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Te May Ching Papers, 1947-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Ching, Te May.
- Title
- Te May Ching Papers
- Dates
- 1947-1988 (inclusive)19471988
1956-1980 (bulk)19561980 - Quantity
- 14.50 cubic feet, including approximately 250 photographs, (44 boxes, including 4 oversize boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS Ching
- Summary
- The Te May Ching Papers consist of teaching and research records created and assembled by Te May Tsou Ching, professor of seed physiology at Oregon State University from 1956 to 1988. This collection documents Ching's career via correspondence; research materials including project files, laboratory notebooks, specimen photographs, and bibliographic records; teaching materials; administrative and programmatic records from the Crop Science Department; and records from her involvement in various professional activities and organizations.
Access to student advising files in Series 4 is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to this material should be directed to the University Archivist. - Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access to student advising files in Series 4 is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to this material should be directed to the University Archivist. All other materials in this collection are open for research.
- Languages
- English, Chinese
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Te May Ching was born January 9, 1923 in China. She enrolled in Central University in Nanjing, China in 1940, where she earned a B.S. in Forest Products and Wood Chemistry in 1944. She later immigrated to the United States, where she earned her M.S. in Wood Technology (1950) and Ph.D. in Cytology and Genetics (1954) at Michigan State University. After earning her doctorate, Ching worked as a research instructor at Michigan State. In 1956, Ching's husband, Kim, was appointed to the Oregon State Board of Forestry; Ching subsequently left her position at Michigan State University and relocated to Portland, Oregon. Later that year, Ching accepted a position as Assistant Agronomist with the Oregon State College (OSC) Farm Crops Experiment Station.
At OSC, Ching taught courses in seed physiology and conducted a wide array of research projects. In 1962, she was promoted to Associate Professor and received the rank of Professor in 1971. Ching was recognized as a leading seed physiologist, was recognized by a variety of professional organizations including the American Society of Agronomy, and published dozens of papers relating to seed treatments, storage, and germination processes, among other topics. During her tenure, she took research and teaching sabbaticals at the Wenner-Gren Institute at the University of Stockholm, Sweden; the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Canberra, Australia; and the Federal University of Pelotas in Pelotas, Brazil.
Ching was also deeply involved in issues of international education and international cooperation. She gave talks on the People's Republic of China to "promote mutual understanding and to improve international relationships," served as an advisor to the OSU Chinese Student Association, and was a member of the OSU International Education Committee. Ching also advised numerous graduate students, many of whom were international students.
Te May Ching was awarded Emeritus status upon her retirement from OSU in 1988.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Te May Ching Papers are comprised of materials documenting Ching's teaching and research activities as a member of the Crop Science Department and Agricultural Experiment Station at Oregon State University. Her records include personal and professional correspondence; institutional records documenting the activities of the Crop Science Department and other campus units; Ching's engagement with various professional events and organizations, including membership on the Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee; teaching records including course and advising materials; research files such as project records, laboratory notebooks, and assembled research materials; publications authored by Ching; and photographs, including images of specimen samples.
Ching's research efforts focused predominately on seed physiology with an emphasis on storage, dormancy, germination, and purity testing. Her research is documented in her research files, laboratory notebooks, publications, professional activities records, and correspondence. During her tenure at Oregon State Univeristy, she also taught a variety of courses in the Crop Science program and oversaw the research of numerous graduate students. Ching was was particularly active in OSU's international student community and participated in several related committees and programs, acted as advisor for a number of foreign graduate students, and participated in research and teaching opportunities abroad. Her records include teaching materials, student research, committee and materials. This collection also features significant documentation of OSU Crop Science Department during Ching's tenure and includes meeting minutes, memoranda, facilities and equipment records, and other item's related to the department's operation.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Te May Ching Papers (MSS Ching), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Te May Ching Papers are organized into seven series: 1. Correspondence, 1956-1981; 2. Institutional Records, 1948-1987; 3. Professional Associations and Activities, 1948-1987; 4. Teaching Files, 1950-1986; 5. Research Files, 1947-1982; 6. Publications, 1957-1988; 7. Photographs, 1954-1980. Series 4 and 5 are further divided into subseries.
Acquisition Information
Materials in the Te May Ching Papers were transferred to the University Archives by the Oregon State University Department of Crop Science in 1999. The collection now resides in the Special Collections and Archive Research Center.
Related Materials
Materials in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings pertaining to seed physiology and research include the Denis P. Lavender Papers (MSS Lavender), the Harry August Schoth Papers (MSS Schoth), the William A. Frazier Papers (MSS FrazierW) and the Oregon Tilth, Inc. Records (MSS Tilth). Collections relating to the crop science program at Oregon State include the Crop Science Club Records (MSS CropClub), the Crop Science Department Photographic Collection (P 134), the Crop Science Department Records (RG 095), and the Donald David Hill Papers (MSS HillD). Materials documenting the Agricultural Experiment Station can be found in the Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 025).
Information about the OSU's international education program is available in the International Education Records (RG 164). Records documenting the experience of women on the OSU campus can be found in the President's Commission on the Status of Women Records (RG 159), the Women's Center Records (RG 243), and the OSU Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection (OH 026).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Correspondence, 1956-1981Return to Top
Series 1, Correspondence, is comprised of both in-coming and out-going personal and professional correspondence between Ching and her Oregon State University colleagues, prospective and current student advisees, and domestic and international scholars in similar fields. Also included in this series are separate correspondence folders for Charles E. Allen, Walter B McHenry, and M. C. Parker, and travel reports from Donald David Hill.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1.1 | Personal |
1956-1958 |
1.2 | Personal |
1959-1960 |
1.3 | Personal |
1960-1962 |
1.4 | Professional |
1958-1971 |
1.5 | Professional |
1961-1963 |
2.1 | Professional |
1962-1981 |
2.2 | Professional |
1963-1967 |
2.3 | Professional |
1968-1974 |
3.1 | Professional |
1972-1976 |
3.2 | Professional |
1978-1980 |
3.3 | Charles E. Allen |
1950-1953 |
3.4 | Donald David Hill - Travel reports |
1959-1960 |
3.5 | Donald David Hill - Travel reports |
1961-1970 |
4.1 | Walter B. McHenry |
1951-1953 |
4.2 | M.C. Parker |
1955-1956 |
4.3 | Distribution lists |
1962-1979 |
Series 2: Institutional Records, 1948-1987Return to Top
Series 2 is comprised of records collected during Ching's tenure as a member of the Oregon State University faculty. The series includes materials related to the operating policies and procedures of the university; Crop Science Department records such as memoranda and inter-office correspondence, meeting minutes, and facilities and equipment records; materials documenting department and university programs and activities; and institutional publications.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
4.4 | Academic advising - Policies and procedures |
1978-1981 |
4.5 | Agricultural Experiment Station - Staff directories |
1961-1983 |
4.6 | Calendar of events |
1978 |
4.7 | Crop Science Department - "Agronomic Crop Science Symposium on Cereal Production Under Dryland Conditions" |
1973 |
4.8 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1951-1956 |
4.9 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1956-1960 |
5.1 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1960-1962 |
5.2 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1962-1967 |
5.3 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1968-1971 |
5.4 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1971-1976 |
5.5 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1972-1974 |
5.6 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1976-1977 |
5.7 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1978-1979 |
6.1 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1980-1982 |
6.2 | Crop Science Department - Correspondence and internal documents |
1982-1984 |
6.3 | Crop Science Department - Department head search |
1976 |
6.4 | Crop Science Department - Department Research Conference planning |
1970-1971 |
6.5 | Crop Science Department - Facilities planning |
1977-1981 |
6.6 | Crop Science Department - "History of the Farm Crops Department," R.E. Fore and D.W. Headrick |
1967 |
6.7 | Crop Science Department - Library |
1960-1962 |
6.8 | Crop Science Department - Seed Pathology |
1955-1957 |
6.9 | Crop Science Department - Staff meeting minutes |
1956-1961 |
7.1 | Crop Science Department - Staff meeting minutes |
1962-1982 |
7.2 | Crop Science Department - Supplies and equipment |
circa 1951-1956 |
7.3 | Crop Science Department - Supplies and equipment |
circa 1954-1970 |
7.4 | Crop Science Department - Supplies and equipment |
circa 1972-1983 |
7.5 | Crop Science Department - Zhi-liang Zhang (visiting scholar) |
1985 |
7.6 | Developmental Biology |
1971-1978 |
7.7 | Extension Service - Staff directories |
1968-1969 |
8.1 | Faculty policies and procedures |
1960-1978 |
8.2 | Faculty Bulletin / Staff Newsletter |
1957-1969 |
8.3 | Faculty Senate - Meeting minutes |
1956-1965 |
8.4 | Forest Science Seminar |
1964-1965 |
8.5 | Genetics Institute |
1957-1975 |
8.6 | Graduate School - Policies and procedures |
1962-1979 |
8.7 | Graduate School - Policies and procedures |
1976-1985 |
8.8 | Greenhouse facilities |
1955-1977 |
8.9 | High school education programs |
1958-1968 |
8.10 | James A Hensel v. Wenatchee Air Service, Inc. testimony |
1955 |
9.1 | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Advisory Committee |
1964 |
9.2 | Promotion and tenure |
circa 1978-1979 |
9.3 | Radiation Center |
1961-1970 |
9.4 | Research projects - Policies and procedures |
1955-1984 |
9.5 | School of Agriculture - Committee assignments |
1961-1981 |
9.6 | School of Agriculture - Conference on Effective Teaching |
1971-1972 |
9.7 | Seed Laboratory |
circa 1955-1970 |
9.8 | Seed Laboratory - Conferences and "Seed School" |
1958-1963 |
9.9 | Seed Laboratory - Seed Services Program |
circa 1980-1982 |
9.10 | Soviet Exchange Team on Cereal, Forage, and Grass Seed Production |
1961 |
9.11 | Travel requests and reports |
1954-1977 |
Series 3: Professional Associations and Activities, 1948-1987Return to Top
Series 3, Professional Associations and Activities, is comprised of files documenting Ching’s affiliation with professional associations such as the American Society of Plant Pathologists, the Genetics Society of America, and the Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee. Materials in this series also represent Ching’s on-campus professional activities, including her work with the Faculty Committee on Curricula in Agriculture, the Committee on Education for Women, and the College of Agriculture Long-range Planning group. Of particular note is folder relating to OSU’s Women in Development (WID) group, of which Ching was presumably a member. This file contains information on women working in the sciences, women in higher education, and discrimination against women in academia.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
9.12 | Agriculture and Home Economics Conference |
1957-1960 |
9.13 | Agricultural Adjustment Discussion Group |
1958-1961 |
10.1 | American Institute of Biological Sciences |
1962 |
10.2 | American Society of Plant Pathologists |
1957-1967 |
10.3 | Branch Station Planning Conference |
1956-1960 |
10.4 | College of Agricultural Sciences - Long-Range planning |
1983-1984 |
10.5 | Committee on Education for Women |
1966-1967 |
10.6 | Conference on Electronics for Scientists |
1965-1966 |
10.7 | Faculty Committee on Curricula in Agriculture |
1958 |
10.8 | Forage trip lecture notes |
1964 |
10.9 | Forest Management Research Advisory Committee |
1966 |
10.10 | Fulbright Commission |
1971-1972 |
10.11 | Genetics Society of America |
1962-1963 |
10.12 | Institute of International Development and Education in Agriculture and Life Science |
1984-1985 |
10.13 | Interregional Coordinating Committee for the Regional Seed Marketing Projects |
1958-1962 |
11.1 | National Association of Biology Teachers |
1962 |
11.2 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee |
1953-1954 |
11.3 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee |
1955-1956 |
11.4 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee |
1957-1958 |
11.5 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee |
1959-1962 |
11.6 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee |
1948-1963 |
11.7 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee [correspondence] |
1953-1960 |
11.8 | Northwest Forest Tree Seed Committee, See Standards Sub-committee |
1953-1958 |
12.1 | Oregon Electron Microscopists Association |
1965 |
12.2 | Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Agriculture Hall Expansion |
1965 |
12.3 | Oregon Seed Growers' League |
1955-1961 |
12.4 | President's Commission on Human Rights and Responsibilities; Association of Women in Science (AWIS) |
1974-1976 |
12.5 | Seed Processors' Conference |
1957-1975 |
12.6 | Services [university service] |
1966-1978 |
12.7 | Symposium on Modern Technology of Agriculture, Taiwan |
1979 |
12.8 | United States Department of Agriculture, See Symposium |
1970-1973 |
12.9 | Western Forest Genetics Association, Tree Seed Council |
1965-1977 |
12.10 | Western Forest Tree Seed Council |
1962 |
12.11 | Western Regional Seed Research Project Technical Committee |
1984 |
12.12 | Western Society of Crop Science |
1978 |
12.13 | Women In Development |
1978-1987 |
12.14 | Assorted conference information |
1957-1960 |
13.1 | Seminars and Speeches |
1973-1978 |
Series 4: Teaching Files, 1950-1986Return to Top
The materials in Series 4 represent Ching’s teaching, both at OSU and abroad, student advising, and completed student work. Included are course materials for Farm Crops courses (what is now Crop Science in the Department of Crop and Soil Science); copies of Master’s thesis and doctoral dissertations on which she advised; and files pertaining to “short courses” and lecture series Ching taught in China and Mexico. Of special note are the masters and doctoral proposals, which provide evidence of the contemporary concerns of seed biologists.
The series includes four subseries: 1. Courses; 2. General; 3. Student Work; and 4. Student Advising.
Access to student advising files in Series 4 is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to this material should be directed to the University Archivist.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Courses |
1950-1978 | |
Box/Folder | ||
13.2 | FC 111: Elements of Agronomy I |
1956 |
13.3 | FC 407: Farm Crops Seminar |
1960-1961 |
13.4 | FC 414: Seed Production |
1950 |
13.5 | FC 440: Electron Microscopy |
1964-1965 |
13.6 | FC 507: Farm Crops Seminar |
1955-1956 |
13.7 | FC 507: Farm Crops Seminar |
1956-1973 |
13.8 | FC 516: Field Plot Technique |
undated |
13.9 | FC 521: Crop Production |
1955-1957 |
13.10 | FC 521: Crop Production |
1957-1960 |
13.11 | General Crop Science course materials |
1976-1978 |
General |
1970-1985 | |
Box/Folder | ||
13.12 | Chinese Student Association |
1972-1973 |
13.13 | Genetics course offerings |
1970 |
13.14 | International Education |
1970-1973 |
14.1 | International Education Committee Meeting Minutes |
1970-1973 |
14.2 | International Education, Japan Study Center |
1972-1974 |
14.3 | Lecture series, China |
1979-1981 |
14.4 | Seed Biology Seminar/Short Course |
1979-1983 |
14.5 | Seed Physiology Short Course; South China Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica |
1981-1984 |
14.6 | Visitors and students from China |
1984-1985 |
Student Work |
1964-1972 | |
Box/Folder | ||
15.1 | Warren M. Blacklow, "The Physiology of Seasonal Growth in Tall Fescue Varieties (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.)" [PhD dissertation] |
1969 |
15.2 | James Henry Helm, "Chemical and Genetic Evaluation of High Lysine and Protein in Selected Barley Crosses" |
1972 |
15.3 | Allan Herbert Legge, "The Gene-Ecology of Crepis nana Richardson and Crepis elegans Hooker in Artic and Alpine North America" |
1971 |
15.4 | Jyotendra Narain Singh, "Effects of Modifying the Environment of Flowering, Fruiting, and Biochemical Composition of the Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)" |
1964 |
15.5 | Ronald E. Stewart, "The Effect of Osmotic Moisture Strees During Germination on Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) |
circa 1970 |
16.1 | William Perry Wheeler, "Patterns of Mitotic Activity During Late Embryogeny, Germination and Early Seedling Ontogeny of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) France" |
1967 |
16.2 | Master's and Dissertation proposals |
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Student Advising
Access to materials in this subseries is restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to these materials should be directed to the University Archivist.
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1957-1986 | |
Box/Folder | ||
43.1 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.2 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.3 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.4 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.5 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.6 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.7 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.8 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.9 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.10 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.11 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.12 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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43.13 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.1 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.2 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.3 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.4 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.5 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.6 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.7 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.8 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
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44.9 | RESTRICTED: Student Advising |
Series 5: Research Files, 1947-1982Return to Top
Series 5 is comprised of materials documenting Te May Ching's research efforts. The series is comprised of five subseries: 1. Project Files; 2. Budget Records; 3. Grant and Project Proposals; 4. Laboratory Notebooks; and 5. Collected Publications and Bibliographic Records.
Subseries 1 includes materials both for specific projects and for more broad areas of inquiry, as indicated by Ching's own labeling and filing. The project files predominately reflect Ching's interest in seed treatments, storage, and germination. Subseries 2 is comprised of budget records documenting income from grant agencies and other sources and expenditures on equipment, samples, and personnel. Subseries 3 contains proposals submitted to grant agencies and internally to OSU administrators and outline funding, personnel, equipment, and facilities needs. The laboratory notebooks represent a large portion of Ching's research and are comprised predominately of experiment datasets, though some also include materials related to experiments conducted as part of course instruction. All laboratory notebook titles were assigned by Ching. Subseries 5 is comprised of resources, including conference proceedings, scientific papers, and reports relating to her research. Of particular note are three boxes of index cards containing bibliographic records created and assmbled by Ching.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Project Files |
1947-1981 | |
Box/Folder | ||
16.3 | Project 39: "Quality, Germination, & Purity Studies with Oregon Crop Seed" |
1948-1957 |
16.4 | Project 256: "Seed Quality" |
1969-1976 |
17.1 | Project 256: "Seed Quality" - Financial statements |
1978-1979 |
17.2 | Project 308: "Preserving seed quality through improved handling and packaging" |
1957-1963 |
17.3 | Project 319: "Testing and Handling of Forest Tree Seeds" |
1957-1979 |
17.4 | Project 319: "Testing and Handling of Forest Tree Seeds" - Financial statements |
1969-1981 |
17.5 | Cooperative projects - Legumes, wheat, heterosis in domestic animals, effects of airborne pollutants from coal-fired power plants on plant growth |
1960-1975 |
18.1 | Cooperative projects - Germination of irradiated wheat |
1957-1961 |
18.2 | Cooperative projects - Wheat irradiation - Progress reports |
1957-1961 |
18.3 | Cooperative projects - Wheat irradiation - Correspondence |
1957-1961 |
18.4 | Cooperative projects - Wheat irradiation - Manuscript |
1961 |
18.5 | R. Howard Berg - Project data |
1979-1980 |
18.6 | David Cheung - "Nitrogen Determination on Ponderosa Pine Seeds" |
1961-1962 |
18.7 | Louis W. & Maud Hill Family Foundation - Projects |
1960-1965 |
18.8 | Denis P. Lavender - Tree Seed Project |
1953-1956 |
18.9 | Peter M. Leahy - "Statistical Analysis of Results of Soaking Treatments of Douglas Fir Seeds" |
1953-1955 |
18.10 | H.A. Scullen - Pollination |
1949-1952 |
18.11 | L.W. Woodstock - High and low protein wheat seedling data |
1974 |
18.12 | Alium vineale germination study |
1952-1956 |
19.1 | Bacteroides |
1970-1976 |
19.2 | Bag storage studies - Alta fescue and crimson clover |
1955-1957 |
19.3 | Barley - Hydrogen peroxide testing |
1955-1956 |
19.4 | Bentgrass - seed types |
1957 |
19.5 | Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) germination study |
1952 |
19.6 | Bluegrass |
1957-1958 |
19.7 | Bluegrass - Histological study |
1957-1958 |
19.8 | Bluegrass - Seed types |
1955-1956 |
19.9 | Broad beans and hard-seeded legumes |
1951 |
19.10 | Buried seed study |
1962-1970 |
19.11 | Bush bean nodules - Chemical analysis |
1963-1965 |
19.12 | Canned seeds study |
1961-1967 |
19.13 | Ceanothus prostratus- Germination |
1961 |
19.14 | Cold testing - Oregon soil |
1953 |
19.15 | Cotton seed - Infrared drying |
1960-1961 |
19.16 | Crimson clover - Seed germination |
1971-1975 |
19.17 | Crimson clover - Maturity study |
1959 |
20.1 | Crimson clover - Sealed container storage |
1955-1957 |
20.2 | Crimson clover - Trace element study |
1954 |
20.3 | Dichondra - Infrared treatment |
1962 |
20.4 | Douglas fir - Dewing damage study |
1953-1954 |
20.5 | Douglas fir - "GA" treatment |
circa 1959-1960 |
20.6 | Douglas fir - pH study |
1955 |
20.7 | Douglas fir - Seed mycorrhuza |
1961 |
20.8 | Douglas fir - Storage trials |
1952 |
20.9 | Electrostatic seed separation |
1955 |
20.10 | Excised embryos |
1951 |
20.11 | Festuca rubra - Identification |
1951 |
20.12 | Fine fescue - Inert matter |
1956-1958 |
20.13 | Fluorescent compounds |
1959-1962 |
20.14 | Germinator - Uniformity trial |
1953 |
20.15 | Grand fir - Germination, hydrogen peroxide, and tetrazolium tests |
1959 |
20.16 | Gromweel weed (Lithospermum arvensis) - Germination |
1955 |
20.17 | Hydroscopic equilibrium |
1957-1958 |
20.18 | Infrared drying |
1948-1962 |
21.1 | Infrared drying |
1958-1962 |
21.2 | King green beans - Seedling evaluations |
1957 |
21.3 | Lettuce - Germination |
1949-1951 |
21.4 | Lindane - Effect on corn seed in storage |
1955-1956 |
21.5 | Lipid emulsion study |
1963-1964 |
21.6 | Lotus uliginosusgermination - bound roots |
1949 |
21.7 | Lyosome enzymes |
1962-1975 |
21.8 | Mahleb cherry seed - Germination |
1957 |
21.9 | Merion bluegrass (Poa pratensis) - Thiourea experiments |
1952-1953 |
21.10 | Moisture content - Correlatin of oven-drying and cencometer |
1954-1955 |
21.11 | Moisture equilibrium - Forest tree seeds |
1955-1956 |
21.12 | Moisture percent / RH information |
1947-1956 |
21.13 | Moisture retention - Perennial ryegrass and crimson clover |
undated |
21.14 | Moisture survey data - Chewings fescue, ryegrass, highland bent, Sudan grass, alta fescue, crimson clover |
1956-1961 |
21.15 | Oatgrass - Threshing |
1951-1953 |
21.16 | Oil treatment - State Highway Commission |
1955 |
21.17 | Orchard grass - Germination |
1957 |
22.1 | Pansy seed storage study 1 |
1952-1955 |
22.2 | Pansy seed storage study 2 |
1954-1955 |
22.3 | Peas - Chemical injury |
1949 |
