Inventory of the Lee H. Watkins Papers D-084

University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections

2020

1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California

100 North West Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

URL: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/archives-and-special-collections

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections

Title: Lee H. Watkins Papers

Creator: Watkins, Lee H.

Identifier/Call Number: D-084

Identifier/Call Number: 215

Physical Description: 6.4 linear feet

Date (inclusive): 1939-1972

Abstract: Lee H. Watkins (1908-1972) served as an apicultural assistant for the University of California, Davis from 1952-1964. The collection contains correspondence, research notes, and research papers concerning early American beekeeping history. The collection also contains a series of correspondence and poetry from William Everson and articles about and a painting by Henry Miller.

Physical Location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Biography

Member of a prominent California beekeeping family and a commercial beekeeper until 1941; president of the Alameda County Beekeepers' Association (1949-1951), apiary inspector for Alameda County (1950-1951), and apicultural assistant for the University of California, Davis, (1952-1964).

Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence, research notes, and research papers concerning early American beekeeping history. The collection also contains a series of correspondence and poetry from William Everson and articles about and a painting by Henry Miller.

Processing Information

Liz Phillips encoded this finding aid with help from student assistant Aditi Sinha.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lee H. Watkins Papers, D-084, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Publication Rights

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. 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 Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bee culture

Watkins, Lee H. -- Archives

Everson, William (1912-1994) -- Correspondence

Box 1

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1939-1959

Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence between Watkins and the American Bee Journal 1940-1941

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence from William Everson 1940-1946

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence to Millicent Watkins 1942-1946

Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence 1945

Box 1, Folder 6

Correspondence 1966-1967

Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence 1966-1967

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence, alpha A-P 1967-1968

Box 1, Folder 9

Correspondence, alpha R-Z 1967-1968

Box 1, Folder 10

History of AFB notes

Box 1, Folder 11

Ephemera

Box 1, Folder 12

Newspaper article "Century-old UCD Beehive Comes Alive"

Box 1, Folder 13

Harbison deed 1859

Box 1, Folder 14

Langstroth Articles 1860-1971

Box 1, Folder 15

Harbison bee review report 1875

Box 1, Folder 16

Watkins business documents 1909-1942

Box 1, Folder 17

Watkins notes on Anti-intellectualist article 1943

Box 1, Folder 18

Workers' Committee Report 1943

Box 1, Folder 19

Publications by Henry Miller 1943

Box 1, Folder 20

Publications by Henry Miller 1944

Box 1, Folder 21

Watercolor and correspondence from Henry Miller to Mrs. Watkins 1944

Box 1, Folder 22

Lecture Outline 1949

Box 1, Folder 23

Apiary Inspector of California Certificate issued to Watkins 1950

Box 1, Folder 24

Monthly Apiary Inspection Reports of Alameda County 1950-1951

Box 1, Folder 25

Fliers for beekeeping class taught by Watkins 1950-1951

Box 1, Folder 26

San Francisco Examiner Article by Lenhoff Furgeson 1951

Box 1, Folder 27

Obituary of Robert Watkins 1965

Box 1, Folder 28

Watkins papers 1967-1969

Box 1, Folder 29

"Environment Southwest" periodical published by the San Diego Natural History Museum 1968

Box 1, Folder 30

Notes on a Ventura hive 1970

Box 1, Folder 31

The California Librarian, serial 1970

Box 1, Folder 32

Copy of Watkins obituary from the American Anthropologist 1974

Box 1, Folder 33

Bibliography

Box 1, Folder 34

Article by Watkins: Throw Away Your Screens 1939

Box 1, Folder 35

Article by Watkins: Why is Honey so Cheap? 1939

Box 1, Folder 36

Article by Watkins: Mutual Insurance for the American Foulbrood 1939

Box 1, Folder 37

Article by Watkins: Moving Bees without Screens 1939

Box 1, Folder 38

Article by Watkins: Making a Foundation with a Hand Mill 1939

Box 1, Folder 39

Article by Watkins: The Burning Question 1939

Box 1, Folder 40

Article by Watkins: On Using a Hand Foundation Mill 1939

Box 1, Folder 41

Article by Watkins: Books I have read in 1939 1939

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: The Caucasian Bee and Migratory Beekeeping 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: The Sex Life of the Queen Bee 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: Hints on Hauling Bees 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: The Air-Conditioned Bee Hive 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: California, Not a Beekeeper's Paradise 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: The Control of the European Foulbrood 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: Central Extracting Plants in the San Joaquin Valley 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: A Case History in European Foulbrood 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: Not an Increase in Alfalfa in the Irrigated Regions of the Southwest 1940

Box 1, Folder 42

Article by Watkins: On the Cause of the European Foulbrood 1940

Box 1, Folder 43

Article by Watkins: One Man's Opinion: A Criticism of Dr. Beck's "Honey and Health" 1941

Box 1, Folder 44

Article by Watkins: The Myth of Racial Superiority 1941

Box 1, Folder 45

Article by Watkins: Notes on a Footnote 1944

Box 1, Folder 46

Article by Watkins: Toynbee and the Anthropologists 1948

Box 1, Folder 47

Article by Watkins: Strange but True 1949

Box 1, Folder 48

Article by Watkins: The Amazing Language of the Honeybee 1949

Box 1, Folder 49

Article by Watkins: Beekeeping in Sunny California 1949

Box 1, Folder 50

Article by Watkins: Pollination Service and Moving Bees 1950

Box 1, Folder 51

Article by Watkins: Honeybee and Human Societies: A Comparison 1955

Box 1, Folder 52

Article by Watkins: Honeybee 1955

Box 1, Folder 53

Article by Watkins: The Truck Hauler's Hitch: A Boon to Migratory Beekeepers 1966

Box 1, Folder 54

Article by Watkins: The John S. Harbison Manuscript Collection 1966

Box 1, Folder 55

Article by Watkins: Early Beekeeping in San Diego County 1966

Box 1, Folder 56

Article by Watkins: Harbison's Second Importation of Bees to California 1967

Box 1, Folder 57

Article by Watkins: California's First Bee Journal 1967

Box 1, Folder 58

Article by Watkins: The First Beekeepers Society 1967

Box 1, Folder 59

Article by Watkins: The First Outbreak of European Foulbrood in California 1967

Box 1, Folder 60

Article by Watkins: The First Bees in Plumas County 1967

Box 1, Folder 61

Article by Watkins: The First Honeybee in the Sandwich Islands 1967

Box 1, Folder 62

Article by Watkins: Apiculture Library Division Moved to a New Wing 1967

Box 1, Folder 63

Article by Watkins: The John S. Harbison Manuscripts in the Serra Museum 1967

Box 1, Folder 64

Article by Watkins: John S. Harbison: California's First Modern Beekeeper 1968

Box 1, Folder 65

Article by Watkins: Historical Notes on our State Association 1968

Box 1, Folder 66

Article by Watkins: Some Historical Notes on Carbolic Acid 1968

Box 1, Folder 67

Article by Watkins: Some Comments on Pellett's History 1968

Box 1, Folder 68

Article by Watkins: Harbison's Vertical Queen Nursery 1968

Box 1, Folder 69

Article by Watkins: A Forgotten National Beekeeper's Convention 1968

Box 1, Folder 70

Article by Watkins: The Myth of the Russian Bees in California 1968

Box 1, Folder 71

Article by Watkins: The First Honeybees in New England--1638? 1968

Box 1, Folder 72

Article by Watkins: Migratory Beekeeping in California 1968

Box 1, Folder 73

Article by Watkins: Mr. Buck's Importation of Bees to California 1968

Box 1, Folder 74

Article by Watkins: The Mahan-Parsons Italian Bee Controversy--A New Evaluation--Part I

Box 1, Folder 75

Article by Watkins: The Mahan-Parsons Italian Bee Controversy--A New Evaluation--Part II

Box 1, Folder 76

Article by Watkins: John S. Harbison: Pioneer in San Diego County Beekeeping 1969

Box 2

Box 2, Folder 1

Article by Watkins: John S. Harbison: Pioneer in San Diego County Beekeeping 1969

Box 2, Folder 2

Article by Watkins: On the Transportation of Bees to California, 1853-1861 1969

Box 2, Folder 3

Article by Watkins: California's First Honeybee 1969

Box 2, Folder 4

Article by Watkins: The Watkins Brothers of Placerville 1970

Box 2, Folder 5

Article by Watkins: The Pacific Apiarian Society 1970

Box 2, Folder 6

Article by Watkins: The Honorary Paul Dudley on Hunting Bee Trees 1972

Box 2, Folder 7

Contents 1 of 2 of binder labeled "Vol. II", containing Xeroxed articles 1775-1860

Box 2, Folder 8

Contents 2 of 2 of binder labeled "Vol. II", containing Xeroxed articles 1775-1860

Box 2, Folder 9

Contents of binder labeled "Harbison Vol. I", containing Xeroxed articles 1841-1860

Box 2, Folder 10

Contents of binder labeled "Italian Bee Imports", containing Xeroxed articles 1859-1960

Box 2, Folder 11

Contents of binder labeled "Harbison Vol. II", containing Xeroxed articles 1860-1867

Box 2, Folder 12

Contents 1 of 2 of binder labeled "II, 1861", containing Xeroxed articles 1841-1875

Box 2, Folder 13

Contents 2 of 2 of binder labeled "II, 1861", containing Xeroxed articles 1861-1875

Box 2, Folder 14

Contents of binder labeled "I, 1868-1875", containing Xeroxed articles 1868-1875

Box 2, Folder 15

Contents of binder labeled "Vol. II", containing Xeroxed articles 1876-1879

Box 2, Folder 16

Contents of binder labeled "Vol. IV", containing Xeroxed articles 1878-1898

Box 2, Folder 17

Contents 1 of 2 of binder labeled "Vol. III", containing Xeroxed articles 1880-1898

Box 2, Folder 18

Contents 2 of 2 of binder labeled "Vol. III", containing Xeroxed articles 1880-1898

Box 2, Folder 19

Contents of binder labeled "1900 +", containing Xeroxed articles 1900-1908

Box 2, Folder 20

Contents of binder labeled "Harbison Vol. V", containing Xeroxed articles 1901-1929

Box 2, Folder 21

Contents of binder labeled "Vol. IV", containing Xeroxed articles 1909-1916

Box 2, Folder 22

Contents 1 of 2 of binder labeled "1917 +", containing Xeroxed articles 1917-1928

Box 2, Folder 23

Contents 2 of 2 of binder labeled "1917 +", containing Xeroxed articles 1917-1928

Box 2, Folder 24

Contents of binder labeled "Vol. I, 1931-1944", containing Xeroxed articles 1931-1944

Box 2, Folder 25

Contents of binder labeled "1935 +", containing Xeroxed articles 1935-1966

Box 2, Folder 26

Contents of binder labeled "1942 +", containing Xeroxed articles 1942-1965

Box 2, Folder 27

Contents of binder labeled "Harbison Vol. V", containing Xeroxed articles 1945-1971

Box 2, Folder 28

Contents of binder labeled "Vol. II", containing Xeroxed articles 1966-1971

Box 2, Folder 29

Contents of binder labeled "Harbison, events by date in his life" 1966-1971

Box 3

Box 3

Shoeboxes 1-4: Research notes

Scope and Contents

4 by 6 index cards

Box 4

Box 4

Shoeboxes 1-4: Research notes

Scope and Contents

4 by 6 index cards

Box 5

Box 5

Shoeboxes 1-4: Research notes

Scope and Contents

4 by 6 index cards

Box 6

Box 6, Folder 1

Correspondence, articles, and announcements re: Harry Miller

Box 6, Folder 2

"Sleepers" text by William Everson

Box 6, Folder 3

Signed poem by Brother Antoninus a.k.a. William Everson

Box 6, Folder 4

William Everson wedding invitation

Box 6, Folder 5

Assorted poems by Everson 1930

Box 6, Folder 6

Handwritten collection of poems in Everson's notebook 1930-1932

Box 6, Folder 7

Drafts of poems by Everson 1938

Box 6, Folder 8

Various drafts of "The Return" and "The Seed" by Everson 1939

Box 6, Folder 9

Multiple drafts of an unnamed text 1939

Box 6, Folder 10

Poems by Everson 1940

Box 6, Folder 11

Everson's form for conscientious objection 1940

Box 6, Folder 12

Poems and drawings by Everson 1940

Box 6, Folder 13

Published format of Everson's poem "The Return" 1940

Box 6, Folder 14

2 issues of the serial publication "The Compass" 1944-1945

Box 6, Folder 15

3 issues of the serial publication "The Illiterati" 1944-1948

Box 6, Folder 16

Announcements for poetry releases sent to Watkins 1945-1966

Box 6, Folder 17

1 issue of the serial publication "The Bridge" 1947

Box 6, Folder 18

Newspaper articles on Henry Miller 1947

Box 6, Folder 19

Correspondence from Everson to Ms. Carothers 1949

Box 6, Folder 20

Newspaper articles on Brother Antoninus 1959-1971

Box 6, Folder 21

Various articles by Watkins 1960s

Box 6, Folder 22

Newspaper article on Brother Antoninus from The Pilot 1965

Box 6, Folder 23

"The City Doesn't Die, a Canticle to the Waterbirds" poetry collection by Brother Antoninus 1968-1969

Box 6, Folder 24

Newspaper articles on Everson 1970