Meiners, Edwin P. (1893-1960), Collection, 1825-1960 (C3722)

7.1 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The papers of a St. Louis physician and entomologist include personal correspondence with amateur and professional entomologists concerning entomology and the exchange of specimens for Meiners's insect collection and collections of correspondence of nineteenth and twentieth century entomologists, naturalists, and natural history organizations.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Meiners Collection was transferred to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia by the University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Entomology on 12 November 1984 (Accession No. 4599)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Edwin P. Meiners received his medical training and practiced medicine in St. Louis, where he was on the staff of St. Luke's Hospital. His lifelong avocation was insects, and he became a well-known and respected amateur entomologist acquiring, in addition to a large insect collection, the writings and correspondence of other entomologists and naturalists. His special interests were medical entomology, the history of entomology, insects in art and culture, and insects in Missouri. He willed his collection of over 35,000 insects to the Department of Entomology at the University of Missouri-Columbia after his death in 1960 at the age of 67.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Meiners Collection is arranged into eight series:

Much of the correspondence in Meiners' collections deals with the exchange of insect specimens, data, and lists of insects in their scientific names for inclusion in an insect collection or for the purpose of determining the scientific classification and name of the insect. The collections often provide insight into the personal lives of the correspondents and into the friendships that developed over the years between people of similar interests. Many of the letters contain discussions about methodology, classification, nomenclature, and the state of the science of entomology; comments about the climate and economic conditions that affected insect collecting; and glimpses of personal, professional, and academic disagreements. The letters also demonstrated the joy of collecting, the excitement when a new species was found, and the love of nature felt by many of the entomologists and naturalists.

Meiners's letters document his concern that the insects of Missouri be collected and studied, his interest in the history of entomology, and his interest in insects in art, literature, and culture. The collections of the St. Louis Natural History Museum Association and the Greater St. Louis Museum of Natural History provide insight into the difficulties of establishing a cultural institution in a community such as St. Louis.

Meiners grouped his personal correspondence and that of the collections he acquired alphabetically according to the correspondent's name. Incoming and outgoing correspondence for each person was filed together in chronological order. This organization has been maintained. Often the correspondence of one person appears in several of Meiners's collections. For example, correspondence with Hermann Schwarz may be found in Meiners's personal correspondence, in both of the museum association collections, in the Philip Rau collection, and in the collection of Schwarz's personal correspondence.

FOLDER LIST

Meiners Correspondence, 1916-1960. Most of Edwin P. Meiners' personal correspondence concerns the exchange of specimens. Selected correspondents have been identified by title, organization, and/or type of insect they exchanged or specialized in. Meiners concentrated on butterflies, moths, and beetles in his collection. The series also contains correspondence with organizations and businesses that Meiners dealt with. Most of the correspondence is from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

f. 1-10Academy of Science of St. Louis.
f. 11Adams, C.F., Director of Laboratories, Missouri State Board of Health, flies.
f. 12Albert, A.S., butterflies and moths, and Albright, C.C., butterflies.
f. 13American Association for the Advancement of Science.
f. 14American Entomological Society.
f. 15American Library Service, American Midland Naturalist, American Nature Association, American Nature Study Society, American Photocopy Equipment Company.
f. 16American Museum of Natural History.
f. 17Anderson, C.A., butterflies; Angell, J.W.; Arizona Highways; Armstrong, R.S.; Arnhold, F.R.; and Avery, P.C.
f. 18Baber, Donald L.; Backs, Edith Schlegel; Baker, C.W.; Balduf, W.V.; Ballou, A.M.; Barnes, William; Barnett, Herbert C.; Barr, Thomas C., Jr.; Beatty, Harry A.; Benedict, Warwick; and Benjamin, Walter R., autograph letter dealer.
f. 19Bequaert, Joseph C.; Bibliographical Society of America; Biological Abstracts; and Blackburn, C., butterflies.
f. 20Blevins, T.B., Jr.; Blum, John; Boellner, Willard; Bohart, Richard M; and Booksellers, miscellaneous.
f. 21Booth, Ernest S., butterflies and beetles; and Booth, O.E., butterflies.
f. 22Bower, Howard M., butterflies; and Bowers, and H.L., butterflies.
f. 23-24Boy Scouts of America.
f. 25Boyce, H.J.; Boyer, Dorothy A.; Boyer, L.B.; Brackett, H.; Braden, Fern; Bradford, Henry; Brandhorst, C.T.; and Bridwell, L.H., butterflies and moths.
f. 26Brimley, J.F.; British Museum, about a copy of a picture of Thomas Moffett; Bromley, Stanley W.; Brooklyn Entomological Society; and Brower, A.E., of the Entomological Labora­tory, Bar Harbor, Maine, moths and butterflies.
f. 27Brower, Lincoln P.; Brown, F. Martin, of the Colorado Biological Survey, butterflies; Brown, Vinson; Brown, Walter H.; Bueker, Elmer D.; Bulgren, Dale A.; and Butterfly Equip­ment Co.
f. 28Cadbury, John W.; Caesar, Floyd L.; Calhoun, John B.; and Calkins, Virgil F.
f. 29Cambridge Entomological Club; Canadian Entomologist; Carnegie Museum; Carpenter, S.C.; Cartwright, B.W.; Cartwright, O.L.; Casselbury, R.C.; and Causey, Nell B., on the faculty of the University of Arkansas, millipedes.
f. 30Cazier, Mont A.; Charles, Brother; Chermock, Franklin H.; and Chinard, Gilbert, professor at Princeton University. Meiners bought the C.V. Riley letters from Chinard. Chinese Treasure Center; Christian, K.A.; and Christiansen, Kenneth A.
f. 31Clark, Austin H., director of American Association for the Advancement of Science, butterflies; Clement, Frere; Clemer, J.H.; Coibion, William; Comfort, James F.; and Comstock Publishing Co. Inc., which sells recordings of bird songs and frog and toad voices.
f. 32Coleopterists' Society.
f. 33Comstock, John A., president, Southern California Academy of Sciences, butterflies.
f. 34Concepcion, Abelito N., insect collector in the Philippines. Correspondence includes fine pencil drawings of beetles. Conservation Federation of Missouri; Conyers, Rex; and Corbet, Barbara.
f. 35-37Crabill, Ralph, professor in the Biology Department, St. Louis University, and associate curator of Spiders and Myriapods, Division of Insects, U.S. National Museum, Smith­sonian Institute, millipedes and centipedes. Includes a birth announcement for his son in Latin.
f. 38Dahl, Richard G.; and Davis, John J., on the faculty of the Department of Entomology, Purdue University. Some of the correspondence concerns the J.T. Monell collection of letters and Meiners' collection of letters of other entomologists.
f. 39Dawson, Charles W.; Dawson, E. Yale; Day, George O.; Defenders of Furbearers; Dennis, A.J.; and Dillon, Lawrence S.
f. 40Dorman, Stephen C. and Evelyn; Dorval, Paul; Dreisbach, R.R.; Duffner, O.C.; Duncan, Douglas K.; and Duncan, J.B.
f. 41Easton, Norman S.; Eaton, T.H.; Ebner, J.A.; Eckerlein, Hans; Ecological Society of America; Edwards, Arthur T.; Ehrlich, Paul R.; Emerson, K.C.; Endy, Edward T.; Engelhart, George P.; and Enns, Wilbur R., graduate student and later professor of entomology, Department of Entomology University of Missouri-Columbia, beetles.
f. 42Entomological News, containing biographies and obituaries of entomologists; Entomological Society of America; Entomological Society of Canada; Erb, Herman J.; Essig, E.O.; and Estes, Fred.
f. 43Fall, H.C.; Fender, Kenneth M.; Ferris, Gordon F.; and Field, William D.
f. 44-45Fitch, Richard J., Butterfly dealer in central and western Canada.
f. 46Fleck, Pauline; Fleming, Maud; Fore's Music Exchange; Francis, Brother K.; Frechin, D.P.; Frederick, A.C.; and Frederick, Edward J.
f. 47-50Froeschner, Richard C., student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, graduate student at Iowa State College, and professor of entomology, Montana State College, beetles and bugs.
f. 51Gaasendom, Flip; Gates, Frederick R.; Geddes, John M.; and Gerard, John H.
f. 52Gertsch, Willis J., University of Utah, University of Minnesota and later associate curator, American Museum of Natural History, spiders and butterflies.
f. 53Gibbon, Hugh A.; Glazbrook, H.; Gordon, William M. and Dorothy; Gottschalk, Carl W.; and Graebner, Theodore.
f. 54Gren, John Wagener, beetles.
f. 55Gregson, J.D.; and Grey, L.P.
f. 56Grimshawe, Florence M; Guedet, Edward; and Gunder, Jeane D., butterflies in California.
f. 57Harding, Shirley, Harper, A.T.; Harris, Lucien, Jr.; Haydon, F. Stansbury; Hayes, Joseph B.; Heid, Graham; and Heink, Charles L.
f. 58-59Haseman, Leonard, entomologist at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
f. 60Heinz, Walter, entomologist in Germany, letters in German, beetles.
f. 61Heising, Clara M.; Herz, Arthur; Hofmann, M.J., Co.; Holland, W.J.; Houghton, D.D.; and Hower, Theodore W.
f. 62Hoxie, Wilbar Marden; Hubricht, Leslie; Hull, Melva; and Hutchins, Ross E.
f. 63Hulbirt, Leslie.
f. 64Illinois State Natural History Survey; Imschweiler, John; Jae, R.J.; Janson and Sons; and Jacques, H.E.
f. 65Jenni, John F.; Johns, Doris; Johnson, John Warren; and Jones, George D.
f. 66Karp, Ben; Kennedy, Chandler; Kimball, Charles P.; Kinsey, Alfred C.; Kiriakoff, Sergius G.; Klein, Lillie A.; and Klots, A.B.
f. 67Knechtel, Frank
f. 68Knobel, Louise
f. 69Knutson, Herbert; Kopp, Larry J.; Krohn, Ernst C.; includes information on insects in literature, Art, and music, and Krombein, Karl V.
f. 70Lacher, Edgar, poetry in German and English, newspaper articles on Goethe; Laird, Ida; and Lange, W. Harry.
f. 71La Rivers, Ira; Laspe, W.E.; and Lawrence, Fred
f. 72Learned, Elmer T.; Leech, Hugh B.; Lefmann, Ralph H.; and Leigh, George F.
f. 73Lemmer, Frederick; Lennox, Donald J.; Leonard, Mortimer D.; Lermond, Normand W.; and Leussler, R.A.
f. 74-75Lepidopterists' Society.
f. 76Leutheusser, Arthur O., correspondence, newsletters, and clippings on Missouri wildlife; Lewis, Mary A.; Lewis, Ralph H.; Lewis, Robert E.; Linton, M.L., photo; and Lippman, Alice.
f. 77Loding, Henry P.; Long, Edith, and Lowrie, Donald C.
f. 78MacBean, George G.; McClay, A.T.; McGill, Ormond; McHenry, Paddy; Macy, Ralph W.; Manuscript Society; Margo and Co.; and Marine Biological Laboratory.
f. 79MacIntyre, William Clarke, insect collector and dealer in Ecuador.
f. 80Marshall, M.Y.; Matlock, Nellie; Meier, Ernest; Merrill, A.M; Messick, Jean, Jr.; Meyer, Lannie; Miller, George F.; Miller, R.; and Minahan, Roger P.
f. 81-84Missouri Academy of Science. Meiners was chairman of the Entomology Section. Correspondence, minutes, newsletters and bibliographies.
f. 85Missouri Botanical Garden.
f. 86Missouri Historical Society; and Montgomery, B. Elwood, professor of entomology, Purdue University, dragonflies.
