William Harry Lange Papers, 1926-1999

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Summary

Creators:
Lange, William Harry, 1912-2004
Abstract:
William Harry Lange (1912-2004) served as Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Davis. His papers contain correspondence from 1943-1951 regarding work on insecticides and their usefulness in controlling crop pests, reprints of his articles, and some research materials related to experiments with the artichoke plume moth and wireworms.
Extent:
4 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Harry Lange Papers, D-288, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The majority of the William Harry Lange Papers are comprised of his correspondence from 1943-1951 as well as reprints of his articles (1935-1999). Also included are research materials related to several of his experiments dealing with the artichoke plume moth and wireworms.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged into four series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Biographical Materials, 3. Research Materials, 4. Writings by Lange.

Biographical / historical:

William Harry Lange was born in San Francisco on September 12, 1912. He received a B.S. (1933), M.S. (1934), and PhD in Entomology (1941) from the University of California, Berkeley.

From 1936-1944, Lange worked for the California Agricultural Experiment Station at Half Moon Bay, Salinas, and Berkeley/Davis. During World War II, he was stationed at Salinas where he worked on vegetable crop pests and on a U.S. Department of Agriculture project to produce natural rubber. He became a lecturer and Assistant Entomologist at Davis in 1946, Associate Professor and Associate Entomologist in the Experiment Station in 1952, and Professor and Experiment Station Entomologist in 1957. He retired in 1980.

William Harry Lange passed away on July 15, 2004.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ellen Lange in 2008 and the Entomology Department in 2004.
Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection with assistance from student employee Michelle Xie.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Harry Lange Papers, D-288, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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