Western Washington Experiment Station: David F. Allmendinger Fluorine Research Records

Western Washington Experiment Station: David F. Allmendinger Fluorine Research Records, 1943-1959

Overview of the Collection

Title: Western Washington Experiment Station: David F. Allmendinger Fluorine Research Records
Dates: 1943-1959 (inclusive)
19431959
Quantity: approximate 1016 items, ( 1.25 linear feet), ( 2 containers)
Collection Number: Archives 180
Summary: Contains correspondence, surveys, charts, maps, photographs, meeting minutes, booklets, experiments, actual leaf samples, and copies of legal proceedings involving industrial companies and the farming communities.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
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 NoteReturn to Top

David F. Allmendinger received a Master of Science degree at Ohio State University in about 1940 and a Ph.D at Washington State College in 1947. Allmendinger worked as a research assistant at the Tree Fruit Branch Experiment Station in Wenatchee, Washington from 1940 to 1947. In the latter year he transferred to the Southwestern Washington Experiment Station in Vancouver. He was later appointed as Superintendent of that station in 1949. In 1953, Dr. Allmendinger transferred to the Western Washington Experiment Station in Puyallap as Superintendent. His responsibilities expanded in 1963 and he was appointed Vice Director of the Washington Agricultural Experiment Stations. Dr. Allmendinger retired as the Vice Director of the College of Agriculture Research Center.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

D. F. Allmendinger's files contain extensive research on atmospheric fluorine and its effects on the environment, especially Italian prunes, gladiolas, ponderosa pines and dairy cattle.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The files are arranged alphabetically and contain correspondence, surveys, charts, maps, photographs, meeting minutes, booklets, experiments, actual leaf samples, and copies of legal proceedings involving industrial companies and the farming communities.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Western Washington Experiment Station were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in November 1977 (UA77-34). The D. F. Allmendinger fluorine research files were separated from the rest of the station records in June 1979 and reaccessioned in February 1981 (UA81-07). Archives 180 consists solely of the Allmendinger fluorine research files.

Processing Note

These records were processed in March 1985 by Carmen E. Petersen.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Air Pollution Studies-Correspondence 43 items	1946-1953
1	2	Air Pollution Studies-Papers and Pamphlets 17 items	1953-1959
1	3	Air Pollution Studies-Reports 13 items	1953-1959
1	4	Air Pollution Legislative Advisory Committee 26 items	1955-1956
1	5	Annual Reports of the Agricultural Experiment Station 2 items	1944-1945
1	6	Articles and Pamphlets 57 items	1947-1953
1	7	Articles and Meeting Minutes 16 items	1950-1953
1	8	Articles and Memoranda 9 items	1957
1	9	Atmospheric Fluoride Report 2 items	1953
1	10	Booklets Describing Fluoride Effects 12 items	1945-1951
1	11	Booklets and Reports/Investigations 6 items	1953-1956
1	12	Budgets and Memoranda 12 items	1951-1953
1	13	Chemical Analysis 10 items	1950-1951
1	14	Clark County Survey 40 items	1948-1950
1	15	Correspondence 112 items	1943-1948
1	16	Correspondence 21 items	1948-1950
1	17	Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, and Articles 8 items	1945-1949
1	18	Damage Reports 33 items	1945-1949
1	19	Damage Surveys 49 items	1945-1951
1	20	Experiments and Correspondence 23 items	1950-1951
1	21	Fluorine Surveys and Analysis 48 items	1946-1948
1	22	Fluorine Surveys and Analysis 48 items	1950-1952
1	23	Fluorine Surveys Bud Analysis 31 items	1951
1	24	Fumigation 7 items	1947-1948
1	25	Gladiolus Charts 8 items	1950-1951
1	26	Gladiolus Experiments 52 items	1948-1950
1	27	Gladiolus Experiments 2 items	1948
1	28	Gladiolus Survey Results 62 items	1951
1	29	Injury Reports 18 items	1941-1947
1	30	Investigations-Sauvie Island 2 items	1952-1953
1	31	Leaf Samples 3 items	1945-1948
1	32	Lime Papers 49 items	1950
1	33	Longview Data 35 items	1950-1951
1	34	Longview Experiment Correspondence 28 items	1949-1953
1	35	Proposed Longview Project 8 items	1953-1957
2	36	Meeting Minutes 12 items	1953
2	37	Meeting Minutes 5 items	1949
2	38	Notes on Construction of Drying Room 2 items
2	39	Pamphlets-Effect on Dairy Cattle 4 items	1952-1954
2	40	Pollution Manuals and Pamphlets 5 items	1950-1956
2	41	Ponderosa Pine Damage 5 items	1950
2	42	Prunes 1 item	1947
2	43	Prune Surveys [photographs] 2 items	1946
2	44	St. John Project 3 items	1946-1950
2	45	Spokane-Ponderosa Pine Blight 16 items	1949
2	46	Spokane-Ponderosa Fine Blight 3 items	1950
2	47	Studies Data 15 items	1950-1951

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Fluorine compounds--Research--Archives

Corporate Names

Washington State University. Western Washington Experiment Station, David F. Allmendinger Fluorine Research--Records and correspondence
Washington State University. Western Washington Experiment Station--Archives (creator)

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- State College of Washington. Western Washington Experiment Station. (creator)

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