Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 589
Walter M. Rosene, Sr. (1880-1941)
Papers, 1871-2008, n.d.


Descriptive summary

creator:

Rosene, Walter (1880-1941)
title:

Papers
dates:

1871-2008, n.d.
extent:

9.38 linear ft. (6 document boxes, 4 index card file boxes, 1 oversize box, and 5 glass negative boxes)
collection number:

MS 589
repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Restricted: Series 1, lantern slides; Series 4, glass negatives, due to fragility; must have permission of the Department Head for access.
Open for Research: Series 2, photographs and negatives; Series 3, bird watching records; Series 5, bulletins, publications, and correspondence.
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

Walter M. Rosene, Sr. Papers, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Walter M. Rosene, Sr. (1880-1941), a native of Ogden, Iowa, first worked with his father in the harness business (Ogden, Iowa, 1896-1901) and then in a wholesale saddlery house (Chicago, IL, 1901-1902).  He then was employed by the State Bank of Ogden (1902-1935) in various positions and eventually became its president, as well as selling insurance (1937-1941).  His special interest was the study of birds.  He was one of the founders and a president of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union and was also involved with the Wilson Ornithological Club.  Rosene was director of bird-study at the Wild Life School at McGregor (Iowa) and gave lectures on the subject of birds throughout Iowa.

 

Collection description

This collection (1871-2008, n.d.) contains lantern slides, photographs, photographic negatives and glass plate negatives created by Walter Rosene, Sr. The collection also contains the bird watching records of Rosene, which include journals, writings, correspondence, and photographs. There are also several publications and bulletins regarding birds and Iowa's state parks. The collection is grouped into the following series:

Series 1, Lantern Slides contains black and white and color lantern slides, the majority of which were taken by Rosene; showing birds, animals, plant life, Rosene and his colleagues, natural phenomena and maps of bird migration routes. 

Series 2, Photographs and Negatives contains black and white photographic stills of birds taken by Rosene and corresponding black and white negatives.  This series also contains a few photographs of Rosene's family and the corresponding negatives. This series also contains images of the McGregor Wildlife School (McGregor, Iowa), locations near the Mississippi River, the Meskwaki Pow Wow in Tama, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, California, animals, fish, flowers, and scenery.

Series 3, Bird Watching Records contains a collection of Iowa Ornithologists' Union Daily Field Checking Guides completed by Walter Rosene, 1931-1941; a journal compiled by Rosene during a bird watching trip to Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota, June 14-30, 1924; photographs of the Ledges, McGregor, Iowa, and of a mother opossum with a baby opossum on her back, a hand colored black and white photograph of Pease Creek at the Ledges in Boone County Iowa; a personal reminiscences typescript (photographic scrapbook) documenting Rosene's trips to the Ledges to bird watch, 1921-1941; and a folder of writings including correspondence related to his writing and bird watching activities, inspirational poetry, and descriptions of his bird watching excursions, 1925-1941.  The majority of the objects in this collection date from 1921-1941 and document Rosene's fieldwork with birds in Iowa and the Dakotas.  A number of different species are depicted at various stages of nesting and growth.  There are also a few images of Rosene himself, working in the field.

Series 4, Glass Plate Negatives contains black and white pictures of Rosene's hometown of Ogden, Iowa, his family's house and farm, and many of his family members (circa 1893-1907), as well as images of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

Series 5, Bulletins, Publications, and Correspondence contains Rosene's personal daily journal, bulletins regarding Iowa State parks, guides and publications regarding bird life and snakes, and Rosene's correspondence with the Los Angeles Times.

 

Organization

The collection is organized into five series:

 

Description of series

Series 1

Lantern Slides

ca. 1930s, n.d.
extent:

2.7 linear ft. (5 glass negative boxes)
description:

Black and white and color lantern slides, the majority of which were taken by Rosene; showing birds, animals, plant life, Rosene and his colleagues, natural phenomena, and maps of bird migration routes. The series is in original order.

 

Container list

 

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Site of the Red-Tailed Hawk Nest

n.d.

1

2

Young Red-Tailed Hawks

n.d.

1

3

Juvenile Red-Tailed Hawks

n.d.

1

4

Nest Marsh Hawk

n.d.

1

5

Young Marsh Hawk

n.d.

1

6

Great Horned Owl Nest in Tree

n.d.

1

7

Rosene in a Tree

n.d.

1

8

Ladder to Nest

n.d.

1

9

Young in Nest

n.d.

1

10

Young in Nest

n.d.

1

11

Young in Nest

n.d.

1

12

Young About to Leave

n.d.

1

13

Quail Nest

n.d.

1

14

Young Hatched by Hen

n.d.

1

15

Quail Nest–11 eggs

n.d.

1

16

Female on Nest

n.d.

1

17

Eggs Hatching

n.d.

1

18

Eggs Hatching

n.d.

1

19

Chicks on a Hat

n.d.

1

20

Chipping Sparrow at Nest

n.d.

1

21

Chipping Sparrow at Nest

n.d.

1

22

Chipping Sparrow at Nest

n.d.

1

23

Bluebird at House

n.d.

1

24

Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Nest

n.d.

1

25

Chickadee Nest in Stump

n.d.

1

26

Young Chickadees

n.d.

1

27

Meadowlark Nest

n.d.

1

28

Meadowlark Nest

n.d.

1

29

Meadowlark Nest

n.d.

1

30

Young Meadowlarks in Nest

n.d.

1

31

Snake Eating Young Meadowlark

n.d.

1

32

Sheep in Pasture–Over-grazed

n.d.

1

33

Corn Shock

n.d.

1

34

Spider Web

n.d.

1

35

Yosemite Falls

n.d.

1

36

Bluebird

n.d.

1

37

Dutchman's Britches

n.d.

1

38

Spider Web

n.d.

1

39

Mourning Dove on Nest

n.d.

1

40

Catbird Feeding Young

n.d.

1

41

Meadowlark at Nest

n.d.

1

42

Mirror Lake, Yosemite

n.d.

1

43

Sunset Over Lake

n.d.

1

44

Cass Lake, Minn.

n.d.

1

45

Canada Goose at Nest

n.d.

1

46

Canada Goose at Nest

n.d.

1

47

Ruddy Duck Nest, 10 Eggs

n.d.

1

48

Pintail Nest with 2 Stones

n.d.

1

49

Ruddy Duck with 10 Eggs

n.d.

1

50

Coot Nest–1 Egg Broken

n.d.

1

51

Mallard Hen with 10 Young

n.d.

1

52

Jack Snipe

n.d.

1

53

Wilson Phalarope

n.d.

1

54

Tracks in Snow–Looking for Seeds

n.d.

1

55

Meadowlark at Nest

n.d.

1

56

Avocet on Nest

n.d.

1

57

Avocet Nest and Eggs

n.d.

1

58

Avocet Hatching

n.d.

1

59

Avocet Hatching Leaving Nest

n.d.

1

60

Baltimore Oriole at Nest

n.d.

1

61

Hooded Mergansers

n.d.

1

62

Robin's Nest atop Wren Nesting Box

n.d.

1

63

Robin's Nest atop Bluebird Nesting Box

n.d.

1

64

Blue Winged Teal Nest 12 Egg

n.d.

1

65

Blue Winged Teal

n.d.

1

66

Cactus Plant

n.d.

2

1

Sand Hills, Nebraska

n.d.

2

2

Peonies

n.d.

2

3

Cactus Flower

n.d.

2

4

Cactus Flower

n.d.

2

5

Pasque Flower

n.d.

2

6

Pink Lady Slipper

n.d.

2

7

Pussy Willows

n.d.

2

8

Water Lilies Lotus

n.d.

2

9

Water Lilies

n.d.

2

10

Eared Grebe Nest Site

n.d.

2

11

Eared Grebe Nest with Eggs

n.d.

2

12

Eared Grebe Chick

n.d.

2

13

Dr. Leroy Titus Weeks

n.d.

2

14

Warbling Virow with Feed at Nest

n.d.

2

15

Red-Winged Blackbird Nest

n.d.

2

16

Female Red-Wings at Nest

n.d.

2

17

Dove Nest on Ground

n.d.

2

18

Chickadee at Feeder

n.d.

2

19

Nest in Fork at Shrub

n.d.

2

20

Baltimore Oriole at Nest

n.d.

2

21

Baltimore Oriole at Nest

n.d.

2

22

Young Orioles

n.d.

2

23

Botanists - Pammel and Shimek

n.d.

2

24

Blazing Star

n.d.

2

25

Horse Mint

n.d.

2

26

Black-eyed Susan

n.d.

2

27

Dog-toothed Violet

n.d.

2

28

Violet

n.d.

2

29

Yellow Lady Slipper

n.d.

2

30

Paul's Scarlet Roses

n.d.

2

31

Migrant Shrike Nest

n.d.

2

32

Migrant Shrike Nest

n.d.

2

33

Young Shrikes

n.d.

2

34

Three Young Shrikes

n.d.

2

35

Grasshopper on Thorn

n.d.

2

36

Walter Bennet Photography

n.d.

2

37

Flying Black Tern

n.d.

2

38

Nest Black Tern

n.d.

2

39

Black Tern on Nest

n.d.

2

40

Whippoorwill on Nest with Egg

n.d.

2

41

Whippoorwill on Nest

n.d.

2

42

Whippoorwill on Nest with Eggs

n.d.

2

43

Young Whippoorwill

n.d.

2

44

Young Whippoorwill

n.d.

2

45

Nest of Barred Owl–3 Eggs

n.d.

2

46

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

47

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

48

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

49

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

50

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

51

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

52

Young Barred Owls

n.d.

2

53

Dead Tree with Barred Owl Nest

n.d.

2

54

Dead Tree with Barred Owl Nest

n.d.

2

55

Food for Owls

n.d.

2

56

Picture Lost

n.d.

2

57

Rosene with Owls

n.d.

2

58

Three Young Screech Owls

n.d.

2

59

Picture Lost

n.d.

2

60

One Young Screech Owls

n.d.

2

61

Mice from Screech Owl Nest

n.d.

2

62

Horned Owl's Nest

n.d.

2

63

Horned Owl's Nest

n.d.

2

64

Horned Owl's Nest

n.d.

3

1

Food from Horned Owl's Nest

n.d.

3

2

Egg Shell on Ground

n.d.

3

3

Owl Pellets

n.d.

3

4

Saw Whet Owl

n.d.

3

5

Burrowing Owl

n.d.

3

6

Peregrine Falcon

n.d.

3

7

Horned Owl Kill

n.d.

3

8

Mourning Dove

n.d.

