This fonds contain the records of the Entomological Society of Saskatchewan including
the historical research material of P.W. Riegert.
Box 1
Entomology in Post Secondary Institutions in Western Canada. – [ca 1991].
55 page history essay.
Survey of Insects- Prairie Provinces. – 1940-1947.
Reports from the Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Indian Head.
Statements re. Outbreak and forecasts. – 1931-1982.
Annual grasshopper forecasts
A.E. Cameron. – nd.
Notes and copied documents re. A.E. Cameron.
ESC Hewitt and Gold Medal Awardees. – 1965-1987.
Bios.
Early newspaper cuttings. – 1950-1990.
Copies.
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture – bulletins. -1948-1951.
Re. grasshoppers.
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture annual reports. -1939-1956.
Entomologists of Western Canada. – 1990-1991.
Four booklets of bios.
Miscellaneous publications– 1919-1984. – 2 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Box 2
Federal Laboratories and Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture in Western
Canada 1883-1980. – [ca 1980].
Draft of Entomology Series #23. By Riegert.
Cereal Aphids and Corn Borders on the Prairies 1948-1987. – [ca. 1987].
Draft by Riegert.
Federal Entomological Laboratories in British Columbia, 1920-1980.
Draft of by Riegert.
Biography of Entomologists in Canadian Publications. – 2001.
List.
Photo album. – 1945-1988.
Convention material and Indian Head.
Photographs – individuals. – 1944-1990.
Head and shoulders. Most have been identified.
Photographs – U of S. – [ca. 1930-1960].
Most have been identified.
Photographs - R.H. (Dick) Painter. – 1945.
Four images.
Northern Insect projects. – 1947-1952.
Men and equipment.
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Photographs - unidentified family. – nd.
Negatives of farm a wooded area.
Photographs – agriculture. – 1944-1999.
Crops, buildings, insects and people.
Research Reports, Saskatoon Research Centre. - 1957-1966.
Canada Department of Agriculture, Research Branch Newsletter. - 1959-1969. – 2
folders.
To end of publication.
Book – T.H. Anstey. – 1986.
‘One Hundred Harvests’ (celebrating Agric. Canada’s Centenary).
Box 3
Proceedings of the ESBC. - 1913-1965. – six folders.
Incomplete.
Miscellaneous publications– 1915-1990. – 2 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Box 4
Indian Head Laboratory. – 1937-1987.
Photographs, lists and history.
Computer disc. – nd.
3 ½ ‘’ computer discs.
Photographs – Field Work. – 1938-1954.
Includes mobile lab and grass hoppers on Sask. Legislature.
Canadian Entomologist. – 1956, 1964. – 2 folders.
Two volumes including the Centennial edition.
Riegert – Research papers. – 1954-1991. – 3 folders.
Offprints.
Riegert, P.W. - ‘History of Grasshopper Abundance Surveys and Forecasts of Outbreaks
in Saskatchewan. – 1968.
Mem. ESC #52
Box 5
Miscellaneous publications– 1947-1983. – 3 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Fruit Growers Association Reports. - 1895-1899. 3 folders.
Entomological Society of Ontario.
Box 6
Entomology Division Newsletter. - 1920-1942. – 5 folders.
Photocopies.
Riegert, P.W. ‘From Arsenic to DDT’. - [ca. – 1981].
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Research notes and correspondence.
Slides. – nd.
People, insects and buildings.
Photographs – insects. – nd.
Forest tent caterpillar and yellow-headed spruce sawfly.
Photographs – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. – nd.
Buildings, people and insects.
Riegert, P.W. - research notes. – nd, 1981.
Research notes and correspondence re. prequel to his 1973 history.
Entomology Series #15-19. – 2000.
Historical pamphlets written by Riegert.
Box 7
Historical pamphlets - Riegert. – nd. – 2 folders.
Drafts.
Historical summaries of Canadian (national and regional) Entomological Societies. – nd.
– 2 folders
Includes their publications, officers, etc.
Gibson, A. (1951) ‘Entomology in Canada 1920-1942’. – nd. – 2 folders
Photocopy [of galleys?].
Grasshopper reports. – 1934-1945. – 2 folders.
