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Robert G. Rosenstiel Papers, 1940-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rosenstiel, Robert G. (Robert George), 1910-1985.
- Title
- Robert G. Rosenstiel Papers
- Dates
- 1940-1988 (inclusive)19401988
- Quantity
- 2.15 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- Consult repository.
- Summary
- The Rosenstiel Papers document the entomology research conducted by Robert G. Rosenstiel and include project notebooks, plot data, correspondence, reports and publications, and related documentation.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert George Rosenstiel was born in Portland, Oregon on 8 April 1910. After receiving a two year degree from Southern Oregon College of Education at Ashland in 1933, he taught grade and high school at Merrill, Oregon for two years. He received a BS degree in Education in 1937 from Oregon State College. He continued his studies there, receiving a BS degree in General Science and a MS degree in Entomology in 1939. He briefly attended the University of California at Berkeley and Iowa State College at Ames before he returned to California. He received his Ph.D. in 1950 from the University of California, Berkeley.
Rosenstiel served as assistant in entomology at OSC from 1939 to 1941. From 1943 to 1946 Rosenstiel held the position of Oregon State Entomologist for the U.S. Public Health Service, headquartered in Corvallis. During 1943 and 1944, he organized the Public Health Services' program MCWA (malaria control in war areas) at Camp Adair and Camp White, Oregon. From 1945 until 1946, he was stationed in Berkeley, California where he conducted mosquito inspections and research. He returned to OSC in 1946 as Assistant Professor in the Entomology Department, and served as Associate Professor from 1952 until his retirement in 1975. Upon his retirement, he was honored with the title of Associate Professor Emeritus, a title he held until his death on 17 July 1995. His first wife, Ruth died in 1976; his second wife, Mildred and his three sons survived him. His publications included scientific papers and Experiment Station circulars and bulletins, all relating to the control of insect pests on small fruits and berries. In all he was published 26 times during his academic career.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains nine series: Biographical Information; Correspondence; Anopheline Studies, the study of mosquitoes and malaria during war times; Cnephasia longana (Omnivorous Leaf-tier) Research; Small Fruit and Berry Insects Research; Nursery Insects Research; Information on Tullgren Funnel, a type of equipment used to extract certain animals from soil for analysis; Notebooks, (field and nursery); and Prints, Negatives and Slides. Dr. Rosenstiel's research interests were nursery-greenhouse insect pests, small fruit insect pests, including all types of berries, but particularly strawberries. His Cnephasia longana research is quite extensive.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Robert G. Rosenstiel Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into nine series: I. Biographical Information; II. Correspondence; III. Anopheline Studies; IV. Chephasia longana (Omnivorous Leaf Tier) Research; V. Small Fruit and Berry Insects Research; VI. Nursery Insects Research; VII. Tullgren Funnel Information, Research Apparatus; VIII. Notebooks, Field and Laboratory Notes; and IX. Prints, Negatives, and Slides.
Related Materials
The Entomology Department records (RG 27) includes information on Dr. Rosenstiel. The College of Agricultural Science Records (RG 158), Experiment Station Records (RG 25), and College of Science Records (RG 24) also have related materials. There are related photographs in the Entomology Department Photographs (P 55), as well as in Harriet's Collection #948.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Biographical information, Application for Commission in the U.S. Public Health Service, ca. 1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Series II: Correspondence, 1940-1991Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Series III: Anopheline Studies, 1943-1948Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Anophelines, malaria control
in war areas, reports |
1943-1948 |
| 1 | Surveys, charts,
correspondence regarding malaria in Camp Adair area |
1943-1944 |
Series IV: Cnephasia longana (Omnivorous Leaf Tier) Research, 1941-1972Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Summary of dissertation,
C. longana Thesis, The
Taxonomy, Life History and Cultural Relations of Cnephasia Longana (Haworth), The Omnivorous Leaf
Tier including 19 prints
|
1950 |
| 1 | Pamphlets, bulletins,
circulars authored by Rosenstiel regarding Omnivorous Leaf Tier and other
insect pests on strawberries |
1941-1972 |
| 1 |
Cnephasia report, research data and charts
Prints, slides and negatives stored separately.
|
1946-1953 |
| 1 | Omnivorous leaf-tier injury,
leaf samples |
1949 |
Series V: Small Fruit and Berry Insects Research, ca. 1941-1989Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Small fruit insects, reports
and correspondence |
1948-1959 |
| 1 | Small fruit insects,
techniques for collecting insects |
undated |
| 1 | Wood NP [New Planting]
strawberry plot charts and wood strawberry plot charts |
1954 |
| 1 | Other test plot charts and
photostats
Negatives stored separately.
|
ca. 1941-1942 |
| 1 | Berry insect pests, reports
and correspondence |
1958-1960; 1962; 1967; 1971-74 |
| 1 | Research notes and abstracts
on root weevil control |
1960-1972 |
| 1 | Gooseberry insect pests,
bulletins, art work for publication, research notes
Prints, slides and negatives stored separately.