22.4 | Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) - Sealed container storage studies |
1947-1968 |
22.5 | Phormium germination |
1955-1957 |
22.6 | Pollen germination on different media |
1964 |
22.7 | Resazurin test |
1956 |
22.8 | Ryegrass - Dormancy |
circa 1960 |
22.9 | Ryegrass - Hydration studies |
1953 |
22.10 | Seed cleaning |
1952-1956 |
22.11 | Seed moisture experiments |
1951-1952 |
22.12 | Seed purity |
1948-1951 |
22.13 | Seed purity |
1949 |
23.1 | Seed purity |
1949 |
23.2 | Seed purity |
1949-1956 |
23.3 | Seed research - General information |
1957-1979 |
23.4 | Seed treatments - Toxicity |
circa 1960 |
23.5 | Shipping condition study |
1958-1959 |
23.6 | Small-seeded legumes - Germination of hard seeds |
1957 |
23.7 | Soybean nodules |
1974 |
23.8 | Storage bag experiment |
1953-1955 |
23.9 | Storage bag experiment |
1959-1972 |
24.1 | Storage - Grain sorghum |
1957-1961 |
24.2 | Tetrazolim staining |
1950-1956 |
24.3 | Threshing studies |
1954-1955 |
24.4 | Tree seeds - Sampling study |
1958-1959 |
24.5 | Vicia villosa - Germination |
1949 |
24.6 | Vicia villosa - Hairy weevils in live vetch |
1958-1959 |
24.7 | Warehouse conditions - Lilly's and Vollstedt's |
1957-1958 |
24.8 | Wheat - Postharvest dormancy |
1948-1972 |
24.9 | Wheat - Postharvest dormancy |
1959-1961 |
24.10 | Wheat - Septoria nodorum damage |
1981 |
42.1 | X-ray photographs and datasheets |
undated |
Budget Records |
1951-1981 | |
Box/Folder | ||
24.11 | Budgets |
1957 |
24.12 | Budgets |
1958 |
24.13 | Budgets |
1959 |
24.14 | Budgets |
1960 |
25.1 | Budgets |
1961 |
25.2 | Budgets |
1962 |
25.3 | Budgets |
1963 |
25.4 | Budgets |
1964-1966 |
25.5 | Budgets |
1966-1967 |
25.6 | Budgets - Balances |
1951-1956 |
25.7 | Budget - National Science Foundation |
1961-1973 |
25.8 | Budget - Projects |
1976-1978 |
25.9 | Budget - "Enhancing Nitrogen Fixation in Red Alder" |
1979-1981 |
Grant and Project Proposals |
1949-1982 | |
Box/Folder | ||
26.1 | Grant proposal - National Institute of Health Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - "Effect of H2O2 on seed germination and fat metabolism" |
1959-1963 |
26.2 | Grant proposal - National Institute of Health Department of Health, Education, and Welfare |
1969-1970 |
26.3 | Grant proposal - U.S. Department of Agriculture - "Enhancing Nitrogen Fixation in Red Alder" |
1977-1982 |
26.4 | Grant proposal - U.S. Department of Agriculture - "Enhancing Nitrogen Fixation in Red Alder" |
1978 |
26.5 | Grant proposal - United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, "Biochemical activities in seed and their relation to seed vigor" |
1977-1978 |
26.6 | Grant proposal - Various |
1978-1980 |
26.7 | Project proposal - Charles E. Allen |
1949-1950 |
26.8 | Project proposal - Inter-regional seed research |
1955-1956 |
26.9 | Project proposal - "Maximizing N2 Fixation and Yield of Phaseolus vulgaris by Optimal Soil Nutrients" |
1965-1982 |
Laboratory Notebooks |
1955-1971 | |
Box/Folder | ||
27.1 | "1966A" |
1965-1966 |
27.2 | "Ag Seeds" |
1958-1964 |
27.3 | "Chemical Analysis" |
1959-1962 |
27.4 | "Geotropism and Radiochemical Work" |
1956-1967 |
27.5 | "H2O2 Test & Ag Seed" |
1956-1958 |
27.6 | "Histological Study" |
1962 |
27.7 | "M/C % I" |
1958-1962 |
28.1 | "M/C % II" |
1962-1971 |
28.2 | "Moisture" |
1956-1958 |
28.3 | "Notes" |
1957-1963 |
28.4 | "Physiology of Tree Seeds" |
1958-1962 |
28.5 | "Plant Biochemistry (471)" |
circa 1955 |
28.6 | "Plant Biochemistry (474)" |
circa 1955 |
29.1 | "Research Records" |
1962-1963 |
29.2 | "Research Records" |
1964-1965 |
29.3 | "Seed Physiology" |
1959-1961 |
29.4 | "Seed respiration" |
1957-1959 |
29.5 | "T2 Research" |
1958-1959 |
29.6 | "Tree Seed" |
