Department of Entomology and Parasitology records, 1926-1999, bulk 1954-1985

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Summary

Creators:
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Entomology
Abstract:
Records of the University of California, Berkeley Department of Entomology dating from approximately 1954 to 1985.
Extent:
10 Linear Feet (8 cartons)
Language:
English and Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

Department of Entomology and Parasitology records, CU-595, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Records of the University of California, Berkeley Department of Entomology dating from approximately 1954 to 1985. Collection consists of administrative records; materials on the department's faculty; records relating to the academic programs of the department; building and facilities records relating mostly to the renovation of Agriculture (Wellman) Hall; and information about the history of the department.

Biographical / historical:

Instruction in entomology began at the University of California in 1882 and, in 1891, C.W. Woodworth became the discipline's first faculty member on campus. Until the middle of the twentieth century, entomology instruction and research occured under the umbrella of the College of Agriculture. The Division of Entomology of the College of Agriculture included the University Farm on the site of what would become the University of California, Davis, the Citrus Experiment Station at the future site of the University of California, Riverside and the Plant Disease Laboratory in Whittier. In 1920, the Division of Entomology became the Division of Entomology and Parasitology. In the mid-1950s, this division became a separate Department of Entomology and Parasitology. By 1963, the department was reorganized into an instructional department with four autonomous research divisions: Biological Control, Entomology and Acarology, Invertebrate Pathology, and Parasitology. Over the next thirty years, the department and the College of Agriculture went through several more reorganizations. The College of Agriculture became the College of Natural Resources and, in 1993, the Departments of Entomology and Parasitology, Plant Pathology, Forestry and Conservation, and Conservation and Resource Studies were combined into a single Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

Acquisition information:
The Department of Entomology and Parasitology records were transferred to The Bancroft Library by the College of Natural Resources in September 2013.
Processing information:

Processed by Crystal Miles and Lara Michels in 2014.

Accruals:

No additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library's collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Preferred citation:

Department of Entomology and Parasitology records, CU-595, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, University Archives, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
(510) 642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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