The Peregrine Fund Heritage Winter 2004-05

Heritage Number 3

Volunteer Staff CURATORS S. Kent Carnie Archivist

The Archives of Falconry Winter 2004-05

Archives of American Falconry grows to become The Archives of Falconry

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he original concept and basis for the formation of the Archives of American Falconry was that our American falconry heritage was quickly disappearing. For the most part falconry in the United States is less than 100 years old but our written

history was quickly disappearing as earlier 20th century falconers passed on. The Archives was John R. Swift Books and Manuscripts RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Peter Barry Devers Eastern Region Natalie Nicholson Western Region GRAPHICS ASSOCIATES Donald Garlock, Jr. James E. Hansen James B. Stabler PUBLICATIONS ASSOCIATE William G. Mattox

formed with the stated mission of preserving American falconry history. As falconers became aware of the opportunity to preserve the record of our history, one of the facts that became immediately apparent was that early falconers were dependent upon English and European literature to learn their craft. The first uniquely American works were not published until 1939 by that first generation of falconers. Therefore, many of the materials we were receiving were from countries other than North America. For example, we soon found ourselves with a considerable collection of British Falconry books. One of the uniquely American concepts which has greatly benefited our preservation efforts is the value and emphasis that our federal and state governments place on donations and volunteerism. Falconers are able to donate valuable historical materials and obtain a tax deduction, giving them a direct personal benefit. Interested falconers are also

able to donate funds to help sustain our ongoing preservation efforts. The result of all these efforts is the largest worldwide collection of falconry related materials in a single location which is open and available for study and research— conceived, developed, conducted and financed by falconers. The recent addition of what is considered the most significant piece of falconry ephemera, the tea urn given to Colonel Thomas Thornton in gratitude for his sponsorship of “The Confederate Hawks of Great Britain” (club) in 1781 and a traditional Arab hunting tent have only continued to spotlight this worldwide aspect of the collections. It is now more than appropriate that the name of The Archives be changed to reflect the growth and international scope of our collections.

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Recent Acquisitions (to October, 2004)

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o listing of our acquisitions would be complete with- GARDNER’S generous sharing of a number of prints and out thanks to KAREN YATES for the yeoman paintings, including originals by her late husband Bryan. A (yeowoman?) service she has provided over the years, tranprofessor of art, Bryan was a dedicated falconer. His works scribing our oral-history interviews and other historic audio- adorned the pages of the Oregon club’s early publications but tape recordings. In the most recent instance: 5 reels of Al he is probably best known as the designer of the NAFA logo. Nye describing adventures hawking/traveling in Scotland Judy’s gift now considerably expands our holdings of Bryan’s plus three tapes of an historic reunion of hoodmaker Brian originals. McDonald with NAFA’s first VP and Pacific Director, Bill Having received a car-load of FRANK BEEBE’S notes Shinners. and diaries last year, Frank recently called to share even more BILL MURRIN and CLIFF KELLOGG (separately) with us. He has now passed to The Archives more notes plus gave your archives considerable collections of the papers and two albums each of photos and his original art work. For other falconry memorabilia of the late those of you already familiar with Japanese falconry art donated by Bill George Kotsiopoulos and Dick Peterson Frank’s raptor art, you should see some Jameson. (respectively). In each of those collecof these new acquisitions; there are tions were numerous pieces of NAFA some sea bird studies that are truly correspondence (Kotsiopoulos was presexquisite. ident in 1967 and Peterson the Pacific Going back in our history MIKE Director, 1966-67). All these items— MELVILL, designer of probably the official NAFA business documents— most popular style of traditional swivel, have been transferred permanently to with his wife Sally, flew America’s first NAFA’s Central Records for which we two captive bred large falcons: prairies act as official repository. Nip and Tuck produced by Henry In a visit last winter, PETER KLÜH, Kendall in 1968. More recently Sally the new Secretary of the Deutscher and Mike, now famous as the pilot of Falkenorden, brought copies of several Space-Ship-One on its 328,000+ foot of his books for The Archives Library. high flight, flew into Boise (in his “Long Peter is a major falconry book publisher Easy” , an aircraft he built and helped beyond his fame as DFO Secretary, faldesign) to share with us prototypes of coner and veterinarian. Of particular interest is a copy of his some of his swivels and bells and, as an unexpected bonus, a translation into German of Webster & Enderson’s Game beautiful painting he had done of one of Jack Mavrogordato’s Hawking..At its very Best. sakers. Mike is truly one talented guy! Back to past NAFA officials: when we took Peter Klüh and DAVID FRANK shared with us a particularly unique gift Christian Saar (DFO President) to meet BILL JAMESON, this year: the “manuscript” by Sirdar Mohamad Osman which NAFA President in 1964-65, Bill generously shared with all David’s Western Sporting Publications produced as Falconry of us (via your archives) two stunning original Japanese porin the Land of the Sun. David generously had a fine, archival traits, each depicting in color a goshawk on a screen perch. presentation box made for the typescript, providing us with a On the same trip, Peregrine Fund Board Member (and forcontainer worthy of its unique contents. mer Air Force Academy falconer) PETER PFENDLER gave FRANK and LINDA ELY have generously shared with us us yet a third large classic Japanese rendering of a gos on a some 66 falconry books from their library. Many falconers will screen. We are amassing a considerable collection of Japanese remember the outstanding collection of their books which falconry art as well as examples of that country’s hawking furFrank displayed at the 1997 NAFA meet. Their collection of niture and even some videotapes and books—all tending to unusual ephemera and foreign falconry titles, especially, is re-emphasize the basis for our change of name. unequalled in the U.S. Included in Frank and Linda’s gift this On the subject of art, HEINZ MENG has given our colyear are a number of titles new for The Archives which we are lection a real boost with the originals of three of his painthappy to add to our library for all falconers to enjoy. ings. NAFA members certainly will remember two of them, As noted in our last newsletter, KEN RIDDLE was responpreviously reproduced in that Association’s publications: the sible for Archives’ acquisition of a magnificent Arab majlis tent, adult peregrine passing a bluejay to one of his young in complete with all the trappings. A description of this stunning midair and the immature peregrine on a block biting at its gift deserves more space than we have here so (receipt of the jesses. Now all we have to do is get them framed so they can Thornton tea urn having preceded the tent) we plan to feature be displayed properly. Certainly we can’t overlook JUDY the tent, with all its accoutrements in our next issue.

