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Box 1
Container
Contains 48 Results:
Letter from Charles Darwin to Riley thanking him for report and instructions on noxious insects. Downs, Beckerham, Kent (England). (Handwritten copy of original), 1871-06-01
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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...
Dates:
1871-06-01
Letter from John C. Koble giving physical description of chinch bugs and explaining how the bugs are destroying corn crops in western Kentucky. John C. Koble of L. S. Trimble and Co., Bankers, 1874-06-30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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...
Dates:
1874-06-30
William Saunders receipt to Charles Valentine Riley for a copy of descriptions of two insects that baffle the vegetable carnivora. William Saunders, Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, 1874-11-12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: I
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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...
Dates:
1874-11-12
William Young describes the flat-headed borer and its effects on orchards during summer and winter seasons. From Palmyra Gate Co., Nebraska, 1874-12-13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1874-12-13
William Saunders receipt of notes of investigation on the insects associated with Sarracenia. William Saunders, Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, 1874-12-22
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1874-12-22
L.N. Bonhaw requesting a copy of his Missouri report, for him to establish a manual or handbook on entomology, and to find out about an insect that deposits eggs, 1875-01-19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1875-01-19
Thomas Holliday congratulates Riley for success of (Missouri) report. Thomas Holliday, auditors office, Missouri, city of Jefferson, 1875-05-16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1875-05-16
J.B. Phillips asking for copy of reports and information about the potato bug. From the State of Missouri, Office of the Secretary, 1876-09-13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1876-09-13
William Saunders thanks John Monteith for a copy of Riley’s Eighth Annual Report. William Saunders, Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, 1876-06-13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1876-06-13
Thank you letter from Charles Darwin to Riley for copy of his ninth (Entomology) report. (a handwritten copy of autograph letter) Down, Beckerham, Kent (England) Railroad Station Orpington, S.E.R., 1877-05-19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: I
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...
Dates:
1877-05-19