The Filson Historical Society

Beckham Bird Club Added Records, 1995-2012

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Size of Collection: 1 Cubic Foot

Location Number: Mss. BK B396a

Beckham Bird Club Added Records, 1995-2012

Scope and Content Note

This addition to the records of the Beckham Bird Club consists of birding field trip reports; minutes and agendas of monthly club meetings ranging from 1995 to 2012; and monthly newsletters. The addition also contains newspaper clippings related to the club’s dedication of a historical marker in honor of Charles Wickliffe Beckham and photocopies of Beckham-related publications. Nine photographs have been removed from the collection to be housed separately in the Filson Historical Society photograph collection.

Related Collections Beckham Bird Club, Records, 1934-2006, Mss./BK/B396

Beckham Bird Club Added Records, 1995-2012

Historical Note

The Beckham Bird Club was founded in 1935 as the Louisville chapter of the Ornithological Society and is named after early Kentucky ornithologist Charles Wickliffe Beckham (1856-1888). The Club conducts regular birding field trips throughout Kentucky and , as well as trips outside the region; participates in bird counts; and holds monthly meetings membership and board meetings in which guests are sometimes invited to give lectures relevant to birds or conservation. Members of the club participate in various social and environmental activities. Club members are often very active in various conservation movements in the Louisville area. For example, members have established various wildlife sanctuaries, aided in the wildlife-friendly development of the waterfront, and worked to reduce pollution and increase recycling.

Beckham Bird Club Added Records, 1995-2012

Folder List

Folder 1: Notes and Agendas, 1995-2005 Folder 2: Minutes and The Observer, 2001 Folder 3: Minutes and The Observer, 2002 Folder 4: Minutes and The Observer, 2003 Folder 5: Minutes and The Observer, 2004 Folder 6: Minutes and The Observer, 2005 Folder 7: Minutes and The Observer, 2006 Folder 8: Minutes and The Observer, 2007 Folder 9: Minutes and The Observer, 2008 Folder 10: Minutes and The Observer, 2009 Folder 11: The Observer, 2010-2012 Folder 12: Birding – Barkley & Kentucky Dams Folder 13: Birding – Bernheim Forest Folder 14: Birding – Blackacre Nature Preserve Folder 15: Birding – Brown Park, St. Matthews Folder 16: Birding – Buttermilk Falls, Brandenburg, Kentucky Folder 17: Birding – Folder 18: Birding – , Indiana Folder 19: Birding – Coates Farm Folder 20: Birding – Crane Creek State Park, Ohio Folder 21: Birding – Deam Lake, Indiana Folder 22: Birding – E. P. Tom Sawyer State Park Folder 23: Birding – Falls of the Ohio Folder 24: Birding – Floyds Fork Park Folder 25: Birding – Garvin Brown Folder 26: Birding – Levee Folder 27: Birding – Folder 28: Birding – Jefferson Memorial Forest Folder 29: Birding – and Beargrass Nature Preserve Folder 30: Birding – Mammoth Cave National Park Folder 31: Birding – Mount Saint Francis, Indiana Folder 32: Birding – Muscatatuck , Indiana Folder 33: Birding – Nettlebroth Sanctuary, Folder 34: Birding – Ohio River Folder 35: Birding – Patoka Lake, Indiana Folder 36: Birding – Peabody Wilderness Management Area / Ohio County Strip Mines Folder 37: Birding – Red River Gorge Folder 38: Birding – River Road Folder 39: Birding – Folder 40: Birding – Slough Wilderness Management Area Folder 41: Birding – Tioga Falls Folder 42: Birding – Miscellaneaous, Kentuckiana Folder 43: Birding – Miscellaneous, Other Areas Folder 44: Historic Marker & 150th Anniversary Folder 45: Charles Beckham Research Materials

Beckham Bird Club Added Records, 1995-2012

Subject Headings

Beckham, Charles Wickliffe, 1856-1888. Bernheim Forest (Nelson County, Ky.) Bird watching. Birds – Societies, etc. Cave Hill Cemetery (Louisville, Ky.) Cherokee Park (Louisville, Ky.) Clubs – Kentucky – Louisville. Conservationists – Kentucky – Louisville. E. P. Tom Sawyer State Park (Louisville, Ky.) Floyds Fork Park (Ky.) Iroquois Park (Louisville, Ky.) Nature conservation. Ornithology – Societies, etc. Shawnee Park (Louisville, Ky.)