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



Guide to the George Elford Hudson Papers, 1930-1971


Cage 503





Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Gourd

Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English, 2003
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

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

 
Collection Number:
 

Cage 503

 
Creator:
 

Hudson, George Elford

 
Title:
 

George Elford Hudson Papers

 
Dates:
 

1930-1971 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

1 container.
3 linear feet of shelf space.
353 items.

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English 

 
Summary:
 

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

 

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.

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.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

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

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.

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.

 
Hudson, George Elford --Archives (creator)
Washington State University--Faculty -- Archives
Birds -- Anatomy

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 
 
box
Oversized
folder
1

Bird Drawing: Left Leg, Medial View., undated

1 item.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
2


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.

 
 
box
1
folder
3


Ciconiiformes Correlations, 1966

6 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
4


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

3 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
5


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

7 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
6


Crow Drawings, undated

12 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
7


Crow Muscles, undated

3 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
8


Draft Bird Drawings (ink), undated

4 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
9


Draft Bird Drawings (pencil), undated

5 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
10


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

4 items.

 

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

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1
folder
11

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

 
 
box
1
folder
29


Hudson Data Sheets, undated

8 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
30


Ink Drawings: Bird Musculature, undated

9 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
31


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

25 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
32


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

18 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
33


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.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
34


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.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
35


Pectoral Appendage, Falconiformes, undated

1 item.

 
 
box
1
folder
36


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

21 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
37


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

15 items.

 
 
box
1
folder
38


Plates On Bird Musculature, 1951

7 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
39


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

1 item.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
40


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.

 
 
box
1
folder
41


Tinamiformes--Pectoral and Pelic Muscles Drawings, undated

21 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
42


Wing and Leg Muscles Correlation Statistical Chart, undated

2 items.

 
 
box
Oversized
folder
43


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

17 items.