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The majority of the Metcalf Entomology Research Collection consists of research materials pertaining to the scientific and economic aspects of insects, primarily of the Order Homoptera. Additional items housed in the collection consist of correspondence relating to the long career and varied professional interests of Zeno Payne Metcalf. An index to the research materials in the collection and additional information about cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, spittlebugs, and treehoppers may be found in DrMetcalf: a resource on on cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, spittlebugs, and treehoppers. This collection also contains a variety of teaching materials used by Metcalf for classroom instruction. Teaching materials inlcude drawings, figures, posters, and other teaching aids for Entomoilogy and Zoology courses.
Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885-1956) was an entomologist who compiled and catalogued a large library of research materials relating to the Insect Order Homoptera and created the General Catalogue of the Homoptera of the World, a 42-volume index to his collection. Metcalf was born in Lakeville, Ohio and was educated at Ohio State University. He received his A.B. degree in 1907 and came to North Carolina as Assistant Entomologist for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture in 1908. He joined the faculty of N.C. State College in 1912 as Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, a position he held until 1950. He attended Harvard University and was awarded the degree of Sc.D. in 1925. From 1923 until 1944 he served as Director of Instruction for the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences; from 1940 until 1943 was Director of Graduate Studies at N.C. State College; and from 1943 to 1950 was Associate Dean of the Graduate School of the Consolidated University. Metcalf retired from administrative duties in 1950 but continued to work as a research professor of entomology from 1950 until his death in 1956. He married Mary Luella Correll in 1909 and had a daughter, Katherine (Mrs. Micou Browne).
Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885-1956) was an entomologist who compiled and catalogued a large library of research materials relating to the Insect Order Homoptera and created the General Catalogue of the Homoptera of the World, a 42-volume index to his collection. He also authored a textbook and created lots of useful teaching materials for entomology and zoology courses. Metcalf was born in Lakeville, Ohio and was educated at Ohio State University. He received his A.B. degree in 1907 and came to North Carolina as Assistant Entomologist for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture in 1908. He joined the faculty of N.C. State College in 1912 as Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology, a position he held until 1950. He attended Harvard University and was awarded the degree of Sc.D. in 1925. From 1923 until 1944 he served as Director of Instruction for the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences; from 1940 until 1943 was Director of Graduate Studies at N.C. State College; and from 1943 to 1950 was Associate Dean of the Graduate School of the Consolidated University. Metcalf retired from administrative duties in 1950 but continued to work as a research professor of entomology from 1950 until his death in 1956. He married Mary Luella Correll in 1909 and had a daughter, Katherine (Mrs. Micou Browne).
The majority of the Metcalf Entomology Research Collection consists of research materials pertaining to the scientific and economic aspects of insects, primarily of the Order Homoptera. Originally funded by Smith College as a continuation of the General Catalogue of the Hemiptera and compiled by Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885-1956), it was expanded upon Metcalf's death by Dr. David A. Young and Dr. Clyde F. Smith of the North Carolina State University Department of Entomology, and by Virginia Wade Burnside, Research Supervisor and Department Librarian. The collection contains many rare books and out-of-print monographs with numerous hand-illustrated plates. The research materials total approximately 11,000 monographs and 1,150 volumes, incorporating original reprints, academic journals, photostatic copies and microfilm copies. Topics include insect taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and agricultural issues. An index to the research materials in the collection and additional information about cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, spittlebugs, and treehoppers may be found in DrMetcalf: a resource on on cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, spittlebugs, and treehoppers.
Additional items housed in the collection consist of correspondence relating to the long career and varied professional interests of Zeno Payne Metcalf. Letters refer to his interests in developing curricula in the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences of North Carolina State College; developing his collection on the Homoptera; his personal communication with many colleagues in the United States and abroad; and his community involvement. He had evidently intended to include biographical notes on the entomologists represented in his Bibliography and collected this information but did not publish it. A series of letters from Byrle Osborn display Metcalf's concern for ecological issues and his desire to see that controversial topics are voiced and debated publicly. The long lists of his publications and the clubs and organizations of which he was a member reveal the extraordinary amounts of time and energy Metcalf reserved for his professional activities.
This collection also contaisn teaching materials such as posters, figures, and drawings that would have been used for instruction in entomology and zoology courses at NC State.
There are two keys to all the entomological figures in Series 7 titled Teaching Materials. This key can be found in box 341 under the Entomology Drawings and Figures subseries. The other key is located in box 342 under the same subseries, Entomology Drawings and Figures.
Arranged into five series: 1. Personal Papers; 2. Monographic articles and reprints, arranged alphabetically by author; 3. Microfilm copies of publications, arranged alphabetically by author; 4. Books and journals, arranged somewhat alphabetically; cross referenced by card catalogue, call number, and by file; 5. Card index. Series 5 is divided into subseries: Species index, Journal index, Topical index, Taxonomic index, Geographic index, Author index. Series 6. Teaching Materials.
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The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.
[Identification of item], Zeno Payne Metcalf Entomology Research Collection, MC 00220, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The majority of material in the Zeno P. Metcalf Entomology Research Collection was given by Mrs. Z. P. (Mary Luella) Metcalf, Raleigh, N.C., in June 1956 (Accession no. 1956-0001). Additional materials donated by Carol Parron in 1982 (Accession no. 1982-0028), David Wray in 1998 (Accession no. 1998-0004), and Kathy Kidd in 2003 (Accession no. 2003-0002).
Processed by Andi Knecht & Sara Jane Bell, 1996
Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2004 Dec.
Finding aid updated in 2007 March by Linda Sellars because of added information.
Addition processed and finding aid updated by Shima Hosseininasab, 2021 June.
Teaching Materials series processed by Katelyn Cuomo; finding aid updated by: Katelyn Cuomo, 2023 August.
The collection is organized into seven principal series:
Contains biographical files, correspondence, information on professional affiliations, and obituaries.
Biographical information from colleagues and contributors to the Bibliography of the Homoptera. Included are Bergevin, Brancsik, China, Froggatt, Griffini, Horvath, Jacobi, Jensen-Haarip, Lallemand, C. L. Metcalf (Z. P.'s brother), Muir, and Spencer
Letters to Frank Porter Graham (1896-1972) detailing Metcalf's views on the coordination of teaching methods between fields of study (1933); about the funding for publication of the Bibliography of the Homoptera (1934); copy of a letter from B. F. Brown, Dean of the School of Science and Business, regarding the proposed curriculum for the School of Industrial Management and the role of the Consolidated University (1934); two personal letters from Graham to Metcalf (1947, 1948)
Letters from Byrle Osborn describing his controversial paper on "Human Ecology and the Planned Community," which was apparently denied publication in Ecological Monographs, the Duke University serial of whose editorial board Metcalfe was a member.
Letters to and/or from C. P. Alexander, R. E. Blackwelder, J. L. Etchells, C. H. Kennedy, M. G. Mann, W. L. Porter, Pedrito Silva, G. B. Swindell and R. C. Young
Miscellaneous items and letters concerning Metcalf's membership in various organizations; among them the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, the American Museum of Natural History, the Ecological Society of America and the Entomological Society of America.
Obituaries by Dr. Clyde F. Smith for publication in various journals; letters to colleagues announcing Metcalf's death
Program for the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Economic Entomologists (1941); unidentified paper entitled "Conference with Dr. Stuhlman, retired professor of physics, Chapel Hill, N.C." (undated); draft of paper entitled "Nomenclature"; letter from Carol S. Parron transferring documents (1982)
Letter from bookseller describing contents of shipment of books for the collection; address label with stamps, correspondence from assistant Virginia Wade regarding the methods of compiling collection.
Second edition of the newsletter dedicated to Z. P. Metcalf. Besides biographical information, the newsletter contains photographs of staff, faculty and students of the North Carolina State College Department of Entomology, and one of Mrs. Metcalf.
Original illustrations (Homoptera) done by Metcalf, found in the papers of entomologist Dr. David Wray (formerly of the North Carolina Departent of Agriculture). The plates were published in A Key to the Fulgoridae of Eastern North America, with Descriptions of New Species by Z. P. Metcalf, 1923 (Metcalf Collection 4I5) Plate 38, #1 and 11.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, has digital copies of some or all of these materials.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, has digital copies of some or all of these materials.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, has digital copies of some or all of these materials.
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, has digital copies of some or all of these materials.
90 boxes
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Arranged somewhat alphabetically; cross referenced by card catalogue, call number, and by file.
Printed materials.
Arranged according to Metcalf's classification system, somewhat alphabetically; cross referenced by card catalogue, call number, and by file.
Contains indexes to research materials.
Part 1 - Membracidae Centrotinae Platybelinae Hoplophorioninae Darninae
Part 1: Membracidae (continued) Part 2: Aetalionidae Part 3: Biturritildae Part 4: Nicomiidae
Unprocessed
Contains posters, notes, journals, photos, negatives, prints, essays, and publications. These items were found together and were likely used as teaching aids in entomology and zoology.
This is a key that corresponds with all the entomological figures in Metcalf's teaching materials.
This is a key to some of the entomological figures found in the Teaching Materials series.
this usb series contains photos of differernt kinds of insects and animals.
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[Identification of item], Zeno Payne Metcalf Entomology Research Collection, MC 00220, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.