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University Archives 190
Tree Fruit Research Center, Wenatchee
Records, 1924 - 1973
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University Archives 190
Tree Fruit Research Center, Wenatchee
Records, 1924 - 1973
Archives 190: Tree Fruit Research Center Records of the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research Center at Wenatchee were accessioned by the University Libraries in 1978 (UA78-18). The records were arranged and described in January-March 1987 by Jin Du.
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
The Tree Fruit Research Center was officially established in 1938 by an act of the State Legislature, but the initiatory step occurred in 1926 when the fruit growers of the Wenatchee district sent a committee to WSC to make a plea that the State College Agriculture Experiment Station carry on more effective experiments in the Wenatchee area. Fred Overley was the first superintendent and came to be regarded as the father of the center. Other records of the Tree Fruit Experiment Station are found in University Archives 77.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
This collection contains materials from 1927 to 1973. The materials are roughly divided into the following categories: research projects with which the center was involved, reports of research, publications and papers papers of various individuals within the center, correspondence and other office files pertaining the development of the center, its personnel and research, etc. The materials are arranged by these categories except the office files which are arranged alphabetically.
CONTAINER LIST
Office files pertaining to the development of the Center,
research, and personnel (Alphabeticaly arranged)
Box Folder Description
1 1 Agreements and contracts-Public Utility District
1957-64
2 Agreements between Mrs. Barbara Mihelich, 1948-49
3 Agreements-Washington State Wheat Commission, 1959-63
4 American Society for Horticultural Science, 1968-71
5 ASHS, 1972, 1973
6 ALCOA, 1958-63
7 Area Development Administration, 1961-64
8 Bills of sale, 195-61
9 Boundary of experiment station property, 1946-56
10 Budget, 1953
11 Buildings, 1960-65
12 Buildings and land-College Farm and Branch Exp.
Stations, 1947-49
13 Buildings and land-Robinson Land Purchase Corporation,
1947-51
14 Building program-Entomology Building, 1947-50
15 Building project letters, 1965-66
16 CA storage and misc., 1961
17 Campell vs. Chevron Chemical, 1968
18 Capital outlay and priority, 1954-62
19 Census, 1970
20 Certificates, patronage dividents, 1954-62
21 Charcoal, 1952
22 Chemical Thinning Radio Service, 1952
23 Chelan County-Overall econ. development program, 1963
24 Chrysanthemum project records, etc. 1960-62
25 Construction-Pending, 1948-50
26 Container research- USDA and WSC cooperative project,
1954-56
27 Deer damage, 1956
28 Deer repellant project, 1949-57
29 Re. Degman position, 1966
30 Dept. of Hort.-Active projects, 1956
31 Director's memo, 1965
32 Effect of high water tables and flooding on fruit trees
1963-67
33 Equipment owned by TFES, 1965-67
34 Equipment of specifications, 1965
35 Equal employment opportunity employer info.
report, 1969-72
36 Faculty committee reports, 1970
37 Fielmen list, 1963
38 Finally revised exp. station programs for the Division
of Hort., 1943
39 Finance-primarily related to history preceding estab-
lishment of Tree Fruit Research Commission, 1966-67
40 Foreign correspondence, foreign itinerary, 1967-68
41 Fruit marketing agreements, 1948-60
42 Grant applications, 1966
43 Helping Korean Orphan-Choon Hee Yoon, 1962-63
44 History of the apple, etc., 1924-45
45 Import permit, 1956-65
46 Indirect costs on grants, 1966
47 Industrial Insurance claims, 1955-62
48 Interregional Technical Committee, 1966
49 Landscaping, 1967
50 Re. R. C. Lindner memorial fund, 1968-72
51 Memos re. labor unions, 1968-69
52 Memos to staff members, 1970
53 Memos to staff members, 1972
54 Memos re. travel authorization, 1969, 1972
55 Memos re. time card wage scales, 1970
56 Memo of understanding of Wash. Agricultral Exp. Station
with the Bureau of Plant Industry (USDA), with
Research Scholarship Foundation of the Wash. State
Hort. Assoc. and with Columbia View Exp. Plots (USDA
Tree Fruit Branch), 1947-64
57 Minority employment, 1972
58 Minutes of meeting of the Herbicide Council, 1967
59 Minutes of superintendents' meetings, 1966-67
60 Misc. Import papers, 1950-65
2 61 National Agric. LibrarX 1971
62 New Building, 1965-67
63 Notes of establishment-Wenatchee Esp. Station, 1936-37
64 Orchard growing cost
65 Overley, F. L.
66 Overley Lab dedication, 1967
67-68 Overley Memorial fund correspondence, 1954
69 Overtime work authorization, 1967
70 Payment-Janie M. Critchell, 1967
71 Personnel-Misc. 1946-70
72 Personnel-Homer Coolfe, Asst. in Entomology, 1951-57
73 Personnel-Phyllis Ratzsch, 1957-64
74 Personnel-George Weeks, 1948-51
75 Personnel-J. West, 1943-67
76 Personnel-Richard E. Welton, 1963
77 Personnel-Susan Whaley, 1968
78 Personnel-Josef Wieneke, 1969
79 Personnel-Richard E. Woodruff, 1954-55
80 Personnel-Ted Wright, 1964
81 President E. O. Holland, 1935
82 Pesticide regulations, 1970-72
83 Plant introduction, 1963
84 Programs, 1965-67
85 Promotional examination announcements, 1965-67
86 Property inventory, 1938-61
87 (US) Public Health Toxicology Lab., 1951-52
88 Publications on standing order and list of professional
journals, 1962
89 Quotations, 1961-63
90 Research policy, 1967
91 Research grant in aid, 1963-68
92 Research proposal to NSF, 1956-62
93 Research and scholarship foundation of Wash. State Hort
Assoc.--Real Estate Contract, 1959-60
94 Reservation of rooms, 1965-66
95 Spray records complied by Jim Eakin ,and fertilizer
records, 1963-64
96 State Health Dept. 1965-66
97 Statistics and information for central committee
meetings, 1962
98 Study Council, 1968
99 Superintendents' memos to staff members, 1965-67
100 Technical action panel-- Chelan-Douglas county, 1968
101 TFRC--Staff list and misc.
102 TFRC--Songs, poems and others, 1962-67
103 Tree survey, 1963
104 Variety list, 1962-64
105 Visitors to the station, 1935-53
106 Visit of Legislative Budget Committee, Oct. 1957
107 Voucher approval-Western Bakery, 1965-67
108 Wash. Apple Commission, 1969
109 Wash. Dept. of Agric.--Tree certification, inspection,
1964, 1968
1 0 Water sample reports, 1967
111 Western Avenue Orchards, 1940-43
112 Winter injury report, 1955-56
113 WSU faculty nanual, 1970
Research Projects
3 114 Project 704-Horticulture, 1944-54
115 497-Horticulture (varietal investiga-
tions), 1944-56
116 Project Correspondence, 1945-51
117 Project 404-Soil science, 1946-54
118 Project progress report-general, 1947-49
119 Project 849-Entomology, 1947-51
120 Project 472-Hort., 1947-51
121 Project 773-Chemistry, 1947-52
122 Project 640-Hort., 1947-52
123 Project 244-Hort., 1947-52
124 Project 460-Soil science, 1947-53
125 Project 903-Soil science, 1947-54
126 Project 536-Hort., 1947-57
127 Project 944-Plant pathology, 1948-54
128 Project progress report-Hort., 1948
129 Project progress report-Hort., 1949
130 Project 1030-Hort., 1949-52
131 Project 879-Hort., 1951
132 Project 552-Soil science, 1951
133 Project 171, 1951
134 Project 495-Hort., 1951-52
135 Project 705-Hort., 1951-52
136 Project 426-Hort., 1951-52
137 Project 245-Hort., 1951-52
138 Project 563-Entom., 1951-52
139 Project 600-Hort., 1951-52
140 Project 1026-Plant pathology, 1951-52
141 Project 909-Hort., 1951-52
142 Air Purification, 1951-52
143 Project 880-Hort., 1951-52
144 Project 524-Hort., 1951-52
145 Project 797-Hort., 1951-52
146 Project 791-Entom., 1951-53
147 Project 1011-Soil Science, 1951-53
148 Project 451-Plant pathology, 1951-54
149 Project 1042-Plant pathology, 1951-54
150 Project 751-Soil science, 1951-54
151 Project 738-Hort., 1951-55
152 Project 503-Handling and storage of fruits, 1951-59
153 Project 449-Plant pathology, 1951-60
154 Project 1103-Agronomy, 1951-60
155 Project 335-Hort., (USDA-WSC research projects), 1951-60
156 Project 796-Snow mold (Wm. R. Fischer's project,
formerly Roderick Sprague's project), 1951-61
157 Project progress reports--fruit washing trials, 1952
158 Project W-6, New Plants, 1952
159 Apple juice studies, 1952-53
160 Bartlett pear experimental plot, 1953
161 Projects correspondence, 1952-55
162 Project 1169-Entom., 1952-55
163 Old proposed projects, 1952-59
164 Project 590-Plant pathology, 1955
165 Red Bartlett project, 1955
166 New project-Premature, uneven ripening of peaches, 1955
167 Project 1244-Plant pathology, 1955-58
168 Project 1299-Dept. of Hort., E. S. Degman in charge,
1955-60
169 Project 1187-Entom., 1955-60
170 Project 604-1956
171 Apple varieties, 1956-58
172 Project 1337-Pear decline, 1956-64
173 Project 1417-L. P. Batjer, effect of pesticides and
plant growth substances on tree foliage and fruit,
1958-62
174 Project 1504-Harvesting and handling apples in bulk
bins, 1959-62
175 Project 1505-Storage of apples and pears, 1959-62
176 Lindner's project 1638-Mutagens from plant sources as
antiviral agents, 1959-68
177 Project 1419-Bee poisoning, 1960
178 Lindner's project 1699-Indentification and mech. of
action of pear psylla toxin. 1965
179 WSU project 805- revised, 1968
180 Cherry cracking papers, (R. M. Bullock)
181 Project 999-Pectic substances
182 Project 1152-Hort. processing
4 183 USDA Weather Bureau-Annual report of frost fruit
service, Okanogan, WA, season 1931-33
184 Weather Bureau-Report on fruit frost work in Chelan
Douglas and Grant, Springs 1931, 1932, 1934-35
185 USDA Weather Bureau-Annual report of frost fruit
service, Okanogan, WA, season 1934-35
186 USDA Weather Bureau-Annual report of fruit-frost
service, Wenatchee, WA, season 1936
187 Annual report of fruit-frost service, Okanogan,
season 1936
188 Frost protection in the Wenatchee district
189 Annual report of minimum temperature forecast and
fruit-frost investigations, Okanogan, season 1937
190 USDA Weather Bureau-Annual report of fruit-frost
service, Wenatchee, season 1937-38
191 Annual report of minimum temperature forecast and
fruit-frost investigation, Wenatchee District,
season 1939
192 Annual report of minimum temperature forecast and
fruit-frost investigation, Okanogan District,
season 1939-40
193 USDA Weather Bureau-Annual report of fruit-frost
service in Wenatchee District, season 1940-41
194 Annual report of minimum temperature forecast and
fruit-frost investigation, Okanogan District,
season 1941-44
195 Research data-Photosnthesis data, (Cornell Univ.)
196 Blossoming data, 1941-63
197 Blossoming data, 1941-63
198 USDA Weather Burea-Annual report of fruit-frost
service in Wenatchee, 1942 season
199 Annual report of minimum temperature forecast and
fruit-frost investigation, Wentachee District,
season 1942
200 USDA Weather Bureau-Annual report of fruit-frost and
forecast investigation, Wenatchee District, 1944 season
201 Memo of understanding on virus studies, 1949
202 Research Initiative 171, 1949-53
203-204 Naval research, 1951-54
205 Project 171 reports, 1951-58
206 Pear decline, Mt. Adams, 1952-62
207 Federal funds, 1953-54
208 Maturity data, 1954-64
209 Pear decline, 1958-62
210 Project # 865 revision, 1959
211 Research data-Purines, etc., 1959-62
212 Pear decline, 1959-65
213 General weather, 1960-63
214 Pear Psylla Toxin, 1961-62
215 Pear decline, 1961-64
216 Psylla toxin data, 1962
217 Stem-Pitting, (Golden delicious decline), 1962
218 Kinetin, 1962
219 Thirty year temperature means, 1962
220 Psylla partition, 1962
221 Psylla toxin, 1962
222 Pear viruses, 1963-66
223 Brandy, 1963-64
224 Research papers on pear decline
225 Pear decline, (Lindner)
226 Apple stocks and varieties, 1962-64
227 Stem-end Resselt of Goldens, 1963
228 Prosser pear decline, 1963
229 Starling control, 1963
230 Stony-pit, 1964
231 Research project 1834-interferon-like antiviral
mechanism, 1965-68
232 Soil problems in Manson area, 1966
5 233 Annual report of minimum temperature forecasts
and fruit-frost surveys, Wenatchee, seasons
1945-52
234 Annual report of minimum temperature forecasts
and fruit-frost surveys, Okanogan, seasons 1945-51
235 Annual report (1954-56)-equipment for production,
harvesting, and orchard handlings of tree fruits
236 Annual report (1956-58)-equipment for production,
harvesting, and orchard handling of tree fruits
237 Annual report (1958-59)- fruit harvesting and
handling studies, Wenatchee, Project AE c3-9
and AE c3-10
238 Annual report (1959-61)-fruit harvesting, and
handling studies, Wenatchee, Projects AE c3-9
and AE c3-10
239 Annual report (1961-62)-fruit harvesting, and
handling studies, Wenatchee, Projects AE c3-9
and AE c3-10
240 Annual report (1962-63)-fruit harvesting and
handling studies, Wenatchee, Projects AE c3-9
241 Reports of the Western Cooperative Oil Spray Project, 1927
242-258 Reports of the WCOSP, 1928-41
6 259-275 Reports of the WCOSP, 1942-50
276 Papers-Burts Everett
277 Papers-Ted Anthon
278 Papers-Max W. Williams
279 Papers and resume-R. P. Covey
280 Papers-J. J. McRitchie
281 Papers-Eakin Ko
282 Publications and papers-R. Paul Larsen, 1968-70
283 Papers-Bill Chennault, 1968-70
284 Publications and papers-Del Ketchie, 1968-70
285 Publications and papers-Stanley Hoyt, up to 1970
286 Publications-Hugh C. Kirkpatrick, up to 1970
287 Publications-Roderick Sprague, 1955
7 288 Papers-Nels Benson
289-290 Publications-Nels Benson
291 R. C. Lindner (1914-68)'s life story by Kirkpatrick
292 Request for Lindner's article "Chemical Tests in the
Diagnosis of Plant Virus Disease" in the Botanical
Review, 1961, 1961-64
293 Requests for Lindner's paper, 1959-61
294 (RNA) requests for Lindner's paper reprints, 1956-64
295 Requests for BIDS and Price Quotations, 1963-66
296 Requests for Lindner's reprints, 1955-60
297 Lindner's publication list, 1934-65
298 Lindner's publications (reprints)
299 Lindner correspondence, 1965 A-B
300 Lindner correspondence with Agric. Extension Service,