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Donors Individual/corporate contributors for the fiscal year ending Sept 30th, 2004 Kent Carnie, Walter Hill Family Foundation, John Swift

Howard, Noel Quinn, Wayne Upton, Robert Waite, Roger Wallace, Fred Webster.

PATRONS:

FRIENDS:

Gary Boberg, Pete and Kristi Edmunds, North American Falconers Assn.

Blair Anderson, Bryan Catlin, Scott Coleman, Randal Crownover, Grayall Farr, Donald Garvin, Clair Hagar, John Harrell, Anne Hocker, Kevin Hoffman, Theodore Julio, Dan Muir, William Murray, David Peltier, Wayne Pennington, Antonio Pieres Pocas, Doug Potter, Janet Pulver, Ray Rickard, Mike Roper, Thomas Tarr, John Testa, Joseph Vencil, Frederick Wallace, John Wennergren, Russell Wischover, Wendie Wulff.

PREMIER PATRONS:

BENEFACTORS: Kellie Cosho, Cliff Kellogg

COOPERATORS: Blair Anderson, Dave Jamieson, New York State Falconry Assn., Lou Woyce

SPONSORS: Steve Black, Phil Bucher, Andrew Bullen, Craig Edmonds, Tom Ennenga, Dave Fluri, Steve Gatti, Richard Hiester, Kirt Jones, Jed Lavitt, Bill Mallon, Frank Renn, Ralph Rogers, Jeff Sipple, Mike Yates

CONTRIBUTORS: Ron Brown, Frank Buffo, Virginia Cummins, Peter Devers, Barbara du Pont, Mike Dupuy, Andy Feher, Nathan Grove, Peter Harrity, Rich

THE FOLLOWING ALSO CONTRIBUTED WHEN RENEWING THEIR NAFA MEMBERSHIPS:

ADDITIONAL DONORS OF HISTORIC MATERIALS: George Allen, Gary Boberg, Frank Bond, British Hawking Assn., British Falconers Club, Ralph Buscemi, Albert P. Clark, Peter Devers, Jim Enderson, Andy Feher, Tom Gossard, Alan Greenhalgh, Bill Heinrich, Bob Herrick, Richard Knight, Bill Mallon, Paul Manning, Ross Matteson, Middle East Falcon Research Group, Jim Nelson, Julio Cesar P. Guerra, Janet Pennington, Tom Ray, Gordon Robinson, Marshall Rodelli, Christian Saar, John Swift, Peter Toot, Mark Upton, Roger Upton, Washington Falconers Assn., Scott Webster, Welch Hawking Club, Brad Wood, Jonathan Wood, and Jenny Wray.

Jeff Barnes, Elizabeth Creegan, Thomas Evans, James Ferris, Robert MacGillis, Kevin Manley, Lee Merrick, Lonny Morgan, Shirley Needham, Russ Olin, Stephen Peacock, Dave Perfetti, Shane Phitides, Fred Reinhold, Mary Schoeffel, Josh Shown, Carl Thelander.

Your help still needed History never stops moving forward and neither does The Archives of Falconry. The collections grow as new materials continue to arrive. Even though the staff are all volunteers and donate countless hours in preserving these items, there are associated preservation costs that require funds each year. In addition, the facility which was constructed to provide an environment which will preserve our historical materials has operating costs that increase yearly. Individual donations help pay for these costs so your help is needed. Here are some ways you can help! Make a personal contribution. Since

the Archives inception, individuals have made personal contributions to support our ongoing preservation efforts. Funds received are used for current activities or can be placed in the Endowment Fund for long term support. Make a club contribution. Numerous clubs have summer picnics with auctions and raffles to raise monies for their activities. Why not allocate a portion for The Archives? The Archives often has duplicate artwork that can be used to help raise these funds. Make a donation through United Way. Many United Ways have programs that allow you to allocate your contribu-

tion to The Archives. See if yours does. Donate books that could be used in our auction. Books are highly desired by other falconers and an easy item to sell at our annual auction. If you are not using them as references and they are just gathering dust, why not donate them so other falconers can read them, supporting The Archives at the same time. Today is tomorrow’s history! You are already a part of it. Help us to preserve all of our history by providing personal financial support. Join with us by providing a contribution in the enclosed envelope.

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