Guide to the Edward C. Klostermeyer Papers 1947-1980
Cage 526

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Klostermeyer, Edward C.
Title
Edward C. Klostermeyer Papers
ID
Cage 526
Date [inclusive]
1947-1980
Extent
4 containers., 2 linear feet of shelf space.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Materials about his teaching and research. Includes two films of research on bees which he produced.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 526, Edward C. Klostermeyer Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Edward C. Klostermeyer, professor of entomology and entomologist, earned his B.S. (1940) and M.S. (1942) at the University of Nebraska, engaged in additional study at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his Ph.D at WSU in 1952. He joined the WSU faculty in 1947 at the Irrigation Experiment Station in Prosser, and came to Pullman in 1975 as Professor of entomology and entomologist. His areas of research specialization include insect pollination of alfalfa and tree fruits with solitary bees, control of insects attacking field crops, insect transmission of plant diseases and insect ecology. He authored and co-authored many published articles on entomology and produced two films related to his research on bees. He served as president of the Washington State Entomological Society and was a member of the Entomological Society of America. He also was affiliated with Alpha Zeta, agriculture honorary society and Sigma Xi, honorary scientific research society. Three times during his WSU career, he served as acting chairman of the Department Department of Entomology. He retired in 1981.

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Scope and Content

The papers of Edward Klostermeyer consist of materials about his teaching and research from roughly 1947-1980.

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Arrangement

The papers follow the filing system used by Mr. Klostermeyer. Related materials are grouped in individual folders, and visual material is placed at the end of the sequence.

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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 Edward Klostermyer were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Mr. Klostermeyer in 1981 (MS81-27).

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Names and Subjects

Occupation(s)

  • Entomologists -- Washington (State)--Correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Klostermeyer, Edward C. --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Bee culture -- Research
  • Science
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

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

box folder

Resume and photograph of Klostermeyer 

1 1

Reprints of Klostermeyer's published papers  1942-1973 

1 2

Talks, awards and misc. 1951-1975 

1 3

Seed production short course  1966 1969 

1 4

Seed production short course  1971 1974 

1 5

Short course for flyers, field men and managers  1951 

1 6

Correspondence on Horace Telford's replacement and Ag. Ent. courses  1974-1975 

1 7

First annual Northwest Legume Seed Growers School-- College of Idaho  1970 

1 8

Course outlines and evaluation, Ag.201, Ent.452, 340, Ent.560  1976-1977 

1 9

Course outlines and evaluation, Ent.450  1975-1979 

1 10

Miscellaneous --chiefly relative to Klostermeyer's appointment at WSU  1975-1980 

1 11

Teaching Ent.443 (Insect Ecology)--Responses and evaluations  1977-1979 

1 12

Entomology Society of America--Teaching Award Committee 1975-1979 

1 13

Pest management curriculum  1972-1980 

1 14

Entomology Annual Report--Irrigation Experiment Station, Prosser 1947-1949 

2 15

Entomology Annual Reports  1947-1954 

2 16-18

50th anniversary of Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center  1969 

2 19-20

Materials from Pacific Northwest Vegetable Insect Conference  1957-1968 

2 21

RE. Reasearch grant from NSF for Klostermeyer's research project--sex control in the Leafcutting Bee  1969-1975 

2 22

Leafcutters--mason bee  1969-1975 

3 23

Alfalfa seed pest management  1972-1975 

3 24

Pestcide recommendations and policy  1959-1974 

3 25

Alfalfa weevils  1967-1968 

3 26

Mite control on corn  1958-1973 

3 27

Greenbug, problems and survey  1971-1974 

3 28

Cutworm  1974 

3 29

Mint insect control  1965-1973 

3 30

Billbugs  1965 

3 31

Photographs 

3 32

Negatives related to research 

3 33

26th annual meeting of Biological Photographic Association  1956 

3 34

Film by Klostermeyer--Her Home Is a Hole--responses  1970-1973 

3 35
box

Films:  The Orchard Mason Bee 

4

Films:  Her Home Is a Hole 

4

Slides 

4