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John Albright Schenk papers, 1951-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- John Albright Schenk, 1924-
- Title
- John Albright Schenk papers
- Dates
- 1951-1984 (inclusive)19511984
- Quantity
- 5 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- MG 376, MG376 (collection)
- Summary
- Research data concerning forest entomology research conducted by John A. Schenk, Molly Stock, and Karel Stoszek; includes maps, photographs and microscope slides.
- Repository
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University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu - Languages
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Forest entomologist John Albright Schenk was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on October 22, 1924. He received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1950, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1956 and 1961.
From 1951 to 1953 he was employed by the Relief Model Division of the Army Map Service, and he worked as a forester for the United States Forest Service from 1953 to 1954. From 1959 to 1961, while completing his Ph.D., he worked for the Wisconsin Conservation Department.
His entire teaching career, from 1961 to his retirement in 1988, was at the University of Idaho, where he specialized in forest entomological research with emphasis on biology and ecology of forest pests and their control by silviculture and biological methods. Among the insects he studies were cone and seed insects and bark beetles.
In addition to his teaching and research duties, he served as assistant to the head of the Department of Forest Resources and as director of the Master of Forestry program. He also served on a variety of committees including Faculty Council and Faculty Affairs. He is also a member of a number of professional organizations including the American Registry of Professional Entomologists, the Entomological Society of America, the Entomological Society of Canada, the Society of American Foresters, and the Western Forest Insect Work Conference.
Following his retirement in 1988 he moved to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho where he still resides.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
These papers, which were sent to the University of Idaho library by the department of Forest Entomology several years after Schenk's retirement, also contain some papers of Schenk's colleagues Molly Stock and Karel Stoszek.
Included in the collection are records of entomological research conducted by Schenk, Stock, and Stoszek, reprints of related articles, Forest Service maps of areas studied, and microscope slides of forest pests. Also included are personal and classroom papers of Stock and Stoszek.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Some of the materials in this collection were digitized and added to the digital Idaho Forestry Research Collection.
Preferred Citation
Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Most of the material in this record group was in labeled file folders or three ring notebooks. In reviewing the material for processing it was decided to keep the records in their received order, since that order did lend itself to a series breakdown.
The first series, Entomological Research Projects, is separated into subseries by project. The spruce budworm research, of which Molly Stock was a part, was a cooperative program between Canada and the United States (CANUSA). Included are coding forms, field data, reprints of related articles and CANUSA publications.
Schenk's research on the bark beetle, MS (McIntyre-Stennis) 17, was a cooperative program with Potlatch Corporation. Papers include the agreement between the University and Potlatch, data collection forms, hand drawn maps of the study areas, reports of timber cruises in the areas, reports of insects caught on sticky traps, and summaries of the work completed.
The shoot borer project was conducted by Karel Stoszek and includes data collection sheets and reports.
The log books are daily records of the insects received or reared in the laboratory.
The final subseries includes wick data sheets, results of insecticide tests, and publications relating to forest entomology.
The second series contains U.S. Forest Service maps of study areas in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, and New Mexico. These are filed alphabetically by forest, and a few folders also contain recreational maps of the areas. The maps of Alberta and Saskatchewan are standard road maps.
The papers of Mary W. (Molly) Stock, who worked as a research assistant at Washington State University before coming to the University of Idaho in 1974, include academic transcripts, correspondence, class notebooks from her student days, classroom handouts for her Insect Anatomy and Physiology course, and research notes on the Douglas fir tussock moth.
Karel Stoszek joined the University of Idaho faculty in 1975. His papers include handouts for his Fundamentals of Forest Protection course and several articles on the Douglas fir tussock moth.
The final series contains photographs and microscope slides. The photographs also include negatives and slides. Subjects include study areas, damaged and diseased trees, and wing studies.
The glass microscope slides are of insects, both field nymphs and field adults, insects reared in the laboratory, and slides used in the wing study. These slides date from 1969 to 1972.
