Guide to the Charles Gardner Shaw Papers 1939-1983
Cage 554

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Shaw, Charles Gardner
Title
Charles Gardner Shaw Papers
ID
Cage 554
Date [inclusive]
1939-1983
Extent
13 containers., 13 linear feet of shelf space.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, research notes, teaching materials, reports and administrative documents concerned with duties as a professor of plant pathology at Washington State University.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 554, Charles Gardner Shaw Papers, 1939 - 1983 . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Return to Top »


Biography/History

Charles Gardner Shaw was born in 1917 at Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended Miami University of Florida and Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating from the latter with the B.S. degree in 1938. In 1947 he received his M.S. from Pennsylvania State University and in 1949 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Shaw began to work in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University in 1947, later becoming Professor and Chairman of that department. While he was teaching and serving as Plant Pathologist in this department, he taught forest pathology and advised many graduate students on research into diseases of forest trees, an area in which he conducted extensive research projects in the late 1940s and through the 1950s. Much of this research was conducted in the Spokane area and was especially concerned with Ponderosa pine stands, then affected by a variety of conditions described simply as pine blight. Later Shaw's principal research interest focused on mycology, especially the downy mildews.

The later part of Shaw's career at Wahington State University was heavily concerned with projects in developing countries, partly as an agricultural scientist and partly as an administrator. He began this work began in the middle-1970s in India. In the following years, Shaw participated in several projects, the most important of which was in Jordan, where he served as Chief of Party for an international team of agricultural scientists working in the Jordanian agricultural university. After his tour in Jordan, Shaw returned to his teaching position at Washington State University until his retirement in 1983.

Return to Top »


Scope and Content

The papers of C. Gardner Shaw consist of correspondence, research and teaching notes, reports and administrative documents of a wide variety. A few items date from the about 1940, but the bulk of the materials date from 1949 forward. The received order of the papers was basically one of informally filed personal papers.

Return to Top »


Arrangement

Because the materials were foldered, the Libraries retained those groupings found in the folders. The folders, however, were rearranged into several series of related folders, and then organized alphabetically within each of these series. This arrangement retains much of the informality of personal filing at least in contrast to the highly-structured systems of filing often used in offices. The user of the papers will find that the several catagories of materials are not mutually exclusive, and that papers regarding a given subject may be located in more than one series. Most photographic materials were removed from the papers and treated as a separate entity.

Return to Top »


Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) © 1987

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

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Charles Gardner Shaw, Professor Emeritus and Plant Pathologist Emeritus of Washington State University, were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in two installments (Accession numbers MS81-46 and MS85-19) by Mr. Shaw.

Processing Information

The papers were arranged and described in October-December 1987 by Ling Jinqi, a Research Assistant working with the Agriculture and Liberal Arts Program sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation.

Return to Top »


Names and Subjects

Occupation(s)

  • Plant pathologists -- Washington (State) -- Correspondence
  • Plant pathologists -- Societies, etc.

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Shaw, Charles Gardner, 1917- -- Archives

Subject(s)

  • Plant diseases -- Research
  • Trees -- Diseases and pests
  • Agricultural development projects
  • Washington (State)
  • Agriculture
  • International Relations
  • Colleges and Universities

Return to Top »


Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series One - International Projects 