1956-1959 |
29.7 | [Untitled] |
1955-1957 |
29.8 | [Untitled] |
1956-1958 |
30.1 | [Untitled] |
1962-1966 |
30.2 | [Untitled] |
1965 |
30.3 | [Untitled] |
1966-1967 |
30.4 | [Untitled] |
1966-1967 |
Collected Publications and Bibliographic Records |
1949-1975 | |
Box/Folder | ||
30.5 | The American Institute of Biological Sciences, "A Translation of Plant Physiology" |
1957 |
30.6 | Association of Official Seed Analysts, "Proceedings, of the Forty-fourth Annual Meeting" |
1954 |
30.7 | Association of Official Seed Analysts, "Proceedings, of the Forty-seventh Annual Meeting" |
1957 |
30.8 | Association of Official Seed Analysts, "Proceedings, of the Forty-eight Annual Meeting" |
1958 |
31.1 | Association of Official Seed Analysts, "Proceedings, of the Forty-ninth Annual Meeting" |
1959 |
31.2 | Association of Official Seed Analysts, "Fifty Years of Seed Testing" |
circa 1958 |
31.3 | Tudor Barnard, [Articles relating to brown adipose tissue] |
undated |
31.4 | International Botanical Congress, "Abstracts, Volume I" |
1975 |
31.5 | International Botanical Congress, "Abstracts, Volume II" |
1975 |
31.6 | Pacific Northwest Grain Standards and Quality Committee, "Pacific Northwest Wheat Quality Survey" |
1969 |
31.7 | Pacific Northwest Grain Standards and Quality Committee, "Quality Wheat" |
1971-1972 |
31.8 | M. C. Parker, "Monogerm Hybrid Sugar Beet Seed" |
1955-1956 |
31.9 | Proceedings of the International Seed Testing Association, Volume 26, No. 4 |
1961 |
32.1 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing Service, "Purity and Identification of Seeds" |
circa 1956 |
32.2 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Administration, "Distinguishing the Seeds of Cultivated Fine-leaved Fescues and Certain Weedy Species Occurring with Crop Seeds" |
1949 |
32.3 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, "Proceedings: Seed Protein Conference" |
1963 |
32.4 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1964 |
32.5 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1965 |
32.6 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1966 |
32.7 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1967 |
32.8 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1968 |
32.9 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1969 |
33.1 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1970 |
33.2 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest and Range Research Branch, and Department of Farm Crops, Oregon Agricultural College, "Annual Report: Seed Production Investigations" |
1971 |
33.3 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Progress Report on Research and Related Service Applicable to Seed" |
1959 |
33.4 | U.S. Forest Service, "Sowing Rate Computer" (with Vovelle wheel) |
1958 |
33.5 | Bibliographic records |
undated |
39.1 | Bibliographic records |
undated |
40.1 | Bibliographic records |
undated |
41.1 | Bibliographic records |
undated |
Series 6: Publications, 1957-1988Return to Top
Series 6, Publications, documents the published outcome of Ching’s professional research. The majority of the publications authored by Ching relate to seed germination (e.g. changes occurring during germination, effects of specific processes like irradiation on germination). The Publications series also includes reprints of Ching’s articles, reviews published by Ching, and files of tables, figures, and permissions for her published articles.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
33.6 | T. M. Ching, "Adenosine Triphosphate Content and Seed Vigor" |
1972 |
33.7 | T. M. Ching, "Aging Stresses on Physiological and Biochemical Activities of Crimson Clover Seeds" |
1971-1972 