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Record Unit 7412
Wirth, Willis Wagner
Willis Wagner Wirth Papers, circa 1939-1984
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Wirth, Willis Wagner |
| Title: | Willis Wagner Wirth Papers |
| Dates: | circa 1939-1984 |
| Quantity: | 7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7412 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily documenting Wirth's career at the USDA and his research on Diptera. Also included are small amounts of correspondence concerning his work with the United States Public Health Service and his tenure as a Fulbright Research Scholar in Australia, 1956-1957. The correspondence concerns the identification of specimens, the preparation and publication of research papers, and the review of manuscripts and proposals. |
Historical Note
Willis Wagner Wirth (1916-1994), an entomologist, was educated at Iowa State College, B.S., 1940; Louisiana State University, M.S., 1947; and the University of California, Ph.D., 1950. From 1942 to 1947 he served as Senior Assistant Sanitarian with the United States Public Health Service. In 1949, Wirth was appointed Entomologist with the Division of Insect Identification, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and assigned to taxonomic work at the United States National Museum. He remained with the USDA until 1984, when he retired from the Systematic Entomology Laboratory. Wirth's research specialty was the taxonomy of Diptera. He died September 3, 1994, in Gainesville, Florida.
Descriptive Entry
These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily documenting Wirth's career at the USDA and his research on Diptera. Also included are small amounts of correspondence concerning his work with the United States Public Health Service and his tenure as a Fulbright Research Scholar in Australia, 1956-1957. The correspondence concerns the identification of specimens, the preparation and publication of research papers, and the review of manuscripts and proposals.
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Name
- Wirth, Willis Wagner
- United States. Department of Agriculture
- Iowa State College
- United States National Museum
- Systematic Entomology Laboratory (U.S.)
- United States. Public Health Service
- Louisiana State University
- University of California (1868-1952)
- United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7412, Willis Wagner Wirth Papers
Container List
Box 1
Abonnenc, E.
Aczel, Martin
Adachi, Marian S.
Adames, Abdiel J.
Adisoemarto, Soenartono (Tony)
Adiwinata, R. Tandung
Ah, Hyong,-Sun
Albu, Paula
Alexander, Charles P.
Altman, Robert M.
Amosova, I. S.
Anderson, F. Sogard
Anderson, John F.
Anderson, John R.
Anderson, William H.
Anderson, Hugo
Arnason, Jeannie
Arnaud, Paul H. (2 folders)
Arntfield, Peter
Artigas, Jorge N.
Atyeo, Warren T.
Bachli, Gerhard
Bacon, Peter R.
Barbosa, Frederico S.
Barnard, Donald R.
Barr, A. Ralph
Barr, William F.
Barreto, Pablo
Basden, E. B.
Basilewsky, P.
Battle, Frank V.
Bauer, David L. Bay, Ernest C.
Bechtel, Robert C.
Beck, Elizabeth C. and William H.
Belkin, John W.
Bennett, Fred D.
Bennett, Gordon F.
Bentinck, William C.
Bequaert, Joseph C.
Bequaert, Michel
Berg, Clifford O.
Berner, Lewis
Beschovski, Venelin L.
Bettini, Sergio
Beyer, Erwin
Bick, George H.
Bidlingmayer, William L.
Blanton, Franklin S. (3 folders)
Bonnet, David D.
Borgmeier, Thomas
Botnariuc, N.
Bottimer, Larry J.
Bowder, John
Boyes, J. W.
Bradley, G. H.
Bram, Ralph A.
Branch, Nina (Mrs.)
Braums, Adolf
Breeland, Samuel G.
Brinck, Per
Brock, Elbert M.
Brock, M. Louise
Brock, Thomas D.
Bromley, S. W.
Brookman, Bernard
Brooks, A. R.
Brown, William l.
Brues, C. T.
Bryan, Edwin H.
Buchner, P.
Bullock, Howard R.
Burla, Hans
Burton, David K.
Burton, George J.
Buscemi, Philip A.
Bushland, R. C.
Bystrak, Paul G.
Box 2
California, University of, Press
Cambournac, F. J. C.
Campbell, J. Allan
Camras, Sidney
Capelle, Kenneth J.
Carlson, Paul H.
Carpenter, John B.
Carpenter, Stanley J.
Carrera, Messias
Carson, Hampton L.
Caspers, Hubert
Cavalieri, Fiorella
Cazier, Mont H.
Chalupsky, Josef
Chandler, Harry P.
Chapman, Harold C.
Chaudhuri, P. K.
Cheng, F. Y.
Cheng, Lanna
Childers, Carl C.
Chillcott, J. G.
Choudhury, A.
Coatney, G. Robert
Cochraine, Alan
Coe, Ralph L.
Coffman, William P.
Cogan, Brian H.
Coher, Edward I.
Cole, Frank R.
Coleman, Richard W.
Collart, A.
Collin, J. E.
Collins, Nicholas C.
Colyer, Winifred
Connell, Terry D.
Cook, Edwin F.
Cope, Oliver B.
Cort‚s, R ul
Cott, H. Edwin
Cresson, E. T., Jr.
Crosskey, Roger W.
Curio, E.
Curran, C. Howard
Curry, La Verne L.
Curtain, Thomas J.
Curtis, L. Colin
Dahl, Richard G.
Dainat, H.
Dalmat, Herbert T.
Daniles, Greg
Darlington, P. J.
Darsie, Richard F., Fr.
Darwish, Rafaat O.
Davies, John B.
Davies, Lewis
Davis, Harry G.
Davis, Jared J.
Deeming, J. C.
De Foliart, G. R.
Degener, Otto
Delfinada, Mercedes
Denning, Don. G.
Deonier, Dick L.
Derron, Jacques O.
Descous, Suzanne
Dessart, Paul
Dhillon, M. S.
Dietrick, Henry
Dodge, Rodney
Dorris, Troy C.
Dorsey, C. K.
Dow, Mark I.
Dowdy, W. W.
Dreisbach, R. R.
Dyte, G. E.
Eads, Richard B.
Eastin, William
Edmiston, James F.
Edmunds, Lafer
Essig, E. O.
Evans, Howard E.
Ewen, A. B.
Fallis, A. M.
Farr, Thomas H.
Fender, Kenneth M.
Ferris, G. F.
Field, Gordon
Flint, Oliver S., Jr.
Floch, H. A.
Fluke, C. L.
Foote, Richard H.
Foskett, Dudley R.
Fox, Irving
Fredeen, F. J. H.
Freeborn, Stanley B.
Box 3
Freeman, Paul
Frey, David G.
Frey, Richard
Frick, Kenneth E.
Frohne, William C.
Frota-Pessoa, O.
Furtado, Jose I.
Gadm Amin M.
Galindo, Pedro
Garnham, P. C. C.
Gazeau, Lionel
Gehweiler, William J.
Gerry, Bertram I.
Ghosh, S. M.
Gibson, Colvin L.
Gjullin, C. M. and Lindquist, A. W.
Goeden, Kenneth
Goetghebuer, M.
Gollands, Brian
Gornostaeva, R. M.
Goto, Tadao
Gould, Douglas J.
Goulding, R. L.
Griffith, Mitchell
Grigarick, Albert A.
Grodhaus, Gail
Grosso, Mercedes Lizarralde de
Guyer, Gordon
Hackman, Walter
Hackney, John
Haeger, James S.
Haeselbarth, Erasmus
Hair, Jakie Alexander
Hall, Jack C.
Hansen, Dean
Hanson, Wilfred J.
Hardy, Elmo
Harvey, G. H.
Harris, H. M. and Drake, C. J.
Harmston, Fred C.
Harrison, R. A.
Hartley, J. C.
Hashimoto, Hiroshi
Hawkins, James L.
Hellenthal, Ronald A.
Hennig, Willi
Henry, Mrs. Louise G.
Herman, carlton N.
Hertig, Marshall
Hesse, A. J.
Hibler, Charles P.
Hichins, Nelson
Hill, Roscoe E.
Hilliard, Douglas K.
Hinton, H. E.
Hitchcock, J. C.
Hoch, Alfred Lyn
Hopkins, C. A.
Hopla, Cluff E.
Howell, D. E.
Hoyt, Charles P.
Hu, Stephen M. K.
Hudson, James E.
Hughes, John H.
Hummelinck, P. Wagenaar
Humphreys, J. G.
Hurd, Paul D., Jr.
Irwin, Michael E.
Jackson, George A.
James, Maurice T. (2 folders)
Jayalakshmi, N.
Johannsen, O. A.
Johnson, Lucile Maughan
Jorgensen, Newel M.
Joyce, Charles R.
Judd, W. W.
Junge, Carlos
Junk, Wolfgang
Kardatzke, James T.
Kaufmann, Tohko
Kay, Brian H.
Keegan, Hugh L.
Keh, Benjamin
Keilin, D.
Keiser, Fred
Keith, Ronald D.
Kellen, W. R.
Kelsey, Lewis, P.
Kennedy, H. D.
Kessel, Edward L.
Box 4
Kettle, D. S.
Khalaf, Kamel T.
Kim, Ke Chung
Kincaird, Trevor
Knight, Kenneth L.
Knowlton, George F.
Knutson, Herbert
Komp, William H. W.
Kraft, Kenneth J.
Krivosheina, N.
Kuschel, G.
Kwan, Wan Hing
LaBerge, Wallace E.
LeBrecque, G. C.
Lacey, Lawrence A.
Laffoon, Jean L.
Laird, Marshall
Lake, Robert W.
Lambrecht, Frank L.
Lange, W. Harry
La Rivers, Ira
Laurence, B. R.
Lavigne, Robert J.
Lawson, John W. H.
Lawyer, Phillip G.
Leech, Hugh B.
Le¢n, Luis A.
Le Sage, Laurent
Levi-Castillo, Roberto
Lewis, David J.
Lewis, Franklin B.
Lichtenberg, Ruth
Lindberg, K.
Lindner, Erwin
Linsley, E. Gorton
Liu, Su-yung
Loomis, Richard B.
Luna Dias, A. P. A.
Lupton, David W.
Maa, T. C.
Macfie, J. W. S.
Mackerras, I. M.
Marhler, Kenneth L.
Maffi, Mario
Maldonado-Capriles, J.
Malloch, J. R.
Marinklelle, C. J.
Marks, E. N.
Marshall, Steve A.
Marston, Norman
Marint, Charles H.
Martin, Jon
Maschwitz, David E.
Mather, Wharton B.
Matta, James F.
Maxfield, Galen
Mayer, Helmut
Mayer, Karl
McAlpine, David K.
McAlpine, J. Frank
McCrae, A. W. R.
McDonald, John L.
McDonald, William A.
McDuffie, W. C.
McFadden, Max W.
McGuire, Judson U., Jr.
McLeod, Ellis
McMillan, Bruce
Medler, John t.
Megahed, M. M.
Mendoza, Jorge
Messersmith, Donald H.
Michener, Charles D.
Middlekauff, W. W.
Mihalyi, F.
Minaya-Gomez, Gloria S.
Minter, Donald M.
Mirzaeva, A. G.
Mitchell, Robert T.
Miyagi, Ichiro
Montgomery, B. Elwood
Moraes, Antonio Paulo Assis de
Morrill, Austin W., Jr.
Morsy, Tosson A.
Moser, John C.
Mourya, Devendra T.
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
Mulla, Mir S.
Muma, Martin H.
Munro, H. K.
Murphy, Joseph R.
Murphy, D. H.
Murray, William S.
Nagatomi, Akira N.
Namba, Ryoji
Nartshuk, E. P.
Needham, Paul R.
Neff, Stuart E.
Nelson, Robert L.
Nelson, Thomas E.
Neumann, D.
Nielsen, Anker
Nielsen, B. Overgaard
Ogden, Louis L.
Box 5
Oka, Hidemiti
Okada, Toyohi
Oldroyd, Harold A.
Oliver, D. R.
Oliver, Hugh A.
Oliveria, Sebastiao J.
Oman, Paul W.
Osmera, Stanislav
Paclt, J.
Paine, George H., Jr.
Painter, Reginald H.
Palicka, P.
Palmen, Ernst
Palmoni, Yaaaqov
Papavero, Nelson
Papp, Laszlo J.
Parker, J. R.
Paulian, Renaud
Pechuman, L. L.
Peck, Stewart B.
Peffly, R. L.
Pelham-Clinton, E. C.
Pennak, Robert W.
Peterson, Alvah
Peus, Fritz
Philip, Cornelius B.
Pickard, Eugene
Pinger, Robert R.
Pipkin, Sarah B.
Pister, E. Philip
Porter, John E.
Pratt, Harry D.
Price, Donald A. and Hardy, W. T.
Priddy, Ralph B.
Pritchard, A. Earl
Provost, Maurice W.
