Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the Charles Gardner Shaw Papers
MSSM.020
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Shaw, Charles Gardner
- Title
- Charles Gardner Shaw papers
- ID
- MSSM.020
- Date [inclusive]
- 1940-1973
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet 2 boxes.
- Location Note
- (MASC Staff Use: MS 2006-12: 2-2-21-2; MS 2005-27: 2-6-12-3)
- Language
- English
- Languages
- Materials are in English.
Biographical/Historical note
Dr. Charles Gardner Shaw (1917-1998) served as a professor and later a chairman in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University from 1947 to 1983. Dr. Shaw received his B.S. degree from Ohio Wesleyan College in 1938, his Master's of Science from Pennsylvania State University in 1949, and his PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin in 1947. Dr. Shaw also served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII, continuing in the Marine Corps Reserves and later as a liaison officer for the Marin Corps and WSU after his appointment to the university as a professor. Dr. Shaw taught forest pathology and advised research on diseases of forest trees (an area in which he conducted extensive research projects in the late 1940s and through the 1950s). Dr. Shaw's later research focused on mycology, especially the downy mildews. By the 1970s, Dr. Shaw participated in several projects, including his position as Chief of Party for an international team of agricultural scientists working in a Jordanian agricultural university.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains professional papers of Dr. Charles Gardner Shaw (1917-1998), who served as a professor and later chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University from 1947 to 1983. It consists of correspondence (incoming and outgoing) and research materials (notes, collected articles, reports, and drawings).
Organization of Collection
This is an unprocessed collection. It has not yet been arranged.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
Collection transferred in multiple installments from the Mycology Herbarium Office to Washington State University Libraries in 2005 (MS 2005-27) and 2006 (MS 2006-12). This is an unprocessed collection.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Charles Gardner Shaw Papers (Cage 554) http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg554.htm; Charles Gardner Papers (unprocessed collection) UPC.MS.1985.19 Collection of Letters, circa 1880-1974 (unprocessed) MS. 1992.09, MS.1992.13
Separated Materials
Glass plate photographs received with MS 2006-12 were moved to UPC.MS.1985.19.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Fungi
- Horticulture
- Scientists--Washington (State)--Archives