Guide to the George Elford Hudson Papers
1930-1971

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Table of Contents


	Overview of the Collection

	Biographical Note

	Content Description

	Use of the Collection
	Restrictions on Access
	Preferred Citation

	Administrative Information
	Arrangement
	Acquisition Information

	Detailed Description of the Collection
	Bird Drawing: Left Leg, Medial View.
	Bird Names Referred to by Gadow in Discussing the Muscles of the Pelvic Appendadge of Birds: Brown's Klasse Und Ardnungen, pp. 139-209
	Ciconiiformes Correlations
	Cross-Section Drawings of Ring-Billed Gull (B. 373)
	Correlation Coefficients: Legs; Wings (Family Comparisons); Wings (Numerical Scores); Legs (Numerical Scores); Legs (Family Comparisons); and, Final Run
	Crow Drawings
	Crow Muscles
	Draft Bird Drawings (ink)
	Draft Bird Drawings (pencil)
	Figures 1-9 For Muscles of the Pectoral Limb in Galliform Birds, Hudson and Langillotti, American Midland Naturalist, 71 (1).
	Galliformes Computer Runs (Hudson, et al.), Muscle Coefficients:
	Hudson Data Sheets
	Ink Drawings: Bird Musculature
	Lari and Alcae, Original Drawings (Figures 1-26b), Ibis: III: 459-524. Hudson, et al.
	Negatives--Crow Wing Muscles, Plates 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10-20
	Original Drawings for Paper on Gross Anatomy of the Wing Muscles in the Family Corvidaes: Pectoral Appendages, (Hudson and Lanzilotte, American Midland Naturalist. 53 (1): 1-44
	Original Drawings for Paper on Muscles of the Pelvic Limb in Galliform Birds. American Midland Naturalist, 57 (1): 1-66. (Author's Note).
	Pectoral Appendage, Falconiformes
	Pectoral Appendage (cross-section), Quail, Killdeer, Green-Winged Teal, Ring-Billed Gull, Pied-Billed Grebe, Kingfisher, Burrowing Owl
	Photostatic Prints From A Text, Erklarung von Tafal, XIX-XXIV
	Plates On Bird Musculature
	Strigiformes and Caprimulgiformes: Illustrations of the Pelvic Limb Muscles
	Studies on the Muscles of the Pelvic Appendage in Birds.American Midland Naturalist 18 (1): 1-108. George E. Hudson's Original Drawings for Ph.D. Thesis, 26 Plates.
	Tinamiformes--Pectoral and Pelic Muscles Drawings
	Wing and Leg Muscles Correlation Statistical Chart
	Wings, Crow (M.S. Thesis Drawings, University of Nebraska, George E. Hudson)
	Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator:	Hudson, George Elford
Title:	George Elford Hudson Papers
Dates:	1930-1971 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	1 container. (3 linear feet of shelf space.) (353 items.)
Collection Number:	Cage 503
Summary:	Contains original drawings in pencil and ink, and plates used for illustrations for his articles showing bird musculature.
Repository:	Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections New Holland Library Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Languages:	Collection materials are in English
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Dr. George Elford Hudson was born on May 6, 1907. He taught in the Washington State University Department of Zoology from 1938 to 1974. From 1938 to 1946 he was an Assistant Professor of Zoology and the zoology museum curator. In 1946 he became an Associate Professor and gained his full Professorship in 1951. During the Second World War, Dr. Hudson worked with the War Department on chemical warfare. He was a charter member of the Washington Environmental Council. Dr. Hudson authored numerous articles on bird musculature, which appeared in the American Midland Naturalist and Ibis. Many of these articles were extensions of masters and doctoral research at the University of Nebraska in 1937. Dr. Hudson died on August 4, l974.

Content Description

The records contain original drawings, in pencil and ink, and plates used for illustrations for his articles showing bird musculature.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation :

[Item Description]. Cage 503, George Elford Hudson Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The papers of George Elford Hudson, which date from 1930 to 1971, are arranged in a single series in alphabetical order by subject. The folders listed as oversized are located in the flat files in a large folder separate from the other containers.

Acquisition Information :

The papers of George Elford Hudson, 1930-1971, were donated toWashington State University Libraries in May 1980 (MS80-17).

