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Willis Wagner Wirth Papers, circa 1939-1984

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Table of Contents

Collection Overview......................................................................................................... 1Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1Historical Note.................................................................................................................. 1Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1Descriptive Entry.............................................................................................................. 1Names and Subject Terms ............................................................................................. 2Container Listing.............................................................................................................. 3

Willis Wagner Wirth PapersRecord Unit 7412

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Collection Overview

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C.,[email protected]

Creator: Wirth, Willis Wagner

Title: Willis Wagner Wirth Papers

Dates: circa 1939-1984

Quantity: 2.87 linear meters.

Administrative Information

Preferred CitationSmithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7412, Wirth, Willis Wagner, Willis Wagner WirthPapers

Historical Note

Willis W. Wirth (1916-1994), an entomologist, was educated at Iowa State College, B.S., 1940; LouisianaState University, M.S., 1947; and the University of California, Ph.D., 1950. From 1942 to 1947 he servedas Senior Assistant Sanitarian with the United States Public Health Service. In 1949, Wirth was appointedEntomologist with the Division of Insect Identification, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, UnitedStates Department of Agriculture (USDA), and assigned to taxonomic work at the United States NationalMuseum. He remained with the USDA until 1984, when he retired from the Systematic EntomologyLaboratory. Wirth's research specialty was the taxonomy of Diptera. He died September 3, 1994, inGainesville, Florida.

Introduction

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women'sCommittee.

Descriptive Entry

These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily documenting Wirth's career atthe USDA and his research on Diptera. Also included are small amounts of correspondence concerninghis work with the United States Public Health Service and his tenure as a Fulbright Research Scholar inAustralia, 1956-1957. The correspondence concerns the identification of specimens, the preparation andpublication of research papers, and the review of manuscripts and proposals.


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Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the followingterms:

Subjects:

EntomologyPublic health

Names:

Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (USDA). Division of Insect Identification (USDA)Division of Insect Identification (USDA). Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (USDA)Division of Insect Identification (USDA). Systematic Entomology Laboratory (USDA)Systematic Entomology Laboratory (USDA). Division of Insect Identification (USDA)United States Public Health Service


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Container Listing

Box 1

Abonnenc, E.

Aczel, Martin

Adachi, Marian S.

Adames, Abdiel J.

Adisoemarto, Soenartono (Tony)

Adiwinata, R. Tandung

Ah, Hyong,-Sun

Albu, Paula

Alexander, Charles P.

Altman, Robert M.

Amosova, I. S.

Anderson, F. Sogard

Anderson, John F.

Anderson, John R.

Anderson, William H.

Anderson, Hugo

Arnason, Jeannie

Arnaud, Paul H. (2 folders)

Arntfield, Peter

Artigas, Jorge N.

Atyeo, Warren T.

Bachli, Gerhard

Bacon, Peter R.

Barbosa, Frederico S.

Barnard, Donald R.

Barr, A. Ralph


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Barr, William F.

Barreto, Pablo

Basden, E. B.

Basilewsky, P.

Battle, Frank V.

Bauer, David L. Bay, Ernest C.

Bechtel, Robert C.

Beck, Elizabeth C. and William H.

Belkin, John W.

Bennett, Fred D.

Bennett, Gordon F.

Bentinck, William C.

Bequaert, Joseph C.

Bequaert, Michel

Berg, Clifford O.

Berner, Lewis

Beschovski, Venelin L.

Bettini, Sergio

Beyer, Erwin

Bick, George H.

Bidlingmayer, William L.

Blanton, Franklin S. (3 folders)

Bonnet, David D.

Borgmeier, Thomas

Botnariuc, N.

Bottimer, Larry J.

Bowder, John

Boyes, J. W.

Bradley, G. H.


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Bram, Ralph A.

Branch, Nina (Mrs.)

Braums, Adolf

Breeland, Samuel G.

Brinck, Per

Brock, Elbert M.

Brock, M. Louise

Brock, Thomas D.

Bromley, S. W.

Brookman, Bernard

Brooks, A. R.

Brown, William l.

Brues, C. T.

Bryan, Edwin H.

Buchner, P.

Bullock, Howard R.

Burla, Hans

Burton, David K.

Burton, George J.

Buscemi, Philip A.

Bushland, R. C.

Bystrak, Paul G.

Box 2

California, University of, Press

Cambournac, F. J. C.

Campbell, J. Allan

Camras, Sidney

Capelle, Kenneth J.

Carlson, Paul H.


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Carpenter, John B.

Carpenter, Stanley J.

Carrera, Messias

Carson, Hampton L.

Caspers, Hubert

Cavalieri, Fiorella

Cazier, Mont H.

Chalupsky, Josef

Chandler, Harry P.

Chapman, Harold C.

Chaudhuri, P. K.

Cheng, F. Y.

Cheng, Lanna

Childers, Carl C.

Chillcott, J. G.

Choudhury, A.

Coatney, G. Robert

Cochraine, Alan

Coe, Ralph L.

Coffman, William P.

Cogan, Brian H.

Coher, Edward I.

Cole, Frank R.

Coleman, Richard W.

Collart, A.

Collin, J. E.

Collins, Nicholas C.

Colyer, Winifred

Connell, Terry D.


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Cook, Edwin F.

Cope, Oliver B.

Cort‚s, R ul

Cott, H. Edwin

Cresson, E. T., Jr.

Crosskey, Roger W.

Curio, E.

Curran, C. Howard

Curry, La Verne L.

Curtain, Thomas J.

Curtis, L. Colin

Dahl, Richard G.

Dainat, H.

Dalmat, Herbert T.

Daniles, Greg

Darlington, P. J.

Darsie, Richard F., Fr.

Darwish, Rafaat O.

Davies, John B.

Davies, Lewis

Davis, Harry G.

Davis, Jared J.

Deeming, J. C.

De Foliart, G. R.

Degener, Otto

Delfinada, Mercedes

Denning, Don. G.

Deonier, Dick L.

Derron, Jacques O.


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Descous, Suzanne

Dessart, Paul

Dhillon, M. S.

Dietrick, Henry

Dodge, Rodney

Dorris, Troy C.

Dorsey, C. K.

Dow, Mark I.

Dowdy, W. W.

Dreisbach, R. R.

Dyte, G. E.

Eads, Richard B.

Eastin, William

Edmiston, James F.

Edmunds, Lafer

Essig, E. O.

Evans, Howard E.

Ewen, A. B.

Fallis, A. M.

Farr, Thomas H.

Fender, Kenneth M.

Ferris, G. F.

Field, Gordon

Flint, Oliver S., Jr.

Floch, H. A.

Fluke, C. L.

Foote, Richard H.

Foskett, Dudley R.

Fox, Irving


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Fredeen, F. J. H.

Freeborn, Stanley B.

Box 3

Freeman, Paul

Frey, David G.

Frey, Richard

Frick, Kenneth E.

Frohne, William C.

Frota-Pessoa, O.

Furtado, Jose I.

Gadm Amin M.

Galindo, Pedro

Garnham, P. C. C.

Gazeau, Lionel

Gehweiler, William J.

Gerry, Bertram I.

Ghosh, S. M.

Gibson, Colvin L.

Gjullin, C. M. and Lindquist, A. W.

Goeden, Kenneth

Goetghebuer, M.

Gollands, Brian

Gornostaeva, R. M.

Goto, Tadao

Gould, Douglas J.

Goulding, R. L.

Griffith, Mitchell

Grigarick, Albert A.

Grodhaus, Gail


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Grosso, Mercedes Lizarralde de

Guyer, Gordon

Hackman, Walter

Hackney, John

Haeger, James S.

Haeselbarth, Erasmus

Hair, Jakie Alexander

Hall, Jack C.

Hansen, Dean

Hanson, Wilfred J.

Hardy, Elmo

Harvey, G. H.

Harris, H. M. and Drake, C. J.

Harmston, Fred C.

Harrison, R. A.

Hartley, J. C.

Hashimoto, Hiroshi

Hawkins, James L.

Hellenthal, Ronald A.

Hennig, Willi

Henry, Mrs. Louise G.

Herman, carlton N.

Hertig, Marshall

Hesse, A. J.

Hibler, Charles P.

Hichins, Nelson

Hill, Roscoe E.

Hilliard, Douglas K.

Hinton, H. E.


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Hitchcock, J. C.

Hoch, Alfred Lyn

Hopkins, C. A.

Hopla, Cluff E.

Howell, D. E.

Hoyt, Charles P.

Hu, Stephen M. K.

Hudson, James E.

Hughes, John H.

Hummelinck, P. Wagenaar

Humphreys, J. G.