3

9

Mallard Ducks with Young

n.d.

3

10

Mallard Ducks with Young

n.d.

3

11

Mallard Ducks with Young

n.d.

3

12

Killdeer Nest with Eggs

n.d.

3

13

Killdeer on Nest

n.d.

3

14

Killdeer on Nest

n.d.

3

15

Bobolink Nest with Eggs

n.d.

3

16

Female Bobolink

n.d.

3

17

Bobolink Range–Map

n.d.

3

18

Forster Tern Nest

n.d.

3

19

Forster Tern Nest

n.d.

3

20

Forster Tern Nest

n.d.

3

21

Forster Tern at Nest with Young

n.d.

3

22

Forster Tern at Nest with Young

n.d.

3

23

Young Forster Tern

n.d.

3

24

Young Forster Tern

n.d.

3

25

Immature Forster Tern

n.d.

3

26

Bittern on Nest

n.d.

3

27

Bittern on Nest

n.d.

3

28

Bittern on Nest

n.d.

3

29

Bittern on Nest

n.d.

3

30

Swamp Sparrow Nest with Cowbird Eggs

n.d.

3

31

Bittern

n.d.

3

32

Prairie Chicken Nest with Eggs

n.d.

3

33

Prairie Chicken

n.d.

3

34

Prairie Chicken on Nest

n.d.

3

35

Prairie Chickens in Hat

n.d.

3

36

Prairie Chicken Chick

n.d.

3

37

Sharp-tailed Grouse in the Field

n.d.

3

38

Sharp-tailed Grouse Nest with Eggs

n.d.

3

39

Sharp-tailed Grouse Nest in Grass

n.d.

3

40

Sharp-tailed Grouse Eggs Hatching

n.d.

3

41

Bobwhite Quail Nest

n.d.

3

42

Bobwhite Quail Nest Destroyed

n.d.

3

43

Bobwhite Quail Nest Destroyed

n.d.

3

44

Purple Martin

n.d.

3

45

Purple Martin

n.d.

3

46

Purple Martin

n.d.

3

47

Purple Martin

n.d.

3

48

Upland Plover Nest with Eggs

n.d.

3

49

Upland Plover on Nest

n.d.

3

50

Upland Plover on Nest

n.d.

3

51

Upland Plover on Nest

n.d.

3

52

Wilson's Phalarope–Male

n.d.

3

53

Picture Lost

n.d.

3

54

Wilson's Phalarope–Female on a Nest

n.d.

3

55

Wilson's Phalarope–Female on a Nest

n.d.

3

56

Wilson's Phalarope Nest with Eggs

n.d.

3

57

Golden Plover Migration Route

n.d.

3

58

Arctic Tern Migration Route

n.d.

3

59

Black Crowned Night Heron Nest

n.d.

3

60

Black Crowned Night Heron Young

n.d.

3

61

Black Crowned Night Heron Young

n.d.

3

62

Robin's Nest–Decorated

n.d.

3

63

Bobwhite Nest with 12 Pheasant Eggs

n.d.

3

64

Bobwhite Nest with Hen's Eggs

n.d.

3

65

Goldfinch Nest with 5 Eggs

n.d.

4

1

Goldfinch on Nest

n.d.

4

2

Goldfinch on Nest

n.d.

4

3

Prairie Horned Lark Nest

n.d.

4

4

Prairie Horned Lark Nest

n.d.

4

5

Prairie Horned Lark Nest

n.d.

4

6

Prairie Horned Lark Young

n.d.

4

7

Swallow Holes in Bank

n.d.

4

8

Swallow Holes in Bank (with bird)

n.d.

4

9

Red-Eyed Vireo Nest

n.d.

4

10

Red-Eyed Vireo Migration

n.d.

4

11

Chimney Swift

n.d.

4

12

Yellow Headed Black Bird at Nest

n.d.

4

13

Yellow Headed Black Bird at Nest

n.d.

4

14

Indigo Bunting–2 Eggs and 1 Cowbird

n.d.

4

15

Indigo Bunting at Nest

n.d.

4

16

Indigo Bunting at Nest

n.d.

4

17

Flicker

n.d.

4

18

Young Flicker

n.d.

4

19

Snap Sucker Holes

n.d.

4

20

Dickcissel Nest near Ruthven

n.d.

4

21

Dickcissel Nest 3 Eggs

n.d.

4

22

Rose Breasted Grosbeak in Nest

n.d.

4

23

Rose Breasted Grosbeak

n.d.

4

24

Grosbeak Migration

n.d.

4

25

Catbird on Nest

n.d.

4

26

Catbird Feeding Young

n.d.

4

27

Turtle

n.d.

4

28

Swamp Sparrow Nest with 5 Eggs

n.d.

4

29

Swamp Sparrow

n.d.

4

30

Field Sparrow at Nest

n.d.

4

31

Maryland Yellow Throat

n.d.

4

32

Maryland Yellow Throat

n.d.

4

33

W. M. Rosene at Boat Stump Lake

n.d.

4

34

White Pelicans–Nests

n.d.

4

35

White Pelicans

n.d.

4

36

Pelican Nest–1 Chick and 2 Eggs

n.d.

4

37

Pelican Nest–3 Chicks

n.d.

4

38

Picture Lost

n.d.

4

39

Pelicans

n.d.

4

40

Pelicans

n.d.

4

41

Young Pelicans

n.d.

4

42

Pelicans on Lake

n.d.

4

43

Pelicans on Lake

n.d.

4

44

Young Pelicans

n.d.

4

45

Walter Rosene and W. Bennet–Lunch

n.d.

4

46

Local Residents, Stump Lake, ND

n.d.

4

47

Gulls and Terns Flying

n.d.

4

48

Ring Billed Gull Nest

n.d.

4

49

Nesting Colony Ring Bills

n.d.

4

50

Ring Bill Chick

n.d.

4

51

2 Ring Bill Chicks

n.d.

4

52

Nesting Colony of Ring Bills

n.d.

4

53

Posted Sign

n.d.

4

54

Water Fowl Swimming

n.d.

4

55

Ring Billed Gulls with Young

n.d.

4

56

Double Crested Cormorant Nest

n.d.

4

57

Double Crested Cormorant Nest

n.d.

4

58

View of Stump Lake

n.d.

4

59

View of Stump Lake

n.d.

4

60

View of Stump Lake

n.d.

4

61

Wild Turkey with Young

n.d.

4

62

Pectoral Sandpiper

n.d.

4

63

Lesser Scaup Nest

n.d.

5

1

Least Flycatcher Nest with Young

n.d.

5

2

Black Billed Cuckoo

n.d.

5

3

Young Night Heron Suspended by Claws and Beak

n.d.

5

4

Snow Goose

n.d.

5

5

Canada Goose

n.d.

5

6

Canada Geese

n.d.

5

7

Canada Geese

n.d.

5

8

Cat Caught in Trap

n.d.

5

9

Snow Scene

n.d.

5

10

Yosemite–Mirror Lake

n.d.

5

11

Blind for Photographing Birds

n.d.

5

12

Ice in Creek

n.d.

5

13

Raccoon Eating Eggs

n.d.

5

14

Opossum with Young

n.d.

5

15

Quail Nest Full of Eggs

n.d.

5

16

Wood Duck

n.d.

5

17

Spotted Sandpiper

n.d.

5

18

Common Tern

n.d.

5

19

Gadwall

n.d.

5

20

Migration Route, Canada Geese

n.d.

5

21

Clay Colored Sparrow

n.d.

5

22

Young Wood Pewees

n.d.

5

23

Young Wood Pewees

n.d.

5

24

Young Purple Martin

n.d.

5

25

Pied Billed Grebe Nest

n.d.

5

26

Pied Billed Grebe Nest

n.d.

5

27

Young Pied Billed Grebe

n.d.

5

28

Spider Web

n.d.

5

29

W. M.  Rosene at Nest Site of Louisiana Water Throat

n.d.

5

30

Water Throat on Nest

n.d.

5

31

Water Throat with Young

n.d.

5

32

Red Breasted Nuthatch at Feeder

n.d.

5

33

Redstart Distribution

n.d.

5

34

Tanager Distribution

n.d.

5

35

Red Bat with Young

n.d.

5

36

Red Bat with Young

n.d.

5

37

Brown Thrasher

n.d.

5

38

Brown Thrasher

n.d.

5

39

Four Young Brown Thrashers

n.d.

5

40

Brown Thrasher Nest

n.d.

5

41

Maryland Yellowthroat at Nest

n.d.

5

42

Long-billed Marsh Wren

n.d.

5

43

Long-billed Marsh Wren

n.d.

5

44

Phoebe

n.d.

5

45

Phoebe Nest Site

n.d.

5

46

Young Cedar Waxwing

n.d.

5

47

Whippoorwill

n.d.

5

48

W. M. Rosene Photographing Great Horned Owl

n.d.

5

49

Baltimore Oriole at Nest

n.d.

5

50

Lesser Scaup Nest with Eggs

n.d.

5

51

Red Head Duck Nest

n.d.

5

52

W. M. Rosene and Young House Wren

n.d.

5

53

Mourning Dove Nest

n.d.

5

54

W. M. Rosene at Bittern Nest

n.d.

5

55

Partial Albino Blackbird

n.d.

5

56

Towhee–3 Towhee Eggs and 3 Cowbird Eggs

n.d.

5

57

Female Prairie Hen on Her Nest of 17 Eggs

n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 2

Photographs and Negatives

1871-1941, n.d.
extent:

3.78 Linear Feet (7 document boxes)
description:

Black and white photographic stills of birds taken by Rosene and corresponding black and white negatives. Also included are photographs of Rosene's family and the corresponding negatives. This series also contains images of the McGregor Wildlife School (McGregor, Iowa); locations near the Mississippi River; the Meskwaki Pow Wow in Tama, Iowa; and other images of places in Nebraska, Minnesota, and California. There are also several images of various animals, fish, flowers, and scenic views. Print-outs of the negatives can be found in box 17, folder 16. The series is in original order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