Material discarded includes duplicates of mimeographed and published material, unused data collection forms, and coding sheets. The material in 3 ring notebooks was transferred to folders. In this way the collection was reduced by 3 cubic feet.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Entomological Research Projects, 1957-1984Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
A. Spruce Budworm |
1978-1981 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Coding descriptions (Fire & logging), habitat type, keys and codes (Salmon) 8 items
|
1980 |
| 1/2 | Overlays and cover type codes (Salmon) 39 items
|
1980 |
| 1/3 | Sample data forms 10 items
|
1978-1980 |
| 1/4 | Fixed plot and understory, original field forms 11 items
|
1978 |
| 1/5 | Mensuration and defoliation, original field data 7 items
|
1978 |
| 1/6-9 | Western budworm mensuration data, Salmon 98 items
|
1980 |
| 1/10 | Projected field costs 5 items
|
FY 1980 |
| 1/11-12 | Travel requisitions and expenses 102 items
|
1978-1980 |
| 1/13 | Requests for materials 16 items
|
1978-1980 |
| 1/14-17 | Data collection material 362 items
|
1980-1981 |
| 1/18 | Color morphology project 43 items
|
1979-1980 |
| 1/19 | Manuscript notes, bibliographies, etc. 26 items
|
undated |
| 1/20 | Bibliographies 42 items
|
undated |
| 1/21 | Reprints of articles 2 items
|
1979-1980 |
| 1/22 | Talk to Pacific branch, Entomological Society of America meeting 5 items
|
June 1980 |
| 1/23 | CANUSA: Brochures 5 items
|
1979 |
| 1/24 | Correspondence 14 items
|
1979-1980 |
| 1/25 | International directory 1 item
|
1980 |
| 1/26-27 | Literature supplements 24 items
|
1979-1981 |
| 1/28 | Newsletter 10 items
|
1979-1981 |
| 1/29 | Program activity schedule 1 item
|
1979 |
| 1/30-32 | R & D management inventories 1-3 13 items
|
1979-1980 |
B. MS 17 Project |
1957-1982 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/33 | Cooperative agreement, University of Idaho and Potlatch Corporation 4 items
|
1971-1975 |
| 1/34-36 | Correspondence 82 items
|
1957-1980 |
| 1/37 | Budget Records 9 items
|
1971-1972 |
| 1/38 | Equipment inventory 2 items
|
1972-1974 |
| 1/39 | Agricultural Research Services, information on 13 items
|
1976-1977 |
| 1/40 | Notes on data analysis 4 items
|
1973 |
| 1/41 | Data collection forms 19 items
|
undated |
| 1/42 | ANOCOV-HLO (variables data) 5 items
|
1973? |
| 1/43 | Mortality cruises 81 items
|
1978-1980 |
| 1/44 | Vegetative cover plots 24 items
|
1974 |
| 2/45 | Mortality cruises: strip cruise (1 chain) 61 items
|
1972-1975 |
| 2/46 | Mortality cruises: Plot mortality 42 items
|
1971-1976 |
| 2/47 | Windthrow information 39 items
|
1971-1973 |
| 2/48 | Stand maps 53 items
|
1971-1972 |
| 2/49 | Coding instructions 8 items
|
1972 |
| 2/50 | Specimen collection and identification forms 208 items
|
1973-1977 |
| 2/51 | Larval and pupal rearing sheets 96 items
|
1963-1965 |
| 2/52 | Insect productivity: Beetle productivity 13 items
|
1977 |
| 2/53 | Other insect data: Hemlock looper, Casebearer, Tussock moth, Mountain pine beetle, Douglas fir beetle 5 items
|
1973 |
| 2/54 | Sticky traps 11 items
|
1972-1974 |
| 2/55 | Sticky trap collections: Scolytus flights 23 items
|
1972-1974 |
| 2/56 | Grand fir exam, basal 6 feet, Field notes 84 items
|
1972 |
| 2/57 | Stand summaries, # stems, basal area 8 items
|
1971-1974 |
| 2/58 | Tree (Bolt) examination forms 225 items
|
1973-1976 |
| 2/59 | Tree (Bolt) exams 56 items
|
1978 |
| 2/60 | Validation stands 14 items
|
1975-1976 |
| 2/61 | Cone and seed insect data of grand fir and subalpine fir 167 items
|
1971 |
| 2/62 | Cone and seed insect newsletter 22 items
|
1958-1983 |
| 2/63 | Importance value index; Diversity index 4 items
|
undated |
| 2/64 | Cruise summaries 36 items
|
1977 |
| 2/65 | Plot cruise data 86 items
|
1981 |
| 2/66 | Grand fir felled and examined 29 items
|
1972-1974 |
| 2/67 | Research proposals (includes MS 13C and 17B 13 items
|
1973-1977 |
| 2/68 | Research proposals, MS 17 4 items
|
1980 |
