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Accession T90017
Knight, Harry H.
Harry H. Knight Papers, 1877-1975
Collection Overview
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Knight, Harry H. |
Title: | Harry H. Knight Papers |
Dates: | 1877-1975 |
Quantity: | 15.65 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) (4 3x5 boxes) (1 5x8 box) |
Collection: | Accession T90017 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | Harry Hazelton Knight (1889-1976) was a well-known teacher of entomology and was recognized world-wide as a leading taxonomist. He amassed a large collection of insects, mostly from North America. His primary area of research was the North American plant bugs (order Hemiptera, family Miridae). This accession consists of Harry H. Knight's professional and personal correspondence, class notes and records (as both teacher and student), research, drafts of papers, published papers, and photographs. Of note are letters from family and friends in St. Louis, Missouri, and Los Angeles, California, c. 1910-1975; correspondence files of the Slingerland Lantern Slide Co. owned by Mrs. M. V. Slingerland, c. 1915; and materials regarding Knight's hobby -- raising gladioli. Related materials can be found in Accession 83-043. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of Harry H. Knight's professional and personal correspondence, class notes and records (as both teacher and student), research, drafts of papers, published papers, and photographs. Of note are letters from family and friends in St. Louis, Missouri, and Los Angeles, California, c. 1910-1975; correspondence files of the Slingerland Lantern Slide Co. owned by Mrs. M. V. Slingerland, c. 1915; and materials regarding Knight's hobby - raising gladioli. Related materials can be found in Accession 83-043.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession T90017, Harry H. Knight Papers
Container List
Box 1
Clippings, 1975 (biographical info on Harry H. Knight)
"List of Genera family Miridae of the World," typescript book by H. H. Knight
Illustrations for Plates in Knights’ Publications (many drawn by Knight) (52 folders)
"Arabs:" Notes for Knight’s "Classics" Seminars
Bibliography and Student Exams
Zoology 114B
Pamphlet: "Controlling Garden Insects in Iowa"
Pamphlet: "How Many Insects Are There in the World?"
Animal Ecology
Pamphlet: "Developing Forests Resistant to Insect Injury"
Zoology 114A
Pamphlet: Sketch of the Geology of Iowa"
Miscellaneous Brochures and Catalogues
"Genera of Miridae from America North of Mexico"
[Zoology] 524: Miscellaneous Entomological Material
Correspondence: J. R. de la Torre-Bueno
Correspondence: W. Downes
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Correspondence: Teiso Esaki
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Correspondence: R. C. Froeschner
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Correspondence: T. H. Frison
Correspondence: "F"
Correspondence: Dr. H. T. Fernold
Correspondence: Catherine Ford
Correspondence: Dr. L. Fulmek
Correspondence: G-H
Correspondence: William E. Hoffman
Correspondence: H. B. Hungerford
Correspondence: G-H
Correspondence: E. Hixson
Miscellaneous Notes and Sketches
Zoology 375
Pamphlets on Insecticides (includes DDT)
List of Laboratories in Dept. of Zoology and Entomology; Miscellaneous School Papers
Biography of Herbert Osborn; Miscellaneous School Papers
Publications of H. H. Knight
Sigma Xi
Literature and History (bibliography for Zoology 578)
Miscellaneous Papers by H. H. Knight ("Radio Address to the Federated Garden Clubs," etc.) and Others; Iowa State University Papers, etc.
Zoology 274
Bibliography; Zoology 601
Introduction to de Reamur: "The Natural History of Ants"
War Dept.: Personal Orders, H. H. Knight
Box 2
"Classics" Seminar Series I
Darwin
Zoology 377
"Thermocouple:" Miscellaneous Horticulture and Entomology Papers
Correspondence: Robert L. Usinger
Miscellaneous Publications Info
Correspondence: E. C. Zimmerman
Map: 1928 Infestation of White Grubs in Iowa
Butler, A. G., 1877
Latreille
Photo Letters
Correspondence: W. S. Blatchley
"A Survey of Entomological Literature," M. K. Riley
Zoology 301
Zoology 301: Lab Outlines
Cass F. Smith, "Insect Pests of the Dahlia in Iowa"
Wilbur R. Grant,"The Peach Tree Borer"
Miscellaneous Class Notes
List of Mispronounced Words
Ames Day
Osborn Research Club, 1936
Zoology 312
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Correspondence: S. A. Watson
Correspondence: Waldorf Bindery
Correspondence: Grace Olive Wiley re: Her Pet Alligator and Rattlesnakes (with photo)
Bibliography: Arachnida
Lecture List, 1968-1969
Outline, Zoology 601
Correspondence: E. P. Van Duzee
Correspondence: V
Concerning Insects: "What is An Insect?," by H. H. Knight
Correspondence: T. Y. Hsiao
Grad Student Committee, 1965
Newspaper Sent - Anson Coll, Jr.
