Scope and Contents
Arrangement Note
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Source of Acquisition
Accruals and Additions
Preferred Citation
Biographical Note
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Calvert E. Norland Manuscript, Print, and Artifact Collection
Creator:
Norland, Calvert E.
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0175
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear Feet
Date: 2nd century-1995
Date (bulk): 1785-1995
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The
Calvert E. Norland Manuscript, Print, and Artifact Collection measures 4 linear feet plus 161 items and date from 2nd century CE to 1995. The collection is arranged in four series.
The
Professional series (1803 - 1973) contains Norland's certificates and awards, correspondence as well as correspondence and research material
collected by Norland, and his lecture notes and papers.
The
Personal series (1944 – 1995) contains correspondence with Betty Norland during World War II when Calvert Norland was stationed in Calcutta,
India, correspondence from friends and colleagues, items regarding Norland's interests in art and music and his philanthropic
interest in the SDSU library, and in particular in Special Collections and University Archives.
The
Prints and Drawings series (1785-1929) contains engravings and prints of portraits of scientists, sketches of human and insect anatomy, botany
and facsimiles of historic documents on astronomy.
The
Artifacts (2nd century CE – 1880) series contains microscopic instruments (microscopes, magnifying glasses and slide specimens) as
well as Roman bronze surgical instruments.
Arrangement Note
I. Professional, 1803-1973
II. Personal, 1944-1995
III. Prints and Drawings, 1785-1929
IV. Artifacts, 2nd century-1880
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Source of Acquisition
Calvert and Elisabeth Norland, Clarissa Salter
Accruals and Additions
1974, 1979-009, 2003
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number,
Calvert E. Norland Manuscript, Print, and Artifact Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Biographical Note
Calvert E. Norland (1908 – 2002) was born June 24, 1908 in Los Angeles, later moving to Orange County, California in 1911
where he attended public schools. His interest in entomology led to studies at Santa Ana Junior College and Pomona College
where he graduated
magna cum laude in 1931. It was during this time he met and married his wife, Elisabeth Davenport Crow, also a graduate of Pomona College.
The young couple moved to Berkeley where Mr. Norland continued his studies, receiving his M.S. from University of California
at Berkeley.
Mr. Norland was an Entomologist-Agricultural Inspector in Orange County from 1933 to 1939. He received his teaching credentials
from Claremont College in 1939. From 1939 to 1940 he did graduate work in education and entomology at the University of California
at Berkeley and from 1954 to 1958 graduate courses in education at the University of Southern California.
Professor Norland was an officer in the United States Army where he served as a Medical Entomologist from 1942 to 1947 in
India, China and Japan. He left the army as a Lt. Colonel.
His career at San Diego State University began in 1947 as an Instructor and Professor of Entomology, Zoology and Botany where
he worked until his retirement in 1976. Professor Norland was a member of several scientific societies. Both he and his wife
were avid supporters of music and art throughout their marriage and were members of the San Diego Opera, Symphony and the
San Diego Museum of Art.
He and Elisabeth (Betty), a well-known botanist, were married 62 years until her death in 1993. Their son, Eric, died in 1969.
Dr. Norland passed away on September 20, 2002 in Arcadia, California.
In 1974, Professor Calvert E. Norland and Elisabeth C. Norland donated to the Library their extensive personal library on
the history of biology and the sciences.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artifacts
Personal Papers
Entomology--Research
Astronomy--History--Sources
Scientists--Portraits
Arts--California--San Diego
Rome--Antiquities--Specimens
Norland, Calvert E., 1908-2002--Archives
Norland, Calvert E., 1908-2002--Correspondence
Norland, Calvert E., 1908-2002--Scientific apparatus collections
San Diego State University. Library. Deptartment of Special Collections