6

1

Grebes, Pelicans

1924–1930

6

2

Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Bitterns

1924-1928

6

3

Least Bittern, Canada Goose

1924–1936

6

4

Geese, Ducks, Gadwalls, Teals

1924–1936

6

5

Ducks, Scaups, Mergansers, Hawks

1924–1932

7

1

Hawks

1920s

7

2

Prairie Hen, Sharp-tailed Grouse

1924–1930

7

3

Bobwhite

1931

7

4

Pheasants, Turkeys, Coots

1932-1934

7

5

Killdeer, Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew

1927

8

1

Sandpipers, Avocets

1924–1928

8

2

Wilson Phalarope, Gulls

1926–1930

8

3

 Ring Billed Gulls

1924

8

4

Terns

1924–1926

8

5

Black Tern, Mourning Dove

1924

8

6

Cuckoo, Screech Owl

1927–1931

8

7

Great Horned Owl

1934

9

1

Owls

1928–1934

9

2

Whippoorwill, Swift, Hummingbird

1928

9

3

Flickers, Phoebes, Flycatchers

1924–1927

9

4

Pewees, Larks, Swallows, Jays

1928-1932

9

5

Martins and Crows

1926-1938

9

6

Chickadees and Wrens

1921-1932

10

1

Wren, Catbird, Mockingbird, Thrasher

1923-1930

10

2

Bluebird, Robin

1925-1933

10

3

Cedar Waxwings, Shrikes, Vireo

1924-1930

10

4

Vireo, Warbler, Thrush, Maryland Yellow-Throat

1925-1932

10

5

Bobolink, Meadowlark

1926-1929

10

6

Blackbirds, Dickcissels, Grackles

1924-1934

11

1

Cowbird, Towhee, Bunting, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

1927-1933

11

2

Sparrows

1924-1935

11

3

Baltimore Oriole

1935

11

4

Goldfinch,

1936

11

5

Miscellaneous

1929 ca.

11

6

Rosene Family

1910s

17

1

McGregor Wild Life School (McGregor, Iowa) (15- 3x5" b/w photographs)

1921-1936

17

2

Lotus lilies-Mississippi River (near McGregor, Iowa) (15- 3x5" b/w photographs)

1924-1936

17

3

Area around McGregor, Iowa, and the Mississippi River; Includes images of the River, and the home of Althea Sherman, the amateur ornithologist (22- 3x5" b/w photographs)

1924-1936

17

4

Buildings in the McGregor, Iowa area; Ft. Crawford; Elkader Stone Mill; Astor Fur Trading Company Warehouses (6- 3x5" b/w photographs)

n.d.

17

5

Meskwaki Pow Wow (6- 3x5" b/w photographs)

1931

17

6

Ledges State Park (Boone Co., Iowa), (ISU's Dr. Louis Pammel (botanist) in 2 photographs) (6- 3x5" b/w photographs)

n.d.

17

7

Local drives, bridges, livestock, pools, haying in Boone County, Iowa

1926-1929, n.d.

18

1

Animals and fish

1915-1934, n.d.

18

2

Animals and fish (includes photographs of bats and related correspondence

1932-1933

18

3

California

1924, n.d.

18

4

Flowers

1923-1937, n.d.

18

5

Groups

1924-1937, n.d.

18

6

Minnesota

1924-1928, n.d.

18

7

Individuals and postcards

1921-1928, n.d.

18

8

Nebraska

1929-1930, n.d.

18

9

Scenery

1920-1940

18

10

Snow

1922-1936, n.d.

19

1

Covered wagons in Ogden, Iowa (1- 8.5x11" b/w photograph)

1871

19

2

Bird on branch (1- 3x5.5" b/w photograph)

1923

19

3

Shore birds feeding on pond (1- 3.5x5" b/w photograph)

1925

19

4

Common tern feeding her young (1- 3x5.5" b/w photograph)

1926

19

5

National Corn Husking Contest, Grundy Center, Iowa (3- 4x6" b/w photographs)

n.d.

19

6

National G. A. R. encampment in Des Moines (16- 4x6" b/w photographs)

1926, 1931, n.d.

19

7

Stories of bird tragedies (12- 3.5x5" b/w photographs)

1926-1930, n.d.

19

8

Bluebird at home in Rosene's garden (1- 3x5" b/w photograph)

1931

19

9

Group photo (appeared in Iowa Bird Life) (1- 4x6" b/w photograph)

1933

19

10

Rosene's father's funeral (3- 3x5.5" b/w photographs)

1934

19

11

Wildlife School, McGregor, Iowa (includes field trips) (7- 3x4" b/w photographs)

1935

19

12

Downtown Ogden, Iowa (2- 3.5x6" b/w photographs)

1937

19

13

Family (4- 5x7" b/w photographs)

1939

19

14

Bell's vireo and nest (3- 4x5" b/w photographs)

1940

19

15

Red-shouldered hawks in nest (10- 5x7" b/w photograph)

1941

19

16

Egg inside egg (1- 3x5" b/w photograph)

n.d.

19

17

Historical Iowa (22- 4x6" b/w photographs)

n.d.

19

18

Looking into the nest of a great horned owl (1- 3x5" b/w photograph)

n.d.

19

19

Nest of red tail hawk (1- 3x5" b/w photograph)

n.d.

19

20

Photographing great horned owl nest at height of 37 feet (1- 8.5x11" b/w photograph)

n.d.

19

21

Purple martin looking over hungry family (1- 3x5" b/w photograph)

n.d.

19

22

Two young red tail hawks in nest (1- 3x5" b/w photograph)

n.d.

19

23

Umbrella blind used in photographing blinds (2- 3x5" b/w photographs)

n.d.

19

24

New England and Washington D.C. (11- 3x5" b/w photographs)

1926-1935, n.d.

17

16

Print-outs from negatives (pictures from southern California, Yosemite National Park, Minnesota, Washington D.C., and family pictures)

n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 3

Bird Watching Records

1921-1941, n.d.
extent:

1.91 linear feet (1 index card file box and 1 oversize box)
description:

Iowa Ornithologists' Union Daily Field Checking Guides completed by Walter Rosene, 1931-1941; a journal compiled by Rosene during a bird watching trip to Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota, June 14-30, 1924; photographs of the Ledges, McGregor, Iowa, and a mother opossum with a baby opossum on her back, a hand colored black and white photograph of Pease Creek at the Ledges in Boone County Iowa; a personal reminiscences typescript (photographic scrapbook) documenting Rosene's trips to the Ledges to bird watch, 1921-1941; and a folder of writings including correspondence related to his writing and bird watching activities, inspirational poetry, and descriptions of his bird watching excursions, 1925-1941. The series is listed in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

13

2

Hand colored black and white photograph of Pease Creek, the Ledges, Boone County, Iowa

n.d

12

 

Iowa Ornithologists' Union Bird Watching Cards

1931-1941

13

1

Journal from Iowa, Minnesota, and North Dakota bird watching trip; and photographs of the Ledges, McGregor, Iowa, and a mother opossum with a baby opossum on her back

1924

13

3

Photograph of Ledges (10 black and white)

n.d.

13

4

Photographs of McGregor, Iowa (3 black and white)

1921-1928, n.d.

13

5

Photograph of mother opossum with baby opossum on her back (location unknown) first prize winner in Wildlife Division of Des Moines Sports Show, March 1941

1941

13

6

Personal reminiscences typescript (photographic scrapbook)

1921-1941

13

7

Writings including correspondence related to his writing and bird watching activities, inspirational poetry, and descriptions of his bird watching excursions

1925-1941

 

Description of series

Series 4

Glass Plate Negatives

1893-1916, n.d.
extent:

2.25 linear feet (3 index card boxes)
description:

Contains black and white photographs of Rosene's hometown of Ogden, Iowa, his family's house and farm, and many of his family members, circa 1893-1907, as well as images of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The series is in original order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

14

1

Family Portrait

n.d.

14

2

Snow Drifts

n.d.

14

3

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

4

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

5

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

6

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

7

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

8

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

9

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

10

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

11

Des Moines, Camp Dodge

1916

14

12

Birthday Party

n.d.

14

13

All Family

n.d.

14

14

All Family

n.d.

14

15

All Family

n.d.

14

16

All Family

n.d.

14

17

All Family

n.d.

14

18

All Family

n.d.

14

19

All Family

n.d.

14

20

All Family

n.d.

14

21

All Family

n.d.

14

22

All Family

n.d.

14

23

All Family

n.d.

14

24

All Family

n.d.

14

25

All Family

n.d.

14

26

All Family

n.d.

14

27

All Family

n.d.

14

28

All Family

n.d.

14

29

Bicycle Club, Ogden, Iowa

n.d.

14

30

Decoration Day, Cemetery, Ogden, Iowa

n.d.

14

31

Sunday School Picture, Swede Church

n.d.

14

32

Cemetery

n.d.

14

33

Charles Rosene, Yard

n.d.

14

34

Charles Rosene, Yard

n.d.

14

35

Working on Railroad, Ogden, Iowa

n.d.

14

36

Baseball

n.d.

14

37

Family Houses

n.d.

14

38

Family Houses

n.d.

14

39

Family Houses

n.d.

14

40

Family Houses

n.d.

14

41

Family Houses

n.d.

14

42

Family Houses

n.d.

14

43

Family Houses

n.d.

14

44

Family Houses

n.d.

14

45

Emma Rundberg

n.d.

14

46

Charles Rosene, Residence – Yard

n.d.

14

47

Carlson Family

n.d.

14

48

W. M. Rosene

n.d.

14

49

Mrs. Walter M. Rosene

n.d.

14

50

Mrs. Walter M. Rosene

n.d.

14

51

Construction of High Bridge between Ogden and Boone

n.d.

14

52

Construction of High Bridge between Ogden and Boone

n.d.

14

53

Construction of High Bridge between Ogden and Boone

n.d.

14

54

Construction of High Bridge between Ogden and Boone

n.d.

14

55

Construction of High Bridge between Ogden and Boone

n.d.

14

56

Construction of High Bridge between Ogden and Boone

n.d.

14

57

W. M. Rosene with Daughters Thyra and Theodora

n.d.

14

58

W. M. Rosene with Daughters Thyra and Theodora

n.d.

14

59

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

60

Rosene and Carlson Grandparents with Grandchildren

n.d.

14

61

[Thyra and Theodora Rosene]

n.d.

14

62

[Theodora or Thyra Rosene]

n.d.

14

63

[Theodora or Thyra Rosene]

n.d.

14

64

[Theodora or Thyra Rosene]

n.d.

14

65

Family Portrait

n.d.

14

66

Children on Lawn

n.d.

14

67

Children on Lawn

n.d.

14

68

[Theodora or Thyra Rosene]

n.d.

14

69

Ledges

n.d.

14

70

Ledges

n.d.

14

71

Ledges

n.d.

14

72

Ledges

n.d.

14

73

Charles Rosene Home, Ogden

n.d.

14

74

Charles Rosene Home, Ogden

n.d.

14

75

H. M. Rosene with Daughter

n.d.

14

76

H. M. Rosene with Daughter

n.d.