Reports from western Canada ant United States.
Miscellaneous publications– 1933-1942. – 2 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Box 8 (1-8)
Photograph file – grasshopper. – 1933-1937. – 9 folders.
Photos on cards with descriptions and negatives. List also included.
Box 9 (9)
Photograph file – grasshopper. – 1933-1937. – 9 folders.
Photos on cards with descriptions and negatives. List also included.
Entomology Division Newsletter. - 1952-1969. – 2 folders.
Photocopies. Includes numerous biographies.
Dominion Field Crop Insect Laboratory Monthly Reports. – 1946-1956. – 2 folders.
Bound volumes.
Prairie insects. – 1984-1992.
Booklets.
Box 10
Miscellaneous publications– 1919-1984. – 9 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
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Box 11
International Great Plains Conference of Entomology Reports. – 1936-1966. – 3 folders.
Incomplete.
International Great Plains Conference of Entomology Correspondence. – 1929-1930.
Photocopies.
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 7 folders. (1-4)
Transcripts in binders.
Box 12
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 7 folders. (5-7)
Transcripts in binders.
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 20 folders. (1-8)
Audio cassettes.
Box 13
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 20 folders. (9-18)
Audio cassettes.
Box 14
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 20 folders. (19-20)
Audio cassettes.
Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America. – 1965, 1969.
Grasshopper forecast maps. – 1933-1948.
Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba.
Dominion Entomology Laboratory, Reports. – 1939-1940.
Bound volume.
Studies on the reproductive biology of the migratory grasshopper Melanoplus
sanguinipes. – 1971.
Thesis by Roy Pickford.
Biological notes – grasshoppers. – 1962-1975.
Notes, photos, a map and an article by Riegert.
Natural of Canadian Plains. – 1975.
Print plates.
Acetate and paper.
Field Crop and Garden Insects. – 1923.
Conference minutes.
Species population map, etc. – 1957-1966.
Printing plates, correspondence, graphs…
Vignettes of Entomology. – 1984.
Article by Riegert.
Entomological Branch Conference of Officers. – 1927
Conference minutes.
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Dominion Entomology Laboratory, Quarterly Reports. – 1947-1955.
Bound volume.
Dominion Entomology Laboratory, Report of Insect season. – 1925-1958.
Bound volume (photocopies).
Reports of the Annual Conference of Manitoba Agronomists. -1939-1978.
Bound volume (photocopies).
Miscellaneous publications– 1939-1990. – 2 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Box 16
Grasshopper forecasts – western Canada. – 1952-1977.
Reports.
Department of Agriculture technical reports. – 1946-1947.
Re. grasshopper control.
Grasshopper Control in Manitoba. – 1962-1964.
Pamphlets.
History of Economic Entomology in the Canadian Prairies in the 20th Century. – 1995.
Presentation script, overheads and notes.
The International Northwestern Conference on Disease in Nature and Communicable to
Man. – 1975.
Proceedings of conference held at West College of Veterinary Medicine at the U
of S.
Miscellaneous publications– 1951-1983. – 3 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Willing, T.N. biography typescript. – nd.
Notes and articles.
Entomological history binder. – 1991.
Personal data on entomologists, Locusts and Grasshoppers – A History to 1940,
and Locusts and Grasshoppers – Chemical Control 1940-1990 in binder.
Box 17
Entomology Series #1-20. – [ca. 1990]. – 21 folders. (1-10)
Page proofs unbound. Series by Riegert.
Box 18
Entomology Series #1-20. – [ca. 1990]. – 21 folders. (11-21)
Page proofs unbound. Series by Riegert.
Box 19
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 8 folders. (1-7)
Transcripts in binders.
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Box 19
Interviews with entomologists. – [ca 1985]. – 8 folders. (8)
Transcripts in binders.
Box 20
Correspondence re History of Entomology in Western Canada. – 1979-1990.
Notes re History of Entomology in Western Canada. – 1931-1969.
Reprints from Lethbridge Research Station. – 1950-1977.
Animal Disease Research 1938-1985. – 1985.
Bibliography.
