James Cawston Evenden Papers, 1910-1969

Overview of the Collection

Creator
James Cawston Evenden
Title
James Cawston Evenden Papers
Dates
1910-1969 (inclusive)
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
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.

Acquisition Information

The papers of James C. Evenden were donated to the University of Idaho Library by the Evenden family in the summer of 1984.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Correspondence, 1916-1965Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1-2
Military Correspondence
134 items
1917-1930
1/3
Milwaukee Land Company
11 items
1916-1921
1/4
General
7 items
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
Box/Folder
1/7
Diplomas, Oregon State Agricultural College
2 items
1914-1936
1/8
Longevity Certificates, U.S. Department of Agriculture
2 items
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
1913-1951
1/13
Montana State University Employment Records
12 items
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
Box/Folder
1/18-19
Entomology Lecture Notes
31 items
1913
1/20-21
Forest Entomology Courses given
37 items
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
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
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
1923-1954
2/34-35
Pesticides
43 items
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
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
2/42
_____. And E.J. Jost. A report of the tussock moth control, North Idaho, 1947
1 item
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
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
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

  • Personal Names
    • Evenden, James C. (James Cawston), 1889- --Archives.