Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Irrigation Branch Experiment Station (Prosser) Reports
1919-1960
Archives 76
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- State College of Washington. Irrigation Branch Experiment Station
- Title
- Irrigation Branch Experiment Station (Prosser) Reports
- ID
- Archives 76
- Date [inclusive]
- 1919-1960
- Extent
- 4.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 4 Boxes
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists primarily of annual bound research reports spanning the years 1919-1953 from the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station located at the State College of Washington (later Washington State University).
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Irrigation Branch Experiment Station (Prosser) Reports, 1919-1960 (Archives 76)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Irrigation Experiment Station was authorized by the state legislature in 1917, and opened at Prosser, WA on May 24, 1919. In 1965 the name was changed to the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC).
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of annual bound research reports spanning the years 1919-1953 from the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station located at the State College of Washington (later Washington State University). The various reports contained herein represent the combined work of numerous departments working on the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station and cover a variety of horticultural, entomological, agricultural, and biological findings related to a wide array of topics illuminating industrialized agriculture and animal husbandry at the beginning of the twentieth century. They contain research data and analysis on the varieties of Palouse region farm crops, horticulture, plant pathology, and soils; data and experiments on a variety of plants including alfalfa, sunflowers, wheat, barley, peas, soy beans, and potatoes; and data, field notes, computations, and extracts recorded by members of a variety of departments involved in agricultural research. They also contain daily air temperature readings obtained by air and soil thermograph for Rhizoctonia work on potato crops.
Arrangement
Arranged, in bound volumes, by subject and years: Annual Agronomy Reports, 1919-1953; Annual Farm Crop Reports, 1946-1948; Annual Horticulture and Fruit Tree Reports, 1937-1958; Annual Entomology Reports, 1947-1949; Annual Animal Husbandry Reports, 1945-1953; Annual Irrigation Reports, 1922-1955.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021
https://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.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
Transfer: WSU 17
Related Materials
Related Material
Irrigation Branch Experiment Station Records, 1910-1979 (Archives 200)
Irrigated Agriculture Research and Experiment Center (Prosser) Grapes/Wine Research Records, 1940-1984 (Archives 214)
Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center Photographs, 1919-1969 (PC 195)
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- State College of Washington. Irrigation Branch Experiment Station -- Records and correspondence
- Washington State University. Irrigation Branch Experiment Station -- Records and correspondence
- Washington State University. Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center -- Records and correspondence
Creator(s) :
- Washington State University. Irrigation Branch Experiment Station
- Washington State University. Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center
Subject(s)
- Agricultural experiment stations -- Research -- Washington (State)
- Agriculture -- Experimentation
- Irrigation farming -- Washington (State)
- Agriculture
- Agriculture
- Colleges and University
- Photographs
Detailed Description of Collection
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Annual Agronomy Reports: 1919-1951 11 items |
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Annual Agronomy Reports: 1952-1953 1 item |
2 | |||
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Annual Farm Crop Reports: 1946-1948 1 item |
2 | |||
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Annual Horticulture and Fruit Tree Reports: 1937-1958 8 items |
2 | |||
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Annual Entomology Reports: 1947-1949 1 item |
3 | |||
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Annual Animal Husbandry Reports: 1945-1953 8 Items |
3 | |||
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Annual Irrigation Reports: 1922-1955 30 items |
4 | |||