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Collection Citation:
Clement Melville Keys Papers, Accession XXXX-0091, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
5.50 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Drawings
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1893-1968
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists primarily of correspondence between Knight and professional colleagues. Also included are manuscripts, photographs, drawings, notes, and college
papers (both as a student at Cornell and as a professor at Iowa State).
Historical Note:
Harry Hazelton Knight (1889-1976) was a well-known teacher of entomology and was recognized world-wide as a leading taxonomist. He amassed a large collection of insects,
mostly from North America. His primary area of research was the North American plant bugs (order Hemiptera, family Miridae).