box folder

Consortium for International Development 1980-1982 

1 1

Consortium for International Development 1980-1982 

1 2

Egypt undated 

1 3

Egypt 1980 

1 4

Egypt 1980 

1 5

Egypt 1982 

1 6

Exchange of Scholars 1976-1981 

1 7

Improvement Project - Iran 1970 

1 8

India 1974-1984 

1 9

India 1975-1976 

1 10

Indonesia 1980 

1 11

Indonesia undated 

1 12

Jordan undated 

1 13

Jordan undated 

1 14

Jordan undated 

1 15

Jordan 1979 

1 16

Jordan 1980 

1 17

Jordan 1982 

1 18

Jordan 1982-1984 

1 19

Jordan: Apartment Contract 1979 

2 20

Jordan: Bank Account 1979 

2 21

Jordan Contract 1977-1979 

2 22

Jordan Contract 1979 

2 23

Jordan: Financial Statement 1979 

2 24

Jordan Travel 1979-1980 

2 25

Pakistan 1969-1972 

2 26

Pakistan 1970-1972 

2 27

Pakistan: Correspondence 1967-1970 

2 28

Pakistan: Correspondence 1971-1972 

2 29

Pakistan: Materials 1970-1972 

2 30

Pakistan: Printed Materials 1970-1972 

2 31

Procedures and Policies 1981 

2 32

Program Development: Newsletter 1979 

2 33

Receipts 1974-1975 

2 34

Studies of Jordan 1974-1980 

2 35

Sudan Agricultural Research Project 1976-1978 

2 36

Sudan Agricultural Research Project 1980-1982 

2 37

U. S. Peace Corps 1976 

2 38

United Nations 1974-1975 

2 39

World Bank 1979 

2 40

WSU's Participation in Pakistan Legume Project 1969-1970 

2 41

Zaire 1979-1981 

2 42

Return to Top »


Series Two - International Conferences 

box folder

Botanical Conference 1967-1974 

2 43

British Mycological Society 1974 

2 44

Canadian Phytopath Society 1976 

2 45

Forest Disease Work 1964-1980 

2 46

IUFRO Congress 1975-1976 

2 47

Mycological Association Nomenclature 1974-1981 

2 48

Mycological Congress, England 1971-1977 

2 49

Plant Pathology 1978 

2 50

Plant Taxonomy 1971-1973 

2 51

Root and Butt Rott Congress 1976-1978 

2 52

Return to Top »


Series Three - Regional Projects 

box folder

Relationships and Interactions between Pathogens, their Hosts, and Attack by Bark Beetles 1980-1981 

2 53

Reports 1970-1980 

2 54

W-100 1979 

2 55

Return to Top »


Series Four - General Correspondence 

box folder

A 1956-1978 

3 56

B 1959-1976 

3 57

B 1978-1979 

3 58

B 1977-1978 

3 59

C 1958-1962 

3 60

D 1974-1976 

3 61

E 1955-1961 

3 62

F 1957-1962 

3 63

G 1956-1961 

3 64

H 1956-1981 

3 65

I 1956-1961 

3 66

J 1956-1962 

3 67

K 1958-1976 

3 68

L 1956-1962 

3 69

M 1957-1962 

3 70

N 1957-1960 

3 71

O 1956-1958 

3 72

P 1957-1971 

3 73

Q 1957-1962 

3 74

R 1962 

3 75

S 1977-1979 

3 76

S 1969-1970 

3 77

S 1957-1980 

4 78

T 1957-1961 

4 79

U 1957-1961 

4 80

V 1979 

4 81

W 1952-1980 

4 82

Y 1956-1962 

4 83

Z 1957-1961 

4 84

Return to Top »


Series Five - Professional Societies, an other organizations 

box folder

American Phytopathological Society 1980-1981 

4 85

American Phytopathological Society 1980-1981 

4 86

APS-PD Annual Business Meeting 1980 

4 87

American Society of Plant Taxonomists 1973-1981 

4 88

Fraternity Welfare Committee 1980 

4 89

Grant and Research Development 1980 

4 90

International Mycological Association 1977 

4 91

Lambs' Club 1963 

4 92

Museum Advisory Committee 1976-1981 

4 93

Mycological Society 1962-1981 

4 94

National Science Foundation 1976-1980 

4 95

Northwest Forest Pest Action Council 1973-1976 

4 96

Northwest Science Association 1981 

4 97

Organization for Tropical Studies 1974-1977 

4 98

Quarter Century Club 1973 

4 99

Sigma XI 1975-1976 

4 100

The Council on Higher Education undated 

4 101

The Fearless Ten Club undated 

4 102

Return to Top »


Series Six - Miscellaneous Subject Files 

box folder

Agricultural Research Service undated 

4 103

Analyses undated 

4 104

Botany, Guide to Graduate Students 1977 

4 105

Educational Organization: Outlines 1975 

4 106

Energy Crisis 1980 

4 107

Environmental Data Index 1976 

4 108

Extra Copies of Life Cycles undated 

4 109

FAO-IUFRO Talk undated 

4 110

U.S. Forest Service 1972 

4 111

General Information about Graduate School 1980 

4 112

Index to Logs 1954-1955 

4 113

Johnson Hall Library 1979-1981 

4 114

Key to the Families of Pezizales 1980 

4 115

Laboratory Synopsis for Botany 1960 

4 116

Log Storage Study 1956 

4 117

Manuscripts of Saffeeulla 1977 

4 118

Meeting and Proposal Reviews 1976 

5 119

Monthly Budget Statement 1980-1981 

5 120

Newsletter: ASC 1981 

5 121

Newsletter: Plant Pathology 1969 1979 

5 122

Observational Data undated 

5 123

Observational Data undated 

5 124

Profscan 1975 

5 125

Publications 1976 

5 126

Reprints 1949-1953 

5 127

River Float undated 

5 128

Sample Location Records undated 

5 129

Sample Location Records undated 

5 130

Summary on Genus Ceriospora Niessl in India 1976 

5 131

Temperature Data undated 

5 132

Travel Records 1979 

5 133

Return to Top »


Series Seven - Subject Files, Chiefly Research 

box folder

Botany Herbarium 1975 

5 134

Cultural Studies 1955 

5 135

Data of air Sampling 1950 

5 136

Flora Nectropia 1968 

5 137

Flourides Studies 1949-1950 

5 138

Flourides Studies 1959 

5 139

Flourides Studies 1950-1959 

5 140

Flourides Studies 1952-1965 

5 141

Fungi of Pacific Northwest 1973-1981 

5 142

Genetics of Host Resistance 1980-1981 

5 143

Index on Cercospora undated 

5 144

Market Pathology 1976-1977 

5 145

Moisture Content 1954-1955 

5 146

Mushroom 1978-1979 

5 147

Mushroom Culture 1976 

5 148

Mushroom Spawn 1959 

5 149

Mycological Herbarium 1976 

5 150

Noninfectious Diseases undated 

5 151

Phylogeny undated 

5 152

Seed Treatment 1949-1953 

5 153

Stock Culture undated 

5 154

Return to Top »


Series Eight - Plant Pathology, Research and Teaching 

box folder

Advanced Mycology 1979 

6 155

Bacteria undated 

6 156

Bibliography of Readings undated 

6 157

Bacteria and Myxomycetes 1980 

6 158

Basidromycetes undated 

6 159

Class Book 1975 

6 160

Class Roll 1981 

6 161

Control undated 

6 162

Course Arrangement 1970-1977 

6 163

Course Description 1968 

6 164

Course Outlines 1968-1976 

6 165

Course Outlines 1973-1975 

6 166

Diseases of Ornamental Plants undated 

6 167

Environment undated 

6 168

Expidemiology undated 

6 169

Final Examns 1976 

6 170

Forest Pathology undated 

6 171

Fungi undated 

6 172

Inoculum undated 

6 173

Introductory Materials undated 

6 174

Kodachrome Slides undated 

6 175

Lecture and Lab Outlines 1971-1980 

6 176

Lecture Notes on Phycomyettes 1976-1980 

6 177

Lecture Notes on Program 1977-1981 

6 178

Master Copies on Handouts undated 

6 179

Nematodes undated 

6 180

Objectives and Outlines undated 

6 181

Phanerogamic Pathogens undated 

6 182

References undated 

6 183

Research Project Outline undated 

6 184

Seminar Symposium on the Teaching of Plant Pathology undated 

6 185

Special Problems 1977 

6 186

Student Papers 1977 

6 187

Syllabi undated 

6 188

Textbook and Supply Orders 1974-1977 

6 189

Viruses undated 

6 190

Return to Top »


Series Nine - Downey Mildews 

box folder

Address List 1979 

7 191

Bibliography undated 

7 192

Correspondence (1) 1968-1973 

7 193

Correspondence (2) 1969-1977 

7 194

Correspondence (3) 1968-1980 

7 195

Correspondence (4) 1968-1980 

7 196

Correspondence (5) 1969-1981 

7 197

Domestic and International Correspondence 1969-1978 

7 198

General File 1969-1978 

7 199

India Material 1981 

7 200

International Conference 1979-1985 

7 201

International Conference 1979 

7 202

International Correspondence 1970-1977 

7 203

Light Experiment Report 1975 

7 204

Miscellaneous Manuscripts undated 

7 205

Newsletter 1970-1980 

7 206

NSE Grant undated 

7 207

Seminar Papers 1952 

7 208

Study Reports by Exconde of the University of Philippines 1973 

7 209

Return to Top »


