John James Audubon
Published journals and letters of Audubon
The listings below are in chronological order by date of publication. Call numbers without a location after them indicate the title is available in more than one location at LSU Libraries. See linked catalog records for details.
For journals and letters published in anthologies with other Audubon writings, see the section Ornithological Biography and Anthologies under Audubon's Works in this guide. For a listing of Audubon letters published in several issues of The Auk in the early 20th century, see F. H. Herrick's bibliography in Audubon the Naturalist. Many unpublished Audubon letters are in manuscript collections in different institutions. See the section Manuscript Collections in this guide.
- Audubon and his journals byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A2 1899 v. 1-2 LLMVCPublication Date: 1899Edited by granddaughter Maria R. Audubon and first published in 1897, Audubon's journals were significantly altered by her. The original manuscripts of many of the journals represented in this edition were subsequently destroyed.
- Audubon and his journals byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A2 1960 v. 1-2 LSU-MAINPublication Date: 1960Reprint of the 1897 first edition edited by Maria R. Audubon
- Journal of John James Audubon made during his trip to New Orleans in 1820-1821 byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A23 LLMVC and McIlhennyPublication Date: 1929Edited by Howard Corning. Covers Audubon's Mississippi River journey of 1820, his time in New Orleans, and his stay at Oakley Plantation in 1821. Contains earliest surviving writing by Audubon about birds.
- Journal of John James Audubon made while obtaining subscriptions to his "Birds of America" 1840-1843 byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A25 LLMVC and McIlhennyPublication Date: 1929Edited by Howard Corning. Concerns the period during which the octavo edition of "Birds of America" was being published in the U.S.
- Letters of John James Audubon, 1826-1840 byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A4 v. 1-2 McIlhennyPublication Date: 1930Edited by Howard Corning
- Audubon in the West byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A42Publication Date: 1965Letters written by Audubon to his family during his 1843 Missouri River expedition. Edited by John F. McDermott
- The 1826 journal of John James Audubon byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A24Publication Date: 1967First edition of Audubon's 1826 journal edited by Alice Ford, covering his journey to Britain to begin publishing "The Birds of America"
- The 1826 journal of John James Audubon byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A24 1987Publication Date: 1987New edition edited by Alice Ford
- John James Audubon's journal of 1826 : the voyage to the Birds of America byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A3 2011Publication Date: 2011Edited by Daniel Patterson
- The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A3 2016 LSU-MAINPublication Date: 2016Edited by Daniel Patterson