Botany and Plant Pathology Department Records, 1900-2005

Series I consists of correspondence, reports, committee and advisory board records, and related materials pertaining to the administration as well as instruction, research, and extension activities of the department. Correspondence with Agricultural Experiment Station administrators is included.

The Research Correspondence consists of correspondence, reports, project outlines, research data, laboratory and trip reports, and information from suppliers and vendors documenting the research activities of the department addressing the diseases of fruits and nuts, potatoes and other field crops, holly and other ornamental plants, hops, and wheat. Much of the research was funded by the Agricultural Experiment Station.

Series III consists of reports and handbooks from the 1950s through 2000s in paper format and from the 1900s through 1930s on microfilm. The more recent reports consist primarily of fungicide test results and reports of the Fruit and Ornamental Disease Management Program. Post-2005 reports of the Fruit and Ornamental Disease Management Program are part of the Extension Service Records (RG 111). A comprehensive report and self-study prepared by the department in advance of a special review in 1975 by the Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) describes the department's faculty and staff, facilities, research program, budget, curricula, and students. The microfilmed reports were prepared for submission to the School of Science, Agricultural Experiment Station, or College administration and provide information about academic, research, and extension programs. These include reports on the Herbarium prepared by Helen Gilkey.

Series IV includes lab manuals and course outlines for botany and plant pathology courses taught at Oregon State in the 1920s. The identified authors for two of the items, W.M. Atwood and Charles E. Owens, were department faculty.

Series V consists of research project records for a nematode sampling project in Coos Bay, Oregon and for Agricultural Experiment Station project 126 on fungicide testing. The records include research data, correspondence, reports, and project outlines.