MSS 884 Columbus Audubon Society Records

              C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
MSS 884
The Columbus Audubon
S o c l e t y ( Ohio)
Records
1 c u b i c f o o t
Standard I n v e n t o r y
Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r l c a l S o c l e t y a c q u i r e d t h e Columbus
Audubon S o c i e t y ( O h i o ) Records as a g i f t o f The Columbus Audubon
S o c l e t y . t h r o u g h t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e e x e c u t l v e s e c r e t a r y . L o i s
Jeanne Day, i n June 1985. Robert W. V l o l processed t h e c o l l e c t l o n
I n August 1985.
P r o p e r t y r l g h t s : The Ohlo H i s t o r i c a l S o c l e t y owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t l o n .
C o p y r l g h t s : The Columbus Audubon S o c l e t y has d e d i c a t e d such
c o p y r l g h t s as it possesses I n t h i s c o l l e c t l o n t o t h e p u b l i c .
C o n s l d e r a t l o n o f a l l o t h e r c o p y r l g h t s i s t h e r e s p o n s r b l l l t y o f
t h e a u t h o r and p u b l i s h e r .
Access: T h l s c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
o f t h e Oh10 H i s t o r l c a l S o c l e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e c t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c l e t y i n a l l f o o t -
n o t e and b l b l i o g r a p h l c r e f e r e n c e s .
T r a n s f e r s : P u b l i c a t i o n s were t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e l i b r a r y i n August
1985.
O r g a n i z a t f o n a l s k e t c h : The Columbus Audubon S o c l e t y was o r g a n i z e d
a t t h e Carnegle L i b r a r y i n Columbus, Ohio, on June 9, 1913. The
S o c i e t y was formed t o w c u l t i v a t e a g r e a t e r knowledge of b i r d s
among t h e r e s i d e n t s of C e n t r a l Ohio, and t o d i s s e m i n a t e
I n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g t h e l r h a b i t s and r e l a t i o n t o man." I t i s
a f f i l i a t e d w l t h t h e N a t i o n a l Audubon S o c l e t y and has l d e n t l c a l
g o a l s and o b j e c t f v e s . The c h a p t e r was i n c o r p o r a t e d on J u l y 221
1919.
The Society's o r l g l n a l g o v e r n i n g body c o n s i s t e d o f a p r e s f d e n t .
v i c e - p r e s i d e n t , s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r , an o f f i c i a l r e p o r t e r , and an
e x e c u t l v e committee o f f o u r . Today t h e g o v e r n i n g body c o n s i s t s
o f a board of t r u s t e e s w i t h a t l e a s t n i n e members, an e x e c u t i v e
s e c r e t a r y , and t h e e l e c t e d o f f i c e r ex o f f i c l o . Each year t h r e e
t r u s t e e s a r e e l e c t e d t o s e r v e t h r e e y e a r t e r m s b e g i n n i n g J u l y 1.
O f f l c e r s o f t h e S o c l e t y I n c l u d e a p r e s i d e n t , v i c e - p r e s i d e n t ,
r e c o r d i n g s e c r e t a r y , n e w s l e t t e r e d i t o r , and t r e a s u r e r e l e c t e d by
t h e board. T h e i r t e r m o f o f f i c e I s one year b e g i n n i n g on J u l y 1.
The Columbus Audubon S o c l e t y sponsors a v a r i e t y o f a c t i v l t l e s
i n c l u d i n g b l r d - w a t c h l n g f i e l d t r i p s d u r i n g s p r l n g and f a l l
m i g r a t i o n s , and Audubon W i l d l l f e F i l m s shown a t t h e B a t t e l l e
Memorial A u d t t o r i u m . The c h a p t e r a l s o p u b l i s h e s a yearbook and
n e w s l e t t e r , OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1982 Velma Avenue. Columbus. Ohio 43211.2497 pi?: 614.24?. 2300 k: 614.297.24i1
www. ohio11istory. o~~