‘Western Equine Encephalitis’ prepared by Prairie Entomological Research Consultants
(R.E. Ellis). – 1983.
Slides and clippings.
Matador Saskatchewan area. – nd, June 1969.
Slides. Also charts, maps, farm equipment, individuals and Thesis Island, BC
images.
Miscellaneous slides.
Various insects, scenes and unidentified people.
Miscellaneous publications– 1929-1980. – 4 folders.
Pamphlets, reports and articles.
Box 21
Research Station histories. – 1986.
Agriculture Canada centennial publications,1886-1986 for Ottawa, Summerland,
Lacombe and Regina.
Norman Criddle-related material. – 1910-2006.
Material regarding the entomologist Norman Crandle and the associated
Homestead Restoration Project.
Material selected by CVHHC. – 1927-2006.
Historical photos, drawings, posters, correspondence and reports selected
by the Criddle – Vane Homestead Heritage Committee.
Grasshopper nymphs. – nd.
Photos of drawing by Criddle.
Biographical material. – nd.
Photocopies of article about Criddle.
Poetry. – nd, 1979.
Correspondence and photocopies of poetry.
Grasshopper reports. – 1948-1976.
Originals and photocopies.
Grasshopper bait. – 1933-1938.
Maps, articles, forms and maps re the anti-grasshopper campaign.
Correspondence. – 1910-1915. – 3 folders.
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To and from Criddle.
Box 22
Correspondence. – 1916-1917. – 2 folders.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence. – 1918.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence. – 1919.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence. – 1920.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence. – 1921.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence. – 1922.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence. – 1923.
To and from Criddle.
Correspondence – Agriculture Canada. – 1922-1929 – 3 folders.
To and from Criddle.
ESS – Minutes. – 1952-1962.
Box 23
ESS – Minutes. – 1963-1967.
ESS – Minutes. – 1968-1977.
ESS – Minutes. – 1977-1979.
R.L. Edwards photographs. – nd.
Cd and print.
ESS Video. – 1996-1998. – 3 folders.
Administrative records.
ESS Financial correspondence/memberships. -1995-1998. - 6 folders. (1-4)
Box 24
ESS Financial correspondence/memberships. -1995-1998. - 6 folders. (5-6)
ESS secretary’s files. - 1986-1994. – 8 folders. (1-5)
Administrative records.
Box 25
ESS secretary’s files. - 1986-1994. – 8 folders. (6-8)
Administrative records.
ESS secretary’s files. - 1996-2002. – 7 folders.
Administrative records.
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Box 26
Transparencies of insects and views (esp. CHBF Station). – 1999. – 2 folders.
Reproductions of historic images of insects, people and field work.
Livestock Insect Research in British Columbia. – nd.
Photographs and draft of an article by Riegert.
Grasshopper forecast maps for AB, SK and MB. - [1960s]. – 2 folders.
Plus distribution./density maps for Melanoplus bivittatus, M. sanguinipes and
Camnula pellucid.
Photo album with material from JAMs. – 1990-1992.
Photos and negatives of Banff (1990), Montreal (91) and Saskatoon (92).
Root Maggot Research in Western Canada. – 19..-1980. – nd.
Photographs and draft of an article by Riegert.
Supplied inventory. – 2007.
List that came with the accession.
Proceedings ESS. - 1962-2008, 2010. – 5 folders
Missing 1993.
Box 27 (Proceedings ESS. – folder 5)
ESS correspondence. - 1952-1965. – 14 folders.
Also minutes of some meetings.
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Box 28
Entomological Society of Saskatchewan Newsletters on file
17(1) August 1996
18(1) April 1997
18(2) October 1997
19(1) May 1998
20(1) February 1999
20(2) November 1999
21(1) June 2000
21(2) November 2000
22(1) September 2001
23(1) August 2002
24(1) Sept ember 2003
25(1) August 2004
26(1) January 2005
26(2) April 2005
26(3) September 2005
27(1) February 2006 Currently with Dave Halstead
27(2) December 2006
28(1) April 2007 (Note numbering error in this and following issue)
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28(1) January 2008
28(2) November 2008
29(1) December 2009
30(1) January 2011
31(1) March 2012