Donald M. Rees papers, 1922-1975
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rees, Donald M. (Don Merrill), 1901-
- Title
- Donald M. Rees papers
- Dates
- 1922-1975 (inclusive)19221975
- Quantity
- 15 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Acc0206
- Summary
- Donald M. Rees became a Professor of Zoology at the University of Utah in 1936. He served as Head of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Entomology from 1948 to 1963, Chairman of the Division of Biological Sciences from 1951 to 1965, and as Director of the Institute of Environmental Biological Research from 1960 to 1966. Rees retired from the University in 1970. He is known primarily for his work in mosquito abatement. The majority of this collection contains materials related to Rees' mosquito abatement activity. A small portion of the collection contains material relating to his career in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Institute of Environmental Biological Research.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
This collection contains materials related to the mosquito control activities of Donald M. Rees. Included are correspondence, reports, memoranda, and photoprints. Over one-half of the collection deals with his activites in Utah, primarily with the success of mosquito abatement activities and the influences of climatic changes on these efforts. The collection also contains correspondence and reports concerning his involvement with mosquito control activities at the Panama Canal and in Indonesia. Also included are correspondence and reports of the American Mosquito Control Association. A small portion of the collection relates to his activites at the University of Utah in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Institute of Environmental Biological Research.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Donald M. Rees papers, Acc. 206, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 206.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This collection is divided into fifteen series. Within each series, the material is arranged alphabetically.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Alphabetical Files
Container: Series 1
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Description: Agricultural Research Service - Utah State UniversityDates: 1961-1965Container: Box/Folder 1/1
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Description: American Mosquito Control AssociationDates: 1943-1970Container: Box/Folder 1/2-8
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Description: American Mosquito Conrtol Association and California Mosquito Control AssociationDates: 1960-1963Container: Box/Folder 1/9
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Description: American Mosquito Control Association and Utah Mosquito Abatement AssociationDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 1/10
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Description: American Mosquito Control Association - Business RecordsDates: 1958-1964Container: Box/Folder 1/11
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Description: American Mosquito Control Association - CorrespondenceDates: 1966-1968Container: Box/Folder 1/12
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Description: American Mosquito Control Association - Good Neighbor ClubDates: 1958-1963Container: Box/Folder 1/13
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Description: Bureau of Reclamation (United States Department of the Interior)Dates: 1960-1965Container: Box/Folder 1/14
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Description: California Mosquito Control Association - Annual ConferencesDates: 1944-1953Container: Box/Folder 1/15
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Description: Communicable Disease Center - Atlanta, GeorgiaDates: 1956-1962Container: Box/Folder 1/16-17 to 2/1-2
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Description: Cooperative Drainage Committee - Salt Lake CountyDates: 1951-1964Container: Box/Folder 2/3-4
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1963-1967Container: Box/Folder 2/5-7
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Description: Ditching EquipmentDates: 1947-1964Container: Box/Folder 2/8
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Description: Dugway Proving Ground - Tooele County, UtahDates: 1959-1968Container: Box/Folder 2/9
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Description: Entomological Society of America - ConventionsDates: 1958-1961Container: Box/Folder 2/10
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Description: Entomological Society of America - CorrespondenceDates: 1961-1969Container: Box/Folder 2/11-12
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Description: Entomological Society of America - MeetingsDates: 1956-1958Container: Box/Folder 2/13-14
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Description: Entomoligical Society of America - MembershipsDates: 1953-1961Container: Box/Folder 3/1-2
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Description: Fish and Wildlife Service (United States Department of the Interior)Dates: 1961-1966Container: Box/Folder 3/3
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Description: Geological Survey, United StatesDates: 1963-1965Container: Box/Folder 3/4
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Description: Health Service, United States PublicDates: 1958-1964Container: Box/Folder 3/5-7
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Description: International Congress of Entomology - Ottawa, CanadaDates: 1956-1964Container: Box/Folder 3/8
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Description: Lake Front Gun, Fur, and Reclamation Club - Salt Lake County, UtahDates: 1956-1965Container: Box/Folder 3/9-10
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Description: MalariaDates: 1947-1961Container: Box/Folder 3/11-13
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Description: Montana Milk River Progress ReportDates: 1959-1961Container: Box/Folder 3/14
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Description: National Institutes of Health - Washington D.C.Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 3/15
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Description: New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association - Atlantic City ConventionsDates: 1931-1941Container: Box/Folder 3/16
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Description: Pacific Branch of the Entomoligical Society of America and the Society of Systematic ZoologyDates: 1957-1962Container: Box/Folder 3/17
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Description: Public Health Service (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)Dates: 1960-1965Container: Box/Folder 3/18 to 4/1
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Description: Salina, Utah - Mosquito Control InvestigationDates: 1945-1947Container: Box/Folder 4/2
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Description: Soil Conservation Service (United States Department of Agriculture)Dates: 1963-1966Container: Box/Folder 4/3
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Description: Tokyo, Japan - Consultation for Army Epidemological BoardDates: 1945-1953Container: Box/Folder 4/4-5
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Description: Utah Education AssociationDates: 1959Container: Box/Folder 4/6
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Description: Utah Pest Control AssociationDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 4/7
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Description: Utah State Health DepartmentDates: 1956-1960Container: Box/Folder 4/8
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Description: Utah Water NewsDates: 1962-1963Container: Box/Folder 4/9
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Description: Virginia Mosquito Control AssociationDates: 1948-1954Container: Box/Folder 4/10
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Description: Wheeler Machinery Company - Salt Lake City, UtahDates: 1962-1965Container: Box/Folder 4/11
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Description: Yosemite, California - Conference of the Coordinated Program of Wildlife Management and Mosquito SuppressionDates: 1961-1964Container: Box/Folder 4/12-13
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Army Grant - Leptoconops Kerteszi (Biting Gnat) Study
Container: Series 2
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Description: AccountingDates: 1969-1970Container: Box/Folder 4/14
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1969Container: Box/Folder 4/15
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Description: Grant MaterialDates: 1969-1971Container: Box/Folder 4/16
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1969Container: Box/Folder 4/17
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Description: Publication ReportsDates: 1970 FebruaryContainer: Box/Folder 4/18
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Description: VouchersDates: 1969-1970Container: Box/Folder 4/19
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Canal Zone, Panama
Container: Series 3
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1955; 1963-1965Container: Box/Folder 4/20
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Description: Division of SanitationDates: 1962-1967Container: Box/Folder 4/21
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Description: Maps and ChartsDates: 1961-1964Container: Box/Folder 4/22
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Description: MemorandaDates: 1965-1967Container: Box/Folder 4/23
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Description: ReportsDates: 1953-1964Container: Box/Folder 4/24
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Correspondence
Container: Series 4
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Dates: 1961-1970Container: Box/Folder 5/1-5
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Environmental Biological Research, Institute of
Container: Series 5
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1961-1974Container: Box/Folder 5/6-7
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Description: MinutesDates: 1966-1973Container: Box/Folder 5/8
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1965-1966Container: Box/Folder 5/9
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Description: ProposalsDates: 1959-1967Container: Box/Folder 5/10
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Description: Reports, AnnualDates: 1967-1974Container: Box/Folder 5/11-16
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Description: Reports, MiscellaneousDates: 1965-1974Container: Box/Folder 5/17-18
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Description: Reports, QuarterlyDates: 1967-1975Container: Box/Folder 6/1-5
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Description: ResearchDates: 1960-1967Container: Box/Folder 6/6-8
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Grants
Container: Series 6
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Description: ApplicationsDates: 1960-1968Container: Box/Folder 7/1-4
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Description: Grant ContractDates: 1965-1971Container: Box/Folder 7/5
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1963-1967Container: Box/Folder 7/6
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Description: Training GrantDates: 1969 January 29Container: Box/Folder 7/7
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Indonesia Project
Container: Series 7
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Description: Business RecordsDates: 1948-1958Container: Box/Folder 7/8
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1948-1967Container: Box/Folder 7/9-11
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1957-1962Container: Box/Folder 7/12
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Miscellaneous Papers
Container: Series 8
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Description: Don M. Rees Collected Papers Volume 1Dates: 1930-1935Container: Box/Folder 8/1
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Description: Don M. Rees Collected Papers Volume 2Dates: 1936-1956Container: Box/Folder 8/2
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Description: Don M. Rees Collected Papers Volume 3Dates: 1934-1955Container: Box/Folder 9/1
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Description: " History of and Events in the Lives of Thomas Davis Rees and Elizabeth (Rees) Rees" by Don Merrill ReesDates: 1965 AugustContainer: Box/Folder 9/2
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1939-1969Container: Box/Folder 9/3
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Description: Note BookDates: 1929-1933Container: Box/Folder 9/4
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Description: Rees MonographsDates: 1934-1971Container: Box/Folder 10/1-10
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Description: Reference MaterialDates: 1941-1964Container: Box/Folder 10/11
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Mosquito Abatement Districts - Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake County
Container: Series 9
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Description: Salt Lake City - Annual ReportsDates: 1933-1974Container: Box/Folder 10/12-13 to 15/1-2
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Description: Salt Lake City - Summary of Annual Reports of the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1940-1960Container: Box/Folder 15/3
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Description: South Salt Lake County - Annual ReportsDates: 1952-1974Container: Box/Folder 15/4-8 to 20/1
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Description: South Salt Lake County - MiscellaneousDates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 20/2
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Reports, Miscellaneous
Container: Series 10
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Description: " Aedes Dorsalis Migration"Dates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 20/3
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Description: " Control of Insect Vectors on Waterfowl Marshes"Dates: 1960-1969Container: Box/Folder 20/4
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Description: Cooperative Research Program in UtahDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 20/5
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Description: " Knowledge Requirements, Basic Planning, and Scheduling" submitted by the University of Utah Ecology and Epizoology Research GroupDates: 1965 DecemberContainer: Box/Folder 20/6
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Description: " Measurement of Water through Spill Boxes" by M.T. Wilson and W.V. IronsDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 20/7
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Description: Miscellaneous ReportsDates: 1962-1970Container: Box/Folder 20/8
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Description: Report from the Encephalitist Lab: U.S. Public Health Service - Logan, UtahDates: 1956-1957Container: Box/Folder 20/9
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Description: Research Grant Progress ReportsDates: 1961-1965Container: Box/Folder 20/10
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Description: Research Grant Quarterly ReportsDates: 1969-1970Container: Box/Folder 20/11
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Description: Research Grant Quarterly Effort ReportsDates: 1961-1965Container: Box/Folder 20/12
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Description: Special Report: Utah Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University - Logan, UtahDates: 1965 July 30Container: Box/Folder 20/13
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Description: Utah Community Studies Pesticides Project - Quarter Technical ReportDates: 1970 September 15Container: Box/Folder 20/14
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Tabanidae (Biting Deerfly) Research
Container: Series 11
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Description: AccountingDates: 1965-1970Container: Box/Folder 21/1-2
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1968-1970Container: Box/Folder 21/3-4
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Description: GrantsDates: 1965-1969Container: Box/Folder 21/5-6
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Description: ReportsDates: 1968-1969Container: Box/Folder 21/7-8
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University of Utah
Container: Series 12
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Description: Amaru, Wi-Pere (Maori Affairs Office - New Zealand)Dates: 1954-1956Container: Box/Folder 21/9
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Description: Biology BuildingDates: 1962-1967Container: Box/Folder 21/11
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Description: Class RollsDates: 1953-1955Container: Box/Folder 21/12
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1960-1969Container: Box/Folder 21/13 to 22/1-2
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Description: Curriculum VitaeDates: 1952-1970Container: Box/Folder 22/3-5
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Description: Department of ZoologyDates: 1965-1967Container: Box/Folder 22/6
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Description: Exam KeysDates: undated; 1968-1970Container: Box/Folder 22/7-11
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Description: Faculty ClubDates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 22/12
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Description: Gaufin, Arden R.Dates: 1953-1954Container: Box/Folder 22/13
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Description: Kian, Joe Lie (Institute of Medical Research - Republic of Malaya)Dates: 1958-1967Container: Box/Folder 22/14
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Description: Mecham, Ralph - CorrespondenceDates: 1965-1966Container: Box/Folder 22/15
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Description: Merger Committee - Department of Environmental Biology and the Department of Biological SciencesDates: 1967-1969Container: Box/Folder 23/1
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1924-1969Container: Box/Folder 23/2
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Description: Old Medical School Building RemodelingDates: 1963-1964Container: Box/Folder 23/3
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Description: PapersDates: 1957-1969Container: Box/Folder 23/4-5
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Description: Supplement for Planning Guide for Biological SciencesDates: 1963 JulyContainer: Box/Folder 23/6
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Description: University Research CommitteeDates: 1965-1967Container: Box/Folder 23/7
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Description: Utah Museum of Natural HistoryDates: 1956-1968Container: Box/Folder 23/8
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Description: Wang, Yu-Hsi Moltze - CorrespondenceDates: 1949-1967Container: Box/Folder 23/9
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Utah Mosquito Control
Container: Series 13
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Description: AccountingDates: 1958-1975Container: Box/Folder 23/10 to 24/1-5
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Description: Annual ReportsDates: 1937-1938Container: Box/Folder 24/6-7
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Description: Box Elder County Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1943-1962Container: Box/Folder 24/8
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Description: Cache County Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1950-1961Container: Box/Folder 24/9
