RMA01775.xml Guide to the William Arthur Rawlins papers, 1930-1972. Rawlins, William Arthur papers, 1930-1972. Compiled by S.Lipsky Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library June 2004

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Finding aid encoded by Ann Hubert June 2004 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the William Arthur Rawlins Papers,1930-1972 Collection Number: 21-23-1775 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu S.Lipsky February 1980 Ann Hubert, June 2004 © 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY William Arthur Rawlins papers, 1930-1972. 21-23-1775 William Arthur, Rawlins 1908- 8 cubic ft. Correspondence, reports, data books, radio talks, handbooks, course material, papers. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Papers include general correspondence, and correspondence and reports from Rawlins' work with the Food and Agricultural Organization's Mission to Poland and with the Ford Foundation in India. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Entomologist; professor of entomology, Cornell University.

 COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers include general correspondence (1930-1972), and correspondence and general reports from Rawlins' work with the Food and Agricultural Organization's Mission to Poland (1947, 1951-1952), and with the Ford Foundation in India (1967-1970); reports, the majority on potato disease, lettuce yellows, aster yellows and carrot rust fly control; data books recording the progress of various potato experiments (1937-1958); county agents' school reports; and miscellaneous radio talks, senate testimony, handbooks, and course material.

 SUBJECTS Names: Rawlins, William Arthur, 1908- Cornell University--Faculty. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Mission to Poland. Ford Foundation. Subjects: Agriculture. Agricultural pests. Plant diseases. Entomology. Agriculture--Poland. Entomologists. College teachers. Places: India. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

William Arthur Rawlins papers, #21-23-1775. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 CONTAINER LIST Series I. Correspondence Subseries A. 1930-1972 1 1 1930-1939 1 2 1939 1 3-4 1940 1 5-6 1941 1 7-8 1942 1 9 1943 1 10-11 1944 1 12-13 1945 1 14 1946 1 15-17 1947 1 18 1948 2 1 1948 2 2 1949 2 3-4 1950 2 5-6 1951 2 7-8 1952 2 9-11 1953 2 12-14 1954 2 15-16 1955 2 17-18 1956 3 1-3 1957 3 4-6 1958 3 7-9 1959 3 10-11 1960 3 12-14 1965 3 15 1966 3 16-17 1967 3 18-19 1968 3 20 1969 3 21 1970 4 1 1970-1971 4 2 1971 4 3 1972-1973 Subseries B. International projects 4 4 Polish Mission 1947 4 5 Maps of Poland 5 1 FAO Field Reports, Correspondence 1951-1952 4 6-7 Correspondence 4 8 "Reprints" - Correspondence related to Dailp Gupta's, "Persistence of Two Systematic Carbamate Insecticides in three types of soils" 1966-1967 4 9 "Indian Correspondence" 4 10 Reprints and Publications, related correspondence 4 11 Correspondence 1966-1967 5 2 India - Ford Foundation Material 1967-1970 5 3 Annual Report Research on the insect pests of Maize with special reference to stalk borders 1967 Series II. Reports Subseries A. Potato Scab, 1930's 4 12 Blodgett, F.M., "Progress Report on Potato Disease Investigations" June 1935-Apr. 1937 4 12 "Progress Report on Potato Diseases. Investigations during Summer 1937" 1937 4 13 Burke, O.D., "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Life History of the Colorado Potato Beetle under Long Island Conditions" 4 13 "Potato Spraying Experiments at Riverhead, 1930-1931" 1930-1931 4 13 "Potato Spraying Experiments, Riverhead, Long Island, New York, 1930" 1930 4 14 Cowan, E.K., "Potato Seed Treatments and Related Experiments in Wyoming County" (with L.L. Stirland and F.M. Blodgett) 1938 4 14 Cowan, E.K., "Results of Potato Seed Treatment Experiments in Wyoming County, New York" 1934 4 14 Cowan, E.K., "Results of Seed Treatment Experiments in Wyoming and Genesee Counties" 1935 4 14 Cowan, E.K., "Experimental Results Varying Concentrations of Yellow Oxide Seed Treatment - Wyoming County" 4 14 Cowan, E.K., "Results of Potato Seed Treatment Experiments in Wyoming, Genesee and Madison Counties, 1936" 1936 4 14 Cowan, E.K., "Results of Potato Seed Treatment Experiments in Wyoming, Erie, Oneida, and Madison Counties" 1937 4 15 Decker, Plares, "Potato Scab Control in Western New York" 1938 4 16 Dickinson, William, "Notes for 1934" 1934 4 17 Dickinson, William, "Potato Spraying and Dusting in Nassau County, Long Island" (with G.F. MacLeod) 4 17 Dickinson, William, Flea Beetle Experiment;" "Potato Spraying Experiemtns at Hicksville, 1933;" Misc. untitled 1933 4 18 Epps, W.M., "Potato Spray and Dust Experiments in Wyoming County, New York, 1938;" "Potato Spray and Dust Experiments in Wyoming County, New York, 1939" 1938-1939 4 19 Findlen, P.J., "Some Facts Concerning Consumer and Retailer Demand for Potatoes in Cleveland, Ohio" Apr. 14, 1937 4 19 Findlen, P.J., "A Summary of Facts Relating to Consumer and Retailer Demand and Preference for Potatoes" 1939 4 20 Kelly, Keith and Erickson, Ralph, "Report of Investigations on Plant Growth Stimulation by Mixtures of Ground Pyrethrum Flowers and Oils" 1938 4 21 McCormick, R.B., "Potato Spraying Experiments at Sagaponack, N.Y." 1930-1932 4 22 McCubben, E.N., "Report on Potato Rotation Project, Steuben County" 1936-1939 4 23 MacLeod, G.J., "Progress Report of Experiments with Potato Insects" Apr. 14, 1937 4 24 Mader, E.O., "Potato Spraying and Dusting Experiments" (with F.M. Blodgett and C.J. Taylor) 1929 4 24 Mader, E.O., "Potato Spraying and Dusting Experiments at Pittsford, N.Y." 1929-1931, 1934 4 24 Mader, E.O., "A Report of the Results of Spraying and Dusting Experiments at Pittsford from 1929-1932" Jan. 4, 1933 4 24 Mader, E.O., "Potato Spraying Experiments a Gainsville, N.Y." 1935 4 25 Maughn, Frank B., "Varietal Differences in Insect Populations and Injuries to Potatoes" 4 26 Menusan, H. Jr., "Results of Potato Dusting Experiments on Organic Soils" 4 26 Menusan, H. Jr., "Potato Spraying and Dusting Experiments on Long Island" (with Wm. Dickinson) 4 26 Menusan, H. Jr., "Report on Potato Spraying, Central Park, Long Island, 1931" 1932 4 26 Menusan, H. Jr., "Preliminary Report, Potato Spray Experiments at Central Park, L.I." Oct. 1932 4 27 Nash, K.B., "Report of the Potato Rotation Project in Franklin County 1936-1937" 1939-1940 4 27 Nash, K.B., "Temporary Report of the Potato Rotation Project in Franklin County" 1937 4 27 Nash, K.B., "Investigation of the Potato Rotation Project in Franklin County" 1938 4 28 Nottingham, J.O., "Preliminary Report on Spraying and Dusting Experiments in Nassau County, Long Island" 1937 4 28 Nottingham, J.O., "Preliminary Report - 1937 Dusting and Spraying Experiments on Potatos in Hicksville Area" 1937 4 28 Nottingham, J.O., "Investigations of Potato Insects in Nassau County during 1938" 1938 4 28 Nottingham, J.O., "Report of Spraying and Dusting Experiments on Potatoes in Nassau County" 1939 4 28 Nottingham, J.O., "Report on Potato Experiments in Nassau County" 1940 4 29 Peterson, L.C., "Potato Spraying Experiments Conducted at Sagaponack and Water Mill, Long Island, N.Y." 1936 4 29 Peterson, L.C., "Resume of Potato Spraying Experiments Conducted at Sagaponack, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. in 1937" 1938 4 29 Three appendices 4 30 Rawlins, W.A., Misc. Reports and Studies of Potato Defects in Western N.Y.; Thesis; "Biology and Control of the Wheat Wireworm" 4 31 Roney, James N., "Report of the Muckland Potato Dusting Experiments in Genesee and Orleans Counties" 1939 4 32 Simpson, G.W., "Potato Spraying Experiment" 1930 4 32 Simpson, G.W., "Report of Potato Investigations at Hicksville, L.I." 4 32 Simpson, G.W., "Potato Spraying and Dusting Experiments...Hicksville, L.I." 1930 4 33 Skaptason, J.B., "Potato Spraying Experiments in Suffolk County, N.Y." 1937 6 1 Smith, Ora, "Some Factors which Influence Interior Quality of Potatoes" 1939 6 2 Stafford, Eugene M., "Report of Summer Work in Wayne County" 1937 6 3 Stirland, L.L., "Potato Seed Treatment Tests" 1931 6 3 Stirland, L.L., "Progress Report of the Potato Tuber Injury Investigation" (with W.A. Rawlins) 1930 6 4 Taylor, C.J., "A Preliminary Report on Potato Scab Control in Western N.Y." 1931 6 4 "The Second [Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth] Report on Potato Scab Control in Western N.Y." (with addenda) 1932-1935, 1937 6 5 Tuthill, C.S., "The Potato Rotation Project in Genesee County, 1936" 1937-1941 6 6 Udey, E.C., "Potato Spraying Experiments in Wyoming County" 1936 6 7 Misc. unlabeled or untitled 1930-1939 Subseries B. Reports, 1940-1945 6 8 Ashdown, David, "Investigations of the Control of Lettuce Yellows through Control of the Aster Leafhopper" 1943 6 9 Bradfield, R. and Mustgrave, R.B., "Summaries of the Yields of all Crops Grown in the Potato Rotation Experiment in Franklin, Genesee, and Steuben Counties for the first Five-Year Period" 1936-1940 6 10 Dewey, James E., "Report: Results and Observations of Potato Control Projects on Long Island" 1943 6 11 Erickson, Ralph, "Report of Investigations on Plant Growth Stimulation by Mixtures of Derris, Pyrethrum Flowers, and Oils" 1940 6 11 Erickson, Ralph, "Spraying for Control of Potato Insects, Erie County" 1942 6 12 Gyrisco, George Gordon, "Potato Insecticide Experiments, Suffolk County" 1945 6 13 Jodka, Jospeh F.T., "Report: Potato Spraying Experiments, Erie County" 1943-1944 6 14 McGoldrick, Fred, "Report on Potato Rotation Project, Steuben County" 1940-1941 6 15 Miner, F.D., "Summary of Muckland Potato Dusting Experiments" 1941 6 16 Olson, Robert E., "Investigations of the Eastern Field Wireworm, Limonius ectypus, Say." 1939-1940 6 16 Olson, Robert E., "Potato Rotation Project, Monroe County" 1942 6 16 Pratt, John Jr., "Potato Spraying Experiments, Erie County" 1941 6 17 Rawlins, W.A., "Summary of Potato Insect Pest Investigations on Long Island" 6 18 Roney, James Neville, "The Potato Leafhopper Empoasca fabae Harris and its injury to Muckland Potatoes" 6 18 Roney, James Neville, "Muckland Potato Dusting Experiments" 1940 6 19 Roth, Roger W., "Potato Insect Spray and Dust Experiments in Nassau County" 1942 6 20 Skaptason, J.B., "Test of Material for Flea Beetle Control" 1939 6 20 Skaptason, J.B., "Preliminary Report on Potato Spray and Dusting Experiments on Long Island" 1940 6 20 Skaptason, J.B., "Potato Spraying Experiments in Suffolk County, N.Y." 1936-1938 6 20 "Final Yield of Green Mountain Potatoes...at Riverhead, L.I." 1936 6 20 "Counts of Early Blight Lesion and Final Yield on Green Mountain Potatoes" 1941 6 21 Smith, Wilson and Wilkinson, Robert E., "Progress Report on Testing