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Box 3
Container
Contains 40 Results:
A diary on a trip to Nova Scotia. Six pages. Included are two slips of papers with proverbs in a foreign language and their translations. Subject: landscape, Doryphora decemlinenta, 1880
File — Box: 3, Folder: 59
Identifier: III
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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:
1880
“College Saint Paul - Dieppe,” green cover. Also included is a negative
File — Box: 3, Folder: 60a
Identifier: III
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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:
1858 - 1893
Riley, Charles Valentine. “Natural History of Insects.” Manuscript with notes and drawings. “March 1st 1858" on first page. Subject: silkworm, hive bee, swallow-tailed butterfly, painted lady, peacock, emperor, caterpillar, chrysalis, moth, deaths head moth, lucky moth, 1858
File — Box: 3, Folder: 60b
Identifier: III
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The Charles Valentine Riley Collection includes correspondence, unpublished lectures, photographs, news clippings, drawings, reprints, books, and artifacts covering the time period from 1868 to 1919.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:
1858
“Notes of C.V. Riley.” Instinct-reason, man’s future. Notes describing the particularities of bees and wasps in collecting pollen. Notes on the nature of man. Darwin, Murphy, and Romanes are quoted. 16 sheets of notes. Subject: earthworm, evolution, 1880
File — Box: 3, Folder: 61
Identifier: III
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:
1880
“Life and Growth of Fungi.” Two pages. Notes on the chemical composition of the fungi. Subject: Schizomycetes , 1880
File — Box: 3, Folder: 62
Identifier: III
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:
1880
“The Different Colors of Bee-Flowers and Honey- bees.” Different colors of beeflowers attract more honey bees than others. Two pages (a note is included). Only note is left - rest missing, 1881
File — Box: 3, Folder: 63
Identifier: III
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:
1881
“Some Anecdotes of Huxley.” Eulogy to the late Huxley. Two pages, 1886
File — Box: 3, Folder: 64
Identifier: III
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:
1886
“Evolution.” Notes on man and evolution. Subject: religion, heredity
File — Box: 3, Folder: 65
Identifier: III
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:
1858 - 1893
“Notes on Missing Papers for 1863.” from various journals. Notes taken from the American Entomologist 1880 - Second copy. Box 6, 1863 - 1880
File — Box: 3, Folder: 66
Identifier: III
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:
1863 - 1880
“Butterfly and Seeds.” (Loose, torn paper.)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 67
Identifier: III
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:
1858 - 1893