Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Ernest C. Bay Papers
1975-1986
Cage 805
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Bay, Ernest C.
- Title
- Ernest C. Bay Papers
- ID
- Cage 805
- Date [inclusive]
- 1975-1986
- Extent
- 2 linear feet of shelf space, 1 box
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists of a scrapbook about the David Allmendinger Center at the Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center. The scrapbook was created by Dr. Ernest C. Bay.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Ernest C. Bay Papers, 1975-1986
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Dr. Ernest C. Bay served as Superintendent of the Washington State University Research and Extension Center in Puyallup from 1975 until 1986. He remained in Puyallup where he returned to research as an urban entomologist until his retirement in 1992.
Dr. Bay was born in 1929 and raised in Schenectady, NY. After graduating from Nott Terrace High School, he studied Research Technology at Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute in Farmingdale, Long Island, and later received both B.S. (1953) and Ph.D (1960) degrees in entomology from Cornell University. He married his wife Ellen in 1960 and has two sons, Steven and Michael. Before coming to WSU, he held professorial and administrative ranks at the University of California Riverside (1960-1971) and the University of Maryland at College Park, MD (1971-1975).
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a scrapbook documenting the creation and operation of the David Allmendinger Center at the Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center. The Allmendinger Center, dedicated in 1985, was the first privately financed building at the Puyallup Center. The scrapbook was created by Dr. Ernest C. Bay, urban entomologist and Superintendent of the Puyallup center from 1975 to 1986. The collection also includes Bay's memoir of his tenure as superintendent.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series, retaining the order of the scrapbook as received.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2014
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 and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Acquisition Information
Ernest Bay donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2014 (MS.2014.05).
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Cheryl Gunselman.
Related Materials
Related Material
Western Washington Research and Extension Center Records, 1895-1976 (Archives 33)
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Washington State University. Western Washington Research and Extension Center.
Subject(s)
- Agricultural experiment stations -- Washington (State)
- Agriculture -- Research -- Archives
- Entomologists -- Washington (State) -- Archives
- Agriculture
- Washington (State)