Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Summary Information

Repository

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Creator

Title

Southwestern Washington Research Unit Records

ID

Archives 72

Date [inclusive]

1943-1975

Extent

5.5 linear feet of shelf space, 6 boxes

Language

Collection materials are in English.

Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Southwestern Washington Research Unit.

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Biography/History

The Southwestern Washington Research Unit, located in Vancouver, Washington, is an agricultural experiment station which operates under the auspices of Washington State University's College of Agriculture. The Research Unit is situated on the site of the former Clark County Poor Farm in northern Vancouver. Experimentation and research were begun in October, 1943; but it was not until early 1949 that the University gained control of the full 80 acres.

The station conducts research in commercial vegetables and fruit crops, insect and disease control, fertilizer development, irrigation, animal science, soils, seeds, and a variety of horticultural areas. Clark County is located at the northern end of the Willamette Valley, and it is roughly half urban and half rural. Vancouver, the county seat, is a fruit and vegetable processing center.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains the records of the Southwestern Washington Research Unit covering the years 1943-1975. Includes correspondence, reports, memos, etc., related to both government and the private sector. Information on crop experiments, technological developments, etc., from agricultural and industrial resources. Series III contains the personal files of D. F. Allmendinger, Perry Crandall (both were Research Unit Superintendents) and Glenn Wolfe, an experiment aide.

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Arrangement

The records at the Southwestern Washington Research Unit are arranged in six distinct series. The first series, Correspondence, 1950-1968, is comprised of both incoming and outgoing general correspondence. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically, by incoming correspondent (the correspondent may be a person, business or institution), This group of letters and documents concerns a wide variety of University correspondence, professional correspondence, and information from agricultural and industrial sources. The second series, Subject File, 1943-1959, contains reports, memoranda, data, and other correspondence with related agencies in both government and the private sector. That series is arranged alphabetically by subject and covers the years 1943-1959, but bulks largest in the early 1950s. Series 3, Staff Correspondence Files, 1965-1975, contains the personal files of D. F. Allmendinger and Perry Crandall (both Research Unit Superintendents), and Glenn Wolf, an experiment aide. These files were labeled as such in the original accession and contain correspondence to various colleagues. Series 4, Project Reports, 1943-1964, is a collection of project reports and evaluations. Included in this series is information on crop experiments, technological developments (such as the mechanical bean pole harvester), and programs conducted by the research unit. Series 5, Photographs, is a collection of photographs and negatives depicting various scenes around the research unit, scientific data, and research project results. These photographs are generally not dated. The final series, 6, is an oversized ledger containing information pertaining to blackberry and strawberry research, growth records, and other data. It is dated 1946-1967.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2013

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Revision Description

  

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Southwestern Washington Research Unit were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, in February, 1979 (UA 79-05).

Processing Information

The collection was processed from September to October, 1981 by Andrew J. Gregg.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

• Washington State University -- College of Agriculture -- Southwestern Washington Research Unit -- Records and correspondence.

Subject(s)

• Agricultural experiment stations-- Washington (State) -- Archives.
• Agriculture -- Research -- Archives.
• Agriculture -- Washington (State) -- Experimentation -- Archives.
• Agriculture.
• Washington (State).