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Bird Drawing: Left Leg, Medial View., undated

1 item.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	1

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Bird Names Referred to by Gadow in Discussing the Muscles of the Pelvic Appendadge of Birds: Brown's Klasse Und Ardnungen, pp. 139-209, undated

1 item.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	2

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Ciconiiformes Correlations, 1966

6 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	3

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Cross-Section Drawings of Ring-Billed Gull (B. 373), undated

3 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	4

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Correlation Coefficients: Legs; Wings (Family Comparisons); Wings (Numerical Scores); Legs (Numerical Scores); Legs (Family Comparisons); and, Final Run, 1966-1971

7 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	5

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Crow Drawings, undated

12 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	6

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Crow Muscles, undated

3 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	7

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Draft Bird Drawings (ink), undated

4 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	8

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Draft Bird Drawings (pencil), undated

5 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	9

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Figures 1-9 For Muscles of the Pectoral Limb in Galliform Birds, Hudson and Langillotti, American Midland Naturalist, 71 (1)., January 1964

4 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	10

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Galliformes Computer Runs (Hudson, et al.), Muscle Coefficients:

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	11	Coefficients, Pelvic Limb Muscles, 1964 1 item.
1	12	Coefficients, Pelvic Muscles, 1965 4 items.
1	13	Coefficients, Wing Muscles, 1964 1 item.
1	14	Coefficients, Wing Muscles (All Items), 1965 1 item.
1	15	Detail Sheets, Wing Muscles (Computed by R. A. Parker), April 13, 1962 1 item.
1	16	Leg and Wing Muscles Chart, 1965 1 item.
1	17	Leg Muscles, Pelvic Appendage (Partridge, Grouse), undated 12 items.
1	18	Negatives - Pectoral Appendage (Pigeon, Blue Grouse, Prairie Falcon), undated 2 items.
1	19	Pectorals, Non-Sesamoid, 1965 1 item.
1	20	Pectorals, Sesamoid, 1965 1 item.
1	21	Pelvic Limb Muscles (Revised), 1963 1 item.
1	22	Pelvic Limb Muscles (Revised), 1963 1 item.
1	23	Pelvic Limb Muscle Scores (Revised), 1964 1 item.
1	24	Pelvic Muscles, 1964 1 item.
1	25	Wing Muscles Scores, 1964 1 item.
1	26	Wing Muscles Scores (Revised), 1964 1 item.
1	27	Wing Muscles Summaries, Computed by R.A. Parker, 1962 1 item.
1	28	Wing Myology, Wing Muscles Summaries (Computed by R.A. Parker), 1962 1 item.

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Hudson Data Sheets, undated

8 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	29

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Ink Drawings: Bird Musculature, undated

9 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	30

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Lari and Alcae, Original Drawings (Figures 1-26b), Ibis: III: 459-524. Hudson, et al., 1969

25 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	31

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Negatives--Crow Wing Muscles, Plates 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10-20, April 2, 1951

18 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	32

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Original Drawings for Paper on Gross Anatomy of the Wing Muscles in the Family Corvidaes: Pectoral Appendages, (Hudson and Lanzilotte, American Midland Naturalist. 53 (1): 1-44, 1955

24 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	33

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Original Drawings for Paper on Muscles of the Pelvic Limb in Galliform Birds. American Midland Naturalist, 57 (1): 1-66. (Author's Note)., January 1959

6 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	34

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Pectoral Appendage, Falconiformes, undated

1 item.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	35

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Pectoral Appendage (cross-section), Quail, Killdeer, Green-Winged Teal, Ring-Billed Gull, Pied-Billed Grebe, Kingfisher, Burrowing Owl, undated

21 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	36

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Photostatic Prints From A Text, Erklarung von Tafal, XIX-XXIV, undated

15 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	37

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Plates On Bird Musculature, 1951

7 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	38

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Strigiformes and Caprimulgiformes: Illustrations of the Pelvic Limb Muscles, undated

1 item.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	39

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Studies on the Muscles of the Pelvic Appendage in Birds. American Midland Naturalist 18 (1): 1-108. George E. Hudson's Original Drawings for Ph.D. Thesis, 26 Plates., January, 1937

60 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	40

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Tinamiformes--Pectoral and Pelic Muscles Drawings, undated

21 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
1	41

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Wing and Leg Muscles Correlation Statistical Chart, undated

2 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	42

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Wings, Crow (M.S. Thesis Drawings, University of Nebraska, George E. Hudson), 1930

17 items.

Container(s)
box	folder
Oversized	43

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Personal Names :
Hudson, George Elford --Archives ( creator)

Corporate Names :
Washington State University--Faculty -- Archives

Subject Terms :
Birds -- Anatomy

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