1965-67
301 Lindner correspondence with Architect Office, 1965-67
302 Lindner correspondence re. annalytical methods, 1942-62
303 Lindner correspondence from Nels Benson, 1965-66
304 Lindner memo to budget office, 1964
305 Lindner correspondence 1965-67, C-Mc
306 Lindner correspondence with the Chamber of Commerce,
1964-65
307 Lindner correspondence re. color test, 1947-59
308 Lindner correspondence with Dept. of Entomology,
1965-67
309 Lindner correspondence with Dept. of Agric. Chemistry,
1966
310 Lindner correspondence with Dept. of Agric. Engineering,
1965-66
311 Lindner correspondence with Dept. of Horticulture,
1965-67
312 Lindner correspondence with Dept. of Plant Pathology
1965-67
313 Lindner correspondence with misc. departments, 1965-67
314 Lindner correspondence re. German exchange students,
1963-65
315 Foreign correspondence, 1965-67
316 Lindner correspondence re. foreign visitors itinerary,
1965-67
317 Lindner correspondence, 1965-67, M-W
318 Lindner correspondence with National Grape Cooperative
Assoc. Inc., 1960-66
319 Lindner correspondence with Prosser station, 1965-67
320 Lindner correspondence with Public Utility District,
1965-67
321 Lindner correspondence-Recommendation letters, 1967
322 Lindner correspondence with Research and Scholarship
Foundation, 1965
323 Lindner correspondence with Staff Personnel Office,
1965-67
324 Lindner correspondence with Statistical Services,
1964-65
325 Lindner correspondence with S. C. Markley (Building
and Grounds), 1965-66
326 Lindner correspondence re. pear decline
327 Lindner correspondence with Southwestern Wash. E. S
(Vancouver), 1966
328 Lindner correspondence re. Spectro-method reprints,
1951-56
329 Lindner's correspondence re. St!in Test, 1950-58
330 Lindner's correspondence with State Dept. of Health,
1966
331 Lindner correspondence with Wash. State Hort. Assoc.
1966-67
332 Lindner corresponence re. surplus property
333 Lindner correspondence re. therapy, 1959-62
334 Lindner correspondence re. trip to Australia,
1966-68
335 Lindner correspondence with USDA various depts.
1965-67
336 Lindner correspondence with USDA-Agric. Engineering
Research Division, 1965-67
337 Lindner correspondence with US Public Health,
1966-67
338 Lindner correspondence with Wash. Apple Commission,
1966
339 Lindner correspondence with Western Wash. Exp. Station
1965-67
340 Lindner correspondence with Wenatchee High School
"On the Job" training, 1965
341 Lindner correspondence with Wenatchee-Wenoka Growers
Inc. 1966
342 Lindner correspondence with WSU director of research
Correspondence
8 343-359 A-U 1961-63
360 with US Dept. of Agric. 1961-63
361 with USDA Agric. Engineering-S. W. McBirney, 1961-63
362 with US Weather Bureau, 1961-63
363 V-Z, 1961-63
364 with various depts. of Wash. state, 1961-63
365 with Wash. State Hort. Assoc. 1961-63
366 with Whirlpool corporation, 1962
367 with WSU President French, 1961-63
368 re. purchasng office
369 to staff and personnel office, 1961-63
370 memo to Keene, Philip (Architect office), 1962
371 with Controller's office, 1961-63
372 with Controller's office (voucher approval), 1961-63
373 with retirement and insurance-Controller's office
James Anderson, 1961-63
374 with Graduate School-Dean D. S. Farner, 1962-63
375 re. utility and accident reports, 1961-63
376 with Agric. Exp. Stations, Lowell Rasmussen,
assistant director, 1961-63
377 re. buildings and grounds, 1961-63
378 with Agric. Exp. Stations, Mason Milter, Editor, Assist.
