Collection Summary
Joseph Sanford Wade
Papers
1898-1955
1898-1955
MSS44271
Wade, Joseph Sanford,
1880-
14,000
items
32 containers
10 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Zoologist and
entomologist. Correspondence, notes, journals, and scientific and literary
writings relating primarily to Wade’s career as a scientist.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Barber, G. W. (George W.)
Barber, Harry Gardner, 1871-1960--Correspondence.
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.
Essig, E. O. (Edward Oliver), 1884-1964--Correspondence.
Gilbert, Ralph Early--Correspondence.
Kelly, Edward O. G. (Edward Owen Guerrant), 1880-1949--Correspondence.
King, Vernon, 1886 or 1887-1918--Correspondence.
McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962--Correspondence.
Muir, John, 1838-1914.
Rehn, James A. G. (James Abram Garfield), 1881-1965--Correspondence.
Wade family--Correspondence.
Wade, Joseph Sanford, 1880-1961.
Walton, William Randolph, 1873-1952--Correspondence.
Webster, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1849-1916--Correspondence.
Wickham, H. F. (Henry Frederick), 1866-1933--Correspondence.
Organizations
United States. Bureau of Entomology
United States. Department of Agriculture.
Subjects
Agriculture.
Beetles--North America.
Entomology.
Forage plants.
Grain.
Hessian fly.
Insect pests--Control.
Insects.
Naturalists--United States.
Phyllophaga.
Sugarcane.
Zoology.
Places
Kansas--History.
Nebraska--History.
Oklahoma--History.
United States--History--1865-
Occupations
Entomologists.
Zoologists.
Provenance
The papers of Joseph Sanford Wade, zoologist and entomologist, were
given to the Library of Congress by Wade in 1954. Additions were given by Ralph
E. Gilbert in 1955 and by Carrie Wade and Nan Wade in 1961.
Processing History
The papers of Joseph Sanford Wade were arranged and described circa
1965. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Joseph Sanford
Wade is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Joseph Sanford Wade are open to research. Researchers
are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many
collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these
items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Joseph Sanford Wade Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1880, July 20
Born, Cumberland County, Ky.
1905
1906
Student, Fairmount College, Wichita, Kans.
1923
1925 .
Student, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1913
1950
Entomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1925
Published
A Bibliography of the European Corn Borer
. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office
1934
Published
An Annotated Bibliography of the Hessian Fly
. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office
1947
Published
Insects of the World Associated with Sugar Cane, their
Predators and Parasites: A Preliminary Check List.
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine,
Agricultural Research Administration, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
1950
Retired from government service
1961, Jan. 1
Died, Washington, D.C
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Joseph Sanford Wade (1880-1961) span the years 1898-1955
and pertain to agricultural science, particularly to the study of the control
of insects affecting cereal and forage crops during the first half of the
twentieth century.
The collection includes manuscripts and extensive source notes for
scientific articles published by the Department of Agriculture, including
annotated bibliographies on the Hessian fly, sugar cane insects of the world, a
documented checklist of the immature stages of the North American coleoptera,
and a bibliography on the ecological study of the genus phyllophaga. There are
also articles of a nonscientific nature concerning early American naturalists
such as John Muir, John Audubon, and John Burroughs and a collection of
Wade’s book reviews.
Correspondence between Wade and banker and insurance agent Ralph Early
Gilbert reflect conditions in Kansas and Oklahoma, with comments on national
affairs, 1898-1954. Other correspondents are Edward O. G. Kelly of the Bureau
of Entomology’s laboratory in Wellington, Kansas, F. M. Webster of the
Washington D.C., office, and W. L. McAtee. The papers also contain Wade’s
daily journals depicting life in Nebraska and Kansas, 1914-1949.
The bulk of the collection consists of index cards of titles and
authors compiled by Wade that are devoted to his special interests in science,
art, history, biography, and the early American West.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged by type of material or topic.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78044271]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Daily journal,
1914-1945
1914-1945
1
Letters from Wade to his sister
2
Correspondence
2
1913-1914
1913-1914
3
1913-1914
1913-1914
4
Writings by Wade
5
Entomological bibliography
6
Source material on entomological
bibliography
7
Coleoptera, notes, writings, and
related material by Wade
8
Coleoptera, photographs
8
Tenebrionidae,
bibliography
8
Scarabs
8
Typocerus
9
Addition I
9
Correspondence with Ralph Early
Gilbert
10
Addition II
10
Correspondence with Ralph Early
Gilbert
11
Addition III
11
Articles
11
“Bibliography of
Biographies”
11
“Bibliography of Sugar Cane
Insects”
12
“Bibliography of Sugar Cane
Insects”
12
“Colorado Potato
Beetle”
12
“The Development of
Entomological Work in Federal Agencies”
12
“Flashing on the
Lights”
12
“Uncle Sam’s Horse-Race
for Land”
12
“Vignettes of Earlier Days of
Our D.C. Audubon Society”
13
“Vignettes of Henry Edwards
and John Muir”
13
Obituaries
14
Obituaries
14
Lists of publications by
Wade
15
Lists of publications by Wade
16
Lists of publications by
Wade
17
Reference cards
17
Art
18
Biography and history
19
Bureau of Entomology, C and F
Division personnel
20
Coleoptera, bibliography of
immature stages of North American
21
District of Columbia, papers on
the botany of the region
22
History
23
Nature writers, notebooks of
source material
24
Phyllophaga
24
Bibliography on ecological
study of the genus
25
Selected
references
26
Science, miscellaneous
references
27-29
Western United States
30-31
Miscellaneous
references