Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Charles Jay Gould Papers
1933-1977
Cage 373
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Gould, Charles Jay
- Title
- Charles Jay Gould Papers
- ID
- Cage 373
- Date [inclusive]
- 1933-1977
- Extent
- 11.0 containers.
- General Physical Description note
- 11 linear feet of shelf space. 11,790 items.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Correspondence, budget data, experimental data, research notes and scientific papers on turf-grass and ornamental plant pathology.
Preferred Citation note
[Item Description]. Cage 373, Charles Jay Gould Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biographical/Historical note
Charles Jay Gould, Jr., was born on February 28, 1912 in Eaton, Ohio and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. He attended high school and college in West Virginia graduating cum laude from Marshall College (now Marshall University) in 1934. He received an M.S. in Plant Pathology from Iowa State College in 1937 where he taught botany until 1941. In 1941 he joined the staff of the Western Washington Experimental Station in Puyallup, now the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC), as an assistant plant pathologist specializing in the control of Northwest turf and bulb disease. In 1942, he received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Iowa State College.
His significant accomplishments include organizing the first bulb growers short course in 1948, studying bulb diseases in the Netherlands as a Fulbright scholar in 1951, and organizing the first conference of turfgrass pathologists,as well as publishing nearly 350 articles dealing with various plant diseases. Dr. Gould retired from the WWREC in 1977. The following year Dr. Gould was named a Fellow in the American Phytopathological Society.
Arrangement note
The papers are arranged in three series: Correspondence, Budget. and Experiments and Related Data. Correspondence, 1947-1977, includes General Correspondence from 1947 through 1977 restructured chronologically by year, and Other Correspondence from 1948 through 1977 arranged alphabetically by subject and/or correspondent.
Budget Data from 1935 through 1976 includes budget and funding information of the Western Washington Research and Extension Center from 1935 through 1976 arranged chronologically by year, as well as data relating to the WWREC relationship with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1954 through 1976. This material consists of budget information, correspondence, memoranda, automobile reports, greenhouse data, and time and attendance reports arranged alphabetically by subject.
Experiments and Related Data from 1933 through 1977 are divided into three sections: Turf, 1949-1977, ornamentals, 1938-1974, and Other Research and Projects, 1933-1975. Turf data is arranged by experimental species and includes Snowmold, Fusarium and Typhula (two fungi that cause snowmold in eastern Washington), Corticum, Ophiobolus, and Fairy Ring research as well as correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to turf and turfgrass pathology arranged alphabetically. Ornamental data from 1938 through 1974 is arranged alphabetically and includes experimental research on basal rot, crown rot, and other ornamental diseases. Other Research and Projects from 1933 through 1975 includes experimental data, research, and reports arranged alphabetically by subject.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 1979
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The papers of Dr. Charles J. Gould were donated to the Washington State University Library in November 1977 by Dr. Gould upon his retirement from the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC) in Puyallup, WA, (UA 77-33).
Controlled Access Headings
Occupation(s)
- Plant pathologists -- Washington (State)--Puyallup--Records and correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Gould, Charles J. --Archives
Subject(s)
- Agriculture
- Grasses -- Diseases and pests--Research
- Plants, Ornamental--Diseases and pests--Research
- Science
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Correspondence 1947-1977 |
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General Correspondence 1947-1977 |
Folder |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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1948-1968 1,981 |
1 | 1-21 | ||
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1969-1973 1,388 |
2 | 22-39 | ||
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1974-1977 383.0 items. |
3 | 40-43 | ||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Agricultural Chemicals Committee 1961-1964 73.0 items. |
3 | 44 | ||
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Chemical Companies 1970-1976 370.0 items. |
3 | 45-48 | ||
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Department Review--Plant Pathology 1973-1974 9.0 items. |
3 | 49 | ||
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Faculty Council 1971-1975 30.0 items. |
3 | 50 | ||
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Land Use 1972-1977 36.0 items. |
3 | 51 | ||
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Official 1952-1976 327.0 items. |
3 | 52-56 | ||
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Personal Material, Biography 1975-1977 10.0 items. |
4 | 57 | ||
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Plant Science Building 1948-1969 28.0 items. |
4 | 58 | ||
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John F. Schafer, Chairman, Plant Pathology Dept. 1973-1977 26.0 items. |
4 | 59 | ||
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C. Gardner Shaw, Chairman, Plant Pathology Dept. 1965-1971 53.0 items. |
4 | 60 | ||
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Spray Conference, Portland 1973 9.0 items. |
4 | 61 | ||
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Series 2: Budget 1935-1976 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Western Washington Research and Extension Center 1935-1976 871.0 items. |
4 | 62-88 | ||
United States Department of Agriculture 1954-1976 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Budget and Funds 1955-1976 646.0 items. |
5 | 89-104 | ||
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Automobile 1954-1973 200.0 items. |
5 | 105-106 | ||
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Correspondence 1955-1966 149.0 items. |
5 | 107-109 | ||
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Greenhouse 1965-1973 33.0 items. |
5 | 110 | ||
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Time and Attendance Reports 1957 28.0 items. |
5 | 111 | ||
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Series 3: Experiments and Related Data 1933-1977 |
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Turf 1949-1977 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Snowmold 1972-1977 184.0 items. |
6 | 112-127 | ||
Fusarium 1955-1970 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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1955-1970 447 |
6 | 128-146 | ||
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1969-1976 230 |
7 | 147-155 | ||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Typhula 1972-1977 77.0 items. |
7 | 156-165 | ||
