Gerald D. and Kathryn S. Herrick Collections Building
Jerry Herrick, former Chairman of the Board, Director, good friend, and donor of The Peregrine Fund, died in December of 1997. An equal partner in life and enthusiastic supporter of our organization was his wife, Kathy. We lost Kathy in September of 2000. Later that year their children informed us that their parents, as a final tribute, had designated $500,000 in the H. J. Heinz Company’s Key Employees Charitable Contribution Program for The Peregrine Fund. The family asked if we could use the contribution to benefit the organization and to create a lasting tribute to their parents. Our answer was an enthusiastic "yes!"Construction on the $1.0 million Gerald D. and Kathryn S. Herrick Collections Building was completed in September of 2002. The building provides much needed space for our library, falconry archival collections, and scientific specimen collections. Each collection is unique and has become internationally recognized and in demand by scholars. The Peregrine Fund Research Library collections include books and reports, reprints, magazines, newsletters, videos, CDs, photographic slides, and maps on birds and other groups of animals and plants. The library is probably the largest of its kind in the Intermountain Region and is now of global importance. Specimen collections, including over 12,000 eggshell specimens and over 300 avian study skins, are also housed in the Herrick Collections Building, and are maintained for research use. The Archives of American Falconry includes falconry equipment and memorabilia, original and reproduced artwork, personal diaries and correspondence, field notes, original manuscripts and translations, and a substantial collection of slides, photographs, and film on falconry. The Archives library contains more than 1,500 volumes of falconry literature, with originals dating back to 1575. It is the world's most complete library on the sport of falconry in the English language. In addition, the Archives houses all of the corporate records for the North American Falconer's Association. The new building contains state of the art archival glass and light controls, as well as a room for housing temperature sensitive slides, film, negatives, and videotapes. For information on touring the Archives of Falconry please visit the Archives Tours page. |
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Ph. 208-362-3716, Fax 208-362-2376
Interpretive Center 208-362-8687
E-mail: tpf@peregrinefund.org
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