Lygus: "Some Interrelations of Insects to Plants," H. H. Knight
Lygus oblineatus
Osborn Club
Entomological Societies
Correspondence: Edgar W. Davis
Correspondence: (Smith) Davidson
Coleoptera Key
Correspondence: Mumford, et. al.
Correspondence: Pearl A. McConnell
Correspondence: Archie Rolfs
Orders for Net Rings and Handles
Correspondence: Eva Bergroth
Ernst E. Bergroth Biography
Correspondence: J. W. Folsom
List of Publications of Filippo Silvestri
Correspondence: Fred M. Schott
Correspondence: Martha W. Schackleford
Correspondence: Sanford E. Shields
Correspondence: Owen Bryant
Entomology 312: H. J. Romm
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Insecticide Info
Miscellaneous Correspondence (3 folders)
Correspondence: Recommendations
Pyrex Test Tubes: Corning Glass Orders
Bills for Books Purchased
Equipment Needs
H. H. Knight Equipment Needs
Correspondence: Nomenclature Committee
Graduate Committee Forms
Insect Cases and Units
Special Items
Entomological Notes
Test Site Species
Entomological Notes
Box 3
List of Illustrations
Parthenicus - Key
Entomological Notes (5 folders)
Reuteroscopus (2 folders)
Orthotylini
Lopidea (2 folders)
H. H. Knight, "New Species of Pronocrepis"
Platylygus Manuscript - Sent Kelton
Keltonia
Orectoderus
List Species in Manuscripts
Europiella
Entomological Notes
Figures - Final Copy
Ilnacora
Contents - Number Species
Phymatopsallus New Species of Phylinae
Emendations
Plagiognathus
"Review of the Genus Ilnacora," H. H. Knight
Notes for H. H. Knight Publications
Typescript "Mirid" Manuscript by H. H. Knight with Editorial Comments
Committee Work
Entomological Society of America
Paracalocoris
Typescript of H. H. Knight Unnamed Publication ("Miridae" ?) (17 folders)
Correspondence: 1938-1942
Genera
Reprints from the "Great Basin Naturalist"
"The Skep," 1967
"Studies at the Nevada Test Site, 1959-1966," Beck and Alford
Correspondence: Max Weg/Staudiger and A. Bang-Haas
Zoology 312 - Scientific Papers, 1932
Zoology 578, Student Papers
Student Papers
Box 4
Letters to Jessie Mae Kite [Knight] re: Her Teaching Career, 1912-1916
Report cards, Jessie Mae Kite [Knight], 1911-1912
H. H. Knight Letters to Jessie Mae Kite [Knight], 1910-1921 (8 folders)
Letters to Harry and Jessie Knight after their Wedding, 1919
Miscellaneous Personal Letters to Harry and Jessie Knight, c. 1919-1921
Death of Warren Kite, 1921
Christmas Cards, 1919-1922 (3 folders)
H. H. Knight Correspondence re: Position at University of Iowa, 1924
Letters to Harry and Jessie Knight, 1924-1935
Letters from Knight Family, 1929
Correspondence, Knight and Kite Family and Friends, c. 1908-1932
Death of Harold Knight, 1945
Letters to Harry and Jessie Knight, c. 1940-1970
Letter (draft) from H. H. Knight (gives a sketch of his romance with Jessie Knight written after her death)
Miscellaneous, Harry and Jessie Knight
Miscellaneous, Harry Knight
Poems
Box 5
Miscellaneous Correspondence H. H. Knight, c. 1926-1930
Miscellaneous Letters to H. H. Knight, c. 1955-1975
H. H. Knight and Family Letters to Rolland Knight
Mrs. H. H. Knight Letters to Rolland Knight, 1949
Mrs. H. H. Knight Letters to Rolland Knight, 1951
Mrs. H. H. Knight Letters to Rolland Knight, 1952
Mrs. H. H. Knight Letters to Rolland Knight, 1955-1957
Mementos
Gas Station Zoning Case, 1962
Entomology Class Notes, 1911, H. H. Knight
Physics Class Notes, H. H. Knight
