Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 411
Rutschky, Charles W.
Papers, 1889-1987, n.d.
creator: | Rutschky, Charles W. |
title: | Papers |
dates: | 1889-1987, n.d. |
extent: | 9.73 linear feet (7 records center cartons, 1 document box, 1 half-document box) |
collection number: | MS 411 |
repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
access: | Open for research |
publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: | Charles W. Rutschky Papers, MS 411, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Charles William Rutschky was born May 23, 1923 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Rutschky earned his B.S. (1943) from Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. (1949) from Cornell University in entomology. Rutschky was employed as an Investigator of Fruit Insects (1947-1949) by the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Assistant and Associate Professor of Entomology (1949-1962) at Pennsylvania State University, Professor (1962-1964) at the University of Hawaii, Professor of Entomology (1965-1986) at Pennsylvania State University, and serves as a Professor Emeritus of Entomology (1986- ) at Pennsylvania State University. Rutschky is a member of the Entomology Society of America (ESA) and is the author of Entomology, a catalog of instructional materials (1983). |
The collection (1889-1987, n.d.) contains entomological papers, articles, textbooks and other publications; professional organization's newsletters, presidential addresses, meeting/conference materials, and presentations including text, slides and audiotapes; teaching workshop materials including notes, photographs, brochures, and printed materials; histories of entomology departments; correspondence; exhibit catalogs of entomology exhibits at various World's Fairs; United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology disease investigations; and photographs of entomologists. All materials in the collection are related to entomology. For related collections, see: |
The collection is organized in three series: |
Series 1 | Professional Societies and Associations | 1889-1987, n.d. |
extent: | 3.5 linear feet | |
description: | The series contains newsletters, meeting minutes, correspondence, directories, proceedings, committee and workshop materials, reports, and presidential addresses of a variety of state, regional and national professional societies and associations related to entomology. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
6 |
Ornamental Plant Entomologists Newsletter |
1970-1976 |
2 |
11-14 |
Texas Entomological Society: minutes, notes, correspondence, programs, membership lists |
1928-1950 |
2 |
21 |
Maryland Entomological Society: membership notes and lists |
1971-1979 |
2 |
30 |
Lorquin Entomological Society (Directory of members and brief historical sketch; Lorquinia 1916-1919 (Volume 1, No. 1 - Volume 2, No. 6) Lacks: Volume 1, No. 6 |
1916-1919 |
3 |
9 |
Proceedings of Joint Meeting of Entomology Society of Canada and Entomological Society of Ontario (celebrating 100 years of entomology in Canada) |
1963 |
3 |
10 |
American Association Economic Entomologists: 1st annual meeting proceedings |
1889 |
3 |
11-12 |
American Association Economic Entomologists: annual meetings proceedings |
1901-1903 |
3 |
20-29 |
American Association Economic Entomologists: presidential addresses |
1890-1935 |
4 |
1 |
1st ESA Entomology Teaching Workshops: University of Massachusetts |
1975 |
4 |
2 |
2nd ESA Entomology Teaching Workshops: New Mexico State University |
1977 |
4 |
3 |
3rd ESA Entomology Teaching Workshops: Purdue University |
1979 |
4 |
4 |
4th ESA Entomology Teaching Workshops: Montana State University |
1981 |
4 |
5 |
5th ESA Entomology Teaching Workshops: Clemson University (1- 8x10 b/w photograph) |
1983 |
4 |
6-8 |
ESA Advisory Committee for Systematic Resources |
1973-1974 |
4 |
9 |
Rocky Mountain Conference of Entomologists: Reports |
1932-1951 |
4 |
13 |
Meetings: Conference of Northwest International Committee on Farm Pests |
1924 |
4 |
14 |
International Crop Pest Committee |
1925 |
4 |
15 |
International Great Plains Crop Pest Committee (1-4.25x6.25 and 2- 3.5x5.5 b/w photographs) |
1926-1928 |
4 |
16 |
Great Plains International Conference of Entomologists (1- 3x3 and 1- 3.25x4.7 b/w photographs) |
1931 |
4 |
17 |
International Great Plains Conference of Entomologists (1- 3x5, 2- 4x5 b/w photographs) |
1935-1961 |
4 |
18-19 |
Alfalfa Improvement Conference (20th-22nd, 1966, 1968,1970): reports and correspondence |
1966-1970 |
4 |
20 |
Eastern Alfalfa Improvement Conference |
1967 |
4 |
21 |
Northwest Forage Insect Conferences |
1967-1968 |
4 |
22 |
Fourth Northeast Regional Invitational Alfalfa Weevil Conference |
1967 |
4 |
23 |
Forage Insect Research and Forage Crop Conferences |
1953-1959 |
4 |
24-25 |
11th-14th Forage Insect Research Conference (12th Conference Jointly Held With 19th Alfalfa Improvement Conference) |
1965-1968 |
4 |
26-27 |
15th Forage Insect Research Conference jointly meeting with 22nd Alfalfa Improvement Conference - includes Correspondence |
1970 |
5 |
1-2 |
16th-19th Forage Insect Research Conferences |
1972-1978 |
6 |
16-17 |
Aphidologists Newsletter Vol. 1, No.1 to Vol.13, No.2 |
1962-1977 |
6 |
18-21 |
Annual Meeting Programs: Entomological Society of America |
1967-1987 |
6 |
22 |
XV International Congress of Entomology: program |
1976 |
6 |
24 |
ESA correspondence: voting membership of Governing Board |
1957-1977 |
6 |
29 |
Rocky Mountain Conference of Entomologists: meeting announcement |
1981 |
6 |
30 |
Donald Ashdown Scholarship announcements |
n.d. |
6 |
32 |
Butterfly commemorative stamp |
1977 |
6 |
35 |
Audiotapes: president's address and founder's lecture |
1978 |
7 |
4 |
Cosmos Club dinner programs |
1931-1933 |
Series 2 | Publications and Research Materials | 1883-1985, n.d. |
extent: | 5.75 linear feet | |
description: | The series contains articles, theses/dissertations, textbook manuscripts, lectures, posters, advertisements, exhibit catalogs, presentations, bibliographies, histories of entomology departments, and correspondence and reports from the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology disease investigations. The exhibit catalogs are of entomology exhibits at various World's Fairs. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Richter, Paul O., "Entomology and Entomologists Around the World." |
n.d. |
1 |
3 |
Campbell, F. Leslie, "On the Nature of the Protection Afforded to Foliage by the Addition of Lime to Acid Lead Arsenate Sprays." M.S. thesis, April 1924, Rutgers |
1924 |
1 |
4 |
Campbell, F. Leslie, "On Bases of Comparison and Methods for the Determination of the Relative Toxicity of Stomach Poison Insecticides" Ms Thesis, April 1924, Rutgers |
1924 |
1 |
5 |
Campbell, F. Leslie, "On the Toxicology of Arsenical Insecticides," Doctoral Dissertation, June 1926, Harvard |
1926 |
1 |
7-8 |
Fernald, H.T., Applied entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1935, 3rd edition, printers copy |
1935 |
1 |
9-12 |
Fernald, H.T. and Harold H. Shepard, Applied Entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1942, 4th edition. Manuscript copy |
1942 |
1 |
13-16 |
Fernald, H.T. and Harold H. Shepard, Applied Entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 5th edition. Manuscript copy |
1955 |
1 |
17-18 |
Fernald, H.T. and Harold H. Shepard, Applied Entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 5th edition, Gallery Proof |
1955 |
1 |
19-20 |
Fernald, H.T. and Harold H. Shepard, Applied Entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 5th edition, Author's copy |
1955 |
1 |
21-22 |
Fernald, H.T. and Harold H. Shepard, Applied Entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 5th edition, Printer's copy |
1955 |
2 |
1-3 |
Fernald, H.T. and Harold H. Shepard, Applied Entomology, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 5th edition, Figures with Legends for Illustrations |
1955 |
2 |
4-5 |
Classifications of Immature Insects: Keys to the Orders of Immature Stages of Insects |
n.d. |
2 |
7 |
Brief History of Entomology at Texas A & M |
1960 |
2 |
8 |
Riley, C.V. The Silk-Worm |
1883 |
2 |
9 |
Riley, C.V. Directors for Collecting and Preserving Insects |
1892 |
2 |
10 |
Meiners, E.P. Charles Valentine Riley |
1943 |
2 |
15 |
Campbell, Roy: Publications |
1914-1929 |
2 |
19 |
Rocky Mountain Laboratory: clipping, diorama information, history, and Memorial Museum pamphlet |
1969 |
2 |
20 |
History of Entomology: Zoology at South Dakota State University, 1884-1976, E.U. Balsbaugh, Jr. |
1976 |
2 |
22 |
Brief History of Teaching in Entomology at Virginia Tech, J. McGrayson |
1985 ca. |
2 |
23 |
Brief History of Extension Work in Entomology at Virginia Tech, J. McGrayson |
1985 |
2 |
24 |
Entomology in New Jersey, E.J. Hansens and H.B. Weiss |
1958 |
2 |
25 |
Bibliography of the writings of the University of Massachusetts Department of Entomology through 1955 |
1955 |
2 |
26 |
History of the Division of Control Investigations, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine: 1934-1951, R. Latta |
1951 |
2 |
27 |
University of California Riverside: outgoing achievements in agricultural research, A.M. Bayce (California Agriculture, January 1975) |
1975 |
2 |
28 |
Entomology at the University of Delaware, L.A. Steams |
1957 |
2 |
29 |
Sunshine State Entomology (Florida) |
1970 |
2 |
32 |
Essig, E.O., Outlines of the History of American Entomology 1925 (with notes by Arnold Mallis, 1934) |
1925-1934 |
2 |
33 |
"The Way We Were" (Brief History of Entomology and the Entomological Society of America): Typescript (written by Dr. E.H. Smith and presented with slides at 25th meeting of ESA) |
1977 |
2 |
34 |
Correspondence: "The Way We Were" |
1977 |
2 |
35 |
"The Way We Were" scheduling of show: correspondence. |
1978-1979 |
3 |
1-2 |
"The Way We Were" Slides (1-189) and original set for presentation (187 slides) |
1977 |
3 |
3 |
"The Way We Were" Slides of R.W. Ward (not used) |
1977 |
3 |
4-5 |
"The Way We Were" Slides - R.L. Metcalf, John Meal, Harry Yates (not used) - (122 slides) |
1977 |
3 |
6-7 |
"The Way We Were" Slides - Frank Hall (not used) (173 slides) |
1977 |
3 |
8 |
Spray Calendar 1909 (West Virginia Agriculture Experiment Station) |
1909 |
3 |
13 |
Introduction to Economic Entomology: Syllabus of Lectures (J.W. Folsom) |
1915 |
3 |
14 |
Poster Spray Chart: Dow Chemical |
1944 ca. |
3 |
15 |
Moth Trap Advertisement |
1905 ca. |
3 |
16 |
Prospectus of 4th Session of Graduate School of Agriculture |
1910 |
3 |
17 |
Catalogs of Exhibits of Economic Entomology: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago |
1893 |
3 |
18 |
Catalogs of Exhibits of Economic Entomology: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis |
1904 |
3 |
19 |
Catalogs of Exhibits of Economic Entomology: Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon |
1905 |
4 |
10 |
Davis, J.J.: page from book, A Contribution to the History of Commercial Pest Control |
1961 |
4 |
11 |
Letter from M.L. Jellison: Typhus outbreak in Naples in World War II (with photocopies of articles from Life and Saturday Evening Post) |
1981 |
4 |
12 |
"Notes for Dr. Fernald's proof copy of 1st edition of Shepard/Fernald book manuscript. Includes note from Dr. Shepard |
1981 |
5 |
3 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Acalypha and acacia and bamboo |
1902-1948 |
5 |
4 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Begonia |
1923-1948 |
5 |
5-6 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Cactus |
1925-1947 |
5 |
7 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: D-E |
1920-1940 |
5 |
8-9 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Cucumbers |
1915-1942 |
5 |