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Description: Contributing Streams to the Great Salt LakeDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 24/10
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1927-1939; 1941-1970Container: Box/Folder 24/11 to 25/1-5
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Description: Culicidae ReportsDates: 1922-1942Container: Box/Folder 25/6
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Description: Davis County Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1951-1963Container: Box/Folder 25/7-9
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Description: Dugway Proving Ground ProjectDates: 1957-1958Container: Box/Folder 25/10-11
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Description: Elgin - Moab Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1955-1957Container: Box/Folder 25/12
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Description: Entomology MaterialDates: 1955-1962Container: Box/Folder 25/13
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Description: Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management AreaDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 25/15
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Description: Field NotesDates: 1928-1943Container: Box/Folder 25/16
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Description: Field Trip Sponsored by Utah Mosquito Control - Fish and Wildlife Management Coordination CommitteeDates: 1964 June 12Container: Box/Folder 26/1
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Description: Utah Mosquito Control - Fish and Wildlife Management Coordination CommitteeDates: 1962-1972Container: Box/Folder 26/2
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Description: Flaming Gorge Reservoir - Daggett County, UtahDates: 1959-1960Container: Box/Folder 26/3
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Description: Great Salt Lake - Insect ControlDates: 1968-1970Container: Box/Folder 26/4-5
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Description: Magna Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1930-1961Container: Box/Folder 26/6
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Description: Miscellaneous ReportsDates: 1935-1970Container: Box/Folder 26/7-10
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Description: Monthly Summary ReportsDates: 1930-1934Container: Box/Folder 26/11
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Description: Mosquito CollectionDates: 1924-1960Container: Box/Folder 26/12-14
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Description: Mosquito ControlDates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 26/15
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Description: Mosquito Control ConferenceDates: 1962 March 19-21Container: Box/Folder 26/16
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Description: Mosquito Control ExchangeDates: 1933-1953Container: Box/Folder 26/17-18
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Description: Mosquito PapersDates: undated; 1956-1967Container: Box/Folder 27/1-2
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Description: Fish and Wildlife Management Coordination CommitteeDates: 1964-1965Container: Box/Folder 27/3
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Description: " Mosquitos of Utah" Bulletin - CorrespondenceDates: 1943-1946Container: Box/Folder 27/4
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Description: ReferencesDates: 1931-1942Container: Box/Folder 27/5-6
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Description: Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1936-1965Container: Box/Folder 27/7-10
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Description: Silent Spring - Pesticide ControversyDates: 1963Container: Box/Folder 27/11
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Description: Supervisory ReportsDates: 1927-1941Container: Box/Folder 27/12-13
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Description: Utah Mosquito Abatement AssociationDates: 1946-1972Container: Box/Folder 28/1-3
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Description: Utah State Department of HealthDates: 1964-1968Container: Box/Folder 28/4
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Description: Water ManagementDates: 1956-1964Container: Box/Folder 28/5-6
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Description: Water Quality StandardsDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 28/7
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Description: Weber County Mosquito Abatement DistrictDates: 1943-1950Container: Box/Folder 28/6
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Weather Reports
Container: Series 14
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Description: Local Climatological DataDates: 1950-1975; 1952-1960Container: Box/Folder 28/12-16 to 29/1-3
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Description: Maps and ChartsDates: undated; 1931-1932; 1947Container: Box/Folder 29/4-6
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1923-1970Container: Box/Folder 29/7-9
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Description: Meteorlogical SummaryDates: 1929-1945Container: Box/Folder 29/10-12
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Description: Monthly Meteorological SummaryDates: 1922-1929Container: Box/Folder 30/1
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Weber Basin Project
Container: Series 15
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Description: CorrespondenceDates: 1960-1965Container: Box/Folder 30/2
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Description: Final Report on the 1951 Survey of Mosquito - Producing Aspects of the Proposed Weber Basin Project West of the Wasatch Front in UtahDates: 1952 MarchContainer: Box/Folder 30/3
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Description: Water Management Program - Meeting MinutesDates: 1962-1966Container: Box/Folder 30/4-7
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mosquitoes--Control--Indonesia
- Mosquitoes--Control--Panama--Panama Canal
- Mosquitoes--Control--Utah
- Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
- Zoology--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Rees, Donald M.--Archives
Corporate Names
- American Mosquito Control Association
- University of Utah--Archives
- University of Utah--Faculty
- University of Utah. Dept. of Zoology and Entomology
- University of Utah. Institute of Environmental Biological Research
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Memorandums
- Photoprints
- Reports
