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William Nicholas Sullivan Papers
Content Description
The William Nicholas Sullivan Papers include research, correspondence, and publications on insect biorhythms, aircraft disinsection, and aerosols.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1978
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1963-1978
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Biographical Sketch
W. N. (William Nicholas) Sullivan (1908-1979) worked primarily with the chemical and biophysical control laboratory of the Agricultural Environmental Quality Institute at the Beltsville, (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center. He was co-inventor, with Lyle Goodhue, of the aerosol insecticide bomb, known as the "bug bomb." During World War II, this device reduced allied mosquito-vectored disease casualties in the Pacific theater and elsewhere. Sullivan won honors from the World Health Organization, which based its standards for ridding aircraft of insects on Sullivan's studies. During his lifetime, Sullivan produced 151 publications, mostly on aerosols and biological rhythms of insects, and received 23 patents.
Total Size of Collection
7 letter_document_box
4.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Alternate Call Number
SB959.6.S85
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
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Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
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