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Alvin M. Peterson publications collection, approximately 1920-1940
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Alvin Peterson was an Onalaska, Wisconsin naturalist who taught others about the local flora and fauna. Peterson was called "the bird man of Onalaska." This collection of books, bound newspaper art...
Alvin Peterson was an Onalaska, Wisconsin naturalist who taught others about the local flora and fauna. Peterson was called "the bird man of Onalaska." This collection of books, bound newspaper articles and photographs includes information on birds, butterflies, moths, insects, wildflowers and wildlife indigenous to Wisconsin, particularly La Crosse County.
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- Mixed Materials
- Language
- English
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- 2 boxes
- Arrangement
- Arranged alphabetically by the title of each publication
- OCLC
- on1046634813
- Box 1 contains: books by Alvin Peterson; obituary; The ABC of attracting birds. New York, Milwaukee, Chicago : Bruce Publishing Company, 1937; Bird studies. self-published, approximately 192-; A Christmas chickadee. La Crosse, Wisconsin : Crescent Printing Company, 1961; Palisades and coulees: the scenic Mississippi Valley from Prairie du Chien to Wing with maps and photographs. Onalaska, Wisconsin : Modern Printing Company, 1948; Pettibone Park: La Crosse, Wisconsin. Approximately 192-; Portraits of wild birds. Self-published, approximately 192-, (includes photographs of birds); Powderpuff: the story of a cottontail rabbit. New York, Milwaukeed, Chicago : Bruce Publishing Company, 1930; The preservation of wild flowers. Self-published, 1965.
- Box 2 contains: The six-footed. Self-published, approximately 192-, (butterflies, moths, other insects); Wild birds neighbors. Milwaukee : Bruce Publishing Company, 1940; The wild flowers. Self-published, approximately 192-; Your bird sanctuary. Self-published, 1965.
Subjects
- Birds -- Wisconsin.
- Butterflies -- Wisconsin.
- Moths -- Wisconsin.
- Wild flowers -- Wisconsin.
- Coulee ecology -- Wisconsin.
- Natural history -- Wisconsin.
- Nature study -- Wisconsin.
- Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation.
- Rabbits -- Juvenile literature.
- Pettibone Park (La Crosse, Wis.)
- Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel.