Ornithology/Biology Unit

Description

This unit includes correspondence on birds (1983-2003), notes, photos, charts, bird journals, collected reprints, newspaper clippings, journal cuts, and two unpublished, undated stories, "Hoot" and "An Incredible Flying Machine." Topics include bird migration, owls, daily life of the swallow, nature conservation, and the effect of electromagnetic fields on the environment. Also included is a folder containing an unpublished manuscript, "Effects of 60 Hz Magnetic fields on Daphnia Magna, Chironomid Diptera and Other Organisms," by Hazel L. Mouzon and John D. Kraus, June 8, 1994, with related correspondence, notes, and journal cuts. Photos are of owls, swallows that returned to nest in Kraus' garage year after year, nests, and eggs. Dates of materials: 1977-2003. Published articles "Early Bird" (Delaware County Bird Club Newsletter, March, 3, 1991) and "Short Note: My Summer Guests" (The Ohio Cardinal, 27 (2), 80, Winter 2003/2004), with related corrrespondence, are filed in the Journal Articles Unit. 

Creator

Papers of John Daniel Kraus

Type

Text

Start Date

1983

End Date

2003

Series

Notes & Papers Series

Size of Item

0.5 linear feet

Citation

Papers of John Daniel Kraus, “Ornithology/Biology Unit,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/30802.