Contents


Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Search Terms

Biographical Information 1892-1963

Correspondence to Maria E. Fernald 1882-1906

Collections lists sources unidentified n.d.

Correspondence lists 1870s-1890s

Publications - Notes n.d.

Publications, Writings, Papers 1887-1898

Reports - Massachusetts Board of Agriculture 1887-1907

Letter Book 1898-1905

Observation Notes 1878-?

Inventory for folders 138 - 236 ----

Personal Correspondence 1868-1902

Charles Henry Fernald Papers, 1869-1963

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by mu.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

2003

Collection Overview

Creator: Fernald, Charles Henry
Title: Charles Henry Fernald Papers
Dates: 1869-1963
Abstract: Entomologist, author, professor of Zoology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst when it was known as Massachusetts Agricultural College, and President of the Association of Economic Entomologists in 1896. Includes correspondence, memorial tributes, personal recollections by former students and colleague Charles A. Peters, newspaper clippings, and printed versions of published writings. Also contains letters from other entomologists to Fernald's wife, entomologist Maria E. (Smith) Fernald, about her work.
Extent: 8 boxes(3.75 linear ft.)
Language: English.
Identification: FS 59

Administrative Information

Acquired before 1972 with accretions from John Lilly in 1974 and Ring Carde in 1986.

Processed by SCUA staff.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Charles Henry Fernald Papers (RG 40/11 C. H. Fernald). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

Entomologist, author, Professor of Zoology; President, Association of Economic Entomologists, 1896.

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Biographical Note

1838 Born, March 16, Mount Desert, Maine to Eben and Sophronia (Wasgatt)
1862 Married, August 24, to Maria Elizabeth Smith
1865 Principal, Litchfield Academy, Maine
1866-1871 Principal, Houlton Academy, Maine
1871-1886 Professor of Natural History, Maine State College
1871 Honorary A.M., Bowdoin College
1886-1910 Professor of Zoology, Massachusetts State College
1886 Ph.D., Maine State College
1887-1910 Entomologist, Hatch Experiment Station
1891-1892 Acting President, Massachusetts Agricultural College
1896 President, Association of Economic Entomologists
1908-1912 Director, Graduate School, Massachusetts Agricultural College
1921 Died, February 22, Amherst, Massachusetts

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

Papers include professional correspondence, 1869-1905, largely with other entomologists; memorial tributes; personal recollections of former student and colleague, Charles A. Peters, 1874-1973; newspaper clippings; printed versions of published writings; and letters from other entomologists to Fernald's wife, entomologist Maria E. (Smith) Fernald (who lived from 1839 to 1919), about her work.

Correspondence to Fernald is arranged in two groupings and then alphabetically according to the surname of correspondent.

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Box
Folder
1 1
Biographical Information 1892-1963

Box
Folder
1 2
Correspondence to Maria E. Fernald 1882-1906

Box
Folder
1 3
Collections lists sources unidentified n.d.

Box
Folder
1 4
Correspondence lists 1870s-1890s


Correspondence received:

Box
Folder
1 5
Illegible signatures 1872-1903

6
A 1872-1896

7
Angus, James 1877-1878

8
Austro-Hungarian Minister 1897

9
B 1856, 1872, 1890-1897

10
Baird, Spencer 1872, 1881

11
Barrett, Charles W. 1877-1880, 1888

12
Belfrage, G.W. 1877

13
Beutenmuller 1884, 1890

14
Black, George & Alice 1890-1891

15
Bolter, A. 1888-1896

16
Bradley Fertilizer Co. 1896

17
Bridgham, Joseph 1890-1892

18
Bruce, David 1884

19
Bruner, Lawrence 1888

20
Bumpus, H.C. 1888

21
Bunker, Reuben H. 1896

22
Burgess, W.B. 1891

23
C 1889-1899

24
Chambers, V.T. 1875-1878

25
Clark, Charles Upson 1894

26
Claypole, E.W. 1881, 1882

27
Cockerell, Theo. D.A. 1888

28
Cole, E.E. 1895-1896

29
Comstock, J. Henry 1882

30
Cooksey, George B. 1890, 1891

31
Coquillett, D.W. 1881, 1884

32
Cresson, E.T. 1888

33
D 1874, 1883 1892-1895

34
Davis, G.C. 1893, 1896

35
Dietz, W.G. 1891-1896

36
Dumant, Hartley 1889-1891

37
E 1879, 1891

38
Educational Supply Company 1889

39
Edwards, [Hy] 1883, 1885, 1890-1891

42
Felt, E.P. 1891, 1896

43
Fernald, O.H. C.H. Fernald's brother 1892, 1896

44
Fisk, Everett O. 1891

45
Fletcher, James 1889-1892

46
Forbes, S.A. 1884-1899

47
Forbush, E.H. 1892-1893, 1896

48
Fowler, L.H. 1896

49
Friedlander 1890-1892

50
Fumouze, A. 1889-1890

51
G 1872-1903

52
George, Samuel 1900

53
Gerrish, O.K. 1900

54
Gillette, C.P. 1896

55
Goodale, Annie M. 1886-1887

56
Goodell, H.H. 1892

57
Goodwin, N.N. 1870-1871

58
Grote, A.R. 1875-1896

Box
Folder
2 59
H 1872-1901

60
Hagen, H.A. 1875-1885

61
Harper Brothers Editorial Rooms 1890

62
Harris, Roland 1877-1886

63
Hart, Charles A. 1886-1892

64
Hosmer, W.H. 1900

65
Howard, L.O. 1895-1896

66
Hulst, George D. 1884-1896

67
J 1891, 1898

68
K 1896-1898

69
Kellicott, D.J. 1878, 1882

70
King, J.D. 1894

71
Kink, George W. 1896

72
Kirkland, A.H. 1895-1899

73
Klages, Samuel M. 1897

74
Kochi, C. 1897-1899

75
L 1869, 1895-1899, 1904

76
Laurent, Philip 1894-1896

77
Lewis, Henry W. 1896-1897

78
Lewis, P.C. 1899

79
Lintner, J.A. 1894-1897

80
Lloyd, Andrew J. 1899

81
Lodge, H.C. 1891-1899

82
Lounsbury, Charles 1890-1899

83
Lunt 1891

84
M 1886-1899

85
M.A.C. Alumni Club 1891

86
Mansfield, F.A. 1891

87
Mengel, Levi W. 1894

88
Meyrick, Edward 1880-1896

89
Moffat, J. Alston 1885-1896

90
Morse, Albert P. 1893

91
Morton, Emily L. 1893, 1896

92
Murtfeldt, Mary E. 1877-1890, 1894-1899

93
Myrick, Edward 1888, 1893

Box
Folder
3 94
N 1891

95
Newstead, R. 1904

96
Niles, W.H. 1894

97
O 1891, 1899

98
P 1872, 1889-1896

99
Parker, W.E. 1896

100
Philbrick, W.D. 1891

101
Powers, J.B. 1894

102
R 1879-1891, 1905

103
Ragmol, E.H. 1880-1883, 1889

104
Rand, Edward L. 1896

105
Riley, C.V. 1892-1894

106
Ritchie, John Jr. 1894

107
Robinson, Wirt 1st LT. 4th US Artillery 1896

108
Rumrill, M.M. Fernald's sister? 1896

109
S 1874-1899, 1903

110
Saunders, John 1892-1896

111
Scandlin, W.I. 1894

112
Scudder 1877-1897

113
Secretarial Vacancies see also JB Powers 1892-1894

114
Sessions, R. 1891-1896

115
Skinner, Henry 1894-1896, 1905

116
Slusson, Mrs. A.T. 1892, 1896

117
Smith, John B. 1894-1896, 1898

118
Snellen, P.C.T. 1896

119
Soule, Miss Caroline 1893

120
State Colleges 1891

121
Stevens, B.F. 1890-1896

122
Streeker, Herman 1871-1879

123
Suffolk Engraving Company 1896

124
Swiss Agricultural Dept. 1896

125
T 1890-1896

126
Taylor, G.E. 1892

127
Tepper, Fred 1876-1877

128
Tracy, J.W. 1890-1896

129
Uhler 1876-1888

130
W 1888-1896

131
Walsingham, Lord 1879-1892

132
Webster, F.M. 1896, 1904

133
Wheeler, William 1892

134
Whitaker, George M. New England farmer 1891

135
Winott, C.W. 1897

Box
Folder
4 136
Publications - Notes n.d.

Box
Folder
4 loose
Publications, Writings, Papers 1887-1898

Box
Folder
5 loose
Reports - Massachusetts Board of Agriculture 1887-1907

Box
Folder
6 bound volume
Letter Book 1898-1905

Box
Folder
6 bound volume
Observation Notes 1878-?

