If you're looking for instances of the term "audubonnet", you could try
having Merriam-Webster check its cite file and dictionaries from the
period. Also, the American Dialect Society list is a possibility: those
folks are constantly finding and collecting terms. I can try both channels
for you, if you like.

At 12:05 AM 6/11/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Date:    Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:48:27 -0500
>From:    Rainey Tisdale <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Audubonnets
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>The Audubon Society staffer who contacted us is looking for an
>"audubonnet," the term given to the non-feathered hats that the
>Audubon Society ladies encouraged milliners to make as an
>alternative. She thought we might have one since the movement
>started in Boston. Does anyone know of an institution that owns
>an audubonnet, or any other artifacts/ephemera (milliner ads?)
>related to the birdless hat movement? 1899 and 1900 would
>probably be the likeliest years for such hats, although inclusive
>dates would be 1896 to 1906ish. It may be that very few hats were
>actually labeled "audubonnet" in some way, even though there
>might be a number of birdless hats out there that were created in
>response to this movement--I just don't know for sure at this
>point.

---Amy

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