Guide to the Charles Winslow McNeil Papers 1942-1958
Cage 327

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
McNeil, Charles Winslow
Title
Charles Winslow McNeil Papers
ID
Cage 327
Date [inclusive]
1942-1958
Extent
7 containers., 2 linear feet of shelf space., 1200 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Notes, drafts, maps and photographs regarding zoological investigations among migratory water fowl and parasites in the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project. The photographs additionally document the general effect of the introduction of large scale irrigation in central Washington in the early 1950s.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 327, Charles Winslow McNeil Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Charles Winslow McNeil (b. 1916) received the Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Michigan in 1942 and joined the faculty of Washington State University a few years later. His principle research interests, as indicated by his papers, were with migratory waterfowl, parasites, and the zoological effects of the introduction of massive irrigation in central Washington.

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Scope and Content

McNeil's papers consist of drafts of his doctoral disseration and certain articles, and of photographs and maps relative to his investigation of the early years o£ the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project.

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Arrangement

Papers are arranged according to subject, while the approximately 1075 photographs were retained in their original order.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Charles W. McNeil (b. 1916) Professor of Botany at Washington State University, were donated to the Washington State University Library by Mr. McNeil in 1976 and 1977.

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Names and Subjects

Occupation(s)

  • Zoologists--Washington (State)--Correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • McNeil, Charles Winslow, 1916- --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Irrigation -- Columbia River Basin
  • Irrigation
  • Photographs
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Writings.  

Typescript drafts and notes relative to preparation of doctoral dissertation and other research.
box folder

Pathology and Embryology of the Giant Kidney Worm, Dioctophyma renale. Ph.D. Dissertation 1942  1 item.

 1 1

Waterfowl survey of Eastern Washington, with notes 1947  10 items.

 1 2

Mortality of Canada Geese, with notes 1949-54  10 items.

 1 3

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Series 2: Investigation of Columbia Irrigation Project.  

Maps and photographs relative to a National Science Foundation research project concerning zoological phenomena within irrigation canals in central Washington.
box folder

Block Maps 1950-1955  50 items.

7x11 inch maps of the various territorial divisions of the Columbia Basin Irrigation project

 1 4

Photographs 

2x2 inch mounted color transparencies, original labels attached.
box

Drumheller, MarDon, Crab Creek, Blocks 1 & 2, and PEC areas, snail test tanks, members of research party 1955-1957  260 items.

 2

Blocks 70, 71, 41 and Upper Crab Creek Areas 1955-1956  265 items.

 3

Blocks 73 and 42 1955-1956  215 items.

 4

Blocks 14, 15 and 43 1955-1957  90 items.

 5

Blocks 76, 78 and 44 1955-1957  110 items.

 6

Blocks 45, 87, 86 and Royal Slope areas 1955-1958  225 items.

 7
box

Maps of overall Columbia Basin Project area, and of individual blocks; aerial photographs of several regions within the Project area 1950-1958  40 items.

 Oversize

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