American Entomologist. Edited by Charles Valentine Riley, (Vol. III, 2d series, vol. I, 1880). i-xi, 298 p., ill. (bound volume), the name Thora Miranda Riley is on the front page. Copy of map - on the distribution of the 17 year Cicada of the Broad of 1878, or Riley’s Broad XIII, in Iowa (two copies). Subject: worm, butterfly, Phylloxera, weevil, Aletia argillacea, borer, Aegeria exitiosa, rose-feeding Tortricidae insecticides, chinch bug, caterpillar, carpet beetle, Anthrenus scrophulariae, ailanthis silkworm, cotton worm, Jassidae, leafhopper, Diedrocephala flaniceps, pyrethrum, fungus, strawberry, potato beetle, Hessian fly, Isabella tiger moth, white grub fungus, Yucca moth, Pronuba yuccasella, cottonwood, Nymphalidae, cotton potato beetle, flea beetles, Garptodera chalybia, army worm black fly, Simulium, bees, atomizer, bluebird, Bombyliidae, locust, Sialia sialis, plume moth, leafbeetle

Series — Box: 7, Folder: 262

Identifier: VIII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919. Much of the correspondence is original; however, several letters are copies of items held by other institutions. Copies are noted as such in the container list.

The nine series of materials focus on the history of entomology and the development of biological control of insects injurious to crops. In addition to professional papers and documents, the collection includes many personal articles such as family photographs, a wedding announcement, Riley's desk, clock, microscope, books, medals, and drawings, a portrait painted by Henry Ulke, known as the painter of the Presidents, and clippings about Riley's untimely death. Riley's talent and experience as a natural history illustrator is a focus of the collection as well.