| 2/69 | Summaries of work completed 9 items
|
1973-1982 |
C. Shoot Borer |
1980-1981 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/70 | Report 1 item
|
1981 |
| 2/71 | Figures and tables for report 29 items
|
1981 |
| 2/72-73 | Data collection sheets 99 items
|
1980 |
| 2/74 | Plantation Records and maps 54 items
|
1980 |
D. Log Books |
1976-1981 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/75 | Douglas fir tussock moth 1 item
|
March 1976-November 1977 |
| 3/76-79 | Mountain pine beetle 7 items
|
August 1976-August 1981 |
| 3/80-81 | Spruce budworm 2 items
|
February 1977-June 1978 |
| 3/82 | Spruce budworm Instar tests 1 item
|
1979 |
| 3/83 | Western spruce budworm 1 item
|
June-July 1981 |
E. Other Data Sheets and Research Material |
1976-1984 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/84-85 | Wick data sheets: Ground parasitoic study, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington 169 items
|
1979 |
| 3/86 | Spruce budworm, Douglas fir tussock moth: Maine, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico 197 items
|
undated |
| 3/87-88 | Instar insecticide tests 231 items
|
1977 |
| 3/89 | Computer material for mountain pine beetle 59 items
|
1979-1980 |
| 3/90 | Western pine beetle data sheets 110 items
|
1980 |
| 4/91-92 | Advanced forest entomology lecture notes 28 items
|
undated |
| 4/93 | Phillips, Thomas W. Ecology and systematics of Pissodes sibling species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). A thesis submitted...for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, State University of New York, Syracuse 1 item
|
May 1984 |
| 4/94 | Articles on forest genetics 8 items
|
1969-1976 |
| 4/95 | Western spruce budworm, Castrovillo research project 122 items
|
1978-1980 |
| 4/96 | Collections: Spruce budworm and Douglas fir tussock moth 142 items
|
1978 |
| 4/97 | Forest insects and their tree hosts 32 items
|
undated |
| 4/98 | Forest insects, Notes on 9 items
|
1965-1986 |
| 4/99 | Forest entomology laboratory manual 1 item
|
1962 |
| 4/100 | Articles on tree borers 8 items
|
1916-1942 |
| 4/101 | Key to the genus Scolytus 1 item
|
1967 |
| 4/102 | Publications on forest entomology 3 items
|
1976-1979 |
Series II. Forest Service Maps, 1951-1972Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/103 | Boise National Forest, Idaho 1 item
|
1966 |
| 4/104 | Cache National Forest, Idaho & Utah 1 item
|
1962 |
| 4/105 | Caribou National Forest, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming 1 item
|
1963 |
| 4/106 | Carson National Forest, New Mexico 1 item
|
1960 |
| 4/107 | Challis National Forest, Idaho 2 items
|
1965 |
| 4/108 | Clearwater National Forest, Idaho 4 items
|
1964 |
| 4/109 | Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Idaho 5 items
|
1966 |
| 4/110 | Colville National Forest, Washington 1 item
|
1953 |
| 4/111 | Deschutes National Forest, Oregon 1 item
|
1961 |
| 4/112 | Kaniksu National Forest, Idaho, Montana, Washington 9 items
|
1966-1970 |
| 4/113 | Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho 4 items
|
1964-1972 |
| 4/114 | Payette National Forest, Idaho 11 items
|
1960-1967 |
| 4/115 | Salmon National Forest, Idaho 2 items
|
1956-1966 |
| 4/116 | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho 6 items
|
1954-1967 |
| 4/117 | St. Joe National Forest, Idaho 6 items
|
1967-1968 |
| 4/118 | Teton National Forest, Wyoming 1 item
|
1964 |
| 4/119 | Umpqua National Forest, Oregon 1 item
|
1965 |
| 4/120 | Assorted school forests, Palouse district 5 items
|
1967-1970 |
| 4/121 | Potlatch Forests, Inc. 18 items
|
1956-1961 |
| 4/122 | Timber inventory maps 12 items
|
1951-1960 |
| 4/123 | Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan) 2 items
|
1966-1968 |
| 4/124 | Miscellaneous maps 5 items
|
1959-1960 |
Series II. Molly Stock, 1960-1980Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/125 | Academic file 51 items
|
1960-1977 |
| 4/126 | Zoology 435, Physiology lab 11 items
|
1968 |
| 4/127 | Biochemistry 11 items