f. 87Moore, George E., naturalist for the Missouri Conservation Commission at Rockwoods Reservation, St. Louis County; Moore, Ian; and Moore, William H.
f. 88Morgan, G.D., butterfly dealer in Florida.
f. 89Mueller, Mrs. L.; Murtfeldt, Mary Esther, amateur entomologist and assistant city and state entomologist for Missouri; Museum of Comparative Zoology; Myers, Winifred A., (Autographs) Ltd.; National Nature Supply Laboratory; National Parks Association; National Wildlife Federation; Naturalists' Directory; Nature Company; and Nushawg Biological Supply, Inc.
f. 90Nelson, Charles D.; Nelson, G.H.; New York Entomological Society; New York Public Library; New York State Museum; Newcomb, Hal; Newcomb, W.W.; and Norton, Arthur H.
f. 91O'Byrne, Harold I., lecturer at Washington University, Conservation College, Missouri Conservation Commission, and Rockwoods Reservation. Folder contains biographical information and bibliography. After O'Byrne's death Meiners corresponded with his widow about O'Byrne's books, notes, and insect collection.
f. 92O'Fallon, John J.; Ohio Journal of Science; Olson, Boyd H.; Orr, Robert M.; Oslar, Ernest J.; and Ouellet, Joseph.
f. 93Pacific Coast Entomological Society; Page, Patsy R.; Pallen, Moses M., photo; and Parish, H.S., moths and butterflies in Canada.
f. 94Parodi, Giuseppe; Pena, Luis E., dealer of insects in Chile; and Perkins, Lilly.
f. 95Peterson, Oscar, amateur naturalist, flower lover, and poet, called "The Vagabond Dreamer," active in the St. Louis Wild Flower Club. Folder contains many of his poems.
f. 96Pickard, Maurice; and Pinkus, L.F.
f. 97Plaumann, Fritz, insect collector and dealer in Brazil; Plomley, Mervyn; and Pohl, Bruno, insect dealer in Brazil.
f. 98Polacek, Eugene R.; Poling, O.C.; Potts, Robert W.L.; and Powell, Berkeley.
f. 99Prentice, Elsie M.; Press, Hugo; and Princeton University.
f. 100Rau, Philip, amateur entomologist. Bibliography of Rau's work, information on Meiners' collection of Correspondence of well-known entomologists, butterflies, bees, and wasps.
f. 101Ranara Biological Supply Co.; Rawson, George W., butterflies and moths; Rebeek, Mrs. George; Rees, William A.; and Reinthal, W.J.
f. 102Remington, Charles L., professor of zoology at Yale University. Includes correspondence about Meiners' collection of correspondence of entomologists and naturalists; also includes comments on Remington's newborn son as an entomological specimen.
f. 103Remington, P. Sheldon, professor in St. Louis, butterflies; Reeves, Craig K.; Richardson, C. Herbert; and Richter, Anton, beetle collector in Germany.
f. 104Ridington, A.Blair; Reider, Robert E.; Riley Entomological Society; Rivas, Juan de D.; Robert, Brother; Roberts, John P.; and Rogers, W. Prescott.
f. 105Romaine, Lawrence B., Book dealer; Rothke, Max; Rowley, R.R.; and Rummel, Charles.
f. 106Sabrosky, Curtis W., history of the St. Louis Entomological Club; St. Joseph Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Audubon Society; St. Louis Bird Club; and St. Louis Medical Society.
f. 107St. Louis Entomological Club. Contains the correspondence of the club. Meiners filed the correspondence of the members of the St. Louis Naturalists Club with the papers of the club.
f. 108-117St. Louis Naturalists Club. Meiners filed the correspondence of the members of the St. Louis Naturalists Club with the papers of the club.
f. 110Beilmann, August P., manager of the Missouri Botanical Garden Arboretum at Gray Summit.
f. 111Bock, Hans, retired entomologist living in Texas, beetles.
f. 112Bulger, Harold A., a physician; and Chandeysson, Pierre I.
f. 113Conway, William G., bird curator at St. Louis Zoo; Grindon, Joseph; and Grossenheider, Richard, naturalist painter.
f. 114Lentz, Moody J.R., general curator at St. Louis Zoo; Link, George M., Catholic priest; and Luedde, William H., St. Louis School of Medicine.
f. 115Schwarz, Max, taxidermist; and Schwarz, Paul, taxidermist.
f. 116Terry, Robert J., Washington University School of Medicine.
f. 117Wahlgren, Harry F., Chief of the St. Louis Weather Bureau.
f. 118St. Louis Planetarium, newspaper clippings; St. Louis Zoological Society, bulletins; Sala, Frank P.; San Francisco, California, City and County; Sanderson, Milton W.; Satterthwait, A.F.; Schemier, G.F.; Schmitt, Francis O.; Schuman, Henry, Christmas card with picture of skeleton; and Schwartz, Jack.
f. 119Schwarz, Ernst; Schwarz, Hermann; Scientists' Directory; Searl, Clyde C., on staff of Natural History Museum, San Diego, California; See Nadine; and Sheppard, A.C.
f. 120Sherman, John D., Jr., seller of books on insects and autograph letters. Contains information on collections that Meiners collected, e.g., Slossen, Riley.
f. 121Shertz, Albert W.; Sibley, Charles K.; Sitke, R.; and Smith, Alan, collector in Australia, butterflies.
f. 122Smith, Carroll; Smith, Edgar J.; Smith, Marion E.; Society for the Study of Evolution; Southern California Academy of Sciences; Southern Illinois State Normal School; and Spector, William.
f. 123-125Society of Systematic Zoology.
f. 126-127Sperry, John Lovell, butterflies.
f. 128Spreen, J. Orville, includes brief biographies of St. Louis scientists; Stahl, E.V.; Stahler, Nathan; and Standard Scientific Supply Corporation.
f. 129Standish, John, professor of entomology at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, butterflies and moths; and State Historical Society of Missouri.
f. 130Statler, Michael A.; Strecher, G.E. and Co., book dealer; Sternitzky, R.F.; Stevens, C.W., photo; and Stevens, Kenneth P., on biology faculty, Central College, Fayette, Missouri.
f. 131Stone, Philip C., Department of Entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia; Strohecker, H.F.; Strong, Lee A.; Stuntz, John R.; and Summerville, Bruce W.
f. 132Thibault, T.M., record collector and dealer, records of insect songs; Thompson, J.B.; and Thorne, Fred.
f. 133Thorp, Thomas, bookseller; Thrasher, William; Thurston, Anthony; Titterington, P.F., Torge, Willy; and de la Torre Y Callejas, Salvador L.
f. 134Townes, Henry K., Jr.; Urquhart, F.A., curator of insects, Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto, Canada; and Valentino, Thomas J.
f. 135Van Duzee, E.P.; Vaquero, Mauricio Salazar; Vogel, Pierre A.; Vogt, George b.; Voris, Ralph; Wakeland, Claude; Walsh, M.E., insect dealer on Java; and Walton, W.R.
f. 136-137Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc., a supply company.
f. 138Waters, R.T.; Watson, Albert; Watters, John Henry, photo; Webb, Walter F.; Weber, Bernard H.; Weiss, Harry B., includes a letter on insects and slang; West, A.S.; and Westbrook, John, Jr.
f. 139Webster Groves Nature Study Society.
f. 140Whitcomb, Walter R.; White, Sadie; Whittaker, Robert; Wilcke, H., entomology supplies from Austria; Wild, William; and Williams, Herman J.
f. 141Wind, Robert G., dealer in butterflies, moths, and beetles; and Wingo, Curtis W.
f. 142Winn, A.F.; Woodcock, H.E.; and Woodgate, John.
f. 143Yamamoto, Hiromu, entomologist in Japan, includes comments on conditions in Japan after World War II; YMCA, material about travel series; Young, Frank N.; Young, Oliver F.; and Zuk, Henry G.
f. 144Miscellaneous, insect lists, lecture notes, and unidentified photos.
f. 145-149Medical papers. Meiners' medical lecture notes on medicine, neuropsychology, pediatrics, hematology, and emergencies. Notes and brochures, some of which refer to the Washington University School of Medicine and its library.

St. Louis Natural History Museum Association, 1918-1923. This association was organized to promote the establishment of a natural history museum in St. Louis. Frank Schwarz was one of the initial organizers; Hermann Schwarz was curator and chairman. In 1922 the association became the Museum Section of the St. Louis Academy of Science. These folders contain the records of the association.

f. 150-151Correspondence, 1917-1922
f. 152Correspondence, 1922-1923, constitution, brochures, newspaper clippings, and photos and biography of Henry Milton Whelpley, a St. Louis pharmacist.

Greater St. Louis Museum of Natural History, 1930-1937. This organization was formed with the goal of establishing a natural history museum in St. Louis. Dr. Meiners, one of the founders of the organization, was secretary-treasurer; Her­mann Schwarz was president. In 1934, largely due to the poor economic climate, the organiza­tion ceased to exist and was joined with the Academy of Science of St. Louis, which pledged to continue to work for the establishment of a natural history museum. These folders contain the records of the organization.

f. 153-162Correspondence, 1930-1937, n.d.
f. 163Bills and receipts, 1930-1934
f. 164Articles of incorporation and constitution, 1930.
f. 165-167Minutes of meetings, 1930-1934
f. 168-170Reports, lecture announcements, membership lists, brochures, and newspaper clippings about the proposed natural history museum and planetarium.

Bassett, Homer F., Collection, 1862-1894. Homer F. Bassett was an entomologist who specialized in galls, wasps, and bees. He was a librarian at the Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury Connecticut. This collection of incoming correspondence was acquired by Dr. Meiners. Many of the letters in this series are concerned with galls and with the exchange of gall specimens.

f. 171American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Social Science Association; Andrews, W.V., an entomologist and purchasing agent for books and entomological supplies in Brooklyn, New York, butterflies and beetles; Armistead, Wilson, from Leeds, Eng­land; Armadown, Thomas; Barker, Charles C.; Barnes, William A.; Robert O.; Battey, Thomas J.; Beacham, John; Bethune, Charles J.; Bolles, E.C.; Boston Athenaeum, annual report of the librarian, C.A.; Cutter; Bowditch, Fred C.; Boxer, F.N.; Brewer, William; Bridgeport Scientific Society; Bronson Public Library; Brown, W.P.; Bruce, John M.; and Bruner, Lawrence.
f. 172Cambridge (Massachusetts) Entomological Club, annual report and correspondence; Canip, A.H.; Chase, Cara; Cochran, W.E.; Coleman, N.; Cook, William, bookbinder; Cox, E.T.; and Cresson, E.T., secretary of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia and the American Entomological Society.
f. 173Dodge, Charles R.; Dunlap, John W., concerning wasps in Wisconsin; Eckfeldt, John W.; Edwards, W.H.; Fernald, C.H.; Fitch, Edward A.; Flint, Mrs. C.C.; Fuller, A.S.; Garnier, Joseph, bookseller, list of letters to Homer F. Bassett, most of which are in Meiners' collection; Gray, Asa; Grote, A.R.; Gunning, Mary; Harrison, C.L.; Henry, Joseph; Holden, George H.; Hopson, William f.; Howe, E.C.; Hyams, M.E.; Jeffrey, Henry L.; Kingsbury, Howard; Kretzler, A.; and Kront, A.F.K.
f. 174LeDuc, William G.; Levette, G.M.; Lindley, C.P.; Lintner, J.A.; Love, Samuel G.; McCook, Henry; Maisch, John M.; Mann, B. Pickman; Mann, Charles, about wasp pests in Wisconsin; Maxwell, William R.; Miller Brothers; Monell, J.; Moody, Henry L.; Moran, John A.; and Morse, Earl S.
f. 175Nash, H.W.; Nautilus Club; Nelson & Ropes, bookstore; Nichols, Alonzo; Northrop, Julia E.; Norton, Edward; and Osten Sacken, R.
f. 176Paul, Charles H.; Platt, Walter B.; Poole, William F.; Potts, Edward; Randall, O.E.; Reppert, Ferd; Riley, C.V., about resumption of publication of American Entomologist; Rudow, R.; Ruger, M.; Rust, Mary O.; Sanborn, H.B.; Saunders, William, secretary-treasurer of the Entomological Society of Ontario; Schneck, J.; Sedgwick, William T.; and Siler, A.L.
f. 177Skaer, Henry, from St. Louis; Smith, F.C., Bridgeport Scientific Society; Smore, John Dan; Stauffer, I.; Sterling, Clarence; Sullivant, W.S.; Summers, Samuel V.; and Sutton, William.
f. 178Torrance, David; Tralli, A.S.; U.S. Official Post Office Guide; Vandenburg, M.W.; Van Winkle, A.S.; Verrill, A.E.; Walsh, Benjamin D.; Walsh, L.; Watson, Stevens; Westcott, O.S.; Wheatlaw, Henry; Witter, F.M.; Wood, A.; Wright, Berlin H.; Zimmerman, Charles D.; and fragments and newspaper clippings.

