Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Oscar T. Owre papers
Date(s)
- circa 1960s-1990 (Creation)
Extent
23.50 linear feet (39 document cases and 9 record storage boxes)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Oscar T. Owre (1917-1990) was a renowned professor from University of Miami's Biology Department, who retired in 1984 with the title of the Robert E. Maytag Professor of Ornithology. His papers contain correspondence, research data, field notes, slides, and other archival materials related to his profession and his subject interest in ornithology.
System of arrangement
This collection has been arranged into four series:
Series I. Correspondence (Boxes 1-11)
Series II. Topical files (Boxes 12-39)
Series III. Slides (Boxes 40-46)
Series IV. Miscellanea (Box 47-48)
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
This collection was donated by Lydia Owre on May 11, 1993.
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Archivist's note
This collection was originally processed by William E. Brown, Jr., former Head of Special Collections, in October 1995 and Marcia Evanson, March 1999. Finding aid edited by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 04-10-23.