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Stuart E. Knapp collection on Salmon Poisoning, 1923-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Knapp, S. E.
Title
Stuart E. Knapp collection on Salmon Poisoning
Dates
1923-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.4 linear feet
Collection Number
2470, Collection 2470, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
The Stuart E. Knapp salmon poisoning research collection consists of manuscripts, journal articles, and personal correspondence documenting Dr. Stuart E. Knapp's research on salmon poisoning. The bulk of Knapp's research files pertain directly to the evolution of study of the trematode Nanophyetus Salmoncola by Knapp, his contemporaries, and predecessors. They consist of handwritten notes taken while observing test subjects, results of testing, correspondence, and typewritten manuscript journal articles.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
Collection materials are in English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Biographical Note

Dr. Stuart E. Knapp was born on August 23, 1928 in Monroe, Washington. He attended Pacific University to obtain both his bachelor's and a master's before moving onto the University of Idaho, finishing his PhD in Parasitology at Kansas State University. Upon graduation, Dr. Knapp pursued a career as a professor and administrator at various institutions of higher learning before accepting the position of Vice President of Academic Affairs at Montana State in 1978. He continued to actively participate in his field, including conducting research on a variety of topics within the parasitology and veterinary medicine fields.

Salmon poisoning is caused by the microorganism Rickettsia that lives within members of the Salmonid family. Most cases of Salmon poisoning occur when canids eat dead fish or their remains from riverbanks that are prevalent during spawning. Salmon poisoning is mostly found along the western slope of the Cascade mountains. After canids ingest the poisoned fish, they become ill within seven to twelve days. Before extensive research into the cause, an infected canid had a ninety percent chance of the disease becoming fatal. In the early 1920s, Dr. Bennett T. Simms, a professor of veterinary medicine at the Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in Corvallis, began collecting research data on salmon poisoning. His work was continued by Dr. J. N. Shaw, also of OSU, in the 1940s. Dr. Knapp collected the research notes of Simms and Shaw during the course of his own work on the topic.

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Content Description

The Stuart E. Knapp salmon poisoning research collection consists of manuscripts, journal articles, and personal correspondence documenting Dr. Stuart E. Knapps research on salmon poisoning. The bulk of Knapp's research files pertain directly to the evolution of study of the trematode Nanophyetus Salmoncola by Knapp, his contemporaries, and predecessors. They consist of handwritten notes taken while observing test subjects, results of testing, correspondence, and typewritten manuscript journal articles.

Authors of collected manuscript articles include: D. F. Sinitsin, Bennett T. Simms, D. R. Donham, J. N. Shaw, A. M. McCapes, Raymond E. Millemann, O. H. Muth, Elwin E. Bennington, Karl B. Hanson, Emile F. Pernot, Nathan Fasten, and Fred W. Miller.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Research files in this collection have been maintained in the original order as provided by Dr. Knapp and most folder titles have been retained, with additional clarification added in parentheses. Whenever possible, citations to publications in which the research appeared have been listed with the manuscript articles.

Acquisition Information

Research papers created or collected by Stuart Knapp were donated to Montana State University Special Collections on January 27, 2005.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2005 May 29

Separated Materials

All substantial publication offprints have been removed for item level cataloging.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Early notes of Simms, Shaw, Donham, and Sinitsin
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Simms, "Salmon Poisoning"
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Research notes
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3

  • Correspondence-Salmon Poisoning (mostly B.T. Simms and C.R. Donham), 1924-1943

    Container: Box 1, Folder 4

  • Description: Correspondence and research notes (mostly J.W. Shaw)
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5

  • Correspondence and manuscripts-Salmon Poisoning

    Container: Box 1, Folder 6

  • Description: Salmon Poisoning proposal (research grant application of Raymond E. Millemann)
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Blood counts (from dogs exposed by feeding or injection)
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Blood sedimentations
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: Blood studies-Fibrinogen Content and microscopic examinations
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Cercariae number in snail and Cercariae destruction with electricity
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
  • Description: Eggs hatching
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
  • Description: Examinations other species than SALMONIDAE
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
  • Description: Hyperimmune blood lots (experiments)
    Dates: 1931-1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • Description: Hyperimmune serum sent veterinarians
    Dates: 1934-1936
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
  • Description: Immunization-Inheritance
    Dates: 1932-1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
  • Description: Immunization studies
    Dates: 1931-1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 17
  • Description: Medicinal treatments
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 1, Folder 18
  • Description: Metacercariae storage/longevity
    Dates: 1929-1931
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
  • Description: Mixed serum lots; series M
    Dates: 1935
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
  • Description: Snails-Distribution, longevity
    Dates: 1930-1931
    Container: Box 1, Folder 21
  • Description: Tissue vaccines
    Container: Box 1, Folder 22
  • Description: Treated blood
    Container: Box 1, Folder 23

  • Knapp-Milleman research, 1970s

    Container: Box 1, Folder 24

  • Description: Knapp and Millemann notes
    Dates: 1965-1966
    Container: Box 1, Folder 25
  • Description: Manuscript/article materials (Russian publications)
    Container: Box 1, Folder 26

Kim Allen Scott, 2005. Updated by Heather Mulliner, 2022.
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