14

77

Rosene Family

n.d.

14

78

Rosene Family

n.d.

14

79

Rosene Family

n.d.

14

80

W. M. Rosene (behind fence) and Charles Rosene (foreground)

n.d.

14

81

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

82

Fire, Ogden

n.d.

14

83

Fire, Ogden

n.d.

14

84

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

85

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

86

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

87

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

88

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

89

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

90

House

n.d.

14

91

Rosene and Carlson Families

n.d.

14

92

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

93

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

94

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

95

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

96

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

97

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

98

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

99

At Lake Okoboji, Iowa

n.d.

14

100

[blank]

n.d.

14

101

[blank]

n.d.

14

102

Family

n.d.

14

103

Family

n.d.

14

104

Family

n.d.

14

105

Family

n.d.

14

106

Family

n.d.

14

107

Family

n.d.

14

108

Family

n.d.

14

109

Family

n.d.

14

110

Family

n.d.

14

111

Family

n.d.

14

112

Family

n.d.

14

113

Family

n.d.

14

114

Family

n.d.

14

115

Family

n.d.

14

116

Family

n.d.

14

117

Family

n.d.

14

118

Family

n.d.

14

119

Family

n.d.

14

120

Family

n.d.

14

121

Float, City State Bank, Ogden

n.d.

14

122

Funeral, Swedish Church, Ogden

n.d.

14

123

Tornado Damage

n.d.

14

124

Tornado Damage

n.d.

14

125

Family

n.d.

14

126

Family

n.d.

14

127

Family

n.d.

14

128

Family

n.d.

14

129

Family

n.d.

14

130

Family

n.d.

14

131

Family

n.d.

14

132

Family

n.d.

14

133

Family

n.d.

14

134

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

135

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

136

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

137

Chicago World's Fair, "The Streets of Cairo"

1893

14

138

Chicago World's Fair Iowa State Pavilion

1893

14

139

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

140

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

141

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

142

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

143

Chicago World's Fair

1893

14

144

Charles Rosene Residence, Ogden

n.d.

14

145

W. M. Rosene (left) and Two Other People

n.d.

14

146

Building the Railroad, Ogden, Iowa

n.d.

14

147

Building the Railroad, Ogden Iowa

n.d.

14

148

Building the Railroad, Ogden Iowa

n.d.

14

149

Building the Railroad, Ogden Iowa

n.d.

14

150

Nylander Home, Ogden, Iowa

n.d.

14

151

Swede Church, Ogden Iowa

n.d.

14

151A

Charles Rosene Residence

n.d.

14

152

Live Poultry, Railroad Car

n.d.

14

153

Family

n.d.

14

154

A Swede Church, [note with the slide: "This must be a Swede Church as my dad photographed everyone."]

n.d.

14

155

Des Moines

n.d.

14

156

Thyra Rosene, and Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

157

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

158

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

159

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

160

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

161

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

162

Walter Rosene, Jr.

n.d.

14

163

Walter Rosene, Jr. and Teddy Bear

n.d.

15

1

Interior, Rosene Home, Ogden

n.d.

15

2

Tornado Damage, Boone County

n.d.

15

3

Tornado Damage, Boone County

n.d.

15

4

Family

n.d.

15

5

Family

n.d.

15

6

Family

n.d.

15

7A

Building the Railroad, Ogden

n.d.

15

7B

Building the Railroad, Ogden

n.d.

15

8

Homestead Southeast of Ogden

n.d.

15

9

MASTL Railroad, Ogden

n.d.

15

10

MASTL Railroad, Ogden

n.d.

15

11

Parade, (either Boone or Ogden)

n.d.

15

12

Parade, (either Boone or Ogden)

n.d.

15

13

Parade, (either Boone or Ogden)

n.d.

15

14

Chicago

n.d.

15

15

Chicago

n.d.

15

16

Chicago

n.d.

15

17

Chicago

n.d.

15

18

Chicago

n.d.

15

19

Chicago

n.d.

15

20

Chicago

n.d.

15

21

Chicago

n.d.

15

22

Chicago

n.d.

15

23

Chicago

n.d.

15

24

Chicago

n.d.

15

25

Chicago

n.d.

15

26

Chicago

n.d.

15

27

Chicago

n.d.

15

28

Chicago

n.d.

15

29

Chicago

n.d.

15

25A

Family Group

n.d.

15

26A

Two Young Boys

n.d.

15

27A

House, exterior with dogs

n.d.

15

28A

Family Group

n.d.

15

29A

Building, exterior

n.d.

15

30

Two Young Men

n.d.

15

31

Wagon Party

n.d.

15

32

"?" Building Exterior

n.d.

15

33

"?" Building Exterior

n.d.

15

34

"Conin Ogden"

n.d.

15

35

Chris Rosene Residence

n.d.

15

36

Family

n.d.

15

37

Family

n.d.

15

38

Family

n.d.

15

39

Family

n.d.

15

40

Family

n.d.

15

41

Family

n.d.

15

42

Family

n.d.

15

43

Family

n.d.

15

44

Family

n.d.

15

45

Family

n.d.

15

46

Family

n.d.

15

47

Family

n.d.

15

48

Family

n.d.

15

49

Family

n.d.

15

50

Family

n.d.

15

51

Family

n.d.

15

52

Family

n.d.

15

53

Family

n.d.

15

54

Workshop

n.d.

15

55

Family

n.d.

15

56

Family

n.d.

15

57

Family

n.d.

15

58

Family

n.d.

15

59

Family

n.d.

15

60

Family

n.d.

15

61

School

n.d.

15

62

Family

n.d.

15

63

Birthday Party

n.d.

15

64

The Swedish Mission Church, Ogden, Iowa

n.d.

15

65

Family

n.d.

15

66

Family

n.d.

15

67

Family

n.d.

15

68

Family

n.d.

15

69

Family

n.d.

15

70

Family

n.d.

15

71

Family

n.d.

15

72

Family

n.d.

15

73

Family

n.d.

15

74

Family

n.d.

15

75

Family

n.d.

15

76

Family

n.d.

15

77

Family

n.d.

15

78

Lecture Hall

n.d.

15

79

Forest

n.d.

15

80

Farm

n.d.

15

81

Farm

n.d.

15

82

Farm

n.d.

15

83

Geese on Pond

n.d.

15

84

CVNW RR

n.d.

15

85

Parade Through Ogden

n.d.

15

86

RR Called "the Stubbs"

n.d.

15

87

RR Called "the Stubbs"

n.d.

15

88

Ogden RR Station

n.d.

15

89

Ogden RR Station

n.d.

15

90

Ogden RR Station

n.d.

15

91

Ogden RR Station

n.d.

15

92

Ogden RR Station

n.d.

15

93

Laying Drainage Pipe

n.d.

15

94

Laying Drainage Pipe

n.d.

15

95

Marsh

n.d.

15

96

Hearse

1907

15

97

Hearse

1907

15

98

Hearse

1907

15

99

Family

n.d.

15

100

Family

n.d.

15

101

Family

n.d.

15

102

Family

n.d.

15

103

Family

n.d.

15

104

Family

n.d.

15

105

Family

n.d.

15

106

Political Rally

n.d.

15

107

Political Rally

n.d.

15

108

Flower Arrangement

n.d.

15

109

Family

n.d.

15

110

Thyra and Theodora Rosene

n.d.

15

111

Thyra and Theodora Rosene

n.d.

15

112

W. M. Rosene and Daughters

n.d.

15

113

"Preparing to go to Ledges"

n.d.

15

114

Family

n.d.

15

115

Family

n.d.

15

116

Family

n.d.

15

117

Family

n.d.

15

118

Family

n.d.

15

119

Family

n.d.

15

120

Family

n.d.

15

121

Family

n.d.

15

122

Family

n.d.

15

123

Family

n.d.

15

124

One Horse Wagon

n.d.

15

125

Family

n.d.

15

126

Family

n.d.

15

127

Family

n.d.

15

128

Family

n.d.

15

129

Family

n.d.

15

130

Family

n.d.

15

131

Family Cat

n.d.

15

132

Family

n.d.

15

133

Family

n.d.

15

134

Family

n.d.

15

135

Family

n.d.

15

136

Family Church

n.d.

15

137

Family

n.d.

15

138

Family

n.d.

15

139

Family

n.d.

15

140

Family

n.d.

15

141

Family

n.d.

15

142

Family

n.d.

15

143

Family

n.d.

15

144

Family

n.d.

15

145

Family

n.d.

15

146

Family

n.d.

15

147

Family

n.d.

15

148

Family

n.d.

15

149

Family

n.d.

15

150

Family

n.d.

15

151

Family

n.d.

15

152

Political Speech, Boone

n.d.

15

153

Political Speech, Boone

n.d.

15

154

Family

n.d.

15

155

Family

n.d.

15

156

Family

n.d.

15

157

Family House

n.d.

16

1

Family

n.d.

16

2

Family

n.d.

16

3

Family

n.d.

16

4

Family

n.d.

16

5

Family

n.d.

16

6

Family

n.d.

16

7

Family

n.d.

16

8

Family

n.d.

16

9

Family

n.d.

16

10

Family

n.d.

16

11

Family

n.d.

16

12

Family

n.d.

16

13

Family

n.d.

16

14

Family

n.d.

16

15

Family

n.d.

16

16

Family

n.d.

16

17

Family

n.d.

16

18

Family

n.d.

16

19

Family

n.d.

16

20

Family

n.d.

16

21

Family

n.d.

16

22

Family

n.d.

16

23

Family

n.d.

16

24

Family

n.d.

16

25

Family

n.d.

16

26

Family

n.d.

16

27

"Rosene Family"

n.d.

16

28

"Rosene Family"

n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 5

Bulletins, Publications, and Correspondence

1922-2008, n.d.
extent:

0.21 linear feet (1 half-document box)
description:

Contains Rosene's personal daily journal, bulletins regarding Iowa State parks, guides and publications regarding bird life and snakes, and Rosene's correspondence with the Los Angeles Times. The series is in chronological order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

17

9

Daily journal

1922, 1937, n.d.

17

10

Bird banding publications

1923, 1942

17

11

Guide to snakes of Iowa

1926

17

12

Iowa State Parks Bulletins

1926-1927

17

13

Correspondence: R. Braddock, Los Angeles Times

1927

17

14

Publications regarding Harris's sparrow and birds of the Mississippi

1928-1929

17

15

The Prairie Club bulletin and dedication of Lake Wapello

1936

17

8

Biographical information: Article in Iowa Bird Life (includes 1 2.5x4" b/w photograph)

2008, n.d.