Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 9/12/51
Robert E. Lewis (1929-    )
Papers, 1917-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator: Lewis, Robert E. (1929-    )
title: Papers
dates: 1917- [ongoing]
extent: 6.5 linear feet (4 records center cartons and 1 oversized box)
collection number: RS 9/12/51
repository: University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
language: English

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: Robert E. Lewis Papers, RS 9/12/51, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Abstract

Entomologist Robert E. Lewis was a Professor (1967-1996) in the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University. Lewis, a graduate of Earlham College and the University of Illinois, became an expert on the systematics, taxonomy, and phylogeny of the order Siphonaptera, commonly known as fleas. This collection primarily consists of professional correspondence, but also contains biographical information, news clippings, and a journal documenting Lewis' research trip to Afghanistan in 1965.

 

Biographical note

Robert Earl Lewis was born to parents Robert D. and Anna Lewis on December 1, 1929, in Richmond, Indiana. He received his A.B. (1952) in biology from Earlham College and both his M.S. (1956) and Ph.D. (1959) in entomology from the University of Illinois. Lewis served in the U.S. Army as Post Entomologist and Game Warden (1952-1954) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Lewis was named Assistant Professor (1959-1964) of biology at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He was promoted to Associate Professor (1964-1967). In July 1967 Lewis accepted a position as Associate Professor (1967-1971) of entomology at Iowa State University. He was promoted to Professor (1971-1996) and upon his retirement was named Professor Emeritus (1996).

During his career at Iowa State, Lewis taught courses in insect morphology, zoogeography, and aquatic insects. He was particularly interested in fleas, ticks, and insects of medical importance. His research took him to the Middle East, Afghanistan, India, and Europe where he studied fleas and other ectoparasitic arthropods and their hosts. He authored numerous technical articles on insects and wrote four books on fleas. Lewis also served as co-editor of the semiannual newsletter Flea News. Lewis was also a guest on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show in June of 1982.

Lewis was named a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and of the Zoological Society of London. He also held membership in the American Entomological Society, the American Society of Parasitologists, the Biological Society of Washington, the Iowa Academy of Science, the Kansas Entomological Society, and several other professional and honorary societies. He received the Faculty Citation (1995) from the ISU Alumni Association for long, outstanding, and inspiring service to the University.

Lewis married Joanne Hauschild. They had no children.

 

Collection description

This collection (1917-[ongoing]) contains biographical information, news clippings, professional correspondence, and a research journal documenting Lewis' trip to Afghanistan in 1965. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Lewis and other entomologists, drafts of articles, and research materials and publications shared and discussed between Lewis and his correspondents.

 

Organization

The collection is listed in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical Information

1978-1979

4

35

Biographical Information: News Clippings

1982-1995

1

2

Correspondence: AA-AL

1975-1996

1

4

Correspondence: Acron Imports

1976-1999

1

5

Correspondence: Adams, N.E.

1992-1996

4

38

Correspondence: Afghanistan

1964-1968

4

42

Correspondence: Afghanistan Expedition Letters

1965-1966

1

6

Correspondence: Alberico, M.

1985-1986

1

7

Correspondence: Albuja, L.

1986-1988

1

8

Correspondence: Alexander, J.

1989-1996

1

3

Correspondence: AM-AZ

1974-1990

1

9

Correspondence: American Entomological Institute

1971, undated

1

10

Correspondence: Amrine, J.W.

1973-1989

1

11

Correspondence: Artigas, J.

1985

1

12

Correspondence: Atallah, S.I.

1966-1976

1

13

Correspondence: Augustson, G.F.

1991

1

14

Correspondence: BA-BL

1982-1993

1

16

Correspondence: Bahmanyor, M.

1966-1971

1

17

Correspondence: Baird, C.

1981-1995

1

18

Correspondence: Bang, F.

1969-1970

1

19

Correspondence: Barnes, A.M.

1963-1992

1

20

Correspondence: Beaucournu, J.C.

1965-1995

1

21

Correspondence: Benton, A.

1967-1996

1

15

Correspondence: BM-BZ

1969-1996

4

40

Correspondence: Boulder City

2000

1

23

Correspondence: Briggas, J.

1967-1971

1

22

Correspondence: British Museum of Natural History general

1990, undated

1

24

Correspondence: Buttiker, W.

1980-1989

1

25

Correspondence: CA-CL

1962-1995

1

27

Correspondence: Campos, E.G.

1991

1

26

Correspondence: CM-CZ

1971-1994

1

28

Correspondence: Costa, M.

1968-1976

1

29

Correspondence: Cross, S.

1969

1

30

Correspondence: Cudmore, W.

1985-1986

1

31

Correspondence: DA-DL

1966-1994

1

33

Correspondence: Darskaya, N.

1961, undated

1

34

Correspondence: de la Torre, L.

1971-1976

1

35

Correspondence: De Meillon, B.

1992

1

36

Correspondence: Dhanda, V.

1970-1972

1

37

Correspondence: Dincer, S.

1968-1970

1

32

Correspondence: DM-DZ

1975-1995

1

38

Correspondence: Dunnet, G.

1962-1995

1

39

Correspondence: Durden, L.

1983-1996

1

41

Correspondence: Eads, R.B.

1969-1984

1

40

Correspondence: EA-EL

1973

1

43

Correspondence: Easton, E.

1968-1984

1

44

Correspondence: Eckerlin, R.

1981-1993

1

42

Correspondence: Egoscue, H.

1970-1995

1

45-46

Correspondence: Elbel, R.E.

1960-1995

1

47

Correspondence: Emel'yanova, N.

1969-1988

1

48

Correspondence: Emerson, K.C.

1972-1988

1

49

Correspondence: Ennes, W.

1970-1978

1

50

Correspondence: Entomological Society of America

1974, undated

1

51

Correspondence: FA-FL

1976-1992

1

53

Correspondence: Farhang Azad, A.

1965-1982

1

54

Correspondence: Field Museum of Natural History

1962-1988

1

52

Correspondence: FM-FZ

1971-1994

1

55

Correspondence: Fox, I.

1980-1998

1

56

Correspondence: Frickle, R.

1986-2001

2

1

Correspondence: GA-GL

1969-1994

2

3

Correspondence: Galloway, T.

1994, undated

2

4

Correspondence: Gettinger, D.

1990-1994

2

2

Correspondence: GM-GZ

1969-1992

2

5

Correspondence: Gómez, M.S.

1987

2

6

Correspondence: Gratz, N.

1969-1994

4

37

Correspondence: Grimaldi, D.

1996-1998

2

9

Correspondence: Haas, G.

1965-1995

2

7

Correspondence: HA-HL

1970-1995

2

10

Correspondence: Hammer, E.W.

1968-1969

2

11-12

Correspondence: Harrison, D.L.

1960-1981

2

13

Correspondence: Hassinger, J.

1967-1970

2

8

Correspondence: HM-HZ

1967-1993

2

14

Correspondence: Hogue, C.

1967-1991

2

15

Correspondence: Holland, G.P.

1977-1985

4

43

Correspondence: Hoogstraal, Harry

1940-1964

2

16

Correspondence: Hooven, E.

1968-1969

2

17

Correspondence: Hopkins, G.H.E.

1962-1973

2

18

Correspondence: Hopla, C.E.

1983-1996

2

19

Correspondence: Horak, I.G.

1992-1993

2

20

Correspondence: Horsfall, W.

1966-1986

2

21

Correspondence: Howard, T.

1983-1995

2

22

Correspondence: Hubbard, C.A.

1922-1984

2

23

Correspondence: IA-IL

1975-1991

2

24

Correspondence: IM-IZ

1989-1990

2

25

Correspondence: Iyingar, R.

1972-1973

2

26

Correspondence: JA-JL

1969-1989

2

28

Correspondence: Jameson, E.W.

1960-1994

2

29-30

Correspondence: Jellison, W.L.

1953-1995

2

27

Correspondence: JM-JZ

1970-1991

2

31

Correspondence: Johnson P.T.

1991-1992

2

32

Correspondence: Jones, G.

1970-1989

2

33

Correspondence: Jordan , H.E.K.

1939-1959

2

34

Correspondence: Journal of Medical Entomology

1966-1985

2

35

Correspondence: Justo, E.R.

1986-1987

2

36

Correspondence: KA-KL

1970-1993

2

38

Correspondence: Kinsella, J.M.

1969-1975

2

39

Correspondence: Klein, J.m

1962-1987

2

37

Correspondence: KM-KZ

1971-1989

2

40

Correspondence: Kohls, G.M.

1981-1986

2

41

Correspondence: Krombein, K.

1970-1971

2

42

Correspondence: Kulkarni, S.

1970-1988

2

43

Correspondence: Kuntiskaya, N.T.

1966-1986

2

44

Correspondence: LA-LL

1969-1994

2

46

Correspondence: Lane, J.

1985-1994

2

47

Correspondence: Lane, R.

1993

2

48

Correspondence: Larson, O.

1979-1996

2

49

Correspondence: Lay, D.

1966-1970

2

50

Correspondence: Layne, J.N.

1964-1991

2

51

Correspondence: LI, K-C

1974-1991

2

52

Correspondence: Liu C-Y, J. andO.

1974-1991

2

45

Correspondence: LM-LZ

1971-1987

2

53

Correspondence: MA-ML

1969-1993

2

55

Correspondence: Mardon, DK.

1974-1995

2

56

Correspondence: Maser, C.O.

1968-1986

2

57

Correspondence: McAllister, C.

