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Accession 96-080

Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Biographical Information on Entomologists, circa 1918-1994

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Title:Biographical Information on Entomologists
Dates:circa 1918-1994
Quantity:0.58 cu. ft. (0.58 non-standard size boxes)
Collection:Accession 96-080
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of photographs, obituaries, memorials, and related materials mostly on dipterists (entomologists specializing in the study of Diptera, a large order of insects that includes the true flies and mosquitoes). Included are several group photographs of dipterists. Individual entomologists represented by photographs include Curtis W. Sabrosky and Willis W. Wirth.

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This accession consists of photographs, obituaries, memorials, and related materials mostly on dipterists (entomologists specializing in the study of Diptera, a large order of insects that includes the true flies and mosquitoes). Included are several group photographs of dipterists. Individual entomologists represented by photographs include Curtis W. Sabrosky and Willis W. Wirth.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-080, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Biographical Information on Entomologists

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 Photographs of dipterists:

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Charles D. Michener and Justin Schmidt, 1998
Justin Schmidt, 1998
Robbin Thorp, 1998
Conrad Labandeira, 1998 (2)
Group photo: Sabrosky, Steyskal, Foote, Wirth, Stowe, 1963
Curtis Sabrosky (4)
Signature illegible (German), 1998, 70 years old
Campos, R., Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1928
M. M. Megahed, Cairo, n.d.
Group photo: R. T. Cotton, H. H. Walkden, G. A. Dean, W. T. Wmery, G. Mobley, N. E. Good, M. C. West, E. T. Jones, H. R. Bryson, L. Hoyle, R. L. Parker, R. Fritz, R. H. Painter, R. L. Robinson, H. C. Manis, D. A. Wilbur, E. J. McNay, R. C. Smith, n.d.
Unidentified group photograph, n.d.
Carol Croff, 1966
Robert E. Snodgrass, 1959

Folder 2 Obituaries and published photographs:

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Willis W. Worth, obit
Daniel William Coquillet
John Merton Aldrich
J. R. Mallock
C. Osten-Sacken
Ezra T. Cresson, Jr.
Camillo Rondoni
Hermann Loew
Foster H. Benjamin
Ralph L. Coe
James E. Collin
A. L. Melander
Unidentified French dipterist
Charles W. Johnson
Stanley B. Freeborn
Willi Hennig
John Thomas Patterson

Folder 3 Photographs of Willis Wirth, n.d.

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Folder 4 Photographs of dipterists, Carnegie Museum, 1917

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Unidentified group of 7 men

Folder 5 Group photograph of dipterists - Standing: W. Beutenmuller, E. P. Felt, Charles T. Greene, R. C. Osburn, H. S. Harbeck, E. Daecke, C. L. Metcalf, C. T. Brues, F. Knab; Seated: Nathan Banks, J. M. Aldrich, C. W. Johnson, E. T. Cresson, C. H. T. Townsend; Seated (floor): R. C. Shannon, M. D. Leonard, R. R. Parker, F. L. Thomas

Group Portrait of Dipterists [Image No. SIA2015-002177]
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Folder 6 Photograph of dipterists, Boston, 1922 - Standing: Webber, Walton, Alexander, Metcalf, Tothill, Leonard, Haseman; Sitting: Hine, Aldrich, Johannsen, Johnson, Banks; Front row: Felt, Bromley, Frost

Group Photograph of Dipterists taken in Boston, December 28, 1922 [Image No. SIA2015-002178]
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