Scab Resistant Seedlings" 1946 6 21 Smith, Wilson and Wilkinson, Robert E., "Report on the Potato Rotation Project in Genesee County" 1944 6 22 Staples, Robert and Cotton, Robert, "Potato Spray and Dust" 6 23 Staples, Rawlins and Cotton, Robert, "Report on Potato Spraying Experiments" 1940 6 24 Thomas, Charles A., "Report on the Potato Rotation Project in Genesee County" 1943 6 24 Thomas, Charles A., "Report on a Supplementary Rotation Experiment...Genesee County, N.Y." 1943 6 25 Wene, George, "Potato Insecticide Experiments in Monroe County" 1945 6 25 Wene, George, "Report, Monroe County Potato Rotation Project" 1941, 1943-1945 6 26 Wright, C.M., "Potato Spraying Experiments in Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y." 1945 6 26 Wright, C.M., "Some Potato Spraying Experiments Conducted on the South Fork, Long Island, N.Y." 1945 6 27 Misc. and untitled or unidentified reports Subseries C. Reports, 1945-1950 6 28 Ashdown, Donald, "Studies of Onion Thrips" 1947 6 29 Belkin, John, "Report on Foliage Injury Test Plant Sprays" 6 29 Bliss, C.I., "Outline of Lectures on Statistical Methods in Entomological Research" 6 29 Cetas, Robert C., "Potato Spraying Experiments in the Bridgehampton Area of Suffolk County" 1947, 1950 6 30 Davis, A.C. and Rawlins, W.A., "Recent Progress in the Control of Wireworms on Potatoes" 1947 6 30 Ewart, W.H., "Report on Field Work on Muckland Vegetable Crops in Orange County, N.Y. for the summer of 1947" 1947 6 31 French, Alex M., "Western N.Y. Potato Spray Experiments" 1947, 1949 6 31 French, Alex M., "Potato Dust Experiment" 1946 6 31 French, Alex M., "Potato Spray and Dust Experiments" 1946 6 32 Kirk, Vernon M., "Potato Insecticide Experiments in Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y." 1947-1948 6 33 Leiby, R.W., "An Evaluation of Bean Beetle Control on Dry Beans" 1949 6 33 Leiby, R.W., "Bean Neetle Control on Dry Beans" 1950 6 33 Leiby, R.W., "Potato Insect Control..." 1947 6 33 Leiby, R.W., "Summary of Tests on Vegetable Insect Control" 1946 6 34 Meklenbacher 1946 6 34 Menusan, H, Jr., "Results of Potato Dusting Experiments on Organic Soils" 6 34 Menusan, H, Jr., "Potato Spraying and Dusting Experiments on Muckland" 1931-1934 6 34 Menusan, H, Jr., "Size of Plot and Its Relationship to Field Spraying Experiments with Potatoes" 6 35 "Muckland Potato Reports" 6 36 Post, Richard L.; McCalley, Russell W.; and Munro, J. Alex, "Insecticidal Application and Potato Yields in North Dakota" 1949 6 36 Rawlins, W.A., "Potato Insect Control" 6 36 Rawlins, W.A.; Wene, George P.; Gyrisko, George and Jodka, Joseph; "Report of laboratory and greenhouse studies pertaining to problems of potato insect control" 6 37 Rawlins, William A., Thesis - "Biology and Control of Wheat Wireworm in Western N.Y." 6 38 Roth, Roger W. and Gyrisco, Gorge Gordon, "Potato Insecticide Experiments in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, Long Island, N.Y." 1946 6 39 Ruehle, George D., "Recent Spray Tests for Control of Potao Late Blight in Sub-Tropical Florida" 6 39 Sloan, M.J., "Studies on Lettuce Yellows, Onion Maggot, and Onion Thrips;" "Summary of Year's Work" 1948 6 40 Stafford, Eugene M., "Report of Work Done in Wayne County, 1938;" "Report of Summer Work for 1937" 1937-1938 6 41 Staples, Rovert, "Potato Insecticide Experiments in Monroe County, N.Y." 1946 7 1 Strong, Rudolph G., "1964 Experiments Concerning the Prevention of Aster Yellow Virus Disease in Lettuce" 1964 7 2 Sun, Yun-Pei, "A Preliminary Study of the Influence of Velisicol AR-60 upon the Insecticidal Effectiveness of Dusts Containing Rotenone or DDT" 1946 7 3-4 Misc. and unlabeled Subseries D. Lettuce yellows reports 7 5 Ashdown, Donald, "Investigations of the Control of Lettuce Yellows through the Control of the Aster Leafhopper" (Bankhead-Jones Project 50) 1942-1943, 1946-1947 7 6 Bacon, "Muckland Insect Investigations, Lettuce Yellows" 1952 7 6 Ewart, W.H., "Investigations of the Control of Lettuce Yellows through the Control of the Aster Leafhopper" 1947 7 7 Notebook, D. Gonzalez, Savannah Lettuce Plots 1961 7 8 Roney, J.N., "Report of Investigations of Lettuce Yellows and Experiments for Control of the Aster Leafhopper Conducted on the Elba Muckland, Summer 1939" 1939-1940 7 9 Sloan, M.J., "Studies on Lettuce Yellows, Onion Maggot, and Onion Thrips. Oswego Co." Report and notes 1949 7 10 "Reports on Projects Bankhead-Jones 50 and 56;" "Lettuce Yellows Experimentsfor 1948" 1948 7 11 "Muckland Insect Investigations" 1950 7 12 "Muckland Insect Investigations" 1951 7 13 Strong, Rudolph G., "Aster Yellows Transitions Experiments;" "Muckland Lettuce Pest Investigations for 1953" 1953 7 14 "Aster Yellows Transmissions Experiments. Notebook #2." Experiment 3D 7 15 "Lettuce Experiments, Summer 1954" (Notebook) 1954 7 16 "1954 Experiments Concerning the Prevention of Aster Yellows Virus Disease in Lettuce" 1954 7 17 Aster Yellows Transitions Experiments" Notebook #1, #3 7 18 "Insecticide Experiments, Notebooks #1 and #2 1955 7 19 Thompson, Leith S., "1958 Experiments Concerning Prevention of Aster Yellows Virus Disease..." Summer Report 1958 7 19 Thompson, Leith S., "1959 Studies of Aster Yellows and Its Vector, the Six-Spotted Leafhopper" 1959 7 19 Thompson, Leith S., "1960 Summer Report. 'Aster-Yellows and the Six-Spotted Leafhopper'" 1960 Subseries E. Carrot rust fly reports 5 4 Unknown. "Carrot Rust Fly Experiments in 1951" 1951-1952 5 4 "Preliminary Trials to Control the Carrot Rust Fly" 5 4 "Carrot Rust Fly Experiments, Summer 1952. Spray Treatment for Second Brood Maggots" 1952 8 1-3 Harris, Emmet D. Jr., "Summer Report for 1952," Carrot Insect Investigations 1952-1953 8 4 "Report of Carrot Rust Fly Investigations" 1955 8 5 Misc. Reports 8 6 Project Reports 1935-1960 Subseries F. Onion maggots 8 7 Project Reports Series III. Data books 8 8 Wormwire Project B.J. 32 1937 8 9 Wormwire Project 1938-1939 8 10 Western New York Potato Spraying Projects 1938-1940 8 11 Muckland Potato Dusting Project 1939-1940 8 12 Cotton 1941 8 13 1945 Potato Experiments, Suffolk County by George G. Gyrisko 1945 8 14 1945 Potato Project, Suffolk County, George G. Gyrisko 1945 8 15 Watkins, Thomas C. and Norton, L.B., "Properties and Commercial Sources of Insecticide Dust Diluents and Carriers" Feb. 1947 8 16 Muckland Potato Project 1941 8 17 Unidentified 8 18-19 "Abstracts of the Chlordane, Endrin, and Heptachlor Literature" Nov. 1954-1958 8 20-21 Heptachlor Formulator's Manual Series IV. Miscellany Subseries A. County agents school reports 8 22 1932-1933, 1935-1936, 1938 8 23 1939-1940 8 24 1941 8 25 1942 5 5 1943 5 6 1944 5 7 1945 5 8 1947 5 9 1950 Subseries B. Congress of crop protection, 1957 5 10 Books and programs 5 11 Folder contents Subseries C. Radio Talks, 1931-1951 5 12 Radio Talks 1931-1951 Subseries D. Course material 5 13 Entomology 12 5 14 Class Reports on Insecticides Subseries E. Testimony 5 15 Copy of testimony to be presented at the hearings of the Food and Drug Administration on insecticide residues Subseries F. Miscellany 5 16 Potato Committee Meeting 1947 5 17 Handbook for Operators of Potato Spray Rings 1948 5 18 Fumigation Plots on Muck 1954