|
1970-1971 |
| 4/128 | Course notebooks, Biochemistry and chemistry 2 items
|
1970-1973 |
| 4/129 | Lecture notes, Chemistry 366 16 items
|
1973 |
| 4/130 | Places to write 8 items
|
1971-1972 |
| 4/131 | Counseling, General information 18 items
|
1977-1980 |
| 4/132 | Paper given at National ESA meeting 2 items
|
1972 |
| 5/133 | 1. Nutrition 4 items
|
1970-1980 |
| 5/134 | 4. Amino acids 25 items
|
ca. 1970-1971 |
| 5/135 | 5. DNA 20 items
|
ca. 1973 |
| 5/136 | 6. RNA 7 items
|
ca. 1973 |
| 5/137 | Protein synthesis 21 items
|
ca. 1973 |
| 5/138 | Funds: Douglas fir tussock moth 11 items
|
1976-1978 |
| 5/139 | Equipment 26 items
|
1977-1978 |
| 5/140 | Moths received 13 items
|
1975 |
| 5/141 | Douglas fir tussock moth: General data and analysis 14 items
|
1977 |
| 5/142 | Papers by Molly Stock 2 items
|
1976 |
| 5/143 | Comments and final report, XV Congress, Forest entomology section 12 items
|
1971 |
| 5/144 | Defoliator impact paper 14 items
|
1975-1977 |
| 5/145 | Notes and research proposals 28 items
|
1975-1978 |
| 5/146 | Moth enzyme data 6 items
|
1976 |
| 5/147 | Progress report 15 items
|
1976 |
| 5/148 | Proposals accepted and rejected 21 items
|
1972-1978 |
| 5/149 | Biology paper 5 items
|
1974-1975 |
| 5/150 | XV International Congress of Entomology 6 items
|
1975 |
| 5/151 | Insect anatomy and physiology course: General 17 items
|
1977 |
| 5/152 | Integument 10 items
|
1977 |
| 5/153 | Labs 24 items
|
1977 |
| 5/154 | Exams 13 items
|
1977 |
| 5/155 | Originals of handouts 48 items
|
1977 |
| 5/156 | Handouts 48 items
|
1977 |
| 5/157 | Biology research projects, Ghana 32 items
|
1966 |
| 5/158 | Pheromones 11 items
|
1973-1977 |
| 5/159 | Spruce budworm 50 items
|
1977 |
| 5/160 | Supplies 22 items
|
1977 |
Series IV. Karel Stoszek, 1979-1981Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/161 | FWR 365, Fundamentals of Forest Protection: Reserve reading list 3 items
|
1980-1981 |
| 5/162 | Breeding for disease resistance in forest trees 2 items
|
1979 |
| 5/163 | Figures - Succession 1 and 2 4 items
|
1981 |
| 5/164 | Class handouts 6 items
|
1979-1981 |
| 5/165 | Exams and quizzes 10 items
|
1979-1981 |
| 5/166 | Articles on Douglas fir tussock moth 2 items
|
ca. 1979 |
Series V. Photographs and Slides, 1961-1973Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
A. Photographic |
1961-1973 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/167 | Damaged and diseased trees 12 items
|
undated |
| 5/168 | Damage to western white pine cones. Used in D.L. Williamson M.S. thesis 13 items
|
1961 |
| 5/169 | Cone and seed insects 25 items
|
1961-1973 |
| 5/170 | Negatives: SYB study area 7 items
|
1970 |
| 5/171 | Douglas fir tussock moth 7 items
|
1971-1973 |
| 5/172 | Photographs of study areas and wings 21 items
|
undated |
| 5/173 | Negatives of study areas and wings 6 items
|
undated |
| 5/174 | Slides of study areas and wings; also includes charts and graphs 80 items
|
undated |
B. Microscope Slides |
1969-1972 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/175 | Field nymphs 3 items
|
1972 |
| 5/176 | Substrate 19 items
|
1971 |
| 5/177 | Field adults 9 items
|
1971 |
| 5/178 | Other locations 17 items
|
1971 |
| 5/179 | Wings, Waldport, N. Bend 25 items
|
1969-1970 |
| 5/180 | Wing size reduction series 25 items
|
1970-1971 |
| 5/181 | S.P. 12 items
|
1971 |
| 5/182 | S.P. and cons. eggs 25 items
|
1971 |
| 5/183 | Wings, SYB 73 items
|
1971 |
| 5/184 | Field nymphs 18 items
|
1972 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Douglas-fir tussock moth--West (U.S.)
- Entomologists--Idaho--Correspondence
- Forest ecology--West (U.S.)
- Forest insects--West (U.S.)
- Trees--Diseases and pests
- Western spruce budworm--British Columbia
- Western spruce budworm--West (U.S.)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Schenk, John A.--Archives.
- Stock, Molly
- Stoszek, Karel
Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024.
1995
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