Hurd, Paul D., Jr.

Irwin, Michael E.

Jackson, George A.

James, Maurice T. (2 folders)

Jayalakshmi, N.

Johannsen, O. A.

Johnson, Lucile Maughan

Jorgensen, Newel M.

Joyce, Charles R.

Judd, W. W.

Junge, Carlos

Junk, Wolfgang

Kardatzke, James T.

Kaufmann, Tohko

Kay, Brian H.

Keegan, Hugh L.

Keh, Benjamin

Keilin, D.


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Keiser, Fred

Keith, Ronald D.

Kellen, W. R.

Kelsey, Lewis, P.

Kennedy, H. D.

Kessel, Edward L.

Box 4

Kettle, D. S.

Khalaf, Kamel T.

Kim, Ke Chung

Kincaird, Trevor

Knight, Kenneth L.

Knowlton, George F.

Knutson, Herbert

Komp, William H. W.

Kraft, Kenneth J.

Krivosheina, N.

Kuschel, G.

Kwan, Wan Hing

LaBerge, Wallace E.

LeBrecque, G. C.

Lacey, Lawrence A.

Laffoon, Jean L.

Laird, Marshall

Lake, Robert W.

Lambrecht, Frank L.

Lange, W. Harry

La Rivers, Ira

Laurence, B. R.


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Lavigne, Robert J.

Lawson, John W. H.

Lawyer, Phillip G.

Leech, Hugh B.

Le¢n, Luis A.

Le Sage, Laurent

Levi-Castillo, Roberto

Lewis, David J.

Lewis, Franklin B.

Lichtenberg, Ruth

Lindberg, K.

Lindner, Erwin

Linsley, E. Gorton

Liu, Su-yung

Loomis, Richard B.

Luna Dias, A. P. A.

Lupton, David W.

Maa, T. C.

Macfie, J. W. S.

Mackerras, I. M.

Marhler, Kenneth L.

Maffi, Mario

Maldonado-Capriles, J.

Malloch, J. R.

Marinklelle, C. J.

Marks, E. N.

Marshall, Steve A.

Marston, Norman

Marint, Charles H.


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Martin, Jon

Maschwitz, David E.

Mather, Wharton B.

Matta, James F.

Maxfield, Galen

Mayer, Helmut

Mayer, Karl

McAlpine, David K.

McAlpine, J. Frank

McCrae, A. W. R.

McDonald, John L.

McDonald, William A.

McDuffie, W. C.

McFadden, Max W.

McGuire, Judson U., Jr.

McLeod, Ellis

McMillan, Bruce

Medler, John t.

Megahed, M. M.

Mendoza, Jorge

Messersmith, Donald H.

Michener, Charles D.

Middlekauff, W. W.

Mihalyi, F.

Minaya-Gomez, Gloria S.

Minter, Donald M.

Mirzaeva, A. G.

Mitchell, Robert T.

Miyagi, Ichiro


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Montgomery, B. Elwood

Moraes, Antonio Paulo Assis de

Morrill, Austin W., Jr.

Morsy, Tosson A.

Moser, John C.

Mourya, Devendra T.

Muesebeck, C. F. W.

Mulla, Mir S.

Muma, Martin H.

Munro, H. K.

Murphy, Joseph R.

Murphy, D. H.

Murray, William S.

Nagatomi, Akira N.

Namba, Ryoji

Nartshuk, E. P.

Needham, Paul R.

Neff, Stuart E.

Nelson, Robert L.

Nelson, Thomas E.

Neumann, D.

Nielsen, Anker

Nielsen, B. Overgaard

Ogden, Louis L.

Box 5

Oka, Hidemiti

Okada, Toyohi

Oldroyd, Harold A.

Oliver, D. R.


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Oliver, Hugh A.

Oliveria, Sebastiao J.

Oman, Paul W.

Osmera, Stanislav

Paclt, J.

Paine, George H., Jr.

Painter, Reginald H.

Palicka, P.

Palmen, Ernst

Palmoni, Yaaaqov

Papavero, Nelson

Papp, Laszlo J.

Parker, J. R.

Paulian, Renaud

Pechuman, L. L.

Peck, Stewart B.

Peffly, R. L.

Pelham-Clinton, E. C.

Pennak, Robert W.

Peterson, Alvah

Peus, Fritz

Philip, Cornelius B.

Pickard, Eugene

Pinger, Robert R.

Pipkin, Sarah B.

Pister, E. Philip

Porter, John E.

Pratt, Harry D.

Price, Donald A. and Hardy, W. T.


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Priddy, Ralph B.

Pritchard, A. Earl

Provost, Maurice W.

Pucat, Amalia M.

Quarte, Larry W.

Raffensperger, Ed M.

Rapp, William F., Jr.

Rees, Don M.

Reeves, William C.

Reid, E. T.

Reis Pinheiro, Lucilia

Peisen, William K.

Reiss, Frieder

Remmert, Hermann

Rempel, J. G.

Rettenmeyer, Carl W.

Roback, Selwyn S.

Roberts, H. Radclyffe

Robertson, Richard G.

Robinson, Edwin J.

Robinson, William H

Rogers, A. J.

Rogers, Thomas E.

Ross, Edward S.

Ross, Herbert H.

Roth, Vincent D.

Rozeboom, Lloyd E.

Rozkosny, Rudolph

Ryckman, Raymond E.


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Sabrosky, Curtis W.

Sakagami, Shoichi F.

Sanders, Robert R.

Santana, Fred J.

Sasakawa, M.

Satchell, Geoffrey H.

Scanlon, John E.

Scheiring, Joseph F.

Schick, Robert

Schlinger, Evert I.

Schmitz, Hermann

Schremmer, Fritz

Schumann, H.

Schuster, R.

Schuster, Robert O.

Seabrook, Edwin L.

Sedman, Yale S.

Seguy, E.

Selander, Richard B.

Sen, Purnendu

Shad-Del, F.

Shaw, Frank R.

Shaw, James H.

Shemanchuk, J. A.

Shenefelt, Roy D.

Shewell, Guy E.

Shiraki, Tokuichi

Shorter, Daniel A.

Simpson, Karl W.


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Slooff, R.

Smee, Lance

Smith, Carroll N.

Smith, Leslie M.

Smith, Marion E.

Smith, Ray F.

Box 6

Snow, Willis E.

Soika, A. Giordani

Sommerman, Kathryn M.

Soponis, Annelle R.

Souza Lopes, Hugo de

Spangler, Paul J.

Spataru, Pepietta

Spencer, Neal R.

Stackelberg, A.

Stegmaier, Carl, Jr.

Steyskal, George

Stinson, Christopher H.

Stokes, Glenn M.

Stone, Alan

Strenke, Karl

Sturtevant, A. H.

Sublette, James E.

Sun, Wesley K. C.

Surber, Eugene W.

Tanner, Vasco M.

Tate, H. Douglas

Tavares, Omar


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Tenorio, Joaquin

Teskey, H. J.

Thatcher, Theodore O.

Thienemann, August

Thompson, F. Christian

Thomspon, Patrick H.

Thomsen, Lillian

Thurman, Ernestine B.

Tikasingh, E. S.

Tinkham, Ernest R.

Tissot, A. N.

Toit, R. Du

Trapido, Harold

Travis, Bernard V.

Tsacas, L.

Turner, William J.

Tuxen, S. L.

Usinger, Robert L.

Valley, Karl

Van Emden, F.

Vargas, Luis

Vasey, Carey E.

Vattier-Bernard, Gisele

Vibe, Christian

Villa, Jaime

Vitale, Gary

Vockeroth, J. R.

Wall, William J., Jr.

Wallace, George


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Walshe-Maetz, Barbara M.

Warmke, H. E.

Wasbauer, Marius S.

Waugh, William T.

Webb, Donald W.

Weems, Howard V., Jr.

Weerekoon, A. C. J.

Weinmann, Clarence J.

Weisman, Kenneth E.

Werner, Floyd G.

Wheeler, George C.

Wheeler, Marshall R.

White, Graham B.

Whittaker, Robert H.

Wiegert, Richard G.

Wilcox, Joseph

Williams, Roger W.

Winston, Paul W.

Wise, Keith A. J.

Woke, Paul A.

Wolff, Torben

Box 7

Womersley, H.

Wood, D. M.

Woodley, Norman E.

Wygodsinsky, Pedro

Yasumatsu, Keizo

York, George t.

Young, Daniel K.


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Young, David G.

Zack, Richard S.

Zangheri, Pietro

Zimmerman, Elwood C.

Zuska, Jan

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1949-19513

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1952

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