Louis G. Gentner Papers, 1829-1980

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.

UnitID: Series I

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.

UnitID: Series II

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.

UnitID: Series III

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

UnitID: 1

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.

UnitID: Series IV

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

UnitID: 2

Box 2 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 2: Halticinae References Under Species, undated Add to Shelf

UnitID: 3

Box 3 Add to Shelf

Sub-Series 3: Halticinae Field Notes and Data Distribution, undated Add to Shelf

UnitID: 4

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.

UnitID: Series V

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.

UnitID: Series VI

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