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SEPR. Screwworm Eradication Program Records

 Record Group
Identifier: SEPR

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on Severn Run's Cazador, Screwworm Detection Dog

 Collection
Identifier: MS0310
Content Description

The Collection on Severn Run's Cazador, Screwworm Detection Dog includes photographs, correspondence, Cazador's working gear, a short biography by John B. Welch, and a wooden box containing Cazador's remains.

Dates: 1994-2000; Majority of material found in 2000

Screwworm Eradication Program Artifacts

 Collection
Identifier: MS0348
Content Description

The Screwworm Eradication Program Artifacts contain materials used in various screwworm eradication program areas, including screwworm fly dispersal boxes, a collection tube, a collection cup and holders, and signs.

Dates: undated

International Screwworm Eradication Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0355
Content Description The International Screwworm Eradication Program Records document screwworm eradication efforts in international programs. Countries represented in this collection include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, North Africa (including Libya), Panama, Paraguay, and the United States. Some records are organized by region, including Central America and the West Indies. Materials...
Dates: 1954-2002; Majority of material found within 1976-2000

USDA Livestock Insects Laboratory Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0253
Content Description

The USDA Livestock Insects Laboratory Records include reports, data sheets, correspondence, technical bulletins, and journal articles.

Dates: 1932-1986; Majority of material found within 1970-1986

Alfred H. Baumhover Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0266
Content Description

The Alfred H. Baumhover Papers include reports, correspondence, publications, public information materials, photographs, awards, notes, and artifacts. Baumhover collected the materials during his involvement in the eradication of the screwworm from the United States and the island of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.

Dates: 1949-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1970

Edward Fred Knipling Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0210
Content Description The Edward Fred Knipling Papers are part of the Screwworm Eradication Program Records in the Special Collections of the USDA National Agricultural Library. The Knipling papers cover the areas of entomology researched by Knipling during his career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), including his early research on the screwworm and the eradication efforts in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and the Southeast United States in the 1950s. Knipling's research included parasite control...
Dates: 1906-2003; Majority of material found within 1930-1990

Owen Hugh Graham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0213
Content Description

The Owen Hugh Graham Papers relate to screwworm eradication efforts in Florida, the Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and North Africa. Materials include correspondence, reports, publications, maps, charts, photographs, public information materials, and manuscripts. The language of materials is mostly English, with some items in Spanish and a few articles in French.

Dates: 1879-1998; Majority of material found within 1960-1990

Chester N. Husman Award Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: MS0349
Content Description

The Chester N. Husman Award Certificates consist of awards given to Chester N. Husman and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for their efforts in the screwworm eradication programs. Granting organizations include the U.S. War Department, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Mexican government.

Dates: 1947-1991

Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southwestern United States and Mexico

 Collection
Identifier: MS0211
Content Description The Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southwestern United States and Mexico contain documents related to sterile fly production plants in Mission, Texas, and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Included in the records are reports, research data, correspondence, fly production and release records, manuscripts, manuals and regulations, publications, notes, case reports, photographs, public information materials, and artifacts.Much of the collection relates to field...
Dates: 1922-2004; Majority of material found within 1960-1990

Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southeastern United States

 Collection
Identifier: MS0212
Content Description The Screwworm Eradication Program Records for the Southeastern United States consist of documents describing various early proposals for eradicating screwworms, experiments and field tests in Florida and Curacao, the rearing and transportation of sterile flies, the building of fly-rearing facilities in Florida, the use of radiation to sterilize flies, treatments for wounded animals, and the eradication program in the Southeastern U.S. The materials include publications, surveys, reports,...
Dates: 1932-1959; Majority of material found within 1950-1959