Series Ten - Tree Diseases 

box folder

Christmas Trees and Hardwoods undated 

7 210

Ponderosa Pine: Analyses, Letters and Data 1949-1950 

7 211

Ponderosa Pine: Correspondence (1) 1949-1951 

7 212

Ponderosa Pine: Correspondence (2) 1949-1954 

7 213

Ponderosa Pine: Kodachrome Records of Trees Used for Samples undated 

7 214

Ponderosa Pine: Minutes of Meetings 1950 

7 215

Ponderosa Pine: Pathological Factors 1950 

7 216

Ponderosa Pina: Project Outline and Work Plans 1949-1950 

7 217

Ponderosa Pine: Reports 

7 218

Ponderosa Pine: Reports and Papers 1949-1950 

7 219

Ponderosa Pine: Statement of Expenditures 1950-1951 

7 220

Western White Pine undated 

7 221

Return to Top »


Series Eleven - Seminar Outlines 

box folder

 1942-1947 

8 222

 1948 

8 223

 1949 

8 224

 1950 

8 225

 1951 

8 226

 1952 

8 227

 1953 

8 228

 1954 

8 229

 1954-1955 

8 230

 1955 

8 231

 1956 

8 232

 1957 

8 233

 1958 

8 234

 1959 

8 235

 1960 

8 236

 1961 

8 237

 1962 

8 238

 1963 

8 239

 1964 

8 240

 1965 

8 241

 1966 

8 242

 1967 

8 243

 1968 

8 244

 1969 

8 245

 1970-1972 

8 246

 1976 

8 247

 1979 

8 248

 1980 

8 249

Return to Top »


Series Twelve - Papers 

box folder

A Bibliography undated 

9 250

A Comparative Study of the Sexuality and Pathogenicity of Monosporic Lines of Urocystics Colchici undated 

9 251

Alternaria and Stemphylium undated 

9 252

Biological Delignification of Wood/Managing Forest undated 

9 253

Classification of Peronosporaceae undated 

9 254

Dacrymyces undated 

9 255

Decay in Pseudotsuga Menziesii Franco Subsequent to Attack 1980 

9 256

Ethylenebisdithiocarbonate Fungicide and Mercury 1977 

9 257

Evaluation of Theses undated 

9 258

Histopathology of Wilt Affected Gram Plants 1972 

9 259

Morphology and Taxonomy of Oomycetes with Special Reference to Saprolegeniaceae, Leptomitaceae and Phyhiaceae undated 

9 260

Morphology and Physiology of Downy Mildews: Significance in Taxonomy and Pathology undated 

9 261

Known Species of the Genus Morchella in the State of Washington undated 

9 262

Mycorrhizeae undated 

9 263

Research Project Abstracts undated 

9 264

Role of Fungi in the Survival of Winter Barley 1979 

9 265

Washington State University Manual for Thesis and Dissertation Format 1975 

9 266

Soil Disinfection by Plastic Tarping undated 

9 267

Some Observations on North American Species of Entyloma undated 

9 268

The Cause of Off-flavor in Dry Beans undated 

9 269

The Genus Cladosporium in Washington undated 

9 270

The Role of Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in Wood Decay 1967 

9 271

Return to Top »


Series Fourteen - Teaching Activities 

box folder

Area/Decay undated 

9 272

Classifications undated 

9 273

Gravity undated 

9 274

Lectures and Lab Outlines undated 

9 275

Lecture Notes undated 

9 276

Manuscript Review undated 

9 277

Questionaires and Answers undated 

9 278

Revised Reading List undated 

9 279

Special Lecture undated 

9 280

Student Comment undated 

9 281

Student Evaluation of Instruction undated 

9 282

Study Report undated 

9 283

Suggested Reading undated 

9 284

Return to Top »


Series Fifteen - Examinations 

box folder

Classroom Testing undated 

9 285

Graduate Course undated 

9 286

Mycology undated 

9 287

Prelim Information undated 

9 288

Questions for Prelim Exams undated 

9 289

Return to Top »


Series Sixteen - Manuscripts 

box folder

Downy Mildews of the Graminea 1977 

9 290

Miscellaneous Items 1975 

9 291

Phytopathology 1976 

9 292

Return to Top »


