Charles H. Martin Papers, 1939-1942

Title: Charles H. Martin Papers, 1939-1942

ID: MSS MartinC

Primary Creator: Martin, Charles H. (Charles Herbert) (1901-1975)

Extent: 0.2 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Charles H. Martin Papers consist of three narrative research reports on garden symphylids compiled by Martin while he was a researcher at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station.  In addition to narrative text, the reports include tables and charts of experimental results as well as photographs of experimental methods and processes.

Garden symphylids, also known as garden centipedes, are soil-dwelling arthropods.  They consume decaying vegetation and can do considerable harm to agricultural crops by consuming seeds, roots, and root hairs in cultivated soil.  Symphylids are described as a "serious agricultural pest" in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and cause extensive damage in home gardens, nurseries, and greenhouses.  Consequently, there have been active research and extension programs at Oregon State University pertaining to garden symphylids since the 1930s.

More Extent Information: 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred to the former University Archives by the Oregon State University Entomology Department in 2002.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include additional materials pertaining to symphylid research in the Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 025), the Entomology Department Records (RG 027) and Photograph Collection (P 055), the Ralph Berry Papers (MSS Berry), and the Hugh E. Morrison Papers (MSS Morrison).  Additional photographs are available in the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection (P 120).  A 1958 film "Symphylids and Their Control" from the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Moving Images (FV 120) is available streaming online.

Preferred Citation: Charles H. Martin Papers (MSS MartinC), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This finding aid was prepared under remote working conditions in 2020 without access to the original collection; consequently, the number of original photographic prints in the reports could not be determined by the finding aid author and is not included in this finding aid.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information about the collection that was placed online in 2012.

Martin, Charles H. (Charles Herbert) (1901-1975)
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

Agriculture--Research--Ohio
Arthropod pests
History of Science
Natural Resources
Symphyla--Control
University History

Photographic prints.