Finding Aids to Personal Papers and
Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7310
Doris Holmes Blake Papers,
1899-1985

By Susan Bevelheimer

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Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, CIRCA 1918-1978, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

  Series 2. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1905-1978.

  Series 3. FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, CIRCA 1899-1977. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

  Series 4. DIARIES, 1901-1976.

  Series 5. POPULAR WRITINGS.

  Series 6. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA.

  Series 7. PHOTOGRAPHS, CIRCA 1905-1976.

INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL NOTE

DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, CIRCA 1918-1978, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

This series contains correspondence and a very small amount of other materials relating to Blake's entomological activities and studies.

Correspondents include professional colleagues; private collectors; and staff members of institutions such as the California Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Agriculture of Brazil, the USDA Bureau of Entomology, and the Smithsonian.

Because Blake did not keep a collection of her own, all her taxonomic determinations were made on materials belonging to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian, or other collections. Thus, a large part of the correspondence deals with the borrowing and lending of specimens.

Other materials included here, such as fragments of research notes, notebooks, and some publications are indicated in the folder list.

Box 1 of 37

Folder	1		A, general
Folder	2		Atkinson, Thomas H., Jr., 1974-1975
Folder	3		Ba-Be, general
Folder	4		Balsbaugh, Edward U., Jr., 1960-1977
Folder	5		Banks, Nathan, 1924-1945 and undated
Folder	6		Barr, William F., 1951-1969
Folder	7		Barro, Manuel, 1932-1971
Folder	8		Bequaert, Joseph Charles, 1945-1950. Includes photographs.
Folder	9		Berti, Nicole, 1970-1978
Folder	10		Bi-By, general
Folder	11		Blair, Kenneth G., 1927-1932
Folder	12		Brisley, Harold R., 1931-1933
Folder	13		Brown, W. J., 1941-1960
Folder	14		Bruner, Stephen Cole, 1929-1941
Folder	15		Bruner, Stephen Cole, 1942-1951
Folder	16		Bryant, G. E., 1950-1958
Folder	17		C, general
Folder	18		California Academy of Sciences, Department of Entomology 1928-1974 and undated. Includes correspondence with Frank E. Blaisdell, Sr., Alice Eastwood, David H. Kavanaugh, Edward S. Ross, E. P. Van Duzee, and Edwin C. Van Dyke.
Folder	19		Carr, F. S., 1929-1933

Box 2 of 37

Folder	1		Chittenden, Frank Hurlburt, 1901-1929 and undated. Includes Chittenden's correspondence with August Busck, Daniel William Coquillett, Charles Popenoe, A. C. Ruggles, E. A. Schwarz; obituary; photographs; copy of "Lema Trilineata Oliv. (Coleop.) controlled by an Egg Parasite." See also United States Department of Agriculture.
Folder	2		Colorado State College (formerly Colorado Agricultural College), 1932-1949. Includes correspondence with Clarence Preston Gillette, Maurice T. James, George M. List, Sam McCampbell, Miriam A. Palmer.
Folder	3		Costa-Lima, Angelo M. da, 1952-1955
Folder	4		Cresson, Ezra Townsend, Jr., 1926-1944
Folder	5		D, general
Folder	6		Darlington, Philip Jackson, Jr., 1930-1950
Folder	7		Darlington, Philip Jackson, Jr., 1951-1971 and undated
Folder	8		Davis, John J., 1942-1950
Folder	9		Dodge, Harold Rodney, 1954-1970
Folder	10		Duncan, Douglas K., 1931-1943
Folder	11		E, general Includes photograph of Juan Esteban.
Folder	12		F, general
Folder	13		Fall, Henry Clinton, 1926-1937
Folder	14		Farr, Thomas H., 1961-1967
Folder	15		Farr, Thomas H., 1968-1977
Folder	16		Frost, Charles A., 1929-1955
Folder	17		Frost, Stuart W., 1926-1962
Folder	18		G, general
Folder	19		Gentner, Louis G., 1924-1955
Folder	20		H, general

Box 3 of 37

Folder	1		Hatch, Melville Harrison, 1931-1977 and undated
Folder	2		Hicks, Stanton D., 1944-1956
Folder	3		Hinton, Howard E., 1948-1949
Folder	4		Hoffrtan, William A., 1929-1939
Folder	5		Hopping, Ralph, 1924-1941. Includes copy of "A New Buprestid from British Columbia, with Notes on the Genus Buprestis."
Folder	6		Howden, Henry F., 1951-1971. Includes correspondence with Dr. Anne T. Howden.
Folder	7		Illinois State Natural History Survey 1930-1951. Includes correspondence with Theodore H. Frison, Carl O. Mohr, Herbert H. Ross. See also Milton W. Sanderson.
Folder	8		J, general
Folder	9		Jolivet, P., 1948-1977
Folder	10		K, general
Folder	11		Kinsey, Alfred C., 1922-1927
Folder	12		Kuntzen, Heinrich, 1931
Folder	13		L, general
Folder	14		Larsson, Sv. G., 1971
Folder	15		Leech, Hugh B., 1931-1974 and undated
Folder	16		Loding, S. P., 1929-1942
Folder	17		M, general
Folder	18		Mail, G. Allen, 1931-1933
Folder	19		Malaise, Rene, 1948-1953
Folder	20		Maldonado Capriles, Jenaro 1962-1975
Folder	21		Marshall, M.Y., 1940-1945
Folder	22		Martorell, Luis F., 1934-1974
Folder	23		Maulik, S., 1941-1950 and undated

Box 4 of 37

Folder	1		Muntanola-Cvetkovic, Maria, 1965-1975. Includes photographs. See also Francisco de Asis and Maria Monros.
Folder	2		Mutchler, Andrew J., 1930-1937
Folder	3		N, general
Folder	4		National Science Foundation. Contains correspondence, proposals, and reports relating to the two NSF grants (G 14827, 1960; GB-410, 1962) Blake received for performing a revision of the genus Neobrotica Jacoby.
Folder	5		Ohio State University, 1922-1971. Includes correspondence with Sidney L. Pressey, Charles A. Triplehorn, Barry D. Valentine.
Folder	6		Ostmark, H. Eugene, 1972-1978
Folder	7		Otero, Angel R., 1931-1944
Folder	8		P, general
Folder	9		Pallister, John C., 1950-1969
Folder	10		Pierce, W. Dwight, 1944-1956
Folder	11		Pohl, Bruno, 1960-1964
Folder	12		Pope, R. D., 1966-1972
Folder	13		R, general
Folder	14		Rozen, Jerome G., Jr., 1963-1964
Folder	15		Ruppel, Robert F., 1960-1965 and undated
Folder	16		Sa-Sm general. Includes photograph of Eugene Amandus Schwarz.
Folder	17		Samuelson, G. A., 1965-1968
Folder	18		Sanderson, Milton W., 1938-1974
Folder	19		Schaffer, Charles, 1924-1933 and undated
Folder	20		Scherer, Gerhard, 1960-1978 and undated. Includes photograph.
Folder	21		Scott, Hugh, 1937
Folder	22		Seeno, Terry N., 1975-1976
Folder	23		Selman, B. J., 1961-1966
Folder	24		Severin, Harry Charles 1930-1959
Folder	25		Sherman, Franklin, 1930-1942
Folder	26		Sherman, John D., Jr., 1933-1957 and undated.

Box 5 of 37

Folder	1		Shute, Sharon, 1971-1978
Folder	2		Smith, G. Stace, 1944-1945
Folder	3		Smith, Ray Fred, 1949-1966
Folder	4		Smithsonian Institution 1918-1978 and undated. Contains correspondence with Smithsonian Institution Press; routine office memos to and from members of the entomological department concerning sick leave, attendance, and loans of specimens. See also series 7, Photographs.
Folder	5		So-Sw, general
Folder	6		Sommeijer, Marinus J., 1972-1973
Folder	7		Stehlik, Jaroslav, 1969-1972
Folder	8		Stirrett, George M., 1931-1945
Folder	9		T, general
Folder	10		Thompson, T. T., 1968-1972
Folder	11		Torre-Bueno, J. R. de la, 1930-1939
Folder	12		Tuxen, S. L. 1951-1976
Folder	13		United States Civil Service Commission, 1918-1966
Folder	14		United States Department of Agriculture, 1919-1935 and undated
Folder	15		University of Kansas, Dept. of Entomology/Entomological Museum 1926-1974. Includes correspondence with Raymond Hill Beamer, Warwick Benedict, George W. Byers, Herbert Barker Hungerford.
Folder	16		V, general
Folder	17		Virkki, Niilo, 1964-1972
Folder	18		W, general
Folder	19		Watts, J. G., 1931-1937 and undated
Folder	20		Werner, Floyd G., 1948-1974 and undated
Folder	21		White, Burdette E., 1939-1949
Folder	22		White, Janice C. 1973. See also Janice C. Scott.

Box 6 of 37

Folder	1		Wilcox, John A., 1947-1962
Folder	2		Wilcox, John A., 1963-1965
Folder	3		Wilcox, John A., 1966-1976 and undated
Folder	4		Wolcott, George Norton, 1941-1965
Folder	5		Zayas, Fernando de, 1939-1976 and undated
Folder	6		Zi-Zu, general
Folder	7		Miscellaneous research notes, primarily undated fragments. Includes specimen loan invoices, lists of traded specimens.
Folder	8		Item 1: Insect Morphology notebook, 1924 Item 2: Insect Morphology notebook, 1924-1925 Item 3: Insect Physiology notebook, 1925 Item 4: notebook on Trirhabda, undated

SERIES 2.
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1905-1978.

Blake's personal correspondence spanned more than 70 years, and involved chiefly childhood friends, college classmates, and cousins. One of her closest friends was economist Elizabeth E. Hoyt, with whom she corresponded faithfully from her first year in college until her death in 1978.

Other materials included here, such as photographs, biographical sketches, clippings and obituaries are noted in the folder list.

Box 6 of 37

Folder	9		A, general
Folder	10		Adkinson, June, 1918-1969 and undated
Folder	11		Adler, Herman M., 1913-1935. Includes photograph and obituary.
Folder	12		Ba-Be, general
Folder	13		Barry, Blanche, 1935-1951 and undated
Folder	14		Beals, Charles E. and Nellie D., 1915-1930. Includes obituary of Charles Beals.
Folder	15		Beals, Helen, 1909-1911
Folder	16		Beals, Helen, 1912-1914 and undated

Box 7 of 37

Folder	1		Beals, Robert V., 1931-May 1945
Folder	2		Beals, Robert V., June 1945-1976 and undated. Includes photographs.
Folder	3		Bi-Bu, general
Folder	4		Bray, Madeline, 1905-1944. Includes photographs.
Folder	5		C, general
Folder	6		Chase, Mary Agnes, 1927-1940 and undated
Folder	7		Cochran, Doris Mable, 1951-1968. Includes photograph, obituary and clippings.
Folder	8		Colcord, Mabel, 1928-1953 and undated. Includes obituary.
Folder	9		Cutting, Maud "Auntie" L., 1930-1953 and undated. See also series 3, Doris Sidney Blake.
Folder	10		D, general
Folder	11		Dinsmore, Elizabeth, 1916-1954 and undated
Folder	12		Drake, Evelyn, 1960-1975 and undated
Folder	13		Drake, Hazel, 1941-1968 and undated
Folder	14		E, general
Folder	15		F, general
Folder	16		Fowler, Helena "Lena" G., 1916-1964. See also series 3, Arthur Lake Holmes and Lucy Wentworth Holmes.
Folder	17		Fowler, Helena "Lena" G., undated

Box 8 of 37

Folder	1		G, general
Folder	2		Gardner, Julia Anna, 1926-1960 and undated. Includes obituaries and a memorial pamphlet published by the Geological Society of America, 1962. See also series 7, Photographs.
Folder	3		Geoffroy, Helen, 1927-1977 and undated
Folder	4		Greene, Gertrude M., 1919-1933 and undated
Folder	5		H, general. Includes photographs of Alma Hoge and family.
Folder	6		Hepworth, Leonard and Prudence, 1963-1967
Folder	7		Hermann, Frederick Joseph, 1960-1977 and undated
Folder	8		Herrick, Ilga Elaine, 1916-1927
Folder	9		Herrick, Ilga Elaine, 1928-1948 and undated
Folder	10		Hoyt, Elizabeth E., 1911-1928. Includes draft of character sketch of Elizabeth Hoyt by Doris Blake.
Folder	11		Hoyt, Elizabeth E., 1929-1954
Folder	12		Hoyt, Elizabeth E., 1955-1978 and undated. Includes photographs and clippings. See also Anna Hoyt and Anna C. Mavor. See also series 7, Photographs.

Box 9 of 37

Folder	1		Hubbard, Mary L. Beals, 1927-1970. Includes photographs, clipping and obituary.
Folder	2		Hughes, Merritt Y., 1950-1952
Folder	3		I, general
Folder	4		Inden, Hugo, 1938-1941. Includes photographs, obituaries, clippings, exhibition and play programs, and a biographical sketch by Blake. See also Hans von Knorr. See also series 3, Doris Sidney Blake and series 7, Photographs.
Folder	5		K, general
Folder	6		Knorr, Hans L. von, 1941-1976. See also Hugo Inden, biographical sketch by Blake. See also series 7, Photographs.
Folder	7		L, general
Folder	8		Lindelof, Ernest E., 1965-1967
Folder	9		"Little Greek Class," 1912-1961 and undated. Comprises "round robin" correspondence among the members of 1911 Greek class attended by Blake at Boston University. Also contains fragment of Blake's 1906 diary. See also William Goodwin Aurelio, John A. Larson, Ruth B. Webb, Mae G. Woollcott, Irene P. Zahn.
Folder	10		Longyear Foundation, 1961-1975. Correspondence with administrative personnel of the Foundation concerning the connection of Blake's mother, Lucy Wentworth Holmes, with Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Eddy lived with the Wentworth family in Stoughton, Mass., 1868-1870; correspondence primarily pertains to the restoration of the Wentworth house for use as a museum by the Foundation. Also includes copy of Mary Baker Eddy and the Stoughton Years, by Kenneth Hufford (Longyear Foundation, Brookline, Mass., 1963), and correspondence with the author.
Folder	11		M, general
Folder	12		McClure, Mary M., 1927-1940 and undated
Folder	13		Metcalf, Mildred, 1912-1971
Folder	14		Metcalf, Mildred, 1972-1978 and undated
Folder	15		N-O, general
Folder	16		P, general
Folder	17		Parfin, Sophy, 1948-1957. Includes photographs. See also series 3, Doris Sidney Blake.
Folder	18		R, general
Folder	19		Reynolds, Bertha C., 1918-1975 and undated. Includes clippings. Reynolds, Frank W., 1958-1973
Folder	20		Robbins, Nellie, 1930-1955 and undated
Folder	21		Rodgers, Hattie, 1915-1974 and undated

Box 10 of 37

Folder	1		Sa-Sk, general
Folder	2		Schieber, Caroline C., 1931-1952 and undated
Folder	3		Schorr, Cornelia B., 1918-1938 and undated
Folder	4		Schussler, Hermann, Jr., 1917-1941 and undated. Includes photograph.
Folder	5		Serbian Child Welfare Association of America, 1921-1924. Includes photograph of Nataly Kovavchevic.
Folder	6		Seymour, Frank and Irene, 1961-1975
Folder	7		Sm-Sw, general
Folder	8		Sproull, Amy Leonard, 1941-1977 and undated
Folder	9		T, general
Folder	10		Taylor, Ethel and Jim, 1947-1977 Taylor, Richard and Ruth, 1941-1977 and undated. Includes clipping and photographs.
Folder	11		Turner, Billie L., 1974-1980. Materials largely pertain to disposition of botanical collection and papers of Dr. Sidney Blake. Also includes some correspondence between Turner and Richard Froeschner regarding the settlement of Doris H. Blake's estate, and an inventory of the Blake personal library donated to the University of Texas
Folder	12		V-W, general
Folder	13		Wentworth, Bertram F., 1967-1978 and undated Wentworth, Gladys, 1911-1935
Folder	14		Woollcott, Mae G., 1911-1921. See also "Little Greek Class".
Folder	15		Zahn, Irene P., 1917-1970 and undated. Includes clipping. See also "Little Greek Class".

Box 11 of 37

Folder	1		Unidentified correspondents
Folder	2		Unidentified correspondents

SERIES 3.
FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS, CIRCA 1899-1977. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

In addition to entomological papers and correspondence, private correspondence, essays, children's books, and daily entries in her diary, Blake maintained a prodigious correspondence with members of her family. This series contains personal papers and letters to and from members of her own, her husband's, and her daughter's immediate families (see below for identification of relationships).

Blake and her parents exchanged daily (and sometimes twice-daily) letters from the time she left for school in 1910 until her father's death in 1934; she continued the daily letters to her mother until Mrs. Holmes's death in 1950. Following the family custom, Blake's daughter also produced a steady, semi-weekly flow of letters after she left home until her early death in 1974. (Correspondence from Doris Sidney Blake Ullman appears under both Blake and Ullman.)

Because Blake's husband, daughter, parents, and husband's parents predeceased her, many of her letters to them, and their letters to each other (e.g., correspondence between Blake's parents and her daughter), ultimately found their way back into her possession. (However, some family correspondence and papers, and a large part of the letters from Blake to her parents, are in the collection of the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.) These letters are included here, and with the inclusion of Blake's carbon copies of her own letters provide an unusual and multi-dimensional picture of family dynamics.

Also found in the series are the diaries and school papers of Blake's daughter; and materials relating to her husband's work, family, and death.

Notes on dating: Frequently the bodies of letters themselves were undated. In many such instances, postmarks, other enclosed dated material, and internal subject matter were used to establish chronological order and provide probable dates (noted on letters in brackets: [] ).

It should also be noted that letters from Doris S. B. Ullman were sometimes misdated at the beginning of a new year (notably in 1947 and 1948).

Blake, Doris Sidney - daughter (see also Ullman): correspondence, school papers, diaries

Blake, Hattie (Harriot) E. and Walter R. - parents-in-law: correspondence

Blake, Ralph S. and Maude - brother-in-law and wife: correspondence

Blake, Sidney Fay - husband: correspondence, Flora of Stoughton, condolences, biographical materials

Holmes, Arthur Lake and Lucy Wentworth - parents: correspondence, other correspondence

Holmes, Lucy Wentworth - mother: correspondence

Thompson, Mary Blake - sister of father-in-law: correspondence

Ullman, Doris Sidney Blake and Jack Donald - daughter and son-in-law: correspondence, miscellaneous personal papers

Ullman, Doris Sidney Blake - daughter (post 1967): correspondence

Ullman, Jack Donald - son-in-law (post 1967): correspondence

Ullman, Marguerite - mother of son-in-law: correspondence

Box 11 of 37

Doris Sidney Blake (See also Ullman. See also series 7, Photographs.)

Box 12 of 37

Folder	1		Correspondence with Doris Holmes Blake, Nov. 1949-1951 and undated
Folder	2		Other correspondence, A-H
Folder	3		Other correspondence, I-Z and unidentified
Folder	4		School papers. Includes artwork, essays, report cards, term papers, clippings.
Folder	5		Diaries, 1934-1937 (two volumes). Includes typescript of diary fragment dated 1-11 April 1936.
Folder	6		Diaries, 1940-1941 (two volumes)
Folder	7		Enclosures from diary, 1940
Folder	8		Enclosures from diary, 1941

Box 13 of 37

Folder	1		Diaries, 1942-1943 (two volumes)
Folder	2		Enclosures from diary, 1942
Folder	3		Enclosures from diary, 1943
Folder	4		Diaries, 1944-1945
Folder	5		Enclosures form diary, 1944
Folder	6		Enclosures from diary, 1945

Hattie E. and Walter R. Blake (See also Maude and Ralph S. Blake, 1929.)

Box 14 of 37

Maude and Ralph S. Blake

Sidney Fay Blake (See also Series 7, Photographs.)

Box 15 of 37

Folder	1		Correspondence Sept. 1951-1957 and undated
Folder	2		Correspondence pertaining to Flora of Stoughton, posthumous book by Sidney Fay Blake. Dated 1960-1964; arranged alphabetically. Correspondents include personal friends and colleagues of both Doris Holmes Blake and Sidney Fay Blake.
Folder	3		Letters of condolence upon death of Sidney Fay Blake 1959-1960.
Folder	4		Biographical materials. Includes clippings; genealogical information; biographical sketch by Doris Holmes Blake. See also series 2, Allen, Bell, Knoblock.

Arthur Lake Holmes and Lucy Wentworth Holmes

Box 16 of 37

Folders

1-8

Correspondence, 1926-Feb. 1932

Box 17 of 37

Folders

1-8

Correspondence, Mar. 1932-July 1934 and undated

Box 18 of 37

Folders	1-2		Correspondence, undated
Folder	3		Correspondence between Arthur L. and Lucy W. Holmes 1899 and undated
Folder	4		Other correspondence, general, arranged alphabetically.
Folders	5-8		Correspondence, Fowler, Helena "Lena" G. 1918-1949, and undated. See also Series 2.

Box 19 of 37

Lucy Wentworth Holmes (See also series 2, Longyear Foundation, and series 7, Photographs.)

Box 20 of 37

Folders

1-9

Correspondence, 1942-Nov. 1950

Box 21 of 37

Folders

1-2

Correspondence, Dec. 1950-Sept. 1951

Mary Blake Thompson

Doris S. Blake and Jack Donald Ullman

Box 22 of 37

Folders	1-2		Correspondence, Nov. 1963-Jan. 1968
Folder	3		Miscellaneous personal papers. Includes marriage service booklet; birth certificates; correspondence with Alan Oster concerning Doris S. B. Ullman's death and estate.

Doris S. Blake Ullman

Jack Donald Ullman

Marguerite Ullman

SERIES 4.
DIARIES, 1901-1976.

Blake was a faithful recorder of the details of her day-to-day existence throughout her life. The diaries comprise volumes dating from 1901 to 1976 and contain almost daily entries for those 75 years. Blake used her diary as a sort of day-book as well, including school assignments, Christmas lists, first drafts of her correspondence, and annual lists of all the books she read.

An immediately apparent peculiarity of the diaries is that they were written in Old German script. Beginning in 1907, for privacy, Blake began writing isolated phrases and sentences in script; by the end of 1909 most entries were entirely in script, a practice which continued for the rest of Blake's life. Although the script is German, the language is not: except for the words "I" and "yesterday," which were rendered into the German "Ich" and "gestern," Blake wrote in English.

Included are typescripts of the diaries for the years 1915, 1917, and January through July of 1918. Blake produced the transcriptions herself in 1974 at the age of 82. She selected those particular years to transcribe because of their personal content, which she wished to share with her friend, Elsie Froeschner; but they also happen to include her experiences at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital (where she worked under Dr. Herman M. Adler), and the account of the four months she spent as a researcher at the Laboratory for Social Research in Bedford Hills, New York, prior to her marriage in May of 1918.

The physical form of the diaries varies considerably: Blake wrote upon whatever was at hand, utilizing even the backs of used stationery and scientific notes, as well as old school notebooks and tiny notepads. This sometimes created disruptions in the strict chronology of her entries; instances of overlapping dates have thus been noted in the folder list.

No attempt has been made to interleave the loose diary fragments and pages with the bound volumes; they are included in the folder list at the end of this series.

Box 23 of 37

• Diaries, 2 November 1901-1913 July 1912. Includes enclosures. Five folders.

Box 24 of 37

• Diaries, 16 July 1912-June 1915. Includes enclosures and a typescript of the diary of January - June 1915. Seven folders.

Box 25 of 37

• Diaries, July 15-August 1917. Includes typescripts of diaries of July - December 1915; January - May 1917; and June - August 1917. Eight folders.

Box 26 of 37

• Diaries, September 1917-December 31, 1921. Includes typescripts of diaries of September -December 1917 and January - July 1918. Eight folders.

Box 27 of 37

• Diaries, 7 January 1922-22 January 1925. Seven folders.

Box 28 of 37

• Diaries, 22 January 1925-4 July 1928. Includes enclosures. Seven folders.

Box 29 of 37

• Diaries, 15 July 1928. 11 May 1937. Eleven folders.

Box 30 of 37

• Diaries, 12 May 1937-23 April 1945. Ten folders.

Box 31 of 37

• Diaries, 24 April 1945-31 December 1951. Seven folders.

Box 32 of 37

• Diaries, 15 Jan. 1952-18 July 1959. Six folders.

Box 33 of 37

• Diaries, 22 July 1959-26 May 1965. Six folders.

Box 34 of 37

Folders	1-5		Diaries, 8 July 1966-12 June 1976.
Folders	6-8		Loose pages from diaries, 1909-1971.

SERIES 5.
POPULAR WRITINGS.

In addition to her entomological publications, Blake also tried her hand at several types of creative, literary productions. She wrote at least two children's books (neither of which was ever published) and produced biographical sketches of several of her friends. Her essay on entomologists Eugene A. Schwartz and Frank H. Chittenden (originally "The Two Entomologists"; later "Two Old Coleopterists") was published in The Coleopterists' Bulletin in 1951-1952.

This series includes editorial correspondence, and drafts and final versions of short stories and essays.

Box 35 of 37

Folder	1		Biographical and character sketches, general. Subjects include Alice Stone Blackwell, Sidney Fay Blake, Mrs. Lucas. See also series 2, Julia Gardner, Hugo Inden, Elizabeth E. Hoyt.
Folder	2		"The Two Entomologists"
Folder	3		"Two Old Coleopterists"
Folder	4		Editorial correspondence, general. See also Fiction, general. For correspondence with Smithsonian Institution Press, see series 1, Smithsonian Institution.
Folder	5		"Acri's Kith and Kin". Correspondence only, no text.
Folder	6		Essays, general. Includes autobiographical material; essay contest material; fragment of sketch about Mary Baker Glover Eddy (authorship uncertain).
Folder	7		"An Analysis of Two Hundred Cases of Delinquency" and "The Fruit of the Forbidden Tree"
Folder	8		"An Analysis of Two Hundred Cases of Delinquency", research notes
Folder	9		"Left-Handedness and Speech Disturbances"
Folder	10		Fiction, general. Includes "Gus Lane's Wife"; "Feminine Supremacy"; "It Happened in Lafayette Square"; correspondence concerning "The Tale of the Turtle that Lost Her Ball".
Folder	11		"Squaring the Cabbage; or, The Brassica Quadruplets"
Folder	12		Unidentified notes

SERIES 6.
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND MEMORABILIA.

Box 35 of 37

Folder	13		Artwork, general. Includes cartoons, Christmas card designs, pencil and pen-and-ink sketches.
Folder	14		Botanical sketchbooks, 1909 and undated, four volumes.
Folder	15		Entomological illustrations
Folder	16		Mailing lists. Includes Christmas lists, alumni organization names and addresses and lists of colleagues receiving publications of Blake's articles.

Box 36 of 37

Folder	1		Memorabilia. Includes driver's licenses, Smithsonian identification badge, ship passenger lists, dance program, address book, and invitations to government functions.
Folder	2		S. F. Blake passport (Accession 03-126)
Folder	3		Miscellaneous papers. Includes passports, marriage license and announcement, clippings, obituary, death certificate, draft of will, school report cards, employment applications and certificates.
Folder	4		Correspondence and obituary of D. H. Blake (Accession 03-126)
Folder	5		Miscellaneous papers, 1925-1985. Includes Blake's last will and testament and correspondence concerning her estate. (Accession 06-107)
Folder	6		Biographical sketch and list of publications of Blake, by Froeschner, Froeschner and Cartwright. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 83(3), 1981, pp. 544-564.

SERIES 7.
PHOTOGRAPHS, CIRCA 1905-1976.

This series includes approximately 185 black and white, almost exclusively silver gelatin, prints in good condition. The photographs are primarily family and personal pictures, circa 1905-1976, with some group photographs of Blake's entomological colleagues. The prints are frequently dated and captioned on reverse. Some prints had been enclosed in Blake's personal correspondence; dates of letters and names of correspondents are noted on reverse in brackets [].

The photographs are arranged by subject (person). Major divisions in the series are Blake, Doris Holmes; Blake, Doris Sidney; Blake, Sidney Fay; Blake family groups; Entomologists; Others. Also included are two albums containing photographs of Blake's girlhood and family.

The collection also contains 27 negatives of family pictures, including wedding pictures of Blake's daughter.

Box 36 of 37

Folder	7		Blake, Doris Holmes, circa pre-1920
Folder	8		Blake, Doris Holmes, circa pre-1920
Folder	9		Blake, Doris Holmes, circa 1920-1950
Folder	10		Blake, Doris Holmes, circa post-1950. Includes Ludmilla Kassianoff, the Munos family, Frances Paulsen.
Folder	11		Blake, Doris Holmes, circa post-1950
Folder	12		Blake, Doris Sidney Ullman, Doris Sidney Blake
Folder	13		Blake, Sidney Fay. Includes Ezra Benson, Ivan Tidestrom.
Folder	14		Blake family groups
Folder	15		Blake family groups
Folder	16		Entomologists, circa 1926-1976. Includes staff members of USDA Bureau of Entomology and the Smithsonian Institution.
Folder	17		Others. Includes Lucy Wentworth Holmes, Carl Frederick William Ivar Tidestrom, Unidentified.

Box 37 of 37

Folder	1		Album "Photographs". Unidentified subjects, circa pre-1910
Folder	2		Album "Kodak Library". Family and vacation photographs, 1932-1939. Includes Leroy Barnard, Blake family members, Jerry Bowles, Mr. Buzwell, Mabel Colcord, Johnnie Fell, Julia Gardner, Lucy Wentworth Holmes, Hugo Inden, Hans von Knorr, Albina Musil, Clara Pitcher, Grace Sandhouse, Maxwell Smith, Tidestrom family members, Wentworth family members.
Folder	3		Loose photographs from Folder 1, above.
Folder	4		Negatives. 27 images, includes pictures of wedding of Doris Sidney Blake to Jack Donald Ullman.
Folder	5		Photographs of Doris Holmes Blake (2 folders) (Accession 03-126)
Folder	6		Photograph of Leonhard Stejneger (Accession 03-126)
Folder	7		Photographs (Accession 06-107)

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