to Director George A. Bowman, Asst. Editor, 1962
379 with Institute of Agric. Sciences, 1961-62
380 with Agric. Exp. Stations, (Leonard Youg, Ass't. to
Director, 1961-63
381 with Agric. College, 1961-63
382 with Agric. Exp. Stations, Mark Buchanan, Director,
1961-63
383 with Agric. Exp. Stations, Walter Zuger, Financial
Officer, 1961-63
384 with Western Wash. Exp. Station, Puyallup, 1961-63
385 with Dept. of Agric. Chemistry, 1963
386 with Dept. of Agronomy, 1961-63
387 with Dept. of Agric. Engineering, 1961-62
388 with Irrigation Exp. Station, Prosser, 1961-63
389 with Southwestern Exp. Station, Vancouver, 1961-62
390 with Western Wash. Exp. Station, Mt. Vernon, 1961-63
391 with Controller's Office, 1961-63
392 with Dept. of Entomology, 1961-63
393 with Dept. of Horticulture, 1961-63
394 with WSU Hort. Extension Service, 1961-63
395 with US Public Health, 1962
396 with Dept. of Plant Pathology, 1961-63
397 with misc. WSU depts. 1961-62
398 with WSU Controller's office, 1964-71
399 with General Stores, 1965-66
400 re. pear rootstocks, 1965-69
401 Correspondence of finance officer (Zuger and Forbes),
1965-67
402 Correspondence of Ass't. to Director, Leonard Young,
1965-67
403 re. motor pool, 1965-67
404 Carl Pettibone's correspondence, 1963-65
405 with WSU Payroll Office, 1965-66
406 with WSU President and Vice President, 1965-67
407 Correspondence of Ass't. Director Harold Singleton,
1965-67
9 408 Correspondence with Louis L. Madsen (Dean of College
of Agric. WSU), 1965-67
409 with Agric. Extension Service, 1965-67
410 with Department of Agronomy, 1965-67
410 Hobby's correspondence, 1965
411 Jim Eakin's correspondence, 1965-67
412 Chennault correspondence, 1966-67
413 Chmelir (Senior Exp. Aide)'s correspondence, 1965-67
414 with the Purchasing Office of WSU, 1965-69
415 with Ext. Station's editor, 1966
416 Kirkpatrick's correspondence with Abdul Hamild of
Dept. of Plant Pathology, 1965-66
417 Kirkpatrick's correspondence , 1967
418 with Wash. State Hort. Assoc. 1967-68
419 with Manson Irrigation Advisory Committee, 1968-69
420 Benson correspondence, 1966-67, A-W
421 Benson correspondence, 1967-69, C-L
422 Benson correspondence, 1967-69, S-W
423 Benson correspondence, 1967-69, M-R
424 Correspondence with Dept. of Water Resources,
1969, (Fiedler)
425 re. apple quarantine (Japan), 1969
426-440 Correspondence 1969, A-W
441-452 Correspondence 1970, A-R
10 453-456 Correspondence 1970, R-Z
457-474 Correspondence 1971, A-Z
475 Correspondence 1968-Anthon, Ted
476 -Benson, Nels
477 -Burts, Everett
478 -Covey, Ron
479 -Hoyt, Stan
480 -Ketchie, Del
481 -Kirkpatrick, Hugh
482 -McRitchie, Jack
483 -Stevens, Amie
484 -Sabbatical leave (Stan Hoyt)
485 Correspondence 1969-Anthon
486 -Benson, Nels
487 -Burts, Everett
488 -Covey, Ron
489 -Hoyt, Stan
490 Correspondence 1970-Ketchie, Del
491 -Stenvens, Arnie
492 Correspondence 1971-Anthon, Ted
493 -Benson, Nels
494 -Burts, Everett
11 495 -Covey, Ron
497 -Hoyt, Stan
498 -Ketchie, Del
499 -Misc.
500 -Stevens, Arnie
501 Correspondence 1972-Anthon
502 -Benson
503 -Burts
504 -Chmelir
505 -Covey
506 -Chennault
507 -Hoyt
508 -Ketchie
509 -Misc.
510 -Stevens
511-525 Correspondence and Memos of 1972, A-R
526 Memos 1970-72, Nordquist, D. J.
527 Memos 1972, Oldenstadt, Dr. Dennis
528 Memos re. Quarantine Permit, 1970-72
529 Memos re. Washington Plant Quarantines, 1970-72
530 Memos 1971-72, Shaw, Gardner
531 Memos 1971-72, Shelton, V. L.-Finance
532 Memos 1971-72, Smith A. H. (re. Sabbatical leave)
533 Correspondence 1972, S-T
534 Correspondence 1972, President Terrell
535 Correspondence 1972, Tukey R. B.
536 Correspondence 1972, U, W, Z
537-560 Larson Correspondence, 1973
502 -Benson
503 -Burts
504 -Chmelir
505 -Covey
506 -Chennault
507 -Hoyt
508 -Ketchie
509 -Misc.
510 -Stevens
511-525 Correspondence and Memos of 1972, A-R
526 Memos 1970-72, Nordquist, D. J.