Box
Folder
7 137
Inventory for folders 138 - 236 ----

Box
Folder
7 138
Personal Correspondence 1868-1902


Correspondence Received:

Box
Folder
7 139
A 1889-1902

140
Alwood, Wm. B. 1898, 1900

141
Amherst College 1888, 1896

142
Avery, John 1901, n.d.

143
B 1874-1902

144
B--- A--- 1900-1903

145
Banks, Nathan 1902

146
Bames, William 1899-1901

147
Barris, W. H. 1897-1898

148
Bates, Frank A. 1896

149
Beutenmuller, Wm. 1891-1902

150
Bogue, E. E. 1896-1897

151
Bowker, William 1900

152
Britton, W. E. 1894, 1898

153
Bruner, Lawrence 1896-1899

154
Burgess, Albert F. 1899-1900

155
C 1879-1903

156
Cockerell, T. D. 1894-1903

157
Collins, Lewis 1898

158
Comstock, J. Henry 1877, 1894-1897

159
Cooley, R. A. 1898-1902

160
Coquillet, D. W. 1880-1902

161
Cresson, E. T. 1892, 1896

162
D 1879-1901

163
Davis, G. C. 1893, 1896

164
Dietz, W. G. 1896-1902

165
Dimmock, Geo. 1894-1903

166
Dyar, Harrison G. 1894-1903

167
E 1900-1901

168
Easterbrook, Horace M. 1899, 1902

169
Edwards, Hy 1890-1891

170
Edwards, W. H. 1883

171
F 1891-1902

172
Feller, P. C. 1878-1881

173
Felt, E. P. 1900-1903

174
Fletcher, James 1892-1903

175
Forbes, S. A. 1884

176
Forbush, E. H. 1895, 1898

177
G 1892-1903

178
Gillette, Clarence 1887-1897

179
Goode, G. Brown 1893, 1895-1896

180
Goodell, Henry Hill President 1891-1902

Box
Folder
8 181
H 1877-1902

182
Harris, Roland W. 1877-1902

183
Hart, Charles A. 1903

184
Harvey, Francis L. 1894, 1897

185
Heidemann, Otto 1894

186
Henshaw, S. 1887-1896

187
Hine, James S. 1897-1902

188
Howard, L. 0. 1886-1901

189
Hulst, Goo. D. 1892-1894

190
Ingram, Henry B. 1907

191
1 1899, n.d.

192
K 1893-1899

193
Kellicott, D. J. 1878, 1881, 1890

194
Kincaid, Trevor 1893-1894, 1898

195
Kirland, A. H. 1896-1900

196
L 1896-1902

197
Launders, John 1902

198
Laurent, Philip 1895

109
Linter, J. A. 1878-1897

200
Lounsbury, Charles P. 1896-1897

201
Lyman, H. H. 1884, 1898

202
M 1879-1903

203
MacGillicray, Alex 1896

204
Marlatt, C. L. 1894-1895

205
Merrick, Harry D. 1902

206
Meyrick, Edward 1879-1889

207
Moffat, J. Alston 1891-1899

208
Morse, Albert P. 1891-1898

209
Moulton, F. C. 1894

210
Murfeldt, Mary E. 1894, 1902

211
N 1889-1895

212
O 1884-1898

213
Osborne, Herbert 1891-1900

214
P 1878, 1896, n.d.

215
Parkard, A. J. 1878-1894

216
Pergande, Theo. 1881-1894

217
Q 1889

218
R 1869, 1880-1896

219
Ragonot, E. 1885-1893

220
Riley, C. V. 1891-1894, n.d.

221
S 1877-1903

222
Scudder, S. 1878-1897

223
Sessions, Wm. R. 1891-1896

224
Skinner, Henry 1894-1897

225
Slingerland, M. V. 1891-1899

226
Smith, John B. 1893-1903

227
Snow, F. H. 1902

228
Snow, Wm. A. 1892

229
T 1878-1894

230
U 1880, 1888, 1896

231
V 1896

232
W 1891-1898

233
Webster, F. A 1893-1900

234
Weed, Clarence M. 1886, 1894

235
Weed, Howard Evarts 1891, 1894

236
Woodward, B. E. and sister B. B. Woodward 1902