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Title: State Entomologist's Correspondence, 1988-1909
Series Number: 43/4/1
Acquired:
12/30/63
Volume: 4.0 cubic feet
Arrangement
chronologically (1899-1909, 1908-09), alphabetically thereunder
Administrative History of Creating Unit
The Economic Entomology Department of the State Natural History Survey deals with insect and fungi control problems. Insecticide residue, their degradation products and possible adverse effects on man and other animals receive much of the Department's attention.1 The Department is under the direction of the State by the Illinois General Assembly.2
1. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin, vol. 27, December, 1958, p. 125
2. Ibid., p. 104.
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Locations for this record series:
- Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street
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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street | 1-4 |
Description: Correspondence of Stephen A. Forbes, State Entomologist (1882-1917), with entomologists, agricultural experiment station director, farmers, nurserymen and orchardists, nursery inspectors, university entomology and zoology professors and others concerning entomology; identification of plant diseases and insects; insect control; spraying compounds and techniques; 1899 legislation on inspection, certification and quarantines; treatment of infected trees, San Jose scale, corn root-aphis; gypsy and brow tail moths; public addresses; publications and printing; employment and personnel matters and related topics. Correspondents include Henry M. Dunlap, L.R. Taft (Michigan), W.H. Jordan (New York), William B. Alwood (Virginia), E.S.G. Titus, L.R. Bryant, J.K. Dickirson, Benjamin W. Douglass (Indiana), Sam H. Dixon (Texas), Charles Thorne (Ohio) and others.