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Photographs and Biographical Information

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Object Details

sova.sia.faru7323
Topic
Entomologists
Entomology
Biography
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Photographs and Biographical Information
Historical Note
The Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is responsible for the identification of insect specimens. Its work provides basic support for biological control projects, environmental studies, and research activities of federal and state agencies and other organizations. SEL scientists are also active in research focused upon insect groups of economic importance to American agriculture. SEL maintains offices at the National Museum of Natural History and at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. Taxonomic work in entomology at the USDA was given separate status in 1925 with the creation of the Division of Taxonomic Investigation. Sievert Allen Rohwer was placed in charge of the division. During its nearly sixty year history, the section responsible for entomological taxonomy at the USDA has undergone numerous administrative reorganizations and name changes. Over most of these years it has had four titles: Division of Taxonomic Investigation, 1925-1934; Division of Insect Identification, 1934-1952; Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction Research Branch, 1959-1972; and Systematic Entomology Laboratory, 1972- . USDA entomologists in charge of taxonomic work have included Rohwer, 1925-1927; Harold Morrison, 1927-1935; Carl Frederick William Muesebeck, 1935-1954; Paul Wilson Oman, 1954-1960; William Henry Anderson, 1960-1966; Reece I. Sailer, 1967-1972; and Richard H. Foote, 1972-1976.
Extent
9.19 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Date
1797-1988 and undated
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 7323
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Black-and-white photographs
Clippings
Manuscripts
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7323, Photographs and Biographical Information
Genre/Form
Black-and-white photographs
Clippings
Manuscripts
Descriptive Entry
This collection was created by combining two separate accessions of biographical information on and photographs of entomologists. Series 1 consists mostly of biographical materials on dipterists (entomologists who specialize in the study of flies) but also includes information about other entomologists and scientists in general. The material, which dates between 1797 and 1988, includes obituaries, magazine and newspaper articles, correspondence, bibliographies, photographs, handwriting samples, book reviews, and biographical sketches. Especially rich are the files on William H. Ashmead, Walther Horn, S. Dillon Ripley, and Alan Stone. Information on a number of entomological societies such as the Cambridge Entomological Club, the Entomological Society of America, and the Royal Entomological Society of London is also included. The series also includes a small number of group photographs and one folder of handwriting samples. The handwriting samples and other correspondence were assembled by Curtis W. Sabrosky and later culled from his papers as well as the papers of John M. Aldrich, Axel L. Melander, and Alan Stone. Series 2 consists primarily of photographs of entomologists taken between 1873 and 1950. The photographs were for the most part collected by Eugene Amandus Schwarz and Herbert Spencer Barber, United States Department of Agriculture entomologists associated with the United States National Museum. Included are formal portraits, casual shots, photographs taken during field work, and group photographs. The series also contains photographs of field work sites from around the world, and a few postcards.
SIA.FARU7323
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https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217479
Record Unit 7323
SIA
Record ID
ebl-1562163022961-1562163026103-0

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  • Folder 44 Poos, Frederick William (1891-1987). Obituary, 1987.

  • Folder 23 Patton, Walter Scott (1876-?). Correspondence with Curtis W. Sabrosky, 1936-1937.

  • Folder 28 Pepper, Bailey B. (?-?). Biographical sketch, 1966.

  • Folder 20 Parshley, Howard M. (1884-1953). Obituary, 1954.

  • Folder 29 Pergande, Theodore (1840-1916). Biographical sketch, 1967. See Series 2 for photographs.

  • Folder 22 Patch, Edith Marion (1876-1954). Obituary, undated. See under Entomological Society of America meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 1908, for group photograph.

  • Folder 51 Procter, William (1872-1951). Obituaries, 1951.

  • Folder 58 Radovsky, Frank (?-?). Handwriting sample, 1962.

  • Folder 53 Putnam, Paul A. (?-?). Biographical information, 1980.

  • Folder 3 Osten-Sacken, Carl Robert Romanovich von der (1828-1906). Includes his "Record of My Life Work" in three parts, 1901-1904; obituaries, biographical sketches and bibliographies, 1906-1907 and 1969; and photographs, 1880, and undated.

  • Folder 46 Porter, T. Wayne (?-?). Handwriting sample, 1953.

  • Folder 33 Pettit, Rufus Hiram (1869-1946). Obituary, 1947.

  • Folder 35 Philip, Cornelius B. (1900-1987). Includes articles and clippings on his life and work, 1950, 1967, 1970, 1973-1982; and an obituary, 1987.

  • Folder 61 Rao, Y. Ramachandra (?-?). Correspondence with John Russel Malloch, 1923, 1926.

  • Folder 10 Palmer, Katherine Evangeline Hilton Van Winkle (1895-?). Correspondence with Curtis W. Sabrosky, 1960, 1963.

  • Folder 47 Povolny, Dalibor (?-?). Postcards to Curtis W. Sabrosky, 1976.

  • Folder 43 Pongracz, Alexander (?-?). Unidentified correspondence, 1931.

  • Folder 38 Piquett, Price Godman (1908-1963). Obituary, 1964.

  • Folder 45 Porter, Carlos E. (?-?). Includes correspondence with John M. Aldrich, 1926-1927; biographical information and bibliography, in Spanish, 1929, 1933, and undated; and a photograph, 1926.

  • Folder 4 Ouellet, Joseph (1869-1952). Obituaries in French and English, 1952-1953.

  • Folder 12 Parent, Abbe (?-?). Includes correspondence with John M. Aldrich; and photographs, 1931, and undated.

  • Folder 57 Rachou, Rene G. (1917-1963). Biographical memoir in Spanish, undated.

  • Folder 2 Osorno-Mesa, Ernesto (1904-1976). Obituary in Spanish, 1981.

  • Folder 60 Rainwater, Clyde Field (?-?). Announcement of his retirement, 1972.


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