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Henry Guernsey Hubbard Papers

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Creator:
Hubbard, Henry Guernsey
Topic
Botany
Entomology
Botanists
Entomologists
Horticulturists
Creator:
Hubbard, Henry Guernsey
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Henry Guernsey Hubbard Papers
Historical Note
Henry Guernsey Hubbard (1850-1899), horticulturist, botanist, and entomologist, graduated from Harvard University in 1873. His interest in entomology was influenced by Hermann Hagen, Baron von Osten-Sacken, and Eugene Amandus Schwarz, who became his closest professional colleague. Hubbard and Schwarz conducted several expeditions to Michigan, collecting specimens in the Lake Superior region in 1874, 1876, 1877, and 1878. In 1877 he travelled to Jamaica to study and collect termites. He accepted a position as naturalist with the Geological Survey of Kentucky in 1879, and became interested in the fauna of caves. Between 1880 and 1889, Hubbard lived in Florida where his research was primarily concentrated on horticulture. His entomological work during these years focused on insect pests of the orange tree and he developed a kerosene emulsion as a remedy for haustellate insects. This work culminated in publication of the Department of Agriculture Report on Orange Insects in 1885. From 1889 to 1892, Hubbard made collecting trips to Michigan, Montana, Utah, and Oregon. He returned to Florida in 1893 to conduct investigations of the insect guests of the Florida land tortoise. In 1894 he accompanied Charles V. Riley on a collecting trip to the British West Indies. Between 1896 and his death in 1899, his health interfered with his work, although he continued to collect whenever possible.
Extent
1.93 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
Date
1871-1899
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 7107
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scientific illustrations
Field notes
Manuscripts
Drawings
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7107, Henry Guernsey Hubbard Papers
Genre/Form
Scientific illustrations
Field notes
Manuscripts
Drawings
Introduction
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Descriptive Entry
The papers of Henry Guernsey Hubbard primarily concern his research on the taxonomy and biology of insects, especially pests of cotton and orange trees. Also included is material concerning his interest in botany and horticulture. They include field notebooks, documenting work in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia, and Jamaica; drawings, notes and plates relating to Hubbard's publications; and correspondence with Theodore D. A. Cockerell, Hermann August Hagan, Leland Ossian Howard, John Lawrence LeConte, Friz Muller, and Eugene Amandus Schwarz.
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Record ID
ebl-1503511066367-1503511066371-0
Metadata Usage
CC0

In the Collection

  • Box 1

  • NOTEBOOKS, 1873-1899.

  • Folder 10 Florida Diaries, 1881-1882

  • Folder 3 Jamaican Notes. A general paper on Jamaica, probably for a talk after Hubbard's trip to the British West Indies in 1894.

  • Folder 11 Field Notebooks of trip to Lake Superior area of United States and Canada, 1889

  • Folder 17 Field Notes, Arizona, 1897

  • NOTES, DRAWINGS, PLATES.

  • Folder 7 Rearing records and Florida Notes (Experiments), notably Hubbard's development of kerosene emulsion, and Biological Series, work on orange insects, 1895

  • Box 1A

  • Folder 6 Notes on enemies of the Orange Tree

  • Folder 15 Biological, Arizona, 1896-1898, mostly observations

  • Folder 2 Notes. Coleoptera found in Arizona, New Mexico, California.

  • Folder 8 Florida Diary, 1880

  • Folder 18 Field Notes, Arizona, 1897 (volume 2)

  • Folder 3 Field Notes, probably California

  • Folder 5 Expedition to Cumberland Mountains of Virginia and Mammouth Cave, Kentucky, 1879

  • Folder 10 Illustrations for paper on Ambrosia Beetles

  • Folder 2 List of Coleoptera collected in the lower peninsula of Michigan, Hubbard and Schwarz, 1877

  • Box 2

  • Folder 16 Field Notes and Diary of trip to Arizona, 1896-1897, and the Colorado Desert, 1897

  • Box 2

  • Folder 3 Notes from Jamaica, 1877

  • Folder 13 Diary of trip to British West Indies with Riley, 1894

  • Folder 9 Florida Diaries, 1880-1881

  • Folder 8 Drawings

  • Folder 4 Journal of trip to New York State, 1878, also including information on a trip while a student at Harvard, circa 1871

  • Folder 5 Catalogue and Index to Michigan Coleoptera collected in 1874

  • Folder 7 Notes for Illustrations and the Illustrations for publications relating to orange insects

  • Folder 1 Letters from Eugene Amandus Schwarz, 1891-1892

  • Box 4

  • Folder 5 Notes and Illustrations

  • Folder 4 Plates and Illustrations, Orange Insects

  • CORRESPONDENCE, 1876-1892.

  • Folder 20 Miscellaneous Notebooks, dating as late as 1899, including addresses of associates or correspondents, lists of equipment for outings, books to be purchased or read

  • Folder 19 Field Notes, Arizona, 1898

  • Folder 1 Notes, probably taken at Harvard, 1873

  • Folder 4 "The Moonshiners of the Pocket Country." Anecdotes from field trips to Cumberland Mountains of Virginia.

  • Folder 1 Lists of Coleoptera Collected, Arizona, Utah, Florida, 1879-1891

  • Folder 6 Observations made in Florida on cotton worms and other pests done for the United States Entomological Commission

  • Box 3

  • Folder 1 Lists of collections from Yellowstone Park, N. W. U. S., Kentucky, Virginia, Arizona and Colorado desert

  • Folder 2 Correspondence received and draft copies of letters, 1876, 1880-1881, 1895-1896. Correspondents include Theodore D. A. Cockerell, Hermann August Hagen, Leland Ossian Howard, John Lawrence LeConte, and Friz Muller.

  • Folder 14 Biological Series, Crescent City, Florida (related to experiment book of 1881), 1895

  • Folder 9 Drawings, Descriptions and Plates

  • Folder 12 Diaries of expeditions to Portland, Oregon, with Schwarz, list of photographs taken, 1892

Entry for September 27 from "Diary Hubbard, Fla., Sept 25, 1881 to Feb 22, 1882" (Image no. SIA2011-2210)
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