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Record Unit 7126

Glover, Townend, 1813-1883

Townend Glover Notebooks, circa 1850-1878

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Glover, Townend, 1813-1883
Title:Townend Glover Notebooks
Dates:circa 1850-1878
Quantity:5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 7126
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This collection contains notes taken and plates prepared for the following: Diptera, Heteroptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, and Lepidoptera, and to a lesser extent, Arachnida, Myriapoda, Crustacea, Annelida, and Entozoa. They include rough notes, prepared notes, and in some cases, lithographed final copies for Glover's projected publications, many of which were never printed.

Historical Note

Townend Glover (1813-1883) was the first entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1854 he was appointed to the Bureau of Agriculture of the Patent Office to collect statistics and other information on seeds, fruits, and insects. He remained in government service with one brief interruption until 1878.

Glover began publishing his drawings and notes in 1871 and continued through 1878. In 1872 he published an author's edition of the plates of Orthoptera. A publication on the Diptera followed in 1874, and one on Hemiptera in 1876. In 1878 he issued his last publication, 12 copies of his entire set of 273 plates. He deposited most of his notes and plates in the National Museum before 1878, and the government purchased the set of his copper plates.

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Introduction

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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Descriptive Entry

This collection contains notes taken and plates prepared for the following: Diptera, Heteroptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, and Lepidoptera, and to a lesser extent, Arachnida, Myriapoda, Crustacea, Annelida, and Entozoa. They include rough notes, prepared notes, and in some cases, lithographed final copies for Glover's projected publications, many of which were never printed.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7126, Townend Glover Notebooks

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Container List

Box 1

"Illustrations of Entomology" Diptera of the U.S. and Europe 1873, 2 volumes

Box 1 of 11

Box 2

Diptera Notes

Box 2 of 11

Heteroptera Notes, 2 volumes

Box 2 of 11

Box 3

Orthoptera, Rough Notes, 2 volumes

Box 3 of 11

Box 4

Orthoptera Prepared Notes

Box 4 of 11

Box 5

Homoptera Rough Notes

Box 5 of 11

Hymenoptera Rough Notes

Box 5 of 11

Neuroptera Rough Notes

Box 5 of 11

Box 6

Coleoptera

Box 6 of 11

Box 7

Arachnida, Myriapoda, Crustacea, Annelida, Entozoa: Rough Notes Lepidoptera, index to vegetables and animals injured by unidentified

Box 7 of 11

Boxes 8-9

Plates

Boxes 8-9 of 11

Boxes 10-11

Final Text

Boxes 10-11 of 11

In the Department of Agriculture Library, National Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department: Lepidoptera, Rough Notes, 2 volumes; and Lepidoptera, Prepared Notes and Plates, 2 volumes.