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Collection Overview
Title: Charles Robertson Papers, 1877-1936
ID: 43/5/21
Primary Creator: Robertson, Charles (1858-1935)
Extent: 2.2 cubic feet
Arrangement: By subject.
Date Acquired: 01/11/2018. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Bees, Carlinville, Illinois, Data, Entomology, Insects, Natural History, Natural History Survey, Illinois
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of entomologist Charles Robertson (1858-1935), including correspondence, reprints, five ledgers, and a data book containing data about bee research, and specifically the interaction between bees and the plants they polinate collected in Carlinville, Illinois. Correspondents include William H. Ashmead, Daniel William Coquillett, Howard M. Parshley, and Charles Haskins Townsend, among others.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Accruals:
10/4/2018
Acquisition Source:
Per Tommy McElrath, Collection Manager, Insect Collection
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Series 1: Correspondence
- Folder 1: W.H. Ashmead Correspondence, ca. 1887-1894
- Folder 2: D.W. Coquillett Correspondence, 1894-1901
- Folder 3: C.A. Frost Correspondence, 1919-1920
- Folder 4: H.M. Parshley Correspondence, 1919-1921
- Folder 5: S.A. Robwer Correspondence, 1892-1920
- Folder 6: C.H. Townsend Correspondence, 1891-1927
- Folder 7: S.W. Willston Correspondence, 1887-1889
- Folder 8: General Correspondence, ca. 1887-1928
- Series 2: Data Collection
- Folder 1: Types of Species Collected, ca. 1920
- Folder 2: List of Bees Described by Charles Robertson, compiled 1920
- Folder 3: A List of the Flowering Plants and Their Dates of Blooming at Carlinville, Illinois, undated
- Series 3: Publications
- Folder 1: List of Robertson Papers and "Robertsoniana", ca. 1972
- Folder 2: Publications, 1886-1898
- Folder 3: Publications, 1901-1920
- Folder 4: Publications, 1921-1936
- Box 2
- Series 3: Publications cont.
- Item 1: Papers of Charles Robertson, Vol. 1, Natural History Survey, 1886-1898
- Item 2: Papers of Charles Robertson, Vol. 2, Natural History Survey, 1899-1933
- Series 4: Collection Logs
- Item 1: Specimen Collection Log (nos. 1-1647), 1884-1886
- Item 2: Specimen Collection Log (nos. 1648-6095), 1886-1887
- Item 3: Specimen Collection Log (nos. 6096-11525), 1887-1891
- Item 4: Specimen Collection Log (nos. 11526-25125), 1891-1918
- Box 3
- Series 4: Collection Logs cont.
- Item 1: Specimin Collection Log, 1877-1879
- Box 4
- Series 5: Data Book
- Item 1: Detached Flower Sheets (Analog Spreadsheet Frozen Top Row), 1925
- Item 2: Data Book (Analog Spreadsheet), 1925
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