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: Correspondence, 1950-1968
		box	folder	items
A-Z, 1950-1951		1	1-23	250 items
A-Y, 1952-1953		1	24-27	250 items
A-Z, 1954-1955		1	28-30	350 items
A-Q, 1956-1957		1	31-34	350 items
R-Z, 1956-1957		2	35	40 items
A-Z, 1958		2	36-38	300 items
A-Z, 1959		2	39-40	250 items
A-Z, 1960		2	41-48	600 items
A-L, 1961		2	49-51	250 items
M-Z, 1961		3	52-54	150 items
A-Z, 1962		3	55-60	350 items
A-Z, 1963		3	61-64	400 items
A-Z, 1964		3	65-66	150 items
A-O, 1965		3	67-69	250 items
P-Z, 1965		4	70	100 items
A-Z, 1966		4	71-74	400 items
A-Z, 1967		4	75-77	350 items
A-Z, 1968		4	78-80	250 items
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Series 2: Subject File, 1943-1959
		box	folder	items
Abruzzi Foundation, 1953-1954		4	81	35 items
Advisory Board-Station, 1954		4	82	10 items
Budget, 1954-1955		4	83	10 items
Correspondence: Mt. Vernon, 1953-1954		4	84	10 items
Correspondence: Puyallup, 1953-1955		4	85	15 items
Correspondence: Unspecified, 1952-1957		4	86	75 items
County Agent, Clark, 1952-1954		4	87	50 items
Cowlitz County, 1950-1954		4	88	40 items
Crop and Soil Recommendation, 1951		4	89	10 items
Fertility Committee-Statewide, 1953-1954		4	90	15 items
Flat Pea, 1953		4	91	5 items
Fluorine Prospects, 1957-1959		4	92	10 items
Forage Committee, 1952-1954		4	93	100 items
Forestry and Range, 1956		4	94	5 items
Infiltration Data; 1954		4	95	15 items
Irrigation Data, 1955-1956		4	96	60 items
Lime, 1951		4	97	10 items
Leaflets, 1951-1955		4	98	50 items
Midwest Barley Improvement, 1953-1955		4	99	50 items
New Bulletin Lists, 1953-1955		5	100	75 items
Projects, 1953		5	101	15 items
Organizational Correspondence, 1944-1950		5	102	35 items
Outlying Testing Program, 1953-1954		5	103	25 items
Planting Data Calculation, 1949		5	104	5 items
Project Reports, 1953-1957		5	105	35 items
Publications Procedures, 1953-1954		5	106	25 items
Publicity, 1956		5	107	25 items
Red Russian Wheat, 1953		5	108	15 items
Severe's Pasture Plots, 1946-1947		5	109	10 items
Silage, 1943, 1951-1955		5	110	5 items
Soil Moisture, n.d.		5	111	5 items
Soil Sampling, 1955-1956		5	112	75 items
Soil Test Results, 1953-1955		5	113	25 items
Speech, 1952		5	114	10 items
Thompson's Seeder, 1943		5	115	5 items
Turf and Lawn, 1952		5	116	10 items
Weeds, 1952		5	117	5 items
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Series 3: Staff Correspondence Files, 1965-1975
		box	folder	items
Allmendinger, D. F., 1959-1960		5	118	35 items
Crandall, Perry, 1965-1967, 1973-1975		5	119-122	400 items
Wolf, Glenn, 1965-1968		5	123	35 items
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Series 4: Project Reports, 1943-1964
		box	folder	items
Barley Varieties, 1955		5	124	10 items
Bean Data, 1959-1960		5	125	5 items
Field Day Programs, 1948-1964		5	126	20 items
Horticulture Reports, 1943, 1950-51		5	127	15 items
Mechanical Pole Bean Harvester Data, 1956-1962		5	128	35 items
Newspaper Clippings, 1949-1959		5	129	50 items
Pole Bean Harvester Data, 1959, 1960		5	130	10 items
Washington Irrigation, 1945		5	131	15 items
Winter Injury Report, 1955		5	132	5 items
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Series 5: Photographs, n.d.
		box	folder	items
Cherries under microscope, n.d.		5	133	100 items
Chromosomes, negatives and data, 1958		5	134	100 items
Facility and personnel, n.d.		6	135	100 items
Negatives, microphotography, n.d.		6	136	100 items
Negatives, photographic research, n.d.		6	137	100 items
Prints, photographic research, n.d.		6	138	75 items
Christmas trees, prints and negatives, n.d.		6	139	100 items
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Series 6: Data Ledger, 1946-1967
				box
Data concerning projects and experiments, 1946-1967				o.s.
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