OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
84676
Items
View all
- Creator
- Date
- 1930/1939
- Description
- Manuscript recounting an encounter with a group of toads. The document describes how the toads possess a bone that allows them to use their hind feet to burrow into the ground in order to get closer to moisture when rain is lacking. The author and the group watched as the animals used ant hills as a buffet to feed themselves. The author comments that it is no wonder that some believe that amphibians rain from the sky because this species emerges with the coming rain and disappears as the sun comes out.
- Subject
- Work Type
- Location
- Identifier
- mssfinley_series01_box02_folder04_73
- Repository
- Local Collection Name
- Is Part Of
- Series 1: Manuscripts; Box 2, folder 7: Manuscripts: Typescripts, circa 1930s
- Institution
- Submission Date
- 06/26/2017
- Modified
- 10/10/2022
- Collections
APA
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (20 Apr 2025). Raining toads Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g295j
MLA
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Raining toads" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2025. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g295j
Chicago
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Raining toads" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g295j
Wiki
{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df71g295j | title= Raining toads |author= |accessdate= 2025-04-20 |publisher= }}
Footer Number | Term | External URI |
---|---|---|
1 | Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953 | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84017617 |
2 | Toads | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135696 |
3 | typescripts | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028577 |
4 | manuscripts (documents) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569 |
5 | Catlow Valley >> Harney County >> Oregon >> United States | https://sws.geonames.org/5718297/ |
6 | Oregon State University. Libraries | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00020491 |
7 | William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley) | http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/mss_finley |
8 | Oregon State University | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721 |
Please use the contact form to submit inquiries about this system; to report a problem you are experiencing with the system; to request assistance using the system; or to provide general feedback. See the Help page for additional information about this system.
Oregon Digital is a joint collaboration between the University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries & Press.
Oregon Digital hosts materials from both institutions, as well as collaborating partners.
Please use the following form to send us feedback: