INTRODUCTION
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Revised: August 8, 2007 HISTORICAL NOTE
Carl John Drake (1885-1965) was born and educated in Ohio. He taught zoology
and entomology at Ohio State University, 1913-1915; Syracuse University,
1915-1922; and became head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology at Iowa
State University in 1922. There he also served as head of the Entomology
Section of the Agricultural Experiment Station and as State Entomologist. His
knowledge of farming helped him to solve many problems related to controlling
the grasshopper, chinch bug, and other insect pests. Drake served on several
national entomological organizations and headed the Tucara (grasshopper)
Commission to Argentina in 1938-1939. In 1957 Drake joined the United States
National Museum as an Honorary Research Associate, in which position he
performed much valuable work, especially in tingid studies.
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
These papers consist of notebooks recording results of a pest mosquito and
black fly control project in Iowa, 1933-1934 and fourteen reels of film
documenting various features of Drake's work with grasshopper and chinch bug
control programs in Iowa and Argentina.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
SERIES 1.
Reports and Lists.
SERIES 2.
Films, circa 1930-1945.
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