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Sabrosky, Curtis W. (Curtis Williams), 1910- Search this
Extent:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
circa 1935-1980
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the professional career of Curtis W. Sabrosky at Michigan State University and the United
States Department of Agriculture. The correspondence also documents his research on the taxonomy of flies.
Historical Note:
Curtis Williams Sabrosky (1910-1997) was an entomologist who specialized in Diptera, especially Chloropidae. Sabrosky worked at the Systematic Entomology Laboratory
of United States Department of Agriculture and at the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology.
This accession consists of the "Asiloid Flies" website and the blog of the same name. The website was crawled on February 21, 2020, and the blog was crawled on February
24, 2020. Both are maintained by the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, and relate to asiloid fly research conducted by research entomologist Torsten
Dikow and his laboratory. The blog launched in June 2015. Due to technical issues, data may be incomplete and some features may not function as expected. Materials are in
electronic format.