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"Summary of Unpublished Notes in the Department of Entomology" Roger C. Smith

Files of F.L. Poston. Includes one restricted file, indicated by red intertwined S symbol.

Annual Reports of "Entomology Project" by extension specialists E.G. Kelly and Dell E. Gates.

Illustrations of various insect species (predominantly beetles, flies, and ants) drawn with the intention of being featured in the text "Insects in Kansas" by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Illustrations not selected for publishing are specified and still included within the collection.

Faculty members from the Department of Entomology at Kansas State College (now Kansas State University) in Manhattan received support (ca. 1940-43) from a somewhat unusual source to complete a work of practical utility describing the region’s insect fauna. Their patron was none other than the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) - the largest agencies of their kind that provided employment relief during the Great Depression under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. More than a dozen and a half regional artists were recruited and trained in the exacting techniques of scientific illustration, for which stringent standards of performance were uniformly applied. Through their efforts, more than a hundred pen-and-ink habitus drawings were prepared for the identification manual, Insects in Kansas (1943), published by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

Correspondence and research files of Roger C. Smith, E.G. Kelly, and those they worked with. Significant material regarding grasshoppers.

Correspondence and research files of Roger C. Smith, E.G. Kelly and others they worked with. Significant material regarding grasshoppers. Course files of Leroy Brooks 1958-1959, 1973-1979.

Correspondence and files of E.G. Kelly, and Leroy Brooks. Emphasis on pest management.

E.G. Kelly "Plans of Work" Notebooks.

E.G. Kelly, "Plans of Work" Notebook 1946-1947. Fort Hays and Garden City Agricultural Experiment Stations Annual Reports - Insect Investigations. 1953 (unnamed). 1954, 1956, 1957, (T.L. Harvey). 1961 and 1967 (Lester J. DePew).

Dell E. Gates Correspondence. Topics include: grasshoppers, crops, stored grain and pesticides and environmental issues.

Dell E. Gates and Leroy Brooks files and correspondence.

As an extension specialist Dell E. Gates corresponded with the public heavily on pests problems in the following areas: household, trees, fruit, and garden.

Files and correspondence of Dell E. Gates and F. L. Poston.

Dell E. Gates extension specialist correspondence. Files of F.L. Poston.

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. Gates, and F.L. Poston. They document correspondence, research and course files of faculty. Significant topics covered and material includes grasshoppers, corn borers, crops, pesticides, pest management, extension work, and extension specialist correspondence. Notable contributions to insect illustrations featured include works by artist such as Bertha S. Kimball, Ethel Gray, and Robert Stribling. Approximate years covered of the records are 1896-1990.