AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT: PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION: STATE ENTOMOLOGIST:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minnesota. State Entomologist.
	Title:	Records.
	Dates:	1895-2015.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, reports, circulars, and miscellany regarding the activities of the State Entomologist in nursery inspection and regulation, plant pest and disease control, grasshopper control, crop reports, and fruit culture.
	Quantity:	3.6 cubic feet (4 boxes and 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The State Entomologist was director of the Plant Industry Division and of its predecessors, the Division of Nursery Inspection (to 1931) and the Division of Insect Control, Nursery and Apiary Inspection (1931-approximately 1945). The title ceased to be used in approximately 1957. He was responsible for control of plant pests and diseases, inspection of nursery and fruit stock, and apiary inspection. (See State Entomologist Circular 3, April 6, 1934, and legislative manuals).

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Entomologist. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 986-74; 980-40; 2005-11; 2019-28; 2020-12

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017086740104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


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115.F.1.13B	First Report of the State Entomologist: Insects injurious in 1895, 1895.
		Pages at beginning may have been removed, begins at page 99.


		Special Report of the Entomologist of the State Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota to the Governor by Otto Lugger, September 1899.


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115.H.3.3B		Special Report of the State Entomologist on the Mediterranean Flour Moth, February 29, 1904. 1 volume.


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103.H.1.9B		Nursery Inspection Record, 1912-1924. 1 volume.


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115.H.3.3B		Report of Apiary Inspection, 1934.


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107.K.11.8F	Nursery Inspection Data, undated, 1939.
		Historical sketches of nursery inspection and regulation in Minnesota.


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115.H.3.3B	Summary Report of the Activities of the Weed and Seed Division, 1943. 1 volume.
		Related material: Agriculture Department. Weed and Seed Control Division. Weed and Seed Control Director's Files, 1931-1943 (bulk 1938-1942).


		Report to the State Interim Committee by Office of State Entomologist T. L. Aamodt, December 1943.


		Summary of State and Canadian Study Regarding Apiary Inspection Laws, January 1, 1945. 1 volume.


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115.F.1.13B		Organization and Functions of the Division of Plant Industry and Office of the State Entomologist, 1945-1955.


		Seed Laboratory Biennial Report, 1946-1948.


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115.H.3.3B		36th Report for the Division of Plant Industry and Office of State Entomologist, 1952-1954. 1 volume.


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115.F.1.13B		Consolidated Insect Survey Reports, 1954-1984. 2 folders.


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115.H.3.3B		Biennial Reports for the Section of Insect and Plant Disease Control, 1958-1968. 6 volumes.


		Forest Pest Summary, 1967. 1 volume.
			Addition to Division of Plant Industry.


		Dutch Elm Beetle Surveys, 1978.


		Survey of Wild Oat and Other Weeds in Small Grains in Minnesota, 1979. 1 volume.


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115.F.1.13B	Annual Activity Reports, 1979-1999. 9 volumes and 4 folders.
		Following year not included: 1988.


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115.H.3.3B		Master List - Fields Inspected for Certification by Mark Schreiber, 1984. 1 volume.


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115.F.1.13B		Crop Reports to Dr. Dharma Sreenivasam, Supervisor, 1984.


		Minnesota Pest Report Newsletters, 1985-1987.


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115.H.3.3B		Profile of Minnesota Agriculture, 1989. 1 volume.


		Directory of Certified Nursery Stock Growers, Dealers and Landscapers, 2004. 1 volume.


		North Shore State Parks Visitors Informal Questionnaire Survey Report, Fall 2005. 1 volume.


		Apiary Program Report, approximately 2006. 1 volume.


		Legislative Report on the Exclusion of New and Emerging Plant Pests in Minnesota, 2006. 1 volume.


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107.K.11.8F	Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, undated, 1921-1957. 3 folders.
		Correspondence, reports, and miscellany, primarily of A. G. Ruggles and Torfin L. Aamodt, concerning various aspects of nursery stock inspection, fruit culture, pest control, and general affairs of the state entomologist's office, especially: cedar rust eradication (1921, 1930s); blister rust (1931); strawberry production (1930s); grasshopper control (1930s); Minnesota State Horticultural Society activities (1930s-1940s); apple growing in Lake Minnetonka region (1941); Minnesota State Nurserymen's Association activities (1940s-1950s); and white pine blister rust (1940s-1950s).


		Circulars, 1921-1951. 3 folders.
			Primarily issued by the State Entomologist's office, but including some from the Agriculture Department. Includes nursery statistics, pest control, inspection and shipment of nursery stock, and general office activities.


		European Corn Borer Eradication, 1943-1949. 4 folders.
			Correspondence and reports.


	Grasshopper Control Materials, 1931-1975. 18 folders:
		Minnesota Grasshopper Report, 1931.
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116.F.1.13B		Grasshopper Infestation Maps, 1931-1934.
		Special Report on the 1932 Grasshopper Outbreak, 1932. 2 folders.
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107.K.11.8F		Grasshopper Circulars, 1932-1938. 2 folders.
			Includes indexes.
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116.F.1.13B		State 1933 Grasshopper Report, 1933.
		Grasshopper Reports, 1935 and 1937. 2 folders.
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107.K.11.8F		Minnesota Grasshopper Control Campaign Report, January 1935.
		Albert Buzicky’s [Weekly] Grasshopper Reports for T. L. Aamadt, 1938-1939.
		Red River Valley Grasshopper Report, with Lancaster Survey Area, 1938.
		Minnesota Adult and Egg (Grasshopper) Survey, 1938.
		Minnesota Grasshopper Control Campaign Reports, 1939, 1946, 1948-1950.
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116.F.1.13B		Grasshopper Summary, 1946-1949.
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107.K.11.8F		Grasshopper Survey and Infestation Circular, 1957-1975.
		The 1961 Grasshopper Situation in Minnesota.


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116.F.1.13B		Shade Tree Program: Reports to the Legislature, 1982-1987. 3 volumes.


		Invasive Species Program:
			Annual Report to the Legislature, 2003. 1 volume.
			Annual Report to the Legislature, 2007.
			Invasive Species Calendars, 2006-2013. 7 volumes.


		Plant Protection:
			Agriculture Chemical and Plant Protection Section Annual Report, 2000. 1 volume.
			Plant Protection Section Annual Reports, 2001-2002, 2004-2015. 17 volumes.


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107.K.11.8F	Miscellaneous Records, 1895-approximately 1935.
		Executive order signed by Governor David M. Clough and drafts of House File No. 372 and counterpart Senate File No. 353, all providing for destruction of cinch bugs and other crop-destroying insects (1895); copy of Senate File No. 430, providing for inspection of nurseries and nursery stock (1927); Nursery Inspection Regulations and Quarantines (approximately 1935).


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115.H.3.3B	Photographs:
		Men with truck from U.S. Department of Agriculture: Entomology and Plant Quarantine Division, approximately 1940s. 1 photo in folder.
		Andrews Nursery, Faribault, undated. 3 photos in 1 folder.
			Black and white.
			[0.4 cubic feet empty]

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Fruit -- Minnesota -- Diseases and pests.; Fruit-culture -- Minnesota.; Grasshoppers -- Control -- Minnesota.; Nurseries (Horticulture) -- Minnesota.; Plant diseases -- Minnesota.; Plant inspection -- Minnesota.; Plant parasites -- Control -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: Minnesota. Division of Plant Industry.; Minnesota. Department of Agriculture.

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AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT: PLANT INDUSTRY DIVISION: STATE ENTOMOLOGIST:

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