Guide to the Stanford University Entomological Collection
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
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Overview
Call Number: SC0515
Creator:
Stanford University
Title: Stanford University entomological collection
Dates: 1891-1929
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
Summary: Records concern the collection of insects used in the teaching of entomology at Stanford and include two record books listing
the individual lots of insects with collector and location noted and a small amount of related correspondence. Many of the
specimens were taken on the grounds of the campus and in nearby communities, but there are also specimens from other states,
Brazil, Japan, the Galapagos Islands and other locations. The first volume includes a note on the early collectors. Persons
represented in the record books include Profs. Vernon L. Kellogg, Robert W. Doane, Clelia D. Mosher, William Russell Dudley,
R. E. Snodgrass, William A. Snow, John C. Branner, and Isabel McCracken. Correspondents include William M. Mann, James G.
Needham, A. L. Melander, John M. Aldrich, William L. Holt, John M. Miller, George F. Nuttall, Lawrence Bruner, L. O. Howard,
and W. M. Wheeler.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer, 1970.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Stanford University Entomological Collection (SC0515). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Description of the Collection
Records concern the collection of insects used in the teaching of entomology at Stanford and include two record books listing
the individual lots of insects with collector and location noted and a small amount of related correspondence. Many of the
specimens were taken on the grounds of the campus and in nearby communities, but there are also specimens from other states,
Brazil, Japan, the Galapagos Islands and other locations. The first volume includes a note on the early collectors. Persons
represented in the record books include Profs. Vernon L. Kellogg, Robert W. Doane, Clelia D. Mosher, William Russell Dudley,
R. E. Snodgrass, William A. Snow, John C. Branner, and Isabel McCracken. Correspondents include William M. Mann, James G.
Needham, A. L. Melander, John M. Aldrich, William L. Holt, John M. Miller, George F. Nuttall, Lawrence Bruner, L. O. Howard,
and W. M. Wheeler.
Access Terms
Aldrich, John Merton, 1866-1934.
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922.
Bruner, Lawrence.
Dudley, William Russel, 1849-1911
Greeley, Arthur White.
Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941.
Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950.
Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937.
Mann, William M., 1886-1960.
McCracken, Isabel.
Melander, Axel Leonard, 1878-
Mosher, Clelia Duel, 1863-1940
Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956.
Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner, 1862-1937.
Scudder, SAmuel Hubbard, 1837-1911.
Snow, William Appleton, d. 1900.
Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937.
Entomology.
Insects.
Box 1, Folder 1
Record book of insect lots No. 1 - No. 428, 1891 - 1902
Note
See pages 23-25 for notes on the early collectors
Box 1, Folder 2
Record book of insect lots No. 429 to No. 610, 1902 - 1925
Note
Pages 1-19 contain notes on a few lots from the first volume
Box 2, Folder 1
Aldrich, J. M., 1907, letter to [Robert W.] Doane
Box 2, Folder 2
Bartruff, Mary M., 1896, letter to Vernon S. Kellog re identification of insect
Box 2, Folder 3
Bruner, Lawrence (Univ. of Nebraska), 1896, letter to Vernon S. Kellogg re specimens
Box 2, Folder 4
Douglas, Lenard, 1902, letter to O. P. Jenkins re identification of moths
Box 2, Folder 5
Greeley, Arthur W., 1899, letter to Vernon S. Kellogg re lot no. 220 (Brazilian butterflies)
Box 2, Folder 6
Henshaw, Samuel, 1898, letter to W. A. Snow re Guadalupe beetles
Box 2, Folder 7
Holt, William L., 1912, letter to Vernon Kellogg re European butterflies he's sending
Box 2, Folder 8
Howard, L.O. (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture), 1906 to Vernon S. Kellogg re specimen
Box 2, Folder 9
Mann, William M. (Harvard), 1912, letters to Vernon S. Kellogg and Robert W. Doane re specimens of Brazilian butterflies with
lists
Box 2, Folder 10
Melander, A.L. (State College at Washington), 1910, letter to G. Pemberton re specimens
Box 2, Folder 11
Miller, John M. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture), 1907 letter to Vernon L. Kellogg
Box 2, Folder 12
Needham, James G. (Cornell), 1897 letter to re specimens
Box 2, Folder 13
Nuttall, George H. F., 1908 letter to re lot no. 530
Box 2, Folder 14
Plank, F., Jr., 1894 letter to David S. Jordan re lot no. 23
Box 2, Folder 15
Scudder, H. S., 1897 letter re lot no. 186
Box 2, Folder 16
Wheeler, W. M. (American Museum of Natural History), 1904 letter to re his research
Box 2, Folder 17
Letters to Dr. Isabelle McCracken, 1929 re specimens
Box 2, Folder 19
Note on lot no. 19 (Edward Hyatt)
Box 2, Folder 23
Note on lot no. 371 (1901)
Box 2, Folder 25
Note on lot no. 517 (J. C. Branner)