H. H. Knight Account Book, 1924-1940
Papers by H. H. Knight Published Before 1925
"New Genera and Species of Miridae," H. H. Knight
"Ten New Species of Phytocoris," H. H. Knight
Entomological Specimen Record
Records of Miridae Determined, 1962
Class Books, 1930-1935
Class Books, 1935-1939
Class Book, 1940-1942
Class Book, 1946
Class Books, 1947-1952
Class Book, 1950-1955
Class Book, 1956
Typing
Report on Miridae Grant
Knowlton List - Miridae Utah
Brochures
Professional Correspondence - Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Box 6
Professional Correspondence - Miscellaneous (4 folders)
Correspondence, Brigham Young University
Correspondence, Texas A & M
Correspondence, Entomological Society of America
Entomological Notes (2 folders)
Illustrations for Publications
Dichaetocoris 225-242
Orthotylus 243-245
Melanotrichus 246-269
Miscellaneous Personal
Parthenicus 270-299
Parthenicus II 300-319
Parthenicus III 320-324
Ceratocapsini 325-334
Pilophorini 335-350
Pilophorus 351-383
Mirinae 384-396
Resthenini 397-399
Mirini 400-423
Dichrooscytus 424-451
Bolteria 452-461
Neurocolpus 462-474
Phytocoris A 475-492
Phytocoris B 493-531
Phytocoris C 532-562
Introduction
Phylinae, Key to Genera 1-8
Phylinae 9-41
Phytocoris CC 563-582
Phytocoris D 583-593
Deraecorini 156-174
Labops 175-182
Labopidea 183-194
Lopedia 195-200
Ceratopedia 201-207
Hesterocapsus 208-218
Miscellaneous
1965 Trip
Professional Correspondence - Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Squamocoris 219-224
Atractotomus 98-101
Larinocerus 102-126
Dicyphus 127-147
Bryocorinae 148-155
Lepidopsallus 83-93
Pseudatam, Reulerscopus, Ankylotyllus 94-97
Psallus 74-82
Europiella 42-73
Professional Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1925-1926
California Academy, 1931
Phytocoris California Notes
H. Lucas and Fossil Hemip.
Proofs - Test Site
United States National Museum (USNM) - 1926 Notes
Genera US miridae
Miscellaneous
Department History
Contents, Bibliography 104-170
List Publications
II Publication List
Volumes I-III, 1941
Schaffner Miridae List
Lopedia (9 folders)
Box 7
Correspondence, L. A. Kelton
Cabinet Shelves - Genera Arrangement
Correspondence, Bergroth
Miscellaneous
Publication List
Correspondence, Personal H. H. Knight, World War I, 1917-1918
Correspondence, Miscellaneous, c. 1920-1975 (includes 1943 letter from Vladimir Nabokov)
Gladiolus
Address Book
1917 Trip Across US
Hemtera Colorado
Pamilla Schaffneria
Knight - Hesperocapsus
Mayamiris, 1968
Phytocoris List
Hesperocapsus, Illustrations
Phytocoris Figures, 1961
Miscellaneous Entomological
I Publication for Binding
Professional Correspondence: Miscellaneous (4 folders)
Knight History
Letters and Notes, 1919-1930
Phytocoris Paper, 1974
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous - Clippings, Hobbies
"A Key to Species of Phytocoris," H. H. Knight
Miscellaneous Entomological Notes
Illustrations
Pilophorus Paper - Early Notes
Miscellaneous Published Entomological Papers
Iowa State University - Miscellaneous
Box 8
Springfield, Missouri, High School Class Meeting Minutes, 1905-1907
Professional Correspondence and Miscellaneous
H. H. Knight, "Introduction to the Heteoptera of North America" (draft)
Correspondence: H. H. Knight to Jessie Knight, c. 1926-1932
Miscellaneous Entomological Material
H. H. Knight Articles, Iowa State Journal of Research (ISJL), 1968-1975
