John M. Miller and H.E. Burke papers on western forest entomology, 1907-2005 (bulk 1907-1951).

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John M. Miller and H.E. Burke papers on western forest entomology, 1907-2005 (bulk 1907-1951).

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The John M. Miller and H.E. Burke papers on western forest entomology document their work with the United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and Bureau of Entomology in California and Oregon. Included are field diaries, notebooks, calendars, and reports. Also consists of a publication about Miller's and Harry E. Burke's work with the Bureau of Entomology, an autobiographical scrapbook by Burke, and various Miller family histories.

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