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James Cawston Evenden Papers, 1910-1969
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- James Cawston Evenden
- Title
- James Cawston Evenden Papers
- Dates
- 1910-1969 (inclusive)19101969
- Quantity
- 2 c.f.
- Collection Number
- MG134 (collection)
- Summary
- Correspondence, reports, and publications related to the control of forest insects collected and generated by Evenden as Director of the Forest Insect Laboratory, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1919-1954.
- 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
- 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
James Cawston Evenden was born June 19, 1889 in McMinnville, Oregon. He attended the preparatory school of Oregon State Agricultural College for half years during 1907 and 1908, and registered as a freshman in the fall of 1909. He left school after his freshman year to work in Portland, but returned in the fall of 1911. He obtained his B.A. in June 1914 and his M.S. in June 1936.
He was employed as a forest ranger with the U.S. Bureau of Entomology from 1914 to 1917. From June 1917 to May 1919 he served with the U.S. Army in France, and following his discharge he remained a member of the infantry reserve corps until 1927.
In June 1918 he married Ella Kate Bishop; they had two children.
From 1919 until his retirement at the end of 1954 he was in charge of the USDA Forest Insect Laboratory in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He was elected a fellow of the Society of American Foresters in 1953 and held memberships in the Northwest Scientific Association and the American Association of Economic Entomologists. He was the author of over twenty-five articles on forest insects.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of James C. Evenden span the years 1910 and 1969, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1920 and 1954.
The papers include both military and forestry related correspondence, diplomas, certificates, lecture notes for courses taken and courses given, reports on Insect control, and a large number of reports and articles, a majority of which were authored by Evenden.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The material in this Manuscript Group was in no apparent order when received, therefore the series were created during processing.
The correspondence was sorted by subject and each folder was arranged chronologically. The military correspondence concerns correspondence schools and summer training camps. There is also his affidavit concerning the bravery of two soldiers during World War I. The remaining correspondence deals with forest insects, Evenden's election as a fellow of the Society of American Foresters, and his retirement.
The second series contains Evenden's diplomas, certificates, routine employee evaluations, newspaper clippings and diaries.
The lecture notes are for ECW courses for foresters and courses Evenden taught at Montana State University and the University of Idaho. There is also a set of lecture notes for an entomology course Evenden took at Oregon State in 1913.
Evenden was a member of the Idaho Forest Study Committee and this series contains his records of that committee.
The items in the insect control series are separated by topic. The material on the 1947 tussock moth project was originally in a scrapbook, but due to its fragile condition the clippings and photographs were removed and placed in folders.
The publications were sorted by type and each folder arranged in chronological order. The typescripts and journal articles are by Evenden, but the inter-office reports which are carbon typescripts, were written by Evenden and members of his staff.
All duplicate copies of printed or typed material were removed from the collection. Published works by foresters other than Evenden were also removed and offered to the Science Library. In all, about 3 c.f. of material was removed.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Correspondence, 1916-1965Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1-2 | Military Correspondence 134 items
|
1917-1930 |
1/3 | Milwaukee Land Company 11 items
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1916-1921 |
1/4 | General 7 items
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1928-1965 |
1/5 | Election, Fellow of the Society of American Foresters 34 items
|
1953 |
1/6 | Retirement Party Scrapbook 1 item
|
1954-1955 |
Series II. Certificates and Other Personal Records, 1913-1969Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/7 | Diplomas, Oregon State Agricultural College 2 items
|
1914-1936 |
1/8 | Longevity Certificates, U.S. Department of Agriculture 2 items
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1944-1954 |
1/9 | Battle of the Spruce Bark Beetle 1 item
|
1954 |
1/10 | University of Idaho Alumni Association 2 items
|
1956 |
1/11 | Northwest Scientific Association life membership 4 items
|
1961 |
1/12 | Personnel Actions 150 items
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1913-1951 |
1/13 | Montana State University Employment Records 12 items
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1955-1957 |
1/14 | University of Idaho Employment 2 items
|
1955 |
1/15 | Newspaper clippings, etc. 6 items
|
1930-1954 |
1/16 | Photographs 11 items
|
1950-1969 |
1/17 | Diaries 3 items
|
1932-1940 |
Series III. Lecture Notes, 1913-1955Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/18-19 | Entomology Lecture Notes 31 items
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1913 |
1/20-21 | Forest Entomology Courses given 37 items
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1928-1929 |
1/22 | ECW Personnel Training Courses - Outlines 36 items
|
1934 |
1/23 | Elements of Forest Protection (Forestry #24) 8 items
|
1954 |
1/24 | Note cards, Montana Lectures 750 items
|
1955-1957 |
1/25 | University of Idaho Lecture Notes 6 items
|
1955 |
Series IV. Idaho Forest Study Committee, 1941-1948Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/26 | Minutes, Correspondence, Reports 35 items
|
1941-1948 |
Series V. Insect Control Projects and Information, 1923-1957Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/27-28 | Tussock Moth Project 107 items
|
1947 |
2/29 | Black Hills Insect Control Project 3 items
|
1948 |
2/30 | History of Control Projects 13 items
|
1944-1955 |
2/31 | Insect Control Policy, Region 1 1 item
|
undated |
2/32 | Maps and Charts 2 items
|
1947-1950 |
2/33 | Insect Infestation and Control 13 items
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1923-1954 |
2/34-35 | Pesticides 43 items
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1940-1950 |
2/36 | Common Names of Western Forest Insects 6 items
|
1955-1957 |
Series VI. Publications, 1910-1956Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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A. Book-length Items |
1936-1947 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/37-38 | Evenden, James Cawston. Effects of defoliation by the Pine butterfly (Neophasia menapia Felder) upon Ponderosa pine. (M.S. thesis, Oregon Agricultural College) 9 items
|
1936 |
2/39 | _____. Important forest insects of Montana and other western states. Missoula, Montana State University 28 items
|
undated |
2/40-41 | _____. Economic forest insects of the Rocky Mountain Region. undated 2 items
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2/42 | _____. And E.J. Jost. A report of the tussock moth control, North Idaho, 1947 1 item
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undated |
B. Typescripts |
1922-1953 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/43-44 | Articles by J.C. Evenden 27 items
|
1922-1953 |
2/45 | Articles by others 2 items
|
1936-1955 |
C. Inter-office Reports |
1929-1956 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/46 | Forest Insect Laboratory, Coeur d'Alene 1 item
|
1943 |
2/47-48 | USDA. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 14 items
|
1929-1953 |
2/49 | Forest Insect Investigations 14 items
|
1929-1953 |
2/50 | Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station 6 items
|
1954-1956 |
D. Journal Articles |
1923-1956 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/51 | Reprints 12 items
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1923-1956 |
2/52 | In journals 4 items
|
1931-1953 |
E. Other Publications |
1897?-1969 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/53 | Catalog of plants collected by John B. Leiberg in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in 1895; Priest River Forest Reserve in 1897; Bitterroot Forest Reserve in Montana and Idaho in 1897. 1 item
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2/54 | Proceedings of the twentieth annual Western Forest Insect Work Conference 1 item
|
1969. |
2/55 | Sale Area Betterment and stand improvement handbook 1 item
|
1949. |
2/56 | Forestry Manuals 10 items
|
1910-1952 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Entomologists -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene -- Correspondence
- Forest insects -- Control -- History -- Sources
Corporate Names
- Forest Insect Laboratory (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Evenden, James C. (James Cawston), 1889- --Archives.