H. H. Knight, "Revision of the Genus Platylygus;" "A Key to the Species of Bolteria"
H. H. Knight, "On the Nature of the Color Patterns in Heteroptera"
H. H. Knight, "Monograph of the North American Species of Deraecoris Heteroptera Miridae"
H. H. Knight Articles, Iowa State Journal of Science (3 folders)
H. H. Knight Articles, Iowa State Journal of Science, and the Great Basin Naturalist, 1968-1971
H. H. Knight Articles, 1962-1974
Correspondence: Brigham Young University, 1966-1970
Miscellaneous Correspondence, c. 1965-1970 (2 folders)
Correspondence: Texas A & M University, c. 1964-1972 (3 folders)
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Entomological Material
H. H. Knight, "Memorandum on Catalogue of Hemiptera"’
H. H. Knight, "Additional Species of Lopedia" and Other Articles
H. H. Knight Articles in Canadian Journals
H. H. Knight, "An Investigation of the Scarring of Fruit Caused by Apple Redbugs," 1918
Professional Correspondence, 1922-1924
Box 9
Correspondence: Charles F. Baker
Correspondence, c. 1911-1913
Correspondence: Entomological Society of America
Personal Correspondence: Paul and Norvall Jezzard, c. 1930-1975 (2 folders)
Military Training Notes, 1917
Autograph Book - H. H. Knight 85th Birthday
Specimen Diaries, Cross-Country Trip
Correspondence: Doubleday, Page, & Co., 1911
Correspondence: Utah State University
Correspondence: Lloyd L. Stitt
Personal Correspondence: Jessie Knight to H. H. Knight 1930, 1937
Personal Correspondence: Roy Brooke
Personal Correspondence: Carl and Pansy Knight
Correspondence: Brigham Young University
Correspondence: Texas A & M University
Correspondence: Carl Froescher
Correspondence: Smithsonian
Professional Correspondence, c. 1930-1975 (2 folders)
Professional Correspondence, c. 1920-1975
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence
Miscellaneous
Box 10
Entomological Notes, in Finnish (Bergroth?)
"The Story of Iowa State College"
H. H. Knight - Review of Life Work
Correspondence, Notes, and Miscellaneous
Conotrachelus ninaplis
Apple Studies, Cornell University
"Classics" Seminars
Physiology Notes, 1912
Bolteria Manuscript (ISJL August 1971)
Locality Data; Letter of 10/15/1965; List of Abbreviations
Utah Records
Alexander Letter
Biography Data
Labels Made, 6/10/1968
Lattin-Usinger
Named Miridae Sent to J. C. Schaffner
Letters
Det. Miridae sent Brigham Young University (BYU)
Utah Miridae Records (Dr. Jorgensen Collection)
Irbisia Species Figure N
Numbers and Letter; Test Site Letters
H. K. Bibliography Nevada Miridae
Checklist Neotropical Miridae
Paratype Label Data Schaffner
Labels - 1968 Copy
Nevada Records - R. C. Bechtel
Labels Needed, 1969
Labels, 1967-1968
Named Miridae Sent BYU
Turkey
McAtee - On Manuscript Names
Professional Correspondence, c. 1940-1975
Letters to Harold Knight, c. 1940-1945 (World War II); (2 folders)
Correspondence: Jessie Knight to Harold Knight, c. 1940-1945 (3 folders)
"The Extension Letter" (3 folders)
Miscellaneous
Box 11
Professional Correspondence, c. 1929-1939
Correspondence: Mcdunnough
Correspondence: McAttee
Class List, 1969
Zoology 601 Class List, 1967-1968
Old Programs, 1965-1967
Correspondence: Torre-Bueno, 1929-
Correspondence: "R," 1938-1943
Correspondence: George Swank
Correspondence: Lloyd Stitt
Spencer Lens - Bitka
Correspondence: "S," c. 1931-1940
Correspondence: J. D. Sherman Jr.
