Harold Zimmerman ornithology collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes six bound volumes of ornithological field notes recorded from sightings in Delaware County, Indiana, and in other areas of the country and other notes from Mr. Zimmerman.
Dates
- 1921-1978
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Biographical Note
Harold Zimmerman was an accountant by occupation with a strong interest in ornithology. According to his window, Helen Zimmerman, he lived in Muncie from 1920-1965. In the early thirties he worked as an accountant for Ball Brothers. In the 1950s, Zimmerman is listed as comptroller for Muncie Gear Works. In 1957, he is listed as an accountant with the firm of R.J. Whitinger and by 1960, was operating his own CPA business out of his residence at 26 Mann Avenue. Mr. Zimmerman died at New Harmony, Indiana, in 1981.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Dr. Robert Cooper and Helen Zimmerman on 1981/10/01.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 1982/11/04 by David Tambo. Finding aid created 1982/11/04 by David Tambo. EAD finding aid completed 2009/11/20 by Maren L. Read.
- Bird watching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Birds Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Documents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ornithology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Harold Zimmerman ornithology collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stoeckel Archives of Local History Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
libarchives@bsu.edu