1988

3

1

Correspondence: Medvedev, S.G.

1989-1994

3

2

Correspondence: Mendez, E.

1967-1994

3

3

Correspondence: Middleton, R.

1967-1971

2

54

Correspondence: MM-MZ

1970-1994

3

4

Correspondence: Moore, T.E.

1968-1978

3

5

Correspondence: Morales, J.C.

1983-1987

3

6

Correspondence: Morlan, H.B.

1991

3

7

Correspondence: Muchmore, W.

1971

3

8

Correspondence: Mueller, J.F.

1967-1984

3

9

Correspondence: Murray, M.D.

1969-1974

3

10

Correspondence: NA-NL

1968-1994

3

11

Correspondence: National Geographic Society

1983-1988

3

12

Correspondence: New York Entomological Society

1988

3

15

Correspondence: O'Connor, B.

1990, undated

3

13

Correspondence: OA-OL

1983

3

14

Correspondence: OM-OZ

1975-1988

3

16

Correspondence: Ono, Z.

1968-1975

3

17

Correspondence: PA-PL

1971-1992

3

19

Correspondence: Penny, N.

1985-1995

3

20

Correspondence: Perdue, J.

1984-1991

3

21

Correspondence: Peus, F.

1960-1980

3

22

Correspondence: Pfaffenberger, G.

1985-1987

3

23

Correspondence: Pfitzer, D.W.

1990-1993

3

24

Correspondence: Pilgrim, R.L.C.

1989-1996

3

18

Correspondence: PM-PZ

1969-1995

3

25

Correspondence: Pratt, H.D.

1991-1993

3

26

Correspondence: Prince, F.M.

1954-1991

3

27

Correspondence: QA-QL

1989

3

30

Correspondence: Radovsky, F.J.

1969-1988

3

28

Correspondence: RA-RL

1967-1990

3

31

Correspondence: Reddel, J.

1981-1991

3

29

Correspondence: RM-RZ

1969-1996

3

32

Correspondence: Rostigayev, B.

1966-1977

3

33-34

Correspondence: Rothschild, M.

1962-1994

3

35

Correspondence: Rothschild, N.C.

1917, undated

3

36

Correspondence: Royal Entomological Society of London

1960-1988

3

37

Correspondence: SA-SL

1965-1996

3

39

Correspondence: Schwan, T.

1978-1991

3

40

Correspondence: Segerman, J.

1964-1995

3

41

Correspondence: Shelley, R.

1984

3

42

Correspondence: Skuratowicz, W.

1967-1989

3

43-45

Correspondence: Smit, F.G.A.M.

1960-1995

3

38

Correspondence: SM-SZ

1968-1995

4

1

Correspondence: Sportorno, A.

1978-1983

4

2

Correspondence: Stark, H.E.

1963-1991

4

3

Correspondence: Stoltzfus, B.

1972-1981

4

4

Correspondence: Street, W.S.

1967-1982

4

5

Correspondence: Suciu, M.

1994

4

6

Correspondence: Summers, G.

1984

4

7

Correspondence: Szabo, I.

1964-1978

4

8

Correspondence: TA-TL

1972-1992

4

10

Correspondence: Thomas, H.

1986-1987

4

11

Correspondence: Timm, R.

1988-1993

4

12

Correspondence: Tipton, V.J.

1976-1981

4

9

Correspondence: TM-TZ

1971-1986

4

13-17

Correspondence: Traub, R.

1958-1995

4

18

Correspondence: UA-UZ

1972-1984

4

19

Correspondence: Uilenberg, G.

1969-1970

4

20

Correspondence: United States National Museum of Natural History--Smithsonian Institution general

1966-1984

4

21

Correspondence: United States Public Health Service General

1961-1963

4

41

Correspondence: unsorted

1986-2003

4

22

Correspondence: VA-VZ

1974-1988

4

24

Correspondence: Wall Street Journal Correspondence Concerning and Related to Precor

1981-1983

4

25

Correspondence: Ward, R.A.

1970-1982

4

23

Correspondence: WA-WZ

1969-1995

4

26

Correspondence: Webb, J.

1974-1995

4

27

Correspondence: Weisser, C.

1977-1978

4

28

Correspondence: Wenzel, R.L.

1967-1992

4

29

Correspondence: Whitaker, J.O.

1981-1987

4

30

Correspondence: Wilson, N.

1961-1992

4

31

Correspondence: X

1990

4

32

Correspondence: YA-YZ

1981-1992

4

33

Correspondence: Z

1972-1983

4

34

Correspondence: Zhovtyi, I.F.

1965-1982

4

39

ISU Entomology Club: Newsletters and Photographs (1 color and 7 b/w)

1954-1976

4

36

Paper: "Rowleyella Arborea, A New Genus of Squirrel Flea from Nepal"

1971

5

 

Research Journal: Afghanistan

1965