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Entomology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Delmar Hopkins (1857-1948) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0143
Scope and Contents Geral Jenny gave from his office some correspondence of Dr. A.D. Hopkins, Professor of Entomology, West Virginia University. In addition to the long list of letters there is a diary and a record book which had been kept by Dr.Hopkins. Hopkins (1857-1948) was vice-director of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, professor of entomology at West Virginia University, 1890-1902, forest entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1902-1923, and a researcher in bioclimatics...
Dates: 1880;1882; 1889-1912

Andrew Delmar Hopkins Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0904
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, printed bulletins and programs, clippings, and other materials from the files of Andrew D. Hopkins, Head, Department of Entomology, West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, relating to the West Virginia Experiment Station, farmers' institutes, and the Blennerhasset Park project of 1935. The correspondence is by, or mentions, John A. Myers, A.D. Hopkins, C.R. Orton, and W. G. Peterkin.

Dates: 1787-1943

William Earle Rumsey, Entomologist and Photographer, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2935
Scope and Contents Papers of William Rumsey, WVU Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist and photographer. Initial acquisition includes correspondence from a friend at Cornell University, Rumsey's student essays and diaries (1880-1925) and family photographs. There are also glass plate negatives, and lantern slides of West Virginia University subjects, and other subjects as well.Addendum of 2017-07-19; boxes 13-14 and oversize folders 1 and 2; ca....
Dates: ca. 1806-1961; Majority of material found within 1880-1937

William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1373
Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of William Henry Edwards' Autobiographical Notes. Edwards was a naturalist from Coalburgh, W. Va. And is best known for his three volume "The Butterflies of North America" (1879-1897). Earlier he had published "Voyage up the Amazon" (1847).

The manuscript contains typed copies of letters from Alfred R. Wallace, H. W. Bates, Theodore L. Mead, Prof. D. J. Ansted, Richard V. Murray, Louis Agassis, Samuel W. Scudder, Addison Ballard, and Dwight W. Marsh.

Dates: 1822-1909

William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1614
Scope and Contents

Entomological notebooks of the famous naturalist and authority on North American butterflies, William Henry Edwards of Coalsburg, West Virginia.

Dates: 1852-1897

William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1951
Scope and Contents 444 letters. Subjects include: coal lands in W. Va., Lepidoptera collection, scientific publications, and research on butterflies. Correspondents: L. Agassiz, D.T. Ansted, John Akhurst, V.V. Baird, Wm. H. Ashmead, Addison Ballard, N.W. Bates, Jacob Boll, George H. Briggs, Albert S. Brekimore, A.J. Butler, John H. Cook, E.R. Crotch, George Dimmock, Rudolph Feider, J. Fletcher, P.H. Gosse, Edward H. Griffin, Ferdinando Grist, Albert Hopkins, W.F. Kirby, Ludwig Kumbein, Theodore L....
Dates: 1840-1907