Agronomy and Soils Department Records 1940-1973
Archives 61

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Agronomy and Soils Department Records
ID
Archives 61
Date [inclusive]
1940-1973
Extent
approximate 8425 items,  9.5 linear feet,  10 containers
Abstract
Includes correspondence, memoranda, minutes and proceedings of professional meetings, reports, newsletters, student and faculty information and research information, financial statements, vouchers, and reports on program progress.

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Department History:

Agriculture has always been part of the college's curriculum; in the earliest days, all of its disciplines were taught in one department (the Department Of Agriculture). By 1918 these agricultural disciplines including farm crops, soils, etc., had expanded enough to warrant the formation of separate departments. The Department of Farm Crops and Soils were consolidated into a Department Of Agronomy in February 1928. This name was changed in November 1969 to Department of Agronomy and Soils. The present department offers a number of degrees, including B.S. in Agronomy, B.S. in Soils, M.S. in Agronomy, M.S. in Soils, and Doctor of Philosophy.

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Arrangement

The records of the Department of Agronomy and Soils are arranged in three series: Subject File, 1940-1972; Tennessee Valley Authority Files, 1951-1972; and Correspondence Files, 1965-1971. Series one file contains records dating from 1940 through 1972, however, the bulk of the material deals with the period after 1963. This first series is arranged alphabetically by subject. The file consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes and proceedings of professional meetings, reports, newsletters, student and faculty information and research information. Major headings in the subject file include such topics as: Agronomy & Men (publication of the Agronomy Club), Extension Administration, annual reports of county Extension Agents, Outlying Testing Program of the Washington experimental stations, Pacific Northwest Fertilizer Conference, Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association, Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association, teaching and course content in the department, Washington State Crop Improvement Association, USDA correspondence, and wheat research.

Series two, Tennessee Valley Authority files, date from 1951 to 1972 and consist of correspondence, financial statements, vouchers, and reports on program progress. Through an agreement with Washington State University, the TVA sold fertilizer to Washington state farmers. These records document this agreement, the shipment of the fertilizer, and the farmers who participated in the program. The file has been arranged chronologically to be consistent with its original order.

Series three, the correspondence file, contains items dating from 1965 to 1971; these records have been arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year. The file consists of correspondence to and from various agencies, including county extension agents, professional organizations, private industry, governmental departments, and individuals.

Principal correspondents are: B. Rodney Bertramson (former department chairman and Director of Resident Instruction), Harry A. Cosgriffe, Irving Dow (Extension Specialist), James C. Engibous (chairman of the department), C.B. Harston, A.G. Law (professor Of Agronomy), L.L. Madsen (Dean, College of Agriculture), C. Dawson Moodie (professor of Agronomy), Kenneth Morrison (Extension Specialist), J.S. Robins (Director of Research, College of Agriculture), Leland Streit, and R.M. Turner.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

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

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Department of Agronomy and Soils were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University in June 1976 and March 1979 (UA 78- 16) according to the approved records schedules.

Processing Information

The records were processed by Michael Sampson from December 1980 to March 1981.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. Dept. of Agronomy and Soils--Archives
  • Tennessee Valley Authority--Archives
  • State College of Washington. Department of Farm Crops and Soils.
  • State College of Washington. Dept. of Agronomy.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Dept. of Agronomy and Soils--Records and correspondence

Subject(s)

  • Agronomy--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
  • Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Soils--Analysis--Washington (State)--Research
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Agriculture

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Detailed Description of Collection

1 Subject File  1940-1972 

Series one file contains records dating from 1940 through 1972, however, the bulk of the material deals with the period after 1963. This first series is arranged alphabetically by subject. The file consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes and proceedings of professional meetings, reports, newsletters, student and faculty information and research information. Major headings in the subject file include such topics as: Agronomy & Men (publication of the Agronomy Club), Extension Administration, annual reports of county Extension Agents, Outlying Testing Program of the Washington experimental stations, Pacific Northwest Fertilizer Conference, Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association, Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association, teaching and course content in the department, Washington State Crop Improvement Association, USDA correspondence, and wheat research.

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Affirmative Action Plan  1972  1 item

1 1

Agricultural Chemicals  1969-1972  16 items

1 2-4

Agricultural Commodity Commissions Meeting  1966  7 items

1 5

Agricultural Economics  1970  4 items

1 6

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service  1969  2 items

1 7

Agriculture, College of  1965-1966, 1970  28 items

1 8-10

Agronomy Advisory Board  1957, 1961, 1963-1965  35 items

1 11

Agronomy Base-Setting Meeting  1972  1 item

1 12

Agronomy Club  1966-1967  13 items

1 13-14

Agronomy & Men  1965-1966, 1968-1970  101 items

1 15-18

Alpha Zeta  1965  1 item

1 19

Alumni Rosters (and miscellaneous material)  1968-1970  14 items

1 20

American Society of Agronomy  1963  49 items

1 21

American Society of Agronomy Correspondence  1971-1972  6 items

1 22

Assistantships and Fellowships (requests)  1963-1964  7 items

1 23

Barley  1964, 1968, 1972  7 items

1 24-25

Blain, John--Ford Motor Farm Efficiency Award  1966  10 items

1 26

Bureau of Reclamation Meeting  17 March 1965  32 items

1 27

Careers in Agronomy  1964-1966  65 items

1 28-30

Castor Bean Production Potential  1965  1 item

1 31

Certified Seed Growers  1963, 1964, 1969  3 items

1 32

Columbia Plateau Conservation Council  1965  46 items

1 33

Columbia Plateau Resources Council  1965  30 items

1 34

Computing Center  1969-1972  8 items

1 35-36

Controlled Environment Facilities  1966-1971  6 items

1 37

County Agent's Letters, Re: Annual Reports  1964-1967  154 items

1 38-41

Course Outlines for Agronomy and soils  1968-1970  37 items

1 42-43

Crop Judging Team  1940, 1951-1972  248 items

1 44-71

Dry Pea and Lentil commission  1966, 1972  36 items

2 72-73

Dryland Research Review conference  Feb. 15-16, 1966  14 items

2 74

Dryland Research--Lind Experiment Station  1965, 1967  21 items

2 75-76

Educational Policies Committee  1969  3 items

2 77

Enrollment Statistics  1970-1972  8 items

2 78

Environmental Science  1970-1971  7 items

2 79

EROS  1969  22 items

2 80

Extension Administration  1964-1970  188 items

2 81-87

Extension--Agronomy Research Program  1964  10 items

2 88

Extension--50th Anniversary conference  1964  5 items

2 89

Extension--Agronomy Personnel Annual Reports  1964  9 items

2 90

Extension--Annual Reports for Specialists  1964-1965  11 items

2 91

Extension Correspondence  1964-1968  505 items

2 92-96

Extension Correspondence  1969-1972  78 items

3 97-99

Extension Director's Memos  1965  5 items

3 100

Extension Agronomists Meeting  1964, 1966  23 items

3 101-102

Extension--Meetings & Minutes  1967-1972  45 items

3 103

Extension--Annual Plans of Work   46 items

3 104-107

Extension Publications  1966-1967  22 items

3 108

Extension Range Management Program  1964  10 items

3 109

Extension Research Report  1971  1 item

3 110

Extension Service Review  December 4-8, 1972  14 items

3 111

Extension Training Sessions  1964-1966  19 items

3 112-113

Fertilizer--Aqua Humus  1963  43 items

3 114

Fertilizer Conference, Pacific Northwest Regional  1964-1966  163 items

3 115-117

Fertilizer Conference (1966), Rough Drafts of the Papers   30 items

3 118

Fertilizer Conference Proceedings  1968-1970  4 items

3 119

Fertilizer and Herbicides Needs--Agronomy Farm  1964-1965  21 items

3 120

Fertilizer Institute  1971  3 items

3 121

Fertilizer--Various Angles  1964-1965  11 items

3 122-123

Field Day  1964-1970  211 items

3 124-131

Field Day, Spillman Farm  1971  48 items

4 132

Field Days  1971  5 items

4 133

Forage Testing  1963, 1964, 1966  6 items

4 134-136

Foreign Correspondence and Visitors  1962-1969  76 items

4 137-140

Forest & Tree Fertilization  1965-1969  9 items

4 141

Genetics Program  1970, 1972  13 items

4 142-143

Goodyear SCS Awards  1964-1965  16 items

4 144

Grass Seed Production Meeting (Pendleton)  1971  7 items

4 145

Greenbug Threat to Wheat  1971  1 item

4 146

Herbicide Damage Research  1962-1963, 1968  10 items

4 147

Honors Program  1964-1972  14 items

4 148-150

International Executive Services  1968  1 item

4 151

International Programs  1968, 1970  3 items

4 152

Iowa State University Agricultural Travel Course  1965  34 items

4 153

Irrigation Experiment Station (Prosser)  1964- 1966, 1968  14 items

4 154-156

Jobs Available  1966 1968 1969  8 items

4 157-159

Job Placement  1964, 1969, 1971  17 items

4 160-162

Job Statistics an Graduates  1972  1 item

4 163

Junior Community College  1968-1971  60 items

4 164-167

Lewis County Grassland Council  1964  16 items

4 168

Library  1970-1972  10 items

4 169-170

Lime Conference--  November 16-17, 1965  21 items

4 171

Maquire Replacement for WSU Seed Laboratory  1966  9 items

4 172

Manuscript Reviews from other Departments  1967, 1971, 1972  24 items

4 173-175

Marketing Clinic: proposal and committee meetings  1966  33 items

4 176

Meetings and Conferences  1971-1972  10 items

4 177-178

National Wheat Institute  1970  8 items

4 179

News Bureau  1972  3 items

4 180

Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Unit  1965, 1968  2 items

4 181-182

Open House--College Of Agriculture  1966-1969  16 items

4 183

Osterli, Victor--Columbia Plateau Resources Council  1966  29 items

4 184

Outlying Testing--Central Washington  1963-1965, 1967  48 items

4 185-188

Outlying Testing--NoWestern Washington  1965-1967  51 items

4 189-191

Outlying Testing--Prosser  1969  5 items

4 192

Outlying Testing--Tree Fruit Research  1969  1 item

4 193

Outlying Testing--Washington State  1968  4 items

4 194

Outlying Testing--Western Washington  1964, 1965, 1967  23 items

4 195-197

Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association  1964-1966  69 items

4 198-202

Pacific Northwest Crop improvement Association  1967-1972  39 items

5 203-208

Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association  1964-1969  43 items

