Reference Request

* required
Please succinctly provide us with any information pertinent to your inquiry. If you are writing to us about a research request, provide as much detail as possible about the collections in which you are interested (including collection numbers, box numbers, and folder titles).
(if known)

The Smithsonian Institution Archives is using Constant Contact, a third-party contact management software vendor, to manage contacts and send eNewsletters. Please be advised that Constant Contact's Privacy Statement and Terms and Conditions apply to your use of these services. The Smithsonian Institution Archives has access to your name and email address which is subject to our privacy statement.

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

Record Unit 7374

Richmond, Edward Avery, 1887-1970

Edward Avery Richmond Papers, 1914-1967

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Richmond, Edward Avery, 1887-1970
Title:Edward Avery Richmond Papers
Dates:1914-1967
Quantity:0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection:Record Unit 7374
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This collection consists of papers documenting Richmond's career and includes correspondence with colleagues concerning his research on water beetles; correspondence and photographs relating to his Army work on Horn Island, Mississippi, and subsequent research on the natural history of the island; and rearing notes and other research materials on water beetles, especially the family Hydrophilidae.

Historical Note

Edward Avery Richmond (1887-1970) was an entomologist specializing in the taxonomy and biology of water beetles. He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts State College in 1930. Richmond held a variety of research and teaching posts between 1913 and 1957. Included were two positions with the United States Department of Agriculture. He was an entomologist with the Japanese Beetle Laboratory from 1924 to 1929 and a foreign plant quarantine inspector from 1945 to 1957. During 1944-1945, Richmond was stationed on Horn Island, off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, as a health officer with the United States Army. He continued to conduct studies of the flora and fauna of Horn Island as a Research Associate of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory from 1959 until his death. Richmond's collection of Coleoptera was donated to the National Museum of Natural History in 1972.

Top of Page

Descriptive Entry

This collection consists of papers documenting Richmond's career and includes correspondence with colleagues concerning his research on water beetles; correspondence and photographs relating to his Army work on Horn Island, Mississippi, and subsequent research on the natural history of the island; and rearing notes and other research materials on water beetles, especially the family Hydrophilidae.

Top of Page

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7374, Edward Avery Richmond Papers

Top of Page

Container List

Box 1

Richmond Correspondence, A-Z, 1915-1953 (mostly concerning water beetles)

Box 1 of 1

Richmond Correspondence with Fred E. Winters, 1915, 1942 (mostly concerning water beetles)

Box 1 of 1

Correspondence concerning Horn Island, Mississippi, 1953-1967

Box 1 of 1

Horn Island, Mississippi, Photographs, 1944

Box 1 of 1

Rearing Notes on Hydrophilid Larvae, c. 1914-1916 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 1

Notes on Hydrophilidae, c. 1930

Box 1 of 1