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Alfred H. Baumhover Papers
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.
Charles Valentine Riley Collection
The Charles Valentine Riley Collection consists of letters to Riley, unpublished lectures, notes, photographs, news clippings, reports, reprints, paintings, drawings, sketch books, books, and artifacts. The collection focuses on the history of entomology and the development of biological control of insects injurious to crops, and on Riley's energetic efforts on its behalf during the latter part of the 19th century.
Chester N. Husman Award Certificates
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.
Collection on Severn Run's Cazador, Screwworm Detection Dog
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.
Eduoard Horace Siegler Collection of Entomology Lantern Slides
Edward Fred Knipling Papers
Floyd Franklin Smith Papers
The Floyd Franklin Smith Papers include reprints of Smith's articles, and U.S. Department of Agriculture circulars and bulletins containing his writings.
International Screwworm Eradication Program Records
John Wyss Papers
The John Wyss Papers contain office files, reports, meeting files, brochures, newsletters, photographs and slides, blueprints, floppy disks and CD-ROMs, promotional materials, and publications related to the screwworm eradication effort in Mexico and Central America. The materials include plans for a screwworm rearing facility in Pacora, Panama.
Norman Mitlin Papers
The Norman Mitlin Papers consist of 29 boll weevil articles (1964-1977) authored by Mitlin, 30 of Mitlin's handwritten laboratory notebooks (1953-1975) from the Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, drafts, correspondence, and photographs. Most of the articles deal with the development of insect sterilization methods. There is correspondence between Mitlin and Mississippi State University, where he taught graduate school classes, and documentation related to his training.
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