Research & Collections

Housed in the historical archives in the Cultural Education Center are a series of bird paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes done for The Birds of New York by Elon Howard Eaton in 1910 (vol.1) and 1914 (vol.2). Although there are one hundred and six (106) plates in The Birds of New York, there are one hundred and eighteen (118) original paintings. 

These are an important part of New York State's heritage not only because they were accomplished by a life-long resident of New York, but because historically, Fuertes is considered one of the world's greatest bird artists.