University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
MG 417
Western Forest Insect
Work Conference
Western Forest Insect Work
Conference Archives
1909-1917
1949-2007
3.5 cubic feet
Proceedings, planning materials, schedules, notes,
correspondence, committes files, general history, and related materials.
Special Collections and Archives of the University of Idaho Library.
This collection is in
English.
Historical Note
Visit the Western Forest Insect Work Conference (WFIWC) website.
Proceedings, planning materials, schedules, notes, and correspondence, includes other
documents, filed in chronological order within the proceedings (boxes 1 and 2). They
are: "Important Forest Insect Outbreaks in Western North America during [...]",
1958, 1959, and 1963; "History and Goals of the WFIWC", 1974; a review of the "WFIWC
Committees and After Hour Activities of Conference Members", by Dick Washburn, 1984;
"In Honor of Ralph C. Hall: a Commemorative Edition of
My
Recollections", by H. E. Burke, 1993; "Report of the WFIWC History
Committee", 1997.
The files of the Common Names Committee (box 3), include folders for committee work,
1955-1991; Work Conference history (formed in 1949), constitution and summary of
meeting sites and dates through 1955, proceedings of the WFIWC 1949 (handwritten),
1950, 1951, 1952, Secretary's notes on 1953 conference, 1957, 1961 through 1969,
1980. These files came from the office of Torolf R. Torgerson, USDA Forest Service,
LaGrande, OR.
The Larch Casebearer Files (boxes 6 and 7) are arranged alphabetically by author. It
contains references to the larch casebearer, a defoliator of western larch in Idaho
and environs. The insect is native to Europe, but was discovered near St Maries, ID
in 1957. These references were obtained to assist studies at the Forestry Sciences
Laboratory by personnel on Malcolm M. Furniss' Research Work Unit in the late
1970's. The files are referenced in a bibliography by R.E. Denton (USDA General
Technical Report INT-52, 1979).
The collection is open to the public, except for materials in box 5, which are
restricted to access until 2057. Researchers must use the collection in accordance
with the policies of the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.
Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permission for use.
Western Forest Insect Work Conference Archives, MG 417, Special Collections and
Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.
The WFIWC archives were donated to Special Collections and Archives of the University
of Idaho Library on several occasions, since 1986, mainly by members of the History
Committee of the Conference, particularly Ron W. Stark and Malcolm M. Furniss.
Processed by Angelique Holt and Nathan Bender in 2006.
Ronald W. Starks Papers, MG 462.
Idaho Department of Lands, Forest Insects Files, MG 463.
USFS Pacific Southwest, Forest Insects Files, MG 464.
William E. Waters, Forest Insects Files, MG 465.
Forest Insects Reports, MG 466.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search the catalog using these headings.
Stark, Ronald
W.
Furniss, Malcolm
M.
Forest Insects.
Trees--Diseases and pests.
Forestry and
Forestry Products
1
Proceedings and related materials,
1949-1983
2
Proceedings and related materials,
1984-2007
3
Insect Common Names Committee
4
1
Ethical Practices Award plaque
4
2
Microfiche cards containing the correspondence
between Andrew Delmar Hopkins, first Chief of Forest Insect Investigations,
and Josef Brunner, one of Hopkins' early appointees in Montana, from 1909 to
1917.
4
3
“Why the Ashland, Oregon Station?” by F. P.
Keen -- “Let’s Get After the Bug,” Editorial from The Timberman, Sep.
1953
4
4
British Columbia Forestry History Newsletter
Excerpts from n. 9, 10, 11, 12 (Nov. 1984- Nov. 1985) “A History of Forest
Entomology in British Columbia, 1920-1984,” by H. A. Richmond
4
5
“American Forest Entomology Comes on Stage,”
by M. Furniss
4
6
“Walter Julius Buckhorn (1899-1968)-Legendary
Forest Entomologist, Not the Classroom Kind,” by M. Furniss
4
7
“Forest Entomology in Yellowstone National
Park, 1923-1957,” by M. Furniss and R. Renkin
4
8
“Early Forest Insect Research in the Pacific
Northwest,” by B. E. Wickman
4
9
“Historical Background of Forest Entomology,”
pre-1942
4
10
Photograph of Area-Wide Meeting of Forest Pest
Control, Northeastern Area of State and Private Forestry, 1967
4
11
Membership List of the Entomological Society
of Canada. Dec. 1983
4
12
Mailing List of the Division of Forest
Entomology and Pathology [Soc. Amer. Foresters?]
4
13
Membership Directory of Working Party S2.07-5
Integrated Control of Scolytid Bark Beetles. Division II. Forest Plants and
Forest Protection. International Union of Forestry Research Organizations.
1978
4
14
Entomologists of Alberta and Entomologists of
Manitoba. 1989
4
15
Obituaries. David E. Schultz, Ralph Corbin
Hall
4
16
Other Conferences. Proceedings of the 3rd
Annual Work Conference (1964) -- Minutes of the 12th Southern Forest Insect
Work Conference (1967) -- Program of the 16th Western International Forest
Disease Work Conference (1968) -- Proceedings of the 1st Annual Northeastern
Forest Insect Work Conference (1968) -- Program of the 2nd Northeastern
Forest Insect Conference (1969) -- Summaries of the Proceedings of the 1985
Western Forestry Conference – Proceedings of the 1st Alaska Integrated Pest
Management Conference, 1980
6-7
Larch Casebearer Files