5 209-214

Pakistan  1964-1969  45 items

5 215-220

Patent Committee  1972  3 items

5 221

Pesticides  1968-1972  30 items

5 222

Plant Pathology, Department, of  1972  3 items

5 223

Potash Institute  1971  4 items

5 224

Potato Commission  1972  1 item

5 225

Projects in Agronomy & Soils--current status  1970  2 items

5 226

Prospective Graduate Students  1972  3 items

5 227

Prospective Undergraduate Students  1971  2 items

5 228

Publications  1965  5 items

5 229

Publication Plans of the Agronomy 4 Soils Faculty  1966  31 items

5 230

Recreation (Academic Preparation)  1968  1 item

5 231

Recreation (Academic Preparation).  1968  1 item

5 231

Resident Instructional Staff  1970  9 items

5 232

Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships  1969-1971  30 items

5 233

Safety  1969  9 items

5 234

Scholarships  1964-1965, 1972-1973  51 items

5 235-236

Science Development Proposal  1965  3 items

5 237

Search for Director Committee  1972-1973  15 items

5 238

Seed House  1972  3 items

5 239

Seed Lab (Seed Prices)  1972  3 items

5 240

Seed School, Idaho-Washington  1966  14 items

5 241

Short Courses  1964-1969  87 items

5 242-247

Space  1960-1965  55 items

5 248

Soil Chemistry Notes--correspondence  1957-1967  31 items

5 249

Soil Conservation Service--SCD's (Newsletters)  1964-1965  23 items

5 250

Soil Conservation Society of America  1963-1971  15 items

5 251

Soil Conservation Society of America--inland Empire  1964-1970  29 items

5 252

Soil Fertility Workers Conference--Central Washington  1964-1965  30 items

5 253-254

Soil Fertility Workers Conference- -Western Washington  1964-1964  10 items

5 255

Soil Improvement Committee  1964-1967  217 items

6 256-263

Soils Research Program  1968  21 items

6 264

Soils Seminar, University of Idaho & WSU  1963-1964  12 items

6 265

Soil Science Society of America  1965, 1968, 1969  9 items

6 266-268

Soil Survey--Seattle Conference  1964  33 items

6 269

Staff Memoranda  1965-1972  120 items

6 270-274

Stastics--Washington State Crop Reports  1965-1969  45 items

6 275-277

Student Evaluations  1967, 1969-1970  9 items

6 278-279

Study Council, President's  1968-1969  15 items

6 280

Sulphur Institute  1971, 1972  17 items

6 281-282

Symposia--Mutations, Barley, International Wheat Conference  1969  41 items

6 283

Teaching  1957-1959, 1968-1972  113 items

6 283-292

Training Sessions (Calendar)  1964  3 items

6 293

Tree Fruit Council  1969-1971  10 items

6 294-295

Tree Fruit Research Center (Wenatchee)  1968  2 items

6 296

Turf  1965-1971  26 items

6 297

Turf Association (Northwest Turfgrass Association)  1964-1972  14 items

6 298

Turf--Goss (Western Washington Research and Extension Center)  1960-1966, 1972  38 items

6 299-300

Turfgrass Research--Puyallup Extension Station  1972  10 items

6 301

USDA Correspondence  1965-1972  65 items

6 302-304

Varieties, Release of New  1966  2 items

6 305

Visitation--Dr. Hagsand (Sweden)  1965  6 items

7 306

Visitations--VIP  1968-1970  23 items

7 307-309

Visitors  1971-1972  25 items

7 310-311

Washington Association Of Soil and Water Conservation Districts  1965  16 items

7 312

Washington Association of Wheat Growers  1964-1971  36 items

7 313-314

Washington Mint Growers Association  1970  2 items

7 315

Washington State Crop Improvement Association  1965-1972  103 items

7 316-322

Washington State Soil Improvement committee  1967-1969  54 items

7 323-325

Washington Wheat Commission  1972  2 items

7 326

Water Holding Capacity of Irrigated Soils in the Columbia Basin--project proposals and other correspondence  1963-1965  42 items

7 327

Water Research Center  1971-1972  24 items

7 328-329

Weeds  1965  6 items

7 330

Western Farmers Association  1964-1965  2 items

7 331

Western Society of Crop Science  1965-1971  87 items

7 332-336

Western Society of Soil Science  1968, 1971  14 items

7 337-338

Western Washington Research and Extension Unit, Puyallup  1965, 1968  3 items

7 339-340

Western Wheat Improvement Committee  1971  2 items

7 341

Wheat Congress  1965  15 items

7 342

Wheat Council (WSU)  1971  13 items

7 343

Wheat--Miscellaneous  1965  11 items

7 344

Wheat Plotland Exemptions (WSU experimental plots)  1964-1965  13 items

7 345

Wheat Quality  1964-1965  23 items

7 346

Wheat Research Workers (Tri-State) Meeting  1965  21 items

7 347

Wheat Variety Commercial Milling Tests  1965  26 items

7 348

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2 Tennessee Valley Authority Files  1951-1972 

Series two, Tennessee Valley Authority files, date from 1951 to 1972 and consist of correspondence, financial statements, vouchers, and reports on program progress. Through an agreement with Washington State University, the TVA sold fertilizer to Washington state farmers. These records document this agreement, the shipment of the fertilizer, and the farmers who participated in the program. The file has been arranged chronologically to be consistent with its original order.

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WSU Contract  1951  17 items

8 349

Tests, Sales and Research Programs  1953-1955  60 items

8 350-351

Correspondence  July 1-December 1955  47 items

8 352

Finances  1955-1956  10 items

8 353

Correspondence  1956  191 items

8 354-355

Finances  1956-1957  37 items

8 356

Correspondence  1957  167 items

8 357-358

l-b-2 Programs  1957-1958  8 items

8 359

Correspondence  1958  149 items

8 360-361

Vouchers  1958  48 items

8 362

Finances  1958-1959  40 items

8 363

Correspondence  1959  127 items

8 364-365

Finances  1959-1960  33 items

8 366

Annual Report  1959-1960  1 item

8 367

Morrison's TVA File (fertilizer pamphlet, requisition form)  1960  7 items

8 368

Correspondence  1960  104 items

8 369-370

Cooperators (back to 1945) Report, 1961   20 items

8 371

Correspondence  1961  92 items

8 372-373

Correspondence  January-June, 1962  52 items

8 374

Washington Counties:  

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Cowlitz  1956-1959  30 items

8 375-377

Grays Harbor  n.d., 1959  17 items

8 378-382

King  1959  6 items

8 383

Kitsap  1961  4 items

8 384

Lewis  1959  15 items

8 385

Pacific  1958-1961  60 items

8 386-393

Skagit  n.d., 1958-1959  15 items

8 394-397

Snohomish  1959  22 items

8 398-400

Thurston  1959-1961  10 items

8 401-402

Wahkiakum  1959  6 items

8 403
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Test Demonstration  1968-1971  14 items

8 404

Correspondence  1972  6 items

8 405

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3 Correspondence Files  1965-1971 

Series three, the correspondence file, contains items dating from 1965 to 1971; these records have been arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year. The file consists of correspondence to and from various agencies, including county extension agents, professional organizations, private industry, governmental departments, and individuals.

1965:  

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A-B   45 items

9 406-408

Buchanan, M.T.   14 items

9 409

C-F   30 items

9 410-413

Fischer, G.W. (Dean, College of Agriculture)   10 items

9 414

French, C.C. (president)   3 items

9 415

G-L   55 items

9 416-420

Ma-Mb   19 items

9 421

Madsen, L.L. (Dean, College of Agriculture)   12 items

9 422

Mc-Mz   21 items

9 423-424

N-R   42 items

9 425-428

Rasmussen, L.W.   4 items

9 429

S-Z   60 items

9 430-435

1966:  

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A-B   39 items

9 436-437

Buchannan, M.T.   13 items

9 438

C-F   32 items

9 439-442

Fischer, G.W.   4 items

9 443

French, C.C.   2 items

9 444

G-M   142 items

9 445-451

Madsen, L.L.   20 items

9 452

Mc-Z   120 items

9 453-462

1967:  

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A-B   42 items

9 463-464

Buchanan, M.T.   13 items

9 465

C-F   47 items

9 466-469

Fischer, G.W.   4 items

9 470

G-M   112 items

9 471-477

Madsen, L.L. (Dean, College of Agriculture)   20 items

9 478

Mc-R   42 items

9 479-483

Robins, J.S. (Director of Research, College of Agriculture)   17 items

9 484

S   35 items

9 485

Singleton, H.P.   1 item

9 486

T-Z   32 items

9 487-490

1968:  

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A-J   51 items

10 491-499

K-Z   59 items

10 500-506

1969:  

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A-N   28 items

10 507

O-Z   31 items

10 508

1970:  

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A-N   66 items

10 509

Robins, J.S.   13 items

10 510

O-Z   61 items

10 511

1971:  

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A-L   48 items

10 512

M-Z   39 items

10 513

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