Department of Entomology records

Identity elements

Reference code

US US kmk U2003.34

Level of description

Collection

Title

Department of Entomology records

Date(s)

  • 1896-1980 (Creation)

Extent

9.5 cubic feet total.
Made up of: 11 boxes, consisting of: 9 cubic foot boxes, 1 five-inch document case, 1 two-and-half-inch document case.

Name of creator

(1913-)

Administrative history

The Department of Entomology was officially established at K-State in 1913 with George Dean as the first department head. Previously, courses on the subject had been taught as early as 1865 by Benjamin F. Mudge. From 1877 to 1883, entomology was taughtread more

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

The Entomology Department Records were generated and collected by the Entomology Department at Kansas State University and pertain to the files of faculty and extension entomologists of the department, including Roger C. Smith, E.G. Kelly, Dell E.read more

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing reproduction

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

Generated finding aid

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

The following records were transferred to the University Archives by the Department of Entomology in November of 2003.
The collection was assigned the accession number U2003.34.
In 2018 Hale Library had a fire. K-State's archival material including thisread more

Immediate source of acquisition

Acqusition Method: Donation

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Company advertisements, lab equipment descriptions and manuals, farm operating manuals and USDA project abstracts/objectives were appraised by Processing Archivist Helena Egbert and University Archivist Veronica Denison as not having research value andread more

General note

Disaster Recovery 2023 note: see accession record for further details.

Specialized notes

  • Citation: Department of Entomology Papers, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

Description control element

Rules or conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Archivist's note

Processing Info: Archon processing by Edward Nagurny, graduate research assistant, February 2015. Reprocessed and Finding Aid written by Helena Egbert in February 2022. Further processed by student processing assistant Tyra McNeil in September 2024.