Pucat, Amalia M.
Quarte, Larry W.
Raffensperger, Ed M.
Rapp, William F., Jr.
Rees, Don M.
Reeves, William C.
Reid, E. T.
Reis Pinheiro, Lucilia
Peisen, William K.
Reiss, Frieder
Remmert, Hermann
Rempel, J. G.
Rettenmeyer, Carl W.
Roback, Selwyn S.
Roberts, H. Radclyffe
Robertson, Richard G.
Robinson, Edwin J.
Robinson, William H
Rogers, A. J.
Rogers, Thomas E.
Ross, Edward S.
Ross, Herbert H.
Roth, Vincent D.
Rozeboom, Lloyd E.
Rozkosny, Rudolph
Ryckman, Raymond E.
Sabrosky, Curtis W.
Sakagami, Shoichi F.
Sanders, Robert R.
Santana, Fred J.
Sasakawa, M.
Satchell, Geoffrey H.
Scanlon, John E.
Scheiring, Joseph F.
Schick, Robert
Schlinger, Evert I.
Schmitz, Hermann
Schremmer, Fritz
Schumann, H.
Schuster, R.
Schuster, Robert O.
Seabrook, Edwin L.
Sedman, Yale S.
Seguy, E.
Selander, Richard B.
Sen, Purnendu
Shad-Del, F.
Shaw, Frank R.
Shaw, James H.
Shemanchuk, J. A.
Shenefelt, Roy D.
Shewell, Guy E.
Shiraki, Tokuichi
Shorter, Daniel A.
Simpson, Karl W.
Slooff, R.
Smee, Lance
Smith, Carroll N.
Smith, Leslie M.
Smith, Marion E.
Smith, Ray F.
Box 6
Snow, Willis E.
Soika, A. Giordani
Sommerman, Kathryn M.
Soponis, Annelle R.
Souza Lopes, Hugo de
Spangler, Paul J.
Spataru, Pepietta
Spencer, Neal R.
Stackelberg, A.
Stegmaier, Carl, Jr.
Steyskal, George
Stinson, Christopher H.
Stokes, Glenn M.
Stone, Alan
Strenke, Karl
Sturtevant, A. H.
Sublette, James E.
Sun, Wesley K. C.
Surber, Eugene W.
Tanner, Vasco M.
Tate, H. Douglas
Tavares, Omar
Tenorio, Joaquin
Teskey, H. J.
Thatcher, Theodore O.
Thienemann, August
Thompson, F. Christian
Thomspon, Patrick H.
Thomsen, Lillian
Thurman, Ernestine B.
Tikasingh, E. S.
Tinkham, Ernest R.
Tissot, A. N.
Toit, R. Du
Trapido, Harold
Travis, Bernard V.
Tsacas, L.
Turner, William J.
Tuxen, S. L.
Usinger, Robert L.
Valley, Karl
Van Emden, F.
Vargas, Luis
Vasey, Carey E.
Vattier-Bernard, Gisele
Vibe, Christian
Villa, Jaime
Vitale, Gary
Vockeroth, J. R.
Wall, William J., Jr.
Wallace, George
Walshe-Maetz, Barbara M.
Warmke, H. E.
Wasbauer, Marius S.
Waugh, William T.
Webb, Donald W.
Weems, Howard V., Jr.
Weerekoon, A. C. J.
Weinmann, Clarence J.
Weisman, Kenneth E.
Werner, Floyd G.
Wheeler, George C.
Wheeler, Marshall R.
White, Graham B.
Whittaker, Robert H.
Wiegert, Richard G.
Wilcox, Joseph
Williams, Roger W.
Winston, Paul W.
Wise, Keith A. J.
Woke, Paul A.
Wolff, Torben
Box 7
Womersley, H.
Wood, D. M.
Woodley, Norman E.
Wygodsinsky, Pedro
Yasumatsu, Keizo
York, George t.
Young, Daniel K.
Young, David G.
Zack, Richard S.
Zangheri, Pietro
Zimmerman, Elwood C.
Zuska, Jan
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1949-19513
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1952
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1953-1954
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1955
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1956
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1957
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1958
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1959
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1960
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1961
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1962
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1963
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1964
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1965
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1966
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1967
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1968
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1969
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1970
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1971
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1972
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1973
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1974
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1975
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1976
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1977
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1978
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1979
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