Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the Arlen D. Davison Papers, 1971-1993
1971-1993
MS.1997.19
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Davison, Arlen D. (Arlen Durant) Davison, Arlen D. (Arlen Durant)
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Arlen D. Davison Papers
- ID
- MS.1997.19
- Date [inclusive]
- 1971-1993
- Extent
- 4 linear feet, 4 boxes.
- Location
- (MASC staff use) 2-5-21-3
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Language
- Materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection contains professional papers of Arlen D. Davison.
Biography/History
Dr. Arlen Durant Davison was born on October 27, 1932. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy (1955) and Master of Science degree in Plant Pathology (1956) from the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Oregon State University (1962). Davison worked as the Extension Plant Pathologist at the University of Arizona from 1963 to 1967, before coming to Washington State University where his research focused on agricultural industries and urban gardening problems of western Washington. During Davison's time at WSU, he worked with the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC) in Puyallup, serving as the WWREC Superintendent and as Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics (for the Puyallup, Mt. Vernon, Vancouver, and Long Beach units of WSU). Davison also served as the State Extension Agriculture and Natural Resource Program Leader in 1973, as a legislative liaison to the Washington State legislature from 1986 to 1999, and on the Washington State Agricultural Pesticide Advisory Board. Dr. Davison established a Plant Disease Clinic with Dr. Roy Davison, helped found the Master Gardeners' clinics and volunteer program, and was the Chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology at WSU from 1981 to 1986. In addition to several academic journal articles and nearly a hundred extension publications, Davison co-authored the book How to Identify Rhododendron and Azalea Problems. He retired from WSU in 1995, but returned in 1997 to serve as interim Associate Director of the Agricultural Research Center.
Scope and Content
This collection contains professional papers of Arlen D. Davison. The collection consists of papers connected to his work with Washington State University Cooperative Extension (reports and research), and the Department of Plant Pathology. Ir also contains correspondence (including responses by Dr. Davison to public inquiries about horticulture).
Preliminary Inventory:
Box 1: Correspondence in connection to the Extension Office, primarily responses by Davison to public inquiries about horticulture, 1971-1977.
Box 2: Correspondence and papers pertaining to Extension Office services, reports, and research, and the Department of Plant Pathology 1978, 1986-1989.
Box 3: Correspondence and papers pertaining to Extension Office and the Department of Plant Pathology, 1989-1992.
Box 4. Correspondence and papers pertaining to Extension Office and the Department of Plant Pathology 1993.
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
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 and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
Arlen Davison donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1997 (MS 1997.19).
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Fmo(s) :
- Davison, Arlen D. (Arlen Durant)
Subject(s)
- Horticulture--Research--Washington (State)
- Horticulture--Washington (State)--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence.
- Agricultural extension work--Research--Washington (State)--Archives
- Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Washington State University--Faculty--Archives
- Gardening--United States--History--Sources
- Agriculture