In 1907, the state legislature passed a bill that designated Itasca State Park as a State Forest and assigned Park management to the state Forestry Board. The legislature also granted the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota permission…
In Box 8 of the Bell Museum of Natural History collection resides a field notebook titled, “Trip to Western part of State, 1924.” In this notebook, Thomas Sadler Roberts recorded bird notes on his two-week trip to Grant, Big Stone,…
A reminder to appreciate the fall season in Minnesota – no more mosquitoes! – William Kilgore Jr. and Thomas Sadler Roberts wearing “head-nets” at Itasca State Park, 1920…
In past blog posts we have shared the extreme measures that T.S. Roberts and his bird observation companions took in order to achieve their desired “shots” of the birds they were studying. Prior to becoming curator of the Zoological Museum…