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Louis G. Gentner Papers, 1829-1980View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1914-1980
These papers were generated by Louis G. Gentner, entomologist, alumnus and faculty member at Oregon State College. They document his coursework at Oregon Agricultural College, species identification and his field research regarding insect damage to vegetation.
ID: MSS Gentner
Extent: 2.2 cubic feet
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Scope and Content Notes
Biographical / Historical Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Louis G. Gentner Papers (MSS Gentner), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
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Container List

Series 1: Biographical Information, 1926-1979 Add to Shelf
Series I consists of a list of Gentner's publications and a biographical data sheet.
Box-Folder 1.1: Biographical Information and List of Publications of Louis G. Gentner, 1926-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.2: Entomological Publications, 1949-1979 Add to Shelf
Series 2: Correspondence, 1929-1978 Add to Shelf
Series II contains both professional correspondence relating to Gentner's Ph.D. thesis, coursework for students and entomological correspondence pertaining to specimen identification and supplies. Much of the correspondence relates to Gentner's work on his Ph.D. at Oregon State College.
Box-Folder 1.3: Letters from Mont. A. Casier and Paul O. Ritcher, 1955 and undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.4: Letters regarding Gentner's Ph.D. thesis, 1951-1953 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: Information and Procedures for Graduate Students and County Extension Agents Seeking Master Degrees at OSC, 1948-1951 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: Entomology and Zoology Correspondence, 1962-1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: Professional Correspondence, 1930-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.8: Professional Correspondence, 1930-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.9: Specimen Donations Correspondence, 1940-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.10: Entomological Supplies Correspondence, 1960-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.11: Flea Beetle Sales Correspondence, 1929-1978 Add to Shelf
Series 3: School Records and Materials, 1908-1963 Add to Shelf
Series III contains various materials ranging from receipts for graduate school classes to references to textbooks. The classroom materials include laboratory notebooks dating from 1911 to 1917 for undergraduate and graduate classes in English, zoology and economic entomology. An interesting item in this series is Gentner's high school laboratory book dated 1908. Other classroom-related materials include student seminar papers, a thesis written by Gentner for a Civil Service Examination, study outlines, and teaching notes.
Box-Folder 1.12: Grades, tuition receipts and OSC Ph.D. program notes, 1945-1953 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 2: OAC Class Notebooks Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.13: English 32 and English 42, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.14: Animal Parasitology, 1914 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.15: Zoology 302, 1914 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.16: Zoology notebook with insect pencil drawings, 1916 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.17: Zoology 315, 1913 Add to Shelf
Entomology of Field Crops
Box-Folder 1.18: Zoology 301, 1913 Add to Shelf
Introductory Entomology
Box-Folder 1.19: Zoology 107, 1913 Add to Shelf
With bird pencil drawings
Box-Folder 1.20: Zoology I, 1911 Add to Shelf
With mollusks pencil drawings
Box-Folder 1.21: Zoology II, 1912 Add to Shelf
With chordata pencil drawings
Box-Folder 1.22: Economic Entomology 105, 1916-1917 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.23: Student Lab Book, 1908 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.24: Student Seminar Papers, 1917 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.25: Photography, 1916 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.26: Thesis in Connection With United States Civil Service Examination for Scientific Assistant in Entomology, circa 1917 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.27: Class Study Outline for Economic Entomology, circa 1917 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.28: Teaching notes and outlines, 1946 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.29: Insects Injurious to Grapes talk delivered at Michigan State College, 1927 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.30: Entomology Books and Price Lists, 1936-1963 Add to Shelf
Series 4: Entomology Field Work and Research Notes, 1829-1975 Add to Shelf
Series IV includes tables, field notes, handwritten manuscripts, outlines, and articles written by Gentner. It also contains four card file boxes of detailed entomology research field notes and bibliographies.
Box-Folder 1.31: Research tables, field notes, portion of handwritten manuscript, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.32: Miscellaneous entomology outlines and notes, circa 1916 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.33: Typescripts of published articles by Gentner, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.34: Articles published in Wisconsin Horticulture by Gentner, 1919-1920 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.35: List of Species Collected by Gentner, circa 1924-1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.36: Haltica Identification notes, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.37: Coleoptera notes, 1931 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.38: Aphids(Cenara), 1961 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.39: Epitrix notes, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.40: Chaetocnema semichalcea (flea beetle) Identification, 1951 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.41: Citations and Notes on Various Entomology Topics, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.42: Techniques for Mounting and Preserving Specimens, 1922-1946 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.43: Potato Flea Beetle Projects, 1963-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.44: Field and Research Notes, undated Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.45: Plant Identification Collections, 1939-1958 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.46: Flea Beetle and Distribution Information, 1914-1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.47: Herbarium Specimens of Flea Beetle Damage, 1924-1940 Add to Shelf
Specimens discarded.
Box-Folder 1.48: 1829 Add to Shelf
Photocopy from microfilm.
Box-Folder 1.49: 1830 Add to Shelf
Photocopy from microfilm.
Sub-Series 1: Reference notes on index cards, undated Add to Shelf
Box 2 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 2: Halticinae References Under Species, undated Add to Shelf
Box 3 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 3: Halticinae Field Notes and Data Distribution, undated Add to Shelf
Box 4 Add to Shelf
Sub-Series 4: Halticinae Bibliography, undated Add to Shelf
Box 5 Add to Shelf
Series 5: Organizations, 1916-1980 Add to Shelf
Series V documents Gentner's membership in various entomological organizations.
Box-Folder 6.1: Entomological Society of America, 1916-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.2: Biological Research Institute of America, 1973-1976 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 6.3: North American Beetle Fauna Project, 1972-1976 Add to Shelf
Series 6: Photographs, 1914-1936 Add to Shelf
Series VI includes approximately 100 black and white photographs documenting insect damage to vegetation. One photograph of Gentner, taken in 1914, is also included.
Box-Folder 7.1: Black and white photographs showing insect damage, 1916-1929 Add to Shelf
Extent: apx. 100
Box-Folder 7.2: Haltica probata Fall, leaves of a wild rose showing larval injury, 1936 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 8.1: Haltica probata Fall, leaves of a wild rose showing larval injury, 1936 Add to Shelf
Extent: Nitrate negative.
Box-Folder 7.3: Louis Gentner holding a bug net, 1914 Add to Shelf