10-11 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Delphinium |
1927-1947 |
5 |
12-13 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Ferns (4- 4.5x6.6 b/w photographs) |
1925-1947 |
5 |
14-15 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Flowing Plants |
1926-1944 |
5 |
16 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Gardenia |
1913-1941 |
5 |
17 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Gladiolus (707) Correspondence |
1932-1947 |
5 |
18-20 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Gladiolus (707) Reports |
1928-1943 |
5 |
21-22 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Gladiolus (708) Remedies |
1929-1945 |
6 |
1-3 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Greenhouse Plants |
1919-1940 |
6 |
4 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: H |
1907-1947 |
6 |
5-7 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Iris |
1928-1948 |
6 |
8 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Ivy |
1928-1942 |
6 |
9 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Jasmine |
1932-1933 |
6 |
10 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Impatiens |
1928-1933 |
6 |
11 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Miscellaneous Plants |
1910-1941 |
6 |
12 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Miscellaneous Insects |
1931-1940 |
6 |
13 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Rearing Insects |
1936-1943 |
6 |
14-15 |
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Investigations: Tarsonemid mites |
1930-1940 |
6 |
23 |
Purdue and other campuses: photographs and correspondence (3- 8x10, 3- 5x7, 1- 3.5x4.5 b/w photographs) |
1956 |
7 |
3 |
Recognition Night: Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station |
1983 |
Series 3 | Entomologists | 1891-1986, n.d. |
extent: | 0.5 linear feet | |
description: | The series contains mainly photographs of entomologists but also includes biographies, correspondence, a registry of entomologists, scrapbooks of Rutschky's associates, and other materials. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
2 |
Photograph of Dr. H.T. Fernald (from H.H. Shepard, August, 1953), May |
1935 |
1 |
6 |
Copper half-tone plate of H.T. Fernald |
n.d. |
2 |
16 |
Letters to Roy E. Campbell upon his retirement |
1960 |
2 |
17 |
Plaque for Roy E. Campbell: 59 Years Attendance at Pacific Branch (ESA) Meetings |
1978 |
2 |
18 |
Certificates (3) for Campbell's membership in the American Association of Economic Entomologists, USDA, and clipping |
1960 |
2 |
31 |
Biographies of entomologists |
n.d. |
6 |
25 |
Invitation to dedication of the Charles and Mabel Alexander Conference Room |
1981 |
6 |
26 |
Glass, Edward: retirement press release |
1982 |
6 |
27 |
Hansen, Wynn Darryl: resume |
n.d. |
6 |
28 |
Photographs of entomologists (10- 3x1.5 b/w, 2- 3x4 b/w, 12- 4x5 color, 3- 3x1.5 color) |
1981, n.d. |
6 |
31 |
Women in Entomology |
1981 |
6 |
33 |
Photographs of Roy Smith, C.P. Alexander, and Allen Steinhauer (3- 4x5 b/w photographs) |
n.d. |
6 |
34 |
Hoogstraal Center for Tick Research and Dr. Harry Hoostraal |
1986 |
6 |
36 |
Dedication booklets: John H. and Ann B. Comstock Hall |
1986 |
6 |
37 |
Correspondence: Charles Ragot and Charles Schaeffer |
1935-1941 |
7 |
1 |
Poster: dedication of H.H. Schwardt Laboratory |
1976 |
7 |
2 |
"Entomology - An Exciting Career" |
n.d, |
8 |
1 |
Photographs of entomologists (47- 4x5 b/w, 16- 5x7 b/w) |
1895-1960, n.d. |
8 |
2 |
Photographs of entomologists (50- 4x5 b/w) |
1891-1930, n.d. |
8 |
3 |
Photographs of entomologists (30- 5x7 and 23- 8x10 b/w) |
1919-1973, n.d. |
7 |
5 |
American Registry of Professional Entomologists |
1974 |
9 |
1 |
Scrapbook: Associates - photographs of various sizes of Rutschky's associates and their families |
1920-1979, n.d. |
9 |
2 |
Scrapbook: Ohio State University - associates, their families, and newspaper clippings |
1938-1975, n.d. |