|
1987-1989 |
Series VI: Nursery Insects Research, 1937-1951Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Cotoneaster Webworm bulletin
and monograph |
1937 |
| 1 |
Nurserymens newsletter, originals |
1946-1947 |
| 1 | Nursery data, trees; chart of
elm trees on OSC campus |
1947 |
| 1 | Nursery data and
charts |
1948-1951 |
| 1 | Project reports, insect
control studies |
1948-1949 |
Series VII: Tullgren Funnel Information, Research ApparatusReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Series VIII: Notebooks, Field and Laboratory Notes, 1946-1988Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Strawberry root weevils,
includes some data on other weevils, crown mth, spittle bug, crown miner and
tortrix 8 notebooks
|
1951-1981 |
| 2 | Root weevils, includes
symptoms, and other small fruit insect research 7 notebooks
|
1966-1981 |
| 2 | Bushberry and cranberry
insects 1 notebook
|
1958 |
| 2 | Raspberry root borer,
includes some data on caneberry vector insect survey, June beetles, tussock
moth, orange tortrix, crown moth 2 notebooks
|
1954-1956 |
| 2 | Crown moth and
mites 1 notebook
|
1957 |
| 2 | Black gooseberry
borer 1 notebook
|
1952-1957 |
| 2 | Strawberry crown moth,
includes some data on gooseberry miner and root weevils, gooseberry
borer 4 notebooks
|
1951-1958 |
| 2 | Gooseberry cambium miner,
includes some data on raspberry cane maggot, raspberry root borer, and omn.
leaf tier 2 notebooks
|
1956-1957 |
| 2 | Omnivorous leaf tier,
includes some data on strawberry leafbeetle, and spittle bugs 4 notebooks
|
1950-1957 |
| 2 | Cyclamen mites, includes some
data on orange tortrix and holly scale 6 notebooks
|
1951-1960 |
| 2 | Orange tortrix 3 notebooks
|
1947-1948 |
| 2 | Juniper webworm 1 notebook
|
1951 |
| 2 | Strawberry aphids, includes
some data on strawberry mites, cyclamen mites, and caneberry
insects 9 notebooks
|
1949-1967 |
| 2 | Berry insects, includes some
data on root weevils 7 notebooks
|
1967-1975 |
| 2 | Caneberry insects, includes
some data on raspberry root borer, strawberry crown moth, two spot mite,
blueberry and gooseberry insects 5 notebooks
|
1951-1960 |
| 2 | Two spotted mites 1 notebook
|
1950 |
| 2 | Various insect pests research
data, includes tests plots in greenhouse and nursery 11 notebooks
|
1946-1980 |
Series IX: Prints, Negatives, and SlidesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 | Rosenstiel's
Cnephasia longana research, larvae and leaf
injury two prints 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 and 4 x
5
|
1949 |
| 3 | Diagrams of unknown
plants 36 slides, eight 5 x 8
prints
|
|
| 3 | Gooseberry branches, left one
is injured 8 x 10 print
|
|
| 3 | Bird dung deposit on
clod 35 mm negative, 5 x 5 print, two
4 x 4 1/2 prints, 3 1/2 x 4 print, 3 1/2 x 5 print; all of the same
image
|
|
| 3 | Combination of three images
marked as #5, #6, & #7 including the image of bird dung deposit on clod
described previously 4 x 5 negative, two 8 x 10
prints; two 3 x 4 prints of #5 & #6 only
|
|
| 3 |
Opostega biology; collage of three prints, marked #1,
#2, #3; caption for each: #1 - "exposed feeding mines in gooseberries;" #2:
"exposed mine with white frass;" #3: "exposed black frass" three 8 x 10 prints, 4 x 5
negative
|
|
| 3 | Dorsal view of
Opostega scioterma wings marked No. 8 two 5 1/2 x 7 prints, two 8 x 10
prints, 4 x 5 negative
|
|
| 3 | Another view of
Opostega scioterma wings 4 x 5 negative and 8 x 10
print
|
|
| 3 | Collage of plant stem sketch
and two prints; print marked number 3 is the same as described above (bird dung
deposit on clod); print marked number 2 is the same as the one described above
dorsal view of Opostega scioterma
wings original 8 x 10 plant stem
sketch; 4 x 5 negative, two 5 x 7 and two 8 x 10 prints
|
|
| 3 | Chart identified as No. 4,
showing stages of insect life three 8 x 10 and two 5 x 8
prints, 4 x 5 negative
|
|
| 3 | Gooseberry
miner, sent to Dr. Rosenstiel from Martin
Thingvold, consultant two color slides
|
1982 |
| 3 | Rhod-bud moth eight 35 mm negatives
|
1989 |
| 3 |
Cambium
miner, some in canes; note says that these prints and negatives were not
used; (seven 4 x 5 negatives, fourteen 4 x 5 prints, 3 x 4 print, six 8 1/2 x 5
prints, 32 35mm negatives) |
|
| 3 | Gooseberry
miner four 35 mm negatives
|
|
| 3 | Gooseberry
cambium miner life history three 4 x 5 negatives
|
|
| 3 |
O
nonstrigella chamb., J. McDunnough Collection, Knowlton, Quebec,
Canada 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 print
|
6 August 1929 |
| 3 |
Opostega scioterma Meyr., E.H. Blackmore Collection,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 print
|
25 July 1923 |
| 3 |
Opostega scioterma Meyr., W.R. Carter Collection,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 print
|
undated |
| 3 |
Opostega scioterma Meyr., R.G. Rosenstiel Collection,
Forest Grove, Oregon two 3 1/4 x 4 1/2
prints
|
20 June 1957 |
| 3 | Unknown larvae, insect parts,
and charts 24 35 mm negatives, thirteen 4 x
5 prints, seven 8 x 10
|
|
| 3 | Diagrams of insect parts,
probably gooseberry insect pests nine 4 x 5 negatives; nine
corresponding prints
|
|
| 3 | Plant injury, larvae, spray
equipment, group of men along a road; found in gooseberry insect file; possibly
orange tortrix fourteen 4 x 5 and smaller
prints
|
1947 |
| 3 |
Larvae on
flypaper
5 x 7 negative and
print
|
|
| 3 | "Eggs of
Omnivorous Leaf-tier on sliver from cedar fence
post"; Cnephasia Hibernacular, exposed in crevice
of cedar fence post" 5 x 7 negative
|
1940 |
| 3 | Diagram of cross section of
strawberry flower 5 x 7 negative
|
1940 |
| 3 | Larval mines; possibly
tellima parviflora, as noted on envelope 5 x 7 negative
|
|
| 3 |
Closeup of flypapers on
douglas firs at Sharp #2
5 x 7 negative
|
|
| 3 |
Diagram of six stages
of strawberry insect injury
3 x 4 negative
|
|
| 3 |
C.
longana mines in strawberry leaves 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 negative, and two
prints
|
|
| 3 | Laboratory tropism set
up 2 5 x 7 negative
|
1940 |
| 3 | Book pages from various
resource books; envelope was marked cnephasia
longana taxonomy" 24 3 x 5 prints
|
|
| 3 |
Tellima sp?
Webbed grandiflora greenhouse 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 negative
|
May 1941 |
Cnephasia longana
|
||
| Box | ||
| 3 | "Cnephasia webbing plantain heart 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 three
negatives
|
|
| 3 |
C.
longana webbing chickweed tip 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
1942 |
| 3 |
Mines in strawberry
leaf
2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
|
| 3 |
Cnephasia injury on flax, usual injury 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
1942 |
| 3 |
Cnephasia webbing dandelion blossoms 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
|
| 3 |
C.
longana eggs on chattim 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
1942 |
| 3 |
Cnephasia damage on pansies from Mt. Angel &
Corvallis; normal pansy in center 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
1942 |
| 3 |
C.
longana mines in wild field strawberries 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 two
negatives
|
|
| 3 |
C.
longana mines in curly dock 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
negative
|
|
| 3 | Injured and normal red
clover, C. longana 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 negative and
print
|
|
| Box | ||
| 3 |
C.
longana injury to strawberry fruit 5 x 7 negative and print,
nitrate negative stored separately
|
|
| 3 |
Cnephasia longana injury to flax 5 x 7 negative, nitrate negative
stored separately
|
1934 |
| 3 |
Cnephasia longana cocoon in flax 5 x 7 negative and print,
nitrate negative stored separately
|
1937 |
| 3 | Webbed and normal vetch tips
injured by cnephasia 5 x 7 negative
|
1940 |
| 3 |
Cnephasia injury on strawberry 5 x 7 negative and print,
nitrate negative stored separately
|
|
| 3 |
Cnephasia pupae 5 x 7 negative and print,
nitrate negative stored separately
|
|
| 3 |
Larval mines in
grass
4 x 5 negative and
print
|
|
| 3 | Male and female
adults two 5 x 7 negatives, one nitrate
negative stored separately
|
|
| 3 |
Prysal skins on grass
and flax, California
5 x 7 negative
|
|
| 3 |
Greenhouse arrangement
for feeding habit studies
5 x 7 negative and two
prints
|
|
| 3 |
Toxicology, oviposition
choice set up, E.[Entomology?] farm
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 negative
|
|
| 3 |
Bark oviposition
choice
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 print and three
negatives
|
|
Total of Six 5 x 7 Nitrate
Negatives stored separately |
||
| Box | ||
| 4 |
c.
longana injury to strawberry fruit |
|
| 4 |
cnephasia longana injury to flax |
1934 |
| 4 |
c.
longana cocoon in flax, George Ferguson |
1937 |
| 4 |
cnephasia injury on strawberry |
|
| 4 |
cnephasia pupae |
|
| 4 | Male or female adult
insects; possibly cnephasia one negative was nitrate,
the other safety film
|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Berries--Diseases and pests.
- Cnephasia longana.
- Entomology--Research.
- Entomology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Flax--Diseases and pests.
- Insect pests.
- Malaria.
- Strawberries--Diseases and pests.
Personal Names
- Davis, Donald R. (Donald Ray)
- Muesebeck, Carl F. W. (Carl Frederick William), b. 1894.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State University. Dept. of Entomology.
Geographical Names
- Camp Adair (Or.)
- Camp White (Or.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs.