Series Seventeen - Reports 

box folder

An Evaluation of Forest Insects and Diseases 1955-1958 

9 293

An Index undated 

9 294

Control of Decay of Decked Pulplogy of Water Spray undated 

9 295

Investigations of Downy Mildews on Cane Fruits undated 

9 296

Miscellaneous Items undated 

9 297

On Consultancy in Plant Pathology 1976 

9 298

On Leave undated 

9 299

On the Mission to India 1976 

9 300

Regional Projects undated 

9 301

Solar Energy Research undated 

9 302

Technical Committee undated 

9 303

The Impact of Changing Students: An Assessment undated 

9 304

Agricultural Resident Instruction/Greenhouse Committee Growth Chanber Plans undated 

10 305

Annual Review undated 

10 306

Annual Sick Leave undated 

10 307

Annual Time Schedules undated 

10 308

Book Supply Order 1977 

10 309

Budget undated 

10 310

Class Enrollment undated 

10 311

Class List undated 

10 312

Class Ornament: Census Reports undated 

10 313

Course Arrangement undated 

10 314

Course Denials undated 

10 315

Course Reports undated 

10 316

Course Request Report undated 

10 317

Credit Hours undated 

10 318

Curriculum Changes 1973-1976 

10 319

Departmental Review undated 

10 320

Election/Appointment to Committee Membership undated 

10 321

Evaluation on Faculty Work undated 

10 322

Evening Class undated 

10 323

Faculty Assigment undated 

10 324

Faculty Council undated 

10 325

Forest Service Proposals undated 

10 326

G. P. A. undated 

10 327

General Review undated 

10 328

Graduate Faculty Votes undated 

10 329

Graham Position undated 

10 330

Information for Travel to Outlining Units undated 

10 331

Insurance and Annuities Committe undated 

10 332

Memorandum undated 

10 333

Notice of Mourning undated 

10 334

O. A. Vogel Fund for Wheat Research undated 

10 335

Policy for Corriculum Arrangement undated 

10 336

Policy for Faculty on International Assigment undated 

10 337

Preparation of a Book undated 

10 338

Reports for "Steep Project undated 

10 339

Research Project 1975-1977 

10 340

Statement for Going to New Zealand undated 

10 341

Steep Proposal undated 

10 342

Student Evaluation undated 

10 343

Student Space undated 

10 344

Return to Top »


Series Eighteen - Miscellaneous Items 

box folder

Coin Inventory undated 

10 345

Forest Service Cooperative Agreement undated 

10 346

Intergovernmental Organizations undated 

10 347

Plot Land undated 

10 348

Proposals undated 

10 349

Requests and Other Materials undated 

10 350

Solar undated 

10 351

Technical Assistance undated 

10 352

Return to Top »


Series Nineteen - Personal Files 

box folder

B 1976-1977 

11 353

C 1974-1980 

11 354

F 1964 

11 355

G 1975 

11 356

H 1978-1980 

11 357

H 1980-1981 

11 358

J 1980 

11 359

K 1979-1981 

11 360

M 1971-1980 

11 361

N 1978-1980 

11 362

O 1978-1979 

11 363

O 1980 

11 364

P 1973 

11 365

R 1977 

11 366

S 1973-1978 

11 367

S 1977-1981 

11 368

W 1977 

11 369

Return to Top »


Series Twenty - C. Gardner Shaw 

box folder

Correspondence 1976-1980 

11 370

Correspondence 1978-1980 

11 371

Correspondence 1974-1981 

11 372

Jobe Opportunities 1953 

11 373

Lecture Ontlines undated 

11 374

Mail Log: Outgoing Mail undated 

11 375

Paper: Peronosparaceae - Taxonomy and Evolution undated 

11 376

Personal Data 1969 

11 377

Personal Experiences 1980-1981 

11 378

Professional Leave 1972 

11 379

Publications 1977-1982 

11 380

Replacement 1981 

11 381

Research Report 1975-1981 

11 382

Travel Expenses: Rough Forms 1980 

11 383

Return to Top »


Series Twenty-one - Notes and Notebooks 

First Mycological Notes Assembled by Gardner Shaw 1939-1940 

box folder

Part I 

12 384

Part II 

12 385

Part III 

12 386
box folder

Lecture Notes: Mushroom undated 

12 387

Pine Blight Notebooks undated  16 volumes

12 388-390

Plant Specimen Fragments undated 

12 391

Cards: Mildews A-Z undated 

12 unnumbered

Cards: Taxonomy and Bibliography undated 

13 unnumbered
box

Shaw's Map of Pine Blight Study Area, Spokane, WA 

O.S.

Return to Top »