NTDMG376.xml Guide to John Albright Schenk papers Schenk (John Albright) papers Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 1995
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-29. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives John Albright Schenk papers John Albright Schenk, 1924- MG 376 MG376 5 cubic feet 1951-1984 Research data concerning forest entomology research conducted by John A. Schenk, Molly Stock, and Karel Stoszek; includes maps, photographs and microscope slides. English

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.

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.

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.

The papers of entomologist John A. Schenk were donated to the University of Idaho Library by the Department of Forest Entomology in October 1993.

Some of the materials in this collection were digitized and added to the digital Idaho Forestry Research Collection.

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.

 Schenk, John A.--Archives. Stock, Molly Stoszek, Karel Western spruce budworm--West (U.S.) Western spruce budworm--British Columbia Douglas-fir tussock moth--West (U.S.) Forest ecology--West (U.S.) Forest insects--West (U.S.) Trees--Diseases and pests Entomologists--Idaho--Correspondence Idaho Forestry and Forest Products Series I. Entomological Research Projects 1957-1984 A. Spruce Budworm 1978-1981 Coding descriptions (Fire & logging), habitat type, keys and codes (Salmon) 8 items 1980 1/1 Overlays and cover type codes (Salmon) 39 items 1980 1/2 Sample data forms 10 items 1978-1980 1/3 Fixed plot and understory, original field forms 11 items 1978 1/4 Mensuration and defoliation, original field data 7 items 1978 1/5 Western budworm mensuration data, Salmon 98 items 1980 1/6-9 Projected field costs 5 items FY 1980 1/10 Travel requisitions and expenses 102 items 1978-1980 1/11-12 Requests for materials 16 items 1978-1980 1/13 Data collection material 362 items 1980-1981 1/14-17 Color morphology project 43 items 1979-1980 1/18 Manuscript notes, bibliographies, etc. 26 items undated 1/19 Bibliographies 42 items undated 1/20 Reprints of articles 2 items 1979-1980 1/21 Talk to Pacific branch, Entomological Society of America meeting 5 items June 1980 1/22 CANUSA: Brochures 5 items 1979 1/23 Correspondence 14 items 1979-1980 1/24 International directory 1 item 1980 1/25 Literature supplements 24 items 1979-1981 1/26-27 Newsletter 10 items 1979-1981 1/28 Program activity schedule 1 item 1979 1/29 R & D management inventories 1-3 13 items 1979-1980 1/30-32 B. MS 17 Project 1957-1982 Cooperative agreement, University of Idaho and Potlatch Corporation 4 items 1971-1975 1/33 Correspondence 82 items 1957-1980 1/34-36 Budget Records 9 items 1971-1972 1/37 Equipment inventory 2 items 1972-1974 1/38 Agricultural Research Services, information on 13 items 1976-1977 1/39 Notes on data analysis 4 items 1973 1/40 Data collection forms 19 items undated 1/41 ANOCOV-HLO (variables data) 5 items 1973? 1/42 Mortality cruises 81 items 1978-1980 1/43 Vegetative cover plots 24 items 1974 1/44 Mortality cruises: strip cruise (1 chain) 61 items 1972-1975 2/45 Mortality cruises: Plot mortality 42 items 1971-1976 2/46 Windthrow information 39 items 1971-1973 2/47 Stand maps 53 items 1971-1972 2/48 Coding instructions 8 items 1972 2/49 Specimen collection and identification forms 208 items 1973-1977 2/50 Larval and pupal rearing sheets 96 items 1963-1965 2/51 Insect productivity: Beetle productivity 13 items 1977 2/52 Other insect data: Hemlock looper, Casebearer, Tussock moth, Mountain pine beetle, Douglas fir beetle 5 items 1973 2/53 Sticky traps 11 items 1972-1974 2/54 Sticky trap collections: Scolytus flights 23 items 1972-1974 2/55 Grand fir exam, basal 6 feet, Field notes 84 items 1972 2/56 Stand summaries, # stems, basal area 8 items 1971-1974 2/57 Tree (Bolt) examination forms 225 items 1973-1976 2/58 Tree (Bolt) exams 56 items 1978 2/59 Validation stands 14 items 1975-1976 2/60 Cone and seed insect data of grand fir and subalpine fir 167 items 1971 2/61 Cone and seed insect newsletter 22 items 1958-1983 2/62 Importance value index; Diversity index 4 items undated 2/63 Cruise summaries 36 items 1977 2/64 Plot cruise data 86 items 1981 2/65 Grand fir felled and examined 29 items 1972-1974 2/66 Research proposals (includes MS 13C and 17B 13 items 1973-1977 2/67 Research proposals, MS 17 4 items 1980 2/68 Summaries of work completed 9 items 1973-1982 2/69 C. Shoot Borer 1980-1981 Report 1 item 1981 2/70 Figures and tables for report 29 items 1981 2/71 Data collection sheets 99 items 1980 2/72-73 Plantation Records and maps 54 items 1980 2/74 D. Log Books 1976-1981 Douglas fir tussock moth 1 item March 1976-November 1977 3/75 Mountain pine beetle 7 items August 1976-August 1981 3/76-79 Spruce budworm 2 items February 1977-June 1978 3/80-81 Spruce budworm Instar tests 1 item 1979 3/82 Western spruce budworm 1 item June-July 1981 3/83 E. Other Data Sheets and Research Material 1976-1984 Wick data sheets: Ground parasitoic study, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington 169 items 1979 3/84-85 Spruce budworm, Douglas fir tussock moth: Maine, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico 197 items undated 3/86 Instar insecticide tests 231 items 1977 3/87-88 Computer material for mountain pine beetle 59 items 1979-1980 3/89 Western pine beetle data sheets 110 items 1980 3/90 Advanced forest entomology lecture notes 28 items undated 4/91-92 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 4/93 Articles on forest genetics 8 items 1969-1976 4/94 Western spruce budworm, Castrovillo research project 122 items 1978-1980 4/95 Collections: Spruce budworm and Douglas fir tussock moth 142 items 1978 4/96 Forest insects and their tree hosts 32 items undated 4/97 Forest insects, Notes on 9 items 1965-1986 4/98 Forest entomology laboratory manual 1 item 1962 4/99 Articles on tree borers 8 items 1916-1942 4/100 Key to the genus Scolytus 1 item 1967 4/101 Publications on forest entomology 3 items 1976-1979 4/102 Series II. Forest Service Maps 1951-1972 Boise National Forest, Idaho 1 item 1966 4/103 Cache National Forest, Idaho & Utah 1 item 1962 4/104 Caribou National Forest, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming 1 item 1963 4/105 Carson National Forest, New Mexico 1 item 1960 4/106 Challis National Forest, Idaho 2 items 1965 4/107 Clearwater National Forest, Idaho 4 items 1964 4/108 Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Idaho 5 items 1966 4/109 Colville National Forest, Washington 1 item 1953 4/110 Deschutes National Forest, Oregon 1 item 1961 4/111 Kaniksu National Forest, Idaho, Montana, Washington 9 items 1966-1970 4/112 Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho 4 items 1964-1972 4/113 Payette National Forest, Idaho 11 items 1960-1967 4/114 Salmon National Forest, Idaho 2 items 1956-1966 4/115 Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho 6 items 1954-1967 4/116 St. Joe National Forest, Idaho 6 items 1967-1968 4/117 Teton National Forest, Wyoming 1 item 1964 4/118 Umpqua National Forest, Oregon 1 item 1965 4/119 Assorted school forests, Palouse district 5 items 1967-1970 4/120 Potlatch Forests, Inc. 18 items 1956-1961 4/121 Timber inventory maps 12 items 1951-1960 4/122 Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan) 2 items 1966-1968 4/123 Miscellaneous maps 5 items 1959-1960 4/124 Series II. Molly Stock 1960-1980 Academic file 51 items 1960-1977 4/125 Zoology 435, Physiology lab 11 items 1968 4/126 Biochemistry 11 items 1970-1971 4/127 Course notebooks, Biochemistry and chemistry 2 items 1970-1973 4/128 Lecture notes, Chemistry 366 16 items 1973 4/129 Places to write 8 items 1971-1972 4/130 Counseling, General information 18 items 1977-1980 4/131 Paper given at National ESA meeting 2 items 1972 4/132 1. Nutrition 4 items 1970-1980 5/133 4. Amino acids 25 items ca. 1970-1971 5/134 5. DNA 20 items ca. 1973 5/135 6. RNA 7 items ca. 1973 5/136 Protein synthesis 21 items ca. 1973 5/137 Funds: Douglas fir tussock moth 11 items 1976-1978 5/138 Equipment 26 items 1977-1978 5/139 Moths received 13 items 1975 5/140 Douglas fir tussock moth: General data and analysis 14 items 1977 5/141 Papers by Molly Stock 2 items 1976 5/142 Comments and final report, XV Congress, Forest entomology section 12 items 1971 5/143 Defoliator impact paper 14 items 1975-1977 5/144 Notes and research proposals 28 items 1975-1978 5/145 Moth enzyme data 6 items 1976 5/146 Progress report 15 items 1976 5/147 Proposals accepted and rejected 21 items 1972-1978 5/148 Biology paper 5 items 1974-1975 5/149 XV International Congress of Entomology 6 items 1975 5/150 Insect anatomy and physiology course: General 17 items 1977 5/151 Integument 10 items 1977 5/152 Labs 24 items 1977 5/153 Exams 13 items 1977 5/154 Originals of handouts 48 items 1977 5/155 Handouts 48 items 1977 5/156 Biology research projects, Ghana 32 items 1966 5/157 Pheromones 11 items 1973-1977 5/158 Spruce budworm 50 items 1977 5/159 Supplies 22 items 1977 5/160 Series IV. Karel Stoszek 1979-1981 FWR 365, Fundamentals of Forest Protection: Reserve reading list 3 items 1980-1981 5/161 Breeding for disease resistance in forest trees 2 items 1979 5/162 Figures - Succession 1 and 2 4 items 1981 5/163 Class handouts 6 items 1979-1981 5/164 Exams and quizzes 10 items 1979-1981 5/165 Articles on Douglas fir tussock moth 2 items ca. 1979 5/166 Series V. Photographs and Slides 1961-1973 A. Photographic 1961-1973 Damaged and diseased trees 12 items undated 5/167 Damage to western white pine cones. Used in D.L. Williamson M.S. thesis 13 items 1961 5/168 Cone and seed insects 25 items 1961-1973 5/169 Negatives: SYB study area 7 items 1970 5/170 Douglas fir tussock moth 7 items 1971-1973 5/171 Photographs of study areas and wings 21 items undated 5/172 Negatives of study areas and wings 6 items undated 5/173 Slides of study areas and wings; also includes charts and graphs 80 items undated 5/174 B. Microscope Slides 1969-1972 Field nymphs 3 items 1972 5/175 Substrate 19 items 1971 5/176 Field adults 9 items 1971 5/177 Other locations 17 items 1971 5/178 Wings, Waldport, N. Bend 25 items 1969-1970 5/179 Wing size reduction series 25 items 1970-1971 5/180 S.P. 12 items 1971 5/181 S.P. and cons. eggs 25 items 1971 5/182 Wings, SYB 73 items 1971 5/183 Field nymphs 18 items 1972 5/184