Correspondence: H. A. Scullen
Correspondence: W. E. Shull
Correspondence: "T," c. 1929-1940
Correspondence: Bernard Trouvelot
Correspondence: "M," c. 1929-1939
Correspondence: Carl Mohr
Correspondence: J. Muggeridge
Correspondence: J. G. Myers
Correspondence: A. A. Needham
Correspondence: "N," c. 1930-1943
Correspondence: E. L. Paddock
Roger Preston, "The Biology and Distribution of the Alfalfa Plant Bug"
Correspondence: "L-P," c. 1930-1939
Correspondence: Clarence Kennedy
Correspondence: George F. Knowlton
Correspondence: "J-K," c. 1930-1935
Correspondence: E. Jacobson
Correspondence: H. E. Johnston
Correspondence: Wade-Peck
Zoology 320
Garden Club
Forest Entomology Zoology 377
Zoology 377, 378, 577
Zoology 377
J. A. Rowe, "Mosquito Light Trap Catches"
Parshley, Hemoptera Catalogue References
Decker and Andre, "Observations on the Winter Mortality of Cinch Bugs"
Correspondence: Parshley
Knight, "Lygus Hahn"
Polymerus
Knight, "Aquatic Insects"
Zoology "Classics"
Zoology 576
Miscellaneous
Ross California Academy
Correspondence: Herbert H. Ross
Intro - Ross Letter
Correspondence: Reese I. Sailer
Slater, Miridae Paper
Manuscript Published, 6/25/1969, #172 ["New Species of Pronotocrepis"]
1st Key Reuteroscopius
Knight Labels
Label Data - Utah Materials
Label Info
Lopidea Knight
Reutoroscopus Carbon
Lopedia Manuscript (2 folders)
Correspondence: L. A. Kelton
Buren, "A Monograph of Iowa Ants"
Knight, "Phymatopsallus"
Recommendations
Miscellaneous
L. B. Loring, "Tobacco Mosaic"
Professional Correspondence, c. 1940-1943
Box 12
Class Notes (4 folders)
Professional Correspondence, 1920, 1921, 1923-1924 (20 folders)
Professional Correspondence, 1921 (12 folders)
Correspondence, 1919-1920 (14 folders)
Diary - Fruit Tree Project, c. 1915
Correspondence, 1915-1917 (5 folders)
Box 13
Correspondence, 1915-1917 (9 folders)
Conn. Hemip. Notes Drawings
Titles of Papers to be Written
Manuscript Color Patterns
External Anatomy of Pentatamoid
[History of Entomology (Miridae)] (18 folders)
Slingerland Lantern Slide Company Correspondence, 1915-1917 (12 folders)
Correspondence and Miscellaneous, c. 1917
H. H. Knight, "An Investigation of the Scarring of Fruit Caused by Apple Redbugs," 1918
"Practical Drawing"
1924 - Publications - H. H. Knight
H. H. Knight, "A Fourth Paper on the Species of Lopidea," 1923
[History of Entomology ] (19 folders)
Correspondence, 1913-1915 (13 folders)
H. H. Knight, "Observation on Oviposition by Certain Capsids"
World War I - 2nd Co., 1st Battalion, 155th Depot Brigade
Correspondence, 1915-1916 (10 folders)
Correspondence, 1920 (4 folders)
Box 14
Correspondence, 1920 (9 folders)
Correspondence, 1915 (6 folders)
H. H. Knight World War I Records
Correspondence, c. 1910-1979 (10 folders)
Photographs: H. H. Knight Portraits
Photographs: H. H. Knight and Insectory, Batavia, New York, 1914
Photographs: H. H. Knight Birthday, 5/13/1959
Photographs: Kite Family, c. 1930
Photographs: Friends and Colleagues
Photographs: Unidentified Family Portrait
Photographs: Camping and Farm Scenes, c. 1910
Photographs: Trip with Hungerford and Hoffman, 1917
Photographs: July 4, 1915 Four Mile, New York
Photographs: Insectory, Silvestri and Others, 1933
Photographs: Apple Illustrations from "An Investigation of the Scarring of Fruit Caused by Apple Redbugs"
Photographs: Apple Pests (2 folders)
Photographs: Plant Pests
Photographs: Army Worm
Photographs: Unidentified Insects
Photographs: Gladioli
Photographs: Dr. Beck’s Estate, July and August, 1965
Photographs: Received 7/11 from Dr. Alldred [Nevada test site photos]
Photographs: To Dr. Knight, 1965 [Miscellaneous Family and Landscapes]
Box 15
Entomological Illustrations
Box 16
Apple Pests (33 Lantern slides)
Box 17
Portraits (38 Lantern slides)
Box 18
Insects (37 Lantern slides)
Box 19
Insects, Apple Pests, Portraits (48 Lantern slides and negatives)
Box 20
Insectory at Batavia, New York, 1914 (5 glass plate negatives)
Panoramic photos (2)
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