Red Imported Fire Ant Campaign Records
Scope and Contents
The Red Imported Fire Ant Campaign records include campaign marketing material, correspondence, news conference material, publications, reports, and videotapes. Videotapes are from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
Dates
- 1995-2003
Creator
- University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Historical Note
Red Imported Fire Ants were first discovered in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the fall of 1998. The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, the Nevada Division of Agriculture, and the University of Nevada School of Medicine collaborated on a statewide Fire Ant Alert Public Education Campaign to raise awareness about the dangers the ants pose to animals, the environment, horticulture, personal safety, and tourism.
Extent
1.1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Red Imported Fire Ants were first discovered in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the fall of 1998. The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, the Nevada Division of Agriculture, and the University of Nevada School of Medicine collaborated on a statewide Fire Ant Alert Public Education Campaign to raise awareness about the dangers the ants pose to animals, the environment, horticulture, personal safety, and tourism. The collection include campaign marketing material, correspondence, news conference material, publications, reports, and videotapes. Videotapes are from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series: 1) Fire Ant Background Material; 2) Correspondence and Notes; 3) Marketing Material; 4) News Conference and Newspaper Clippings; 5) Videotapes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service in 2005.
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to University Archives photo archives as collection number UNRA-P3591.
Source
- University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (Organization)
Creator
- University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Red Imported Fire Ant Campaign Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betty Glass
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu