Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Agronomy and Soils Department Records 1940-1973
Archives 61
Table of Contents
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Detailed Description of Collection
1 Subject File 1940-1972Series 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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box | folder | |||
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 1951-1972Series 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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box | folder | |||
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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box | folder | |||
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 | ||
box | folder | |||
Test Demonstration 1968-1971 14 items |
8 | 404 | ||
Correspondence 1972 6 items |
8 | 405 | ||
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3 Correspondence Files 1965-1971Series 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. |
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1965: |
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box | folder | |||
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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box | folder | |||
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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box | folder | |||
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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box | folder | |||
A-J 51 items |
10 | 491-499 | ||
K-Z 59 items |
10 | 500-506 | ||
1969: |
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box | folder | |||
A-N 28 items |
10 | 507 | ||
O-Z 31 items |
10 | 508 | ||
1970: |
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box | folder | |||
A-N 66 items |
10 | 509 | ||
Robins, J.S. 13 items |
10 | 510 | ||
O-Z 61 items |
10 | 511 | ||
1971: |
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box | folder | |||
A-L 48 items |
10 | 512 | ||
M-Z 39 items |
10 | 513 | ||
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