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Corticum 1957-1975 112.0 items. |
7 | 166-173 | ||
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Ophiobolus 1961 1974 156.0 items. |
7 | 173-180 | ||
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Fairy Ring 1949-1955 285.0 items. |
7 | 181-186 | ||
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Correspondence 1955-1977 40.0 items. |
7 | 187-188 | ||
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Charts 1967 9.0 items. |
8 | 189 | ||
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Disease, General Survey 1962-1963 75.0 items. |
8 | 190-191 | ||
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Effect of Different Light Types on Growth 1960 9.0 items. |
8 | 192 | ||
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Experimental Data, General 1955-1959 35.0 items. |
8 | 193 | ||
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International Turfgrass Society, Annual Meeting 1973-1974 10.0 items. |
8 | 194 | ||
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Northwest Turf Association 1958-1973 181.0 items. |
8 | 195-197 | ||
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Pathologists Newsletter, Meetings 1968-1976 70.0 items. |
8 | 198 | ||
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Plastichouse 1959-1960 46.0 items. |
8 | 199 | ||
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Slide Collection, Agronomy 1973-1976 6.0 items. |
8 | 200 | ||
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Summaries, Fungicidal 1970-1974 55.0 items. |
8 | 201 | ||
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United States Golf Association 1972-1977 50.0 items. |
8 | 202 | ||
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Western Regional Coordinating Committee 1972-1976 52.0 items. |
8 | 203 | ||
Ornamentals 1938-1974 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Basal Rot 1941-1969 750.0 items. |
8 | 204-211 | ||
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Black Rot, Iris 1947-1974 60.0 items. |
9 | 212-213 | ||
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Botrytis Diseases, Paper undated 50.0 items. |
9 | 214 | ||
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Bulbs 1966-1969 85.0 items. |
9 | 215 | ||
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Bulb Growers Short Course 1955-1957 20.0 items. |
9 | 216 | ||
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Crown Rot 1945-1969 420.0 items. |
9 | 217-222 | ||
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Iris Data 1959 225.0 items. |
9 | 223-224 | ||
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Lily Rot, Dips 1947 60.0 items. |
9 | 225 | ||
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Tulip Disease 1947-1974 100.0 items. |
9 | 226 | ||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Apple--Blue Mold Dips 1949-1951 17.0 items. |
9 | 227 | ||
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Cabbage Research 1949 40.0 items. |
9 | 228 | ||
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Cross Inoculation Studies 1947 35.0 items. |
9 | 229 | ||
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Clover Rot 1952-1956 34.0 items. |
9 | 230 | ||
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Cypress Root Rot 1952-1955 10.0 items. |
9 | 231 | ||
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Dissertation Research, Parasitism of Glomerulia Lonicerae (Pk) D. & H. in Lonicera Species 1940-1945 230.0 items. |
9 | 232-241 | ||
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Douglas Fir 1944 22.0 items. |
10 | 242 | ||
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Ethyl Mercury Damage, Paper 1954 4.0 items. |
10 | 243 | ||
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Experimental Data, General 1949-1975 60.0 items. |
10 | 244 | ||
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Fir Rust 1965 4.0 items. |
10 | 245 | ||
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Fluorine Trial 1944-1950 27.0 items. |
10 | 246 | ||
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Fieldbooks 1942-1952 11.0 items. |
10 | 247-251 | ||
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Fungicide Data undated 1.0 item. |
10 | 252 | ||
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Holly Blight 1954 3.0 items. |
10 | 253 | ||
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Laurel Diseases 1952 24.0 items. |
10 | 254 | ||
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Moss 1953 3.0 items. |
10 | 255 | ||
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Notes for Speeches 1960 4.0 items. |
10 | 256 | ||
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Organic Gardening 1962-1965 26.0 items. |
10 | 257 | ||
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Plant Disease Survey 1944-1945 11.0 items. |
10 | 258 | ||
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Plant Pathology Meeting 1972 3.0 items. |
10 | 259 | ||
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Potato Research 1943-1949 130.0 items. |
10 | 260-270 | ||
Research Prior to employment at WSU |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Polypores 1935-1936 1.0 item. |
11 | 271 | ||
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Workshop, Progressive Education Asso. 1938 18.0 items. |
11 | 272 | ||
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Teaching, Iowa State 1938-1940 12.0 items. |
11 | 273 | ||
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Research, Iowa State 1935-1940 3.0 items. |
11 | 274 | ||
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Master's Thesis, Iowa State 1937 1.0 item. |
11 | 275 | ||
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Poplar Cankers 1933 20.0 items. |
11 | 276 | ||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Pansy Leaf Sprout 1945 2.0 items. |
11 | 277 | ||
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Pypacantha Fungicides 1972-1975 5.0 items. |
11 | 278 | ||
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Radio Talks; KVI 1942-1953 30.0 items. |
11 | 279 | ||
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Reports, Bulletins, Papers 1952-1975 60.0 items. |
11 | 280-281 | ||
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Rhododendron Data 1944-1968 135.0 items. |
11 | 282-289 | ||
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Rhodo-Spruce Growth 1966 9.0 items. |
11 | 290 | ||
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Rose Culling Disinfection 1953 1956 5.0 items. |
11 | 291 | ||
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Rose Mold 1941 18.0 items. |
11 | 292 | ||
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Salal Data 1962-1972 68.0 items. |
11 | 293-295 | ||
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Soil and Soil Treatments 1955 40.0 items. |
11 | 296 | ||
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Soil Moisture Sample 1949-1950 1.0 item. |
11 | 297 | ||
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Sweet Pea Research 1953-1954 4.0 items. |
11 | 298 | ||
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Temperature Readings, Puyallup 1949-1971 110.0 items. |
11 | 299-300 | ||
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Tomato Research 1942 1.0 item. |
11 | 301 | ||
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