Allen, Robert Porter (1905-1963)

Abstract This collection consists of the research materials of renowned ornithologist field researcher Robert Porter Allen at the Audubon Society's Everglades Science Center in Tavernier, which he founded and directed.  While doing research for the Audubon Society, Allen researched and wrote extensively on the flamingo, roseate spoonbill, and whooping crane, among others.  His groundbreaking research on the whooping crane, including his identification of Canada's Slave Lake as the crane's northern...