Rau, Philip, Collection. Rau was an entomologist from Kirkwood, Missouri. He specialized in bees, wasps, and moths and was well known for his observations of insect behavior. He was a prolific writer who published his own works. Most to the correspondence in this series deals with Rau's writings. All of the correspondence is incoming; however, on the back of several letters Rau made notes or drafts of his replies.

f. 179Abbott, John F., Department of Zoology, Washington University, St. Louis; Adams, Charles C.; Aldrich, J.M.; Allen, Glover M.; Anderson, Edgar; and Araujo, R.L.
f. 180Baerg, W.J.; Baldwin, J. Mark; Barber, George W.; Barber, H.S.; Barrett, Charles; Bay, J. Christian; Beebe, William; Bequaert, Joseph C.; Berry, S. Stillman; Bethune, Charles J.S.; and Blackman, M.W.
f. 181Bonet, Pierre; Bouche, Adrien M., collector of orchids, wasps and bees in Panama; Boyer, Dorothy A.; Britton, W.E.; Brown, W.J.; Brues, C.T.; Bruner, Lawrence; Bryant, Eliza­beth B.; Buck, John B.; Bueno, J.R. de la Torre; Bugbee, Robert E.; and Burrill, Alfred C.
f. 182Calvert, Philip P.; Carpenter, F.M.; Carpenter, Sidney C.; Cattell, J. McK.; Caudell, A.N.; Chamberlin, R.V.; Chapman, F.M.; Clare, Stewart; Cockerell, Theodore D.A.; Coghill, D.; Cole, A.C., Jr.; Cooper, Kenneth W.; and Crawford, J.C.
f. 183Davis, John J.; Dodson, George R.; Dougan, Lewis M.; Dow, Richard Phelps; Duncan, Carl D.; and Dunlap, Knight.
f. 184Easton, Norman S.; Eckert, J.E.; Elton, Charles; Emerson, Alfred E.; Emerton, J.H.; Enders, Howard E.; Enders, Robert K.; Engelhardt, George P.; Enns, Wilbur R.; Essig, E.O.; Fernald, H.T.; Fisch, C.; Fish, Harold D.; Fracker, S.B.; Frison, Theodore H.; and Frost, S.W.
f. 185Gaul, Albro Tilton; Gerhard, William J.; Godd, Charles A.; Graenicher, S.; Grindon, Joseph; Grossbeck, John A.; Gudger, E.W.; Gunn, D.L.; Hacker, Henry; Harrison, Ross G.; Hart, Esther H.; Haskins, Caryl P.; Healy, J.L.; Hedicke, H.; Hicks, Charles H.; and Hill, Roscoe E.
f. 186Hollinger, A.H.; Horn, Walther; Hosenfelt, George H.; Howard, L.O.; Hungerford, H.B.; and Hunter, W.D.
f. 187Irish, H.C.; Iwata, Kunio; Jacot, Arthur; Johnston, H.B.; Jones, Mary Alice; and Jones, S.P.
f. 188Kaeber, H.A.; Karlovich, John Keller; Katayama, H.; Kennedy, Clarence H.; Klem, Mary J.; and Knetzger, August.
f. 189Kinsey, Alfred C., professor of zoology at Indiana University.
f. 190Lillie, Frank R.; Lindquist, A.W.; Linsley, E. Gorton; McDougall, William; McDunnough, J.; MacGillivray, Alex D.; McGregor, E.A.; Malloch, J.R.; Metcalf, C.L.; Mickel, Clarence E.; Monell, J.T.; Moore, Barrington; Moore, George T.; Morgan, Ann H.; Morrison, Harold; Musee Provancher; and Myers, J.G.
f. 191Naumann, Fred T.; Osborn, Herbert; Park, Thomas; Parker, J.B.; Pate, V.S.L.; Pearl, Raymond; Pearse, A.S.; Peterson, Oscar; Piel, Octabe; Pinkus, L.F.; Plath, O.E.; Pohlman, A.G.; and Quaintance, A.D.
f. 192Rayment, Tarlton; Reinhard, Edward G.; Riley, C.F. Curtis; Rohwer, S.A.; Rowley, R.R.; and Royal Entomological Society of London.
f. 193Sandhouse, Grace; Schroers, Paul A.; Schwab, Arthur; Schwarz, E.A.; Schwarz, Herbert F.; and Schwarz, Hermann.
f. 194Shapley, Harlow; Smith, Arthur H.; Smith, M.R.; Soule, Carolin Gray; Stevens, O.A.; Townsend, Lee H.; Trelease, William; Uvarov, B.; Vance, Arlo M.; Viereck, H.L.; Wade, J.S.; Ward, Henry L.; and Watson, John B.
f. 195Turner, Charles Henry, black entomologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, teacher of biology at Sumner High School in St. Louis; and Turner, J. Arthur.
f. 196Wheeler, W.M., entomologist at Harvard University.
f. 197Widemann, Otto; Williams, C.B.; Williamson, E.B.; Yerkes, Robert M., of The Journal of Animal Behavior; and Zetek, James, Institute for Research in Tropical America, concerning trip to Panama.

Slossen, Annie Trumbull, Collection, 1886-1912. (1821-1926) was a writer of short stories and also an amateur entomologist with a reputation as a collector who was able to find rare specimens. She collected many kinds of insects in New Hampshire at her summer home in Franconia and on Mt. Washing­ton, and in Florida where she spent the late winter and spring. She spent the fall and winter in New York City. She sent her insects to expert entomologists to be identified. Most of the correspondence is from these experts; the letters often enclosed lists of the insects that had been identified.

f. 198Aldrich, J.M., flies; Ashmead, William H.; and Ball, Elmer D., professor of zoology and entomology at the State Agricultural Colleges at Fort Collins, Colorado, and Logan, Utah, homoptera (cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids, scales, etc.).
f. 199-201Banks, Nathan, spiders; and Beutenmueller, William.
f. 202-203Blanchard, Frederick, beetles.
f. 204Bridgham, Joseph; Brink, J.A.; and Clavert, Philip P., Academy of Natural Sciences, damselflies and dragonflies.
f. 205-210Coquillett, D.W., U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., flies.
f. 211Davis, G.C., Michigan Agricultural College, parasitic wasps.
f. 212Dyar, Harrison G., National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, moths, sawflies, and larvae.
f. 213Edwards, Henry, moths and butterflies.
f. 214Fernald, C.H., professor of zoology at Massachusetts Agriculture College, moths.
f. 215-216Fox, William J., Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, bees and wasps.
f. 217Hamilton, John, beetles; Hayward, Roland, flies; and Hulst, George D., butterflies and moths.
f. 218-219Johnson, Charles W., Wagner Free Institute of Sciences, Philadelphia, flies; and Knab, Frederick.
f. 220-224Liebeck, Charles, American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, beetles.
f. 225MacGillivray, Alex D., professor of entomology at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, sawflies.
f. 226May, C.S.; Needham, James G.; Osborn, Herber, hemiptera (bugs, aphids, etc.); Packard, A.S., moths, article on the Packard coat-of-arms; Roberts, Chris H., beetles; and Schwarz, E.A., beetles.
f. 227Scudder, Samuel H., orthoptera (roaches, grasshoppers, crickets, etc.).
f. 228-230Skinner, Henry, American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, moths and butterflies, also concerning publication of Slossen's articles in the Entomological News.
f. 231Smith, John B., entomologist at New Jersey Agricultural College Experimental Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey, moths.
f. 232Smithsonian Institute, certificate of acknowledgment of gift of Specimen; Townsend, C.H. Tyler; and Uhler, P.R., Peabody Institute, Baltimore, hemiptera.
f. 233-235Van Duzee, Edward P., librarian at Grosvenor Public Library, Buffalo, New York, hemiptera; and Williston, S.W.
f. 236Miscellaneous and undated lists of lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Coleoptera (beetles), diptera (flies), and hymenoptera (bees and wasps).

Van Duzee, Edward P., Collection, 1851-1939. Edward P. Van Duzee was an entomologist who became the leading expert in the U.S. on hemiptera (bugs) and compiled the Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America North of Mexico in 1917. He was a librarian for over twenty years at the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, New York, until 1912 when he moved to California. From 1912 to 1914 he was with the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California; from 1914 to 1916 he was a faculty member of the Department of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; and after 1916 he was curator of insects, California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Most of the correspondence dates from the mid-1880s until 1916 and is incoming; however, after his move to California he began to keep copies of the letters he sent out. Since Van Duzee specialized in hemiptera, almost all of the letters refer to this order. Entomologists often sent their specimens to Van Duzee for determination; many of the letters are concerned with the identification of insects. Van Duzee developed strong friendships with many of his correspondents, and these letters reveal the personal side of a highly respected entomologist.

f. 237Abbott, J.F., Department of Zoology, Washington University, St. Louis; Academy of Natural Sciences; Adams, Charles C.; Agassiz, A.; Akhurst, John; Alderson, E.M.; Aldrich, J.M.; Alexander, D.S.; and Alexander, Charles P.
f. 238Allen, A.H.; Allen, Arthur P.; American Association of Economic Entomologists; American Association of Museums; American Entomological Company; American Entomologi­cal Society; American Museum of Natural History; Andrews, Clement W.; Arndt, C.H. and Ashmead, William H.
f. 239-241Baker, Carl F., Department of Zoology and Entomology, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama, curator of the Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Para, Brazil, Pomona College, Claremont, California, and College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Philippine Islands; and Baker, Fred, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, California, and Manila.
f. 242-246Ball, Elmer D., professor of entomology at Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah. The letters contain comments about other entomologists and their work, methodology, professional jealousies, and about being an entomologist.
f. 247Banks, Charles S.; and Banks, Nathan.
f. 248-251Barber, Harry G.; teacher in the Department of Biology, DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City.
f. 252Bardeen, C.W.; Barlow, John; Barrett, Otis W.; Barrows, Franklin W.; Beamer, Raymond H.; Beaulieu, Germain; Beaulue, Joseph I.; Beebe, C. William; and Begin, P.A.
f. 253-254Bergroth, E., entomologist in Finland and Minnesota.
f. 255Bergtold, W.H.; and Betten, Cornelius.
f. 256Bethune, Charles J.S., editor of the Canadian Entomologist, about publication of articles.
f. 257Beutenmueller, William, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, about publication of articles in the Museum Bulletin.
f. 258Beyer, G.; Biolley, P.; Bird, Henry; Blackburn, C.V., supplier of labels for identifying insects in an insect collection; Blackburn, E.H.; and Blaisdell, Frank E.
f. 259Blatchley, W.S.; and Boring, Alice M.
f. 260-263Bradley, J. Chester, professor of entomology at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, secretary-treasurer for the Entomological Society of America, and assistant to the Georgia State Entomologist. Some letters are about preparing lists for Van Duzee's catalogue of hemiptera. Bradley coordinated the compilation of the New York State List of Insects, and in this capacity helped settle disagreement over methodology between Harry G. Barber and J.R. de la Torre Bueno.
f. 264Branch, Hazel E.; and Brittain, William H., entomologist for the Department of Agricul­ture, Nova Scotia.
f. 265-266Britton, W.H., Connecticut state entomologist.
f. 267Brodie, William; Browne, Ethel V.; Browning, G. Wesley; Brues, C.T.; and Brunner, Lawrence.
f. 268-272Bueno, J.R. de la Torre, entomologist in New York City, specialized in aquatic hemiptera.
f. 273Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences.
f. 274Burrison, H.K.; Butterfield, Harry M.; Byers, Allen; Caesar, L., Ontario Department of Agriculture; Caldera, Edwin E.; Call, R. Ellsworth, and Calvert, Philip P., Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
f. 275Cassino, A.L., Naturalists Agency, Boston; Caudell, A.N.; Chagnon, G.; Chambers, W. Lee; Chase, Joseph E.; and Childs, Leroy.
f. 276Chipman, H.D.; Chittenden, F.H.; Chope, E.B.; Clarke, John M.; and Clausen, C.P.
f. 277Cockrell, Theodore D.A., New Mexico College of Agriculture and University of Colo­rado, Boulder.
f. 278Comstock, John Henry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Comstock, William P.; Cook, A.J., state commissioner of horticulture, California; and Cook, O.F.
f. 279Cooley, R.A., Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman, Montana; Coquillett, D.W.; and Crawford, David L.
f. 280-281Cresson, E.T., American Entomological Society, about publishing in the Entomo­logical News.
f. 282Crevecoeur, F.F.; Crew, R.J.; Crosby, Cyrus R., Cornell University; and Crumb, S.E.
f. 283Daecke, V.A.E.; Dames, Felix L., bookseller in Berlin, Germany; and Davis, C. Abbott.
f. 284Davis, G.C., Michigan Agricultural College.
f. 285-286Davis, William T., New York Produce Exchange, New York City.
f. 287Denton Brothers; Deutsch, Monroe E., University of California Press, about publication of Van Duzee's catalogue of hemiptera; Dickerson, Edgar L.; Dietz, William G.; Dimmock, George; Doan, William D.; Dodd, F.P., about collecting and selling insects in Australia; and Doten, S.B.
f. 288Distant, W.L., editor of the British publication, The Zoologist.
f. 289Dow, R.P.; Drake, Carl J.; Dulau and Co., Ltd., bookseller in London; Dultz and Co., bookseller in Germany; Dunn, G.W.; Dunning, Duncan; Emerton, J.H.; Entomological Society of America; and Entomological Society of Ontario.
f. 290Essig, E.O., California State Commission of Horticulture; and Evans, John D.
f. 291Evermann, Barton Warren, California Academy of Sciences; and Fernald, C.H., professor of zoology, Massachusetts Agricultural College.
f. 292-297Felt, Ephraim Porter, New York state entomologist, New York State Museum, Albany, New York, and New York State Education Department, about Felt's role in the New York State List of Insects.
f. 298Fernald, Henry T.; Fischer, Philip; Fisher, W.S.; Fiske, W.F. Fletcher, James; Foote, A.E., bookseller; and Forbes, Stephen A.
f. 299Foster, W.S.; Fowler, W.W.; Fox, Charles L.; Franck, George, American Entomological Company; Fraser, Roy; and Friedlander, R. & Sohn, bookseller.
f. 300Friedrich, George; Fritz, Henry, letter addressed to William Van Duzee about a telescope and astronomy; Froggatt, Walter W.; Frost, C.A.; Fryer, Thomas T.; and Funkhouser, W.D.
f. 301Gaertner, William; Garman, H.; Garrett, C.; Garrett, J.B.; Gerhard, William J., book dealer; and Germain, Brother.
f. 302Gibson, Arthur, entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Dominion Experimental Farms, Canada; Gibson, Edmund H.; and Giffard, W.M.
f. 303-305Gillette, Clarence Preston, professor in Department of Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, and state entomologist for Colorado.
f. 306Goding, F.W.
f. 307Gossard, Harry A.; Grandilier, Alfred; Grant, Adele Lewis; Grinnell, Fordyce, Jr.; Grossbeck, John A.; and Grote, A.R.
f. 308Hale, George W.; Harrington, W.H.; Harris, A.W.; and Hart, Charles A.
f. 309-311Heidemann, Otto, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institute.
f. 312Hempel, Adolph; and Henshaw, Samuel, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Entomological Club, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
f. 313Herpers, H.; Herrick, Glenn W.; Hewitt, C. Gordon, dominion entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Canada; Hickcox, J.H.; and Hilton, William A., Department of Zoology, Pomona College, Claremont, California, about publication of papers.
f. 314Hine, James S.; Hoag, M.E.; Hodgkiss, H.E., New York Agricultural Experiment Station; and Holland, W.J., Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh.
f. 315Hopping, Ralph; Horne, William T.; Hornstein, Emil Charles von, letter in German; Horsfall, J.L.; Horvath, G., National Museum of Hungary, Budapest, letters in German and French, including list of papers by Horvath in Van Duzee's library; Houghton, C.O.; and Hough­ton, Frederick.
f. 316-317Howard, L.O., U.S. Department of Agriculture.
f. 318Huard, V.A.; Hulst, George D.; Hunter, S.J.; Illingworth, J.F.; Jack, John G.; Jackson, Robert T.; and Jacobi, A., letters in German.
f. 319Johannsen, O.A., entomologist, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station.
f. 320Johnson, Charles W., Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, and curator of museum, Boston Society of Natural History.
f. 321Johnson, Harry; Johnson, S. Arthur; Johnston, James; Jones, Frank Morton; Junk, W., book dealer; Kahl, Hugo; Kearfott, W.D.; and Keifer, Hartford.
f. 322Kellicott, D.S., Department of Zoology and Entomology, Ohio State University, Colum­bus, Ohio; and Kennedy, C.H.
f. 323Kilman, Alva Hamilton, entomologist in Ontario; Kingsbury, Laura M.; and Kirby, W.F.
f. 324-325Kirkaldy, George W., England and Hawaii, entomologist the Commission of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, and at the experiment station and laboratories of the Hawai­ian Sugar Planters' Association.
f. 326Kirkland, A.H.; Klages, Edward A.; Knab, Frederick; Knaus, W.; and Knight, H.H., Department of Entomology, Cornell University.
f. 327Kofold, C.A.; Koltze, Carl; Kornhauser, S.I.; Kunze, R.E.; Lajos, Richter, Lallemand, V., in French; Landi, Tommaso, in Italian; Langley, S.P.; Ledyard, Edgar A.; Leonard, Mortimer D., Department of Entomology, Cornell University; Lethierry, L., in French; Letser, Mrs.; Lewton, Frederick L.; Librarian, Linnean Society; and Lidenbach, William
f. 328-329Lintner, J.A., New York State Entomologist.
f. 330Lipman, Charles B.; Lloyd, J.T.; Loomis, H.; Lopez, Carlos, in Spanish; Lovett, A.L.; Lutz, Frank E.; Lyman, H.H.; and McAtee, W.L.
f. 331MacGillivray, Alex D., professor of entomology, Cornell University, and secretary-treasurer, Entomological Society of America.
f. 332McGlashan, Ximena; McGregor, R.M.; Manee, A.H.; Marlatt, C.L.; Marsh, C.Dwight; Martin, D.S.; Matausch, Ignaz; Matsumura, S.; Meik, A.; and Melander, A.L.
f. 333Melichar, L.; Merriam, C. Hart; Meske, A.E.; Metcalf, C.L.; and Metcalf, Z.P.
f. 334Metclafe, W.; Mills, Charles F.; Moffat, J. Alston; Monell, J.T.; Moody, R.K.; and Montandon, A.L., from Romania, in French.
f. 335Moore, George A.
f. 336Moore, Richard M.; Morgan, Mr.; Morgan, Anna H.; Morgan, Richard F.; Morrill, A.W.; Morrill, Charles V.; Morrison, Harold; Morse, A.P.; and Muchmore, L.J.
f. 337Muir, Frederick, experiment station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu.
f. 338Natural History Museum, San Diego, California; Needham, J.G.; Nell, Philip, printer of labels; and Neuburger, Wilhelm.
f. 339Neumoegen, B.; Nicolay, Alan S.; Noel, Paul, in French; Notman, Howard; Olsen, Chris E.; Orcutt, C.R.; and Orr, Charles.
f. 340-344Osborn, Herbert, entomologist at the Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; and managing editor of Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
f. 345Oshanin, B.F.; Oslar, Ernest; Parrott, P.J.; and Patton, W.H.
f. 346Parshley, H.M., graduate student in entomology at Harvard University.
f. 347Payne, F., Department of Zoology, Indiana University.
f. 348Peckham, George W.; Peugot, David E., Pierce, W. Dwight; Piers, Harry; Pierson, C.J.; Pohlman, Julius; Popenoe, E.A.; Poppius, B., in German; Porter, Edna; Price, W.J.; Prizer, Lee Psyche; and Reinecke, Ottomar.
f. 349Reuter, O.M., in German, from Helsinki.
f. 350Revue Francaise de Lepidopterologie, in French.
f. 351Ricksecker, Mrs. H.E.; Ricksecker, L.E.; Ritchie, John, Jr.; Ritter, William E., Scripps Institute for Biological Research, La Jolla, California; Roberts, Chris H.; Rohwer, S.A.; and Rolle, Hermann.
f. 352Rood, Stanley H.; Ross, William A.; Rothrock, Boyd P.; Sahlberg, John, to Eric Mjoberg in Stockholm, in Swedish; Samder, William; Sanders, J.G.; Sanderson, E. Dwight; and Schaef­fer, Charles, Museum of the Brooklyn Institute, New York, about publication of Van Duzee's checklist of Hemiptera.
f. 353Schouteden, H.; Schumacher, F.; Scott, W.M.; Scribner, F. Lawson; Scudder, Samuel H.; Seiss, C. Few; Severin, G., in French; and Severin, Henry H.
f. 354Shaw, S. Albert; Shelford, V.E.; Sherman, Franklin, Jr., entomologist at Ontario Agricul­tural College, Canada; Sherman, John D., Jr.; Shira, Don D.; Shull, A. Franklin; and Sirrine, F.A.
f. 355Skinner, Henry, American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, Entomological News, and Academy of Natural Sciences, about publication of papers.
f. 356-366Slossen, Annie Trumbull, amateur entomologist and insect collector, divided her year between New Hampshire, New York City, and Florida, sent hemiptera to Van Duzee for determination.
f. 367Slingerland, M.V., entomologist at Cornell University; Smith, Bernard H.; and Smith, Harry S.
f. 368-369Smith, John B., entomologist at New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station.
f. 370Smithsonian Institution; and Snodgrass, R.E.
f. 371Snow, F.H., Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
f. 372Snyder, W.E.; Somes, M.P.; and Southwick, E.D.
f. 373Spivak, C.D.; Spooner, C.S.; Stanford University, California; Stephens, Frank; and Stephens, Kate.
f. 374Stevens, B.F., & Sons, book dealer; Stevenson, Charles; Stiles, C.W.; Stoner, Dayton; Stover, Oliver O.; and Stromberg, C.W.
f. 375Summers, H.E.; Sweezey, Otto H.; Swift, Lewis, Warner Observatory, Rochester, New York; Taylor, George W.; and Thaxter, Roland.
f. 376Titus, E.S.G.; Tower, Ralph W.; Townsend, Charles H.T.; Tucker, E.S.; Turner, William F.; and Twentieth Century Press.
f. 377Uhler, Philip Reese, librarian at Peabody Institute, Baltimore, and a leader in the field of entomology.
f. 378Underwood, C.F.; Underwood, L.M.; United Fruit Company's Steamship Lines; U.S. Department of Agriculture; University of California Press, about publication of Van Duzee's catalogue of hemiptera; Van Denburg, M.W.; Van Dine, D.L.; Van Duzee, Millard C., Edward's brother, entomologist specializing in diptera (flies), includes list of papers by Millard; Van Dyke, E.C., College of Agriculture, University of California and California Acadmey of Sciences, about publication of Van Duzee's catalogue; Verrill, A.E.; and Verrill, A. Hyatt.
f. 379Viereck, Henry L., California State Commission of Horticulture.
f. 380Walker, E.M., editor of The Canadian Entomologist; Wallis, J.B.; Ward, Henry B.; Ward's Natural Science Establishment; Webster, F.M.; and Weed, Clarence M.
f. 381-382Weed, Howard Evarts, entomologist at the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, also in Georgia.
f. 383Weinland, H.A.; Weiss, Harry B.; Westermann, B., and Co.; Westgate, W.W.; Whit­marsh, R.D.; Wild, William; Widermuth, V.L.; Wilkinson, E.; Williams, F.X.; Williamson, E.B.; and Williston, S.W.
f. 384Wickham, H.F.. professor of zoology, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
f. 385Wilson, E.B., Department of Zoology, Columbia University, New York City; Wilson, H.F.; and Wilson, J.W.
f. 386Wirtner, Modestus, amateur entomologist and Catholic priest in Pennsylvania.
f. 387Withington, Charles H.; Woodruff, Lewis B.; Woodward, J.S.; Wolff, Henry; Wytsman, P.; Zesch, Frank H.; and Zimmer, John T.
f. 388Woodworth, C.W., at Cambridge, Massachusetts; Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley. About publication of Van Duzee's catalogue and his appointment to the faculty at Berkeley.
f. 389Wright, W.S., Department of Education, Manual Training Office, San Diego, California.
f. 390Miscellaneous. Letter fragments, trip itineraries, photos and drawings of insects, photo of Van Duzee's home in Lancaster, New York, and insect lists.
f. 391-392Miscellaneous insect lists.
f. 393Miscellaneous. Catalogues, journal articles, and advertisements.

Miscellaneous Collections. Small collections of correspondence of well-known 19th and 20th century entomologists and naturalists, which Meiners acquired.

f. 394Baird, Spencer Fullerton, professor of natural history and secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. Included are letters to Julius Erasmus Hilgard, geodesist, chief of the Bureau of Coast Survey, and director of the Office of Weights and Measures; and letter to P.T. Barnum donated to the Smithsonian. Behr, H.H., includes poems in German; Bower, Noah A., to W.G. Boden­stein, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, wasps and beetles; and Buckland, Frank, Second Life Guards, Knightsbridge, England, to Mrs. Chambers about dinner invitation and lecture at Oxford.
f. 395Buckland, William, Oxford, England; Edwards, William H., Coalburgh, West Virginia, to Dr. H.P. Yarrow; and Emerton, J.H., Boston, to Blanchard.
f. 396Gordon, William M., University City, Missouri, student of entomology at Cornell Uni­versity, Ithaca, New York, and University of Missouri. Most letters concern Gordon's search for a position upon graduation.
f. 397-399Harris, Thaddeus William, an entomologist and physician in Milton, Massachusetts, librarian at Harvard University, and instructor of natural history. Some of the letters discuss the state of entomology as a science. Includes correspondence to and from Behr, Charles de; Bige­low, F.; Farrar, I.; Goodhue, Jonathan; Gourgas, John M.; Green, Roland; Greene, J.L. Copley; Hasley, Abraham, corresponding secretary of the Natural History Society, Hartford, Connecticut; Oakes, William; Prince, John; Randall, John W.; Russell, John Sims; and Smith, David S.C.H.
f. 400Howard, L.O.; Huxley, Julian S., Zoological Society of London, to Dr. Robert Broom, Transvaal Museum, South Africa, about natural selection and human paleontology. Le Conte, John Lawrence, entomologist who published papers on entomology and zoogeography, includes catalogue of LeConte's entomological library and correspondence concerning its sale and "Notes on the Paintings of Major John Eatton LeConte" (father of J.L. LeConte). Lubbock, John, to M.N. Myers.
f. 401-402Murtfeldt, Mary Esther, Amateur entomologist from Kirkwood, Missouri, assistant to C.V. Riley, acting state entomologist of Missouri 1888-1896, and field agent of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, 1880-1893. Specialized in micro­lepidoptera; letters are from Lord Walsingham, Merton Hall, Thetford, England. Some were written by Walsingham's secretary, John Hartley Durrant.
f. 403Riley, Charles Valentine, entomologist for the state of Missouri, 1868-1877, and for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1878-1879 and 1881-1894. His nine annual reports from Missouri are considered to be the beginning of economic entomology. Correspondence from Bassett, H.F.; Hoskins, H.G.; Jenkins, Howard; Lamberton, J.P.; Thompson, R.E.; and Van Duzee, E.P.
f. 404-406Schwarz, Hermann, naturalist, active in the St. Louis Wild Flower Club, the Academy of Science of St. Louis, the Boy Scouts, and the YMCA, and a leader in the movement to establish a natural history museum in St. Louis. Correspondence from Edwards, J.C.; Harmon, John; Haseman, L.; Howell, Bertha B.; Johnson, Minnie Scotton; Jones, Frank W.; Keltner, H.S.; Langdorf, A.S.; Lewis, W.F.; McDaniel, Mrs. Lawrence; Meissner, Amelia; Naumann, F.T.; Pack, Arthur Newton; Peterson, Oscar; Semmis, S.C.; Simrall, Susan; Westwood, Richard W. Also includes biographical sketches and assorted bulletins and pamphlets.
f. 407Scudder, Horace E., to P.R. Uhler; Seiser, Mrs., from M.C. Carrie; Smith, John B., to Roland Trinen, Cape Town, South Africa; Spence, William; Wallace, Alfred Russell, To Sir David Wedderburn; and Weiss, Harry B., to Mr. Sherman.

INDEX TERMS

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  • Abbott, John F.
  • Academy of Science of St. Louis
  • Adams, C. F.
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association of Museums
  • American Entomological Society
  • American Entomologist
  • American Museum of Natural History, New York City
  • Ashmead, William Harris (1855-1908)
  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton (1823-1887)
  • Baker, Carl F. (Charles Fullerton) (1872-1927)
  • Ball, Elmer Darwin (1870-1943)
  • Banks, Nathan (1868-1953)
  • Barber, Harry Gardner (1871-1960)
  • Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1810-1891)
  • Bassett, Homer F. (1826-1902)
  • Beaumont, William
  • Bees
  • Bees--Bibliography
  • Beetles
  • Beetles--Bibliography, 1940s
  • Beetles--Collection and preservation
  • Beetles--Egypt
  • Beilmann, August P.
  • Bergroth, E.
  • Bethune, Charles James Stewart (1838-1932)
  • Beutenmueller, William
  • Biological Abstracts
  • Black scientists
  • Blackburn, C.V.
  • Blair, Vilray P.
  • Blanchard, Frederick (1843-1912)
  • Bock, George (1856-1940)
  • Bock, Hans
  • Booth, Ernest S.
  • Booth, O.E.
  • Bower, Howard M.
  • Bowers, H.L.
  • Boy Scouts
  • Bradley, J. Chester
  • Bridwell, L.H.
  • British Museum, London, England
  • Britton, Wilton Everett (1868-1939)
  • Brower, A.E.
  • Brown, F. Martin (1903- )
  • Bueker, Elmer D.
  • Bueno, Jose Rollin de la Torre (1871-1948)
  • Bulger, Harold A.
  • Butterflies and moths
  • Butterflies and moths
  • Butterflies and moths--Australia
  • Butterflies and moths--Bibliography, 1940s
  • Butterflies and moths--Colorado
  • Butterflies and moths--France
  • Calvert, Philip Powell (1871-1961)
  • Caterpillars
  • Caulk, Nell B.
  • Causey, Nell B.
  • Centipedes
  • Centipedes--Bibliography
  • Chandeysson, Pierre I. (1876-1953)
  • Charles, Brother
  • Charles, Brother (1866-1937)
  • Cicadas
  • Clark, Austin Hobart (1880-1954)
  • Cockerell, Theodore Dru Allison (1866-1948)
  • Cockroaches
  • Coleopterists' Society
  • Comstock, John A.
  • Concepcion, Abelito N.
  • Conway, William G.
  • Coquillett, Daniel William (1856-1911)
  • Crabill, Ralph E., Jr.
  • Cresson, Ezra Townsend (1838-1926)
  • Darwin, Charles
  • Davis, G.C.
  • Davis, John June
  • Davis, William Thompson
  • Distant, W.L.
  • Dorsett, E. Lee
  • Dragonflies and damselflies
  • Drawing
  • Dyar, Harrison Gray
  • Edwards, Henry
  • Engelmann, George
  • Enns, Wilbur R.
  • Entomologica Americana
  • Entomological Society of Ontario
  • Essig, Edward Oliver
  • Felt, Ephraim Porter
  • Fernald, Charles Henry (1838-1921)
  • Fishes--Missouri
  • Fitch, Richard J.
  • Flies
  • Fox, William J.
  • French, George Hazen
  • Froeschner, Elsie Hubold
  • Froeschner, Richard
  • Frogs--Missouri
  • Fruit culture--California
  • Galls
  • Gertsch, Willis J.
  • Gibson, Arthur (1875-1959)
  • Gillette, Clarence Preston (1859-1941)
  • Goding, F.W.
  • "Gordon, William M. "Morty"
  • Grasshoppers
  • Greater St. Louis Museum of Natural History
  • Green, John Wagener
  • Greeting cards--Christmas
  • Grindon, Joseph
  • Grossenheider, Richard
  • Gunder, Jeane D.
  • Hamilton, John
  • Harris, Thaddeus William (1795-1856)
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Museum of Comparative Zoology
  • Haseman, Leonard
  • Hasley, Abraham
  • Hayhurst, Paul
  • Heidemann, Otto (1842-1916)
  • Heink Entomological Club
  • Heink, Charles L. (1869-1940)
  • Heinz, Walter
  • Hemiptera
  • Henshaw, Samuel (1852-1941)
  • Hilgard, Julius Erasmus (1825-1891)
  • Hilton, William A.
  • Howard, Leland Ossian (1857-1950)
  • Hulbirt, Leslie
  • Hulst, George Duryea (1846-1900)
  • Indiana, New Harmony
  • Japan, Social conditions, 1940s
  • Johnson, Charles W.
  • Journal of Animal Behavior
  • Kilman, A[lva] H[amilton]
  • Kinsey, Alfred Charles (1894-1956)
  • Kirkaldy, George W. ( -1910)
  • Kite, Vitae ( -1940)
  • Knetzger, August (1867-1940)
  • Knight, H.H.
  • Knobel, Louise
  • Krohn, Ernst C.
  • Kuntz, Albert (1880-1957)
  • Larvae
  • Le Conte, John Lawrence (1825-1883)
  • Leibeck, Charles
  • Lentz, Moody J.R.
  • Lepidopterists' Society
  • Leutheusser, Arthur O.
  • Link, George M.
  • Lintner, J.A.
  • Linton, M.L. (1808-1872)
  • Lowrie, Donald C.
  • Luedde, William Henry (1876-1952)
  • Malkmus, Frank
  • Manuscripts--Collection & Preservation
  • McGillivray, Alexander Dyer (1868-1924)
  • McIntyre, William Clarke
  • Medicine--Study & teaching
  • Meiners, Edwin P. (1893-1960)
  • Men & animals
  • Millipedes
  • Millipedes--Bibliography, 1940s
  • Missouri Academy of Science
  • Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO
  • Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis
  • Missouri, St. Louis, City Plan Commission
  • Missouri, St. Louis, Zoo
  • Moffett, Thomas
  • Monell, J.T.
  • Montgomery, B. Elwood
  • Moore, George A.
  • Moore, George E.
  • Moore, George T.
  • Morgan, G.D.
  • Muir, Frederick
  • Murtfeldt, Mary Esther (1839-1913)
  • Museum of Science & Natural History, St. Louis, MO
  • Nature study, Bibliography, 1930s
  • New York Central Railroad
  • New York State List of Insects
  • Oakes, William
  • O'Byrne, Harold Irvin (1898-1951)
  • Orthoptera
  • Osborn, Herbert (1856-1954)
  • Osten Sacken, Charles Robert (1828-1906)
  • Ozark Mountains
  • Packard family, Heraldry
  • Pallen, Moses M.
  • Parshley, Howard Madison (1884-1953)
  • Parties, 1950s
  • Payne, F.
  • Pena, Luis E.
  • Peterson, Oscar (1865- )
  • Photography of insects
  • Planetariums
  • Poetry
  • Rau, Philip (1885-1948)
  • Rawson, George W.
  • Remington, Charles
  • Remington, P. Sheldon
  • Reuter, O.M.
  • Riley, Charles Valentine (1843-1895)
  • Ritter, William E.
  • Rowley, R.R.
  • Satterthwait, A.F.
  • Saugrain, de Vigni, Antoine Francois
  • Sawflies
  • Schaefer, Charles
  • Schaffranch, A.
  • Schlueter, Robert E. (1873-1955)
  • Schwarz, Ernst
  • Schwarz, Eugene Amandus (1844-1928)
  • Schwarz, Frank
  • Schwarz, Fred
  • Schwarz, Hermann (1876-1940)
  • Schwarz, Max
  • Schwarz, Paul
  • Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (1837-1911)
  • Seton, Ernest Thompson
  • Sheet music
  • Sherman, John D., Jr.
  • Skinner, Henry (1861-1926)
  • Slosson, Annie Trumbull (1838-1926)
  • Smith, Alan
  • Smith, John Bernard (1858-1912)
  • Smith, Luther Ely, Sr. (1873-1951)
  • Snow, Francis Huntingdon (1840-1908)
  • Society of Systematic Zoology
  • Sperry, John Lovell
  • Spiders
  • St. Louis Entomological Club
  • St. Louis Medical Society
  • St. Louis Natural History Museum Association
  • St. Louis Naturalists Club
  • St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
  • St. Louis Wild Flower Club
  • St. Luc, Mrs. Duverger
  • State Historical Society of Missouri
  • Stevens, C.W. (1817-1889)
  • Stone, Philip C.
  • Terry, Robert J.
  • Toads, Missouri
  • Turner, Charles Henry (1867-1923)
  • U.S. Post Office Department
  • Uhler, Philip Reese (1835-1913)
  • University of Missouri, Department of Entomology
  • Van Duzee, Edward P. (1861-1940)
  • Van Duzee, Millard c.
  • Van Dyke, Edwin Cooper (1869-1952)
  • Van Ravenswaay, Charles (1911-1990)
  • Viereck, Henry Lorenz (1881-1931)
  • Vogel, Pierre H.
  • Vories, Ralph
  • Wahlgren, Harry F.
  • Walsingham, Lord
  • Ward's National Science Establishment, Inc., Rochester, NY
  • Wasps
  • Wasps--Bibliography
  • Wasps--Japan
  • Watters, John Henry
  • Webster Groves Nature Study Society, Missouri
  • Wharton, Alexandra
  • Wheeler, William Morton (1865-1937)
  • Whelpley, Henry Milton
  • Wickham, Henry Frederick (1866-1933)
  • Widmann, Otto
  • Wildlife Conservation
  • Wilson, E.B.
  • Wirtner, Modestus
  • Wislinzenus, Frederick Adolphus
  • Yamamoto, Hiromu
  • Yerkes, Robert M.