Agronomy and Soils Department Records,

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1 Agronomy and Soils Department Records, Overview of the Collection Title Agronomy and Soils Department Records Dates (inclusive) Quantity approximate 8425 items, ( 9.5 linear feet), ( 10 containers) Collection Number Archives 61 Summary 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. Repository Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Terrell Library Suite 12 Pullman WA Telephone: mascref@wsu.edu Access Restrictions The Collection is open for research use. Sponsor Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note 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 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. Administrative Information Arrangement The records of the Department of Agronomy and Soils are arranged in three series: Subject File, 1940-; Tennessee Valley Authority Files, 1951-; and Correspondence Files, -. Series one file contains records dating from 1940 through, however, the bulk of the material deals with the period after This first series is arranged alphabetically by subject. The file consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes and proceedings of professional meetings, reports, newsletters, 1

2 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 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 to ; 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. 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 Note The records were processed by Michael Sampson from December 1980 to March Detailed Description of the Collection 1: Subject File, Series one file contains records dating from 1940 through, however, the bulk of the material deals with the period after 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. 2

3 1 1 Affirmative Action Plan Agricultural Chemicals 16 items 1 5 Agricultural Commodity Commissions Meeting 7 items 1 6 Agricultural Economics 4 items 1 7 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Agriculture, College of 28 items 1 11 Agronomy Advisory Board 35 items 1 12 Agronomy Base-Setting Meeting Agronomy Club Agronomy & Men 10s 1 19 Alpha Zeta 1 20 Alumni Rosters (and miscellaneous material) 14 items 1 21 American Society of Agronomy 49 items 1 22 American Society of Agronomy Correspondence 6 items , , 1961, ,

4 1 23 Assistantships and Fellowships (requests) 7 items Barley 7 items 1 26 Blain, John--Ford Motor Farm Efficiency Award 1 27 Bureau of Reclamation Meeting Careers in Agronomy 65 items 1 31 Castor Bean Production Potential 1 32 Certified Seed Growers 1 33 Columbia Plateau Conservation Council 46 items 1 34 Columbia Plateau Resources Council 30 items Computing Center 8 items 1 37 Controlled Environment Facilities 6 items County Agent's Letters, Re: Annual Reports 154 items Course Outlines for Agronomy and soils 37 items Crop Judging Team 248 items Dry Pea and Lentil commission 36 items , 1968, March , 1964, , , 4

5 2 74 Dryland Research Review conference 14 items Dryland Research--Lind Experiment Station 2s 2 77 Educational Policies Committee 2 78 Enrollment Statistics 8 items 2 79 Environmental Science 7 items 2 80 EROS Extension Administration 188 items 2 88 Extension--Agronomy Research Program 2 89 Extension--50th Anniversary conference 5 items 2 90 Extension--Agronomy Personnel Annual Reports 9 items 2 91 Extension--Annual Reports for Specialists 1s Extension Correspondence 505 items Extension Correspondence 78 items Extension Director's Memos 5 items Extension Agronomists Meeting 2 Feb , 1966, ,

6 3 103 Extension--Meetings & Minutes 45 items Extension--Annual Plans of Work 46 items Extension Publications Extension Range Management Program Extension Research Report Extension Service Review 14 items Extension Training Sessions 19 items Fertilizer--Aqua Humus Fertilizer Conference, Pacific Northwest Regional December 4-8, Fertilizer Conference (1966), Rough Drafts of the Papers 30 items Fertilizer Conference Proceedings 4 items Fertilizer and Herbicides Needs--Agronomy Farm 2s Fertilizer Institute Fertilizer--Various Angles 1s Field Day 21s

7 4 132 Field Day, Spillman Farm 48 items Field Days 5 items Forage Testing 6 items Foreign Correspondence and Visitors 76 items Forest & Tree Fertilization 9 items Genetics Program Goodyear SCS Awards 16 items Grass Seed Production Meeting (Pendleton) 7 items Greenbug Threat to Wheat Herbicide Damage Research Honors Program 14 items International Executive Services International Programs Iowa State University Agricultural Travel Course 34 items Irrigation Experiment Station (Prosser) 14 items 1963, 1964, , , , ,

8 Jobs Available 8 items Job Placement 17 items Job Statistics an Graduates Junior Community College 60 items Lewis County Grassland Council 16 items Library Lime Conference-- 2s Maquire Replacement for WSU Seed Laboratory 9 items Manuscript Reviews from other Departments 24 items Marketing Clinic: proposal and committee meetings Meetings and Conferences National Wheat Institute 8 items News Bureau Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Unit Open House--College Of Agriculture 16 items , 1969, November 16-17, ,, ,

9 4 184 Osterli, Victor--Columbia Plateau Resources Council 29 items Outlying Testing--Central Washington 48 items Outlying Testing--NoWestern Washington 5s Outlying Testing--Prosser 5 items Outlying Testing--Tree Fruit Research Outlying Testing--Washington State 4 items Outlying Testing--Western Washington Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association 69 items Pacific Northwest Crop improvement Association 39 items Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association Pakistan 45 items Patent Committee Pesticides 30 items Plant Pathology, Department, of Potash Institute 4 items , ,,

10 5 225 Potato Commission Projects in Agronomy & Soils--current status Prospective Graduate Students Prospective Undergraduate Students Publications 5 items Publication Plans of the Agronomy 4 Soils Faculty 3s Recreation (Academic Preparation) Recreation (Academic Preparation) Resident Instructional Staff 9 items Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships 30 items Safety 9 items Scholarships 5s Science Development Proposal Search for Director Committee 15 items Seed House ,

11 5 240 Seed Lab (Seed Prices) Seed School, Idaho-Washington 14 items Short Courses 87 items Space 55 items Soil Chemistry Notes--correspondence 3s Soil Conservation Service--SCD's (Newsletters) Soil Conservation Society of America 15 items Soil Conservation Society of America--inland Empire 29 items Soil Fertility Workers Conference--Central Washington 30 items Soil Fertility Workers Conference- -Western Washington Soil Improvement Committee 217 items Soils Research Program 2s Soils Seminar, University of Idaho & WSU Soil Science Society of America 9 items Soil Survey--Seattle Conference , 1968,

12 Staff Memoranda 120 items Stastics--Washington State Crop Reports 45 items Student Evaluations 9 items Study Council, President's 15 items Sulphur Institute 17 items Symposia--Mutations, Barley, International Wheat Conference 4s Teaching Training Sessions (Calendar) Tree Fruit Council Tree Fruit Research Center (Wenatchee) Turf 26 items Turf Association (Northwest Turfgrass Association) 14 items Turf--Goss (Western Washington Research and Extension Center) 38 items Turfgrass Research--Puyallup Extension Station , , , , 12

13 USDA Correspondence 65 items Varieties, Release of New Visitation--Dr. Hagsand (Sweden) 6 items Visitations--VIP Visitors 25 items Washington Association Of Soil and Water Conservation Districts 16 items Washington Association of Wheat Growers 36 items Washington Mint Growers Association Washington State Crop Improvement Association Washington State Soil Improvement committee 54 items Washington Wheat Commission Water Holding Capacity of Irrigated Soils in the Columbia Basin--project proposals and other correspondence Water Research Center 24 items Weeds 6 items

14 7 331 Western Farmers Association Western Society of Crop Science 87 items Western Society of Soil Science 14 items Western Washington Research and Extension Unit, Puyallup Western Wheat Improvement Committee Wheat Congress 15 items Wheat Council (WSU) Wheat--Miscellaneous 1s Wheat Plotland Exemptions (WSU experimental plots) Wheat Quality Wheat Research Workers (Tri-State) Meeting 2s Wheat Variety Commercial Milling Tests 26 items ,, : Tennessee Valley Authority Files, Series two, Tennessee Valley Authority files, date from 1951 to 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. 14

15 8 349 WSU Contract 17 items Tests, Sales and Research Programs 60 items Correspondence 47 items Finances Correspondence 19s Finances 37 items Correspondence 167 items l-b-2 Programs 8 items Correspondence 149 items Vouchers 48 items Finances 40 items Correspondence 127 items Finances Annual Report July 1-December

16 8 368 Morrison's TVA File (fertilizer pamphlet, requisition form) 7 items Correspondence 104 items Cooperators (back to 1945) Report, items Correspondence Correspondence January-June, 1962 Washington Counties: Cowlitz 30 items Grays Harbor 17 items King 6 items Kitsap 4 items Lewis 15 items Pacific 60 items Skagit 15 items Snohomish n.d., n.d., Thurston

17 8 403 Wahkiakum 6 items Test Demonstration 14 items Correspondence 6 items : Correspondence Files, - Series three, the correspondence file, contains items dating from to ; 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. : A-B 45 items Buchanan, M.T. 14 items C-F 30 items Fischer, G.W. (Dean, College of Agriculture) French, C.C. (president) G-L 55 items 17

18 9 421 Ma-Mb 19 items Madsen, L.L. (Dean, College of Agriculture) Mc-Mz 2s N-R Rasmussen, L.W. 4 items S-Z 60 items 1966: A-B 39 items Buchannan, M.T C-F Fischer, G.W. 4 items French, C.C G-M Madsen, L.L. 20 items Mc-Z 18

19 120 items 1967: A-B Buchanan, M.T C-F 47 items Fischer, G.W. 4 items G-M Madsen, L.L. (Dean, College of Agriculture) 20 items Mc-R Robins, J.S. (Director of Research, College of Agriculture) 17 items S 35 items Singleton, H.P T-Z : A-J 19

20 5s K-Z 59 items 1969: A-N 28 items O-Z 3s 1970: A-N 66 items Robins, J.S O-Z 6s : A-L 48 items M-Z 39 items Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Agricultural extension work--washington (State)--Archives Agronomy--Washington (State)--Research--Archives 20

21 Soils--Analysis--Washington (State)--Research Corporate Names : Washington State University. Dept. of Agronomy and Soils--Archives (creator) Washington State University. Dept. of Agronomy and Soils--Records and correspondence Other Creators : Corporate Names : State College of Washington. Department of Farm Crops and Soils. (creator) State College of Washington. Dept. of Agronomy. (creator) Tennessee Valley Authority--Archives (creator) Finding aid prepared by Michael Sampson 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: