. One photo also shows the Fiona Lake camp, and another showing researcher Joseph Svoboda examining lichen.

Photographs of Great Grey, Snowy, and Barred owls

File contains 21 photographs taken by Bill Freedman between 1976 and 1979. Photographs show Great Grey owls at Ajax, Ontario, Snowy owls at Smoking Hills, Northwest Territories, and Barred owls at Algonquin Park.

Photographs of birds, mammals, insects, and amphibians

File contains 333 photographic slides taken by Bill Freedman in Florida, the Northwest Territories, Newfoundland, and Ontario between 1972 and 1991. Photographs show birds, large Arctic land mammals, insects, snakes and amphibians.

Photographs of birds around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

File contains 27 photographs taken by Bill Freedman during two visits to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, in 1973 and 1974. Photographs show birds in the area around Tuktoyaktuk, including Semipalmated plover, Whimbrel, Stilt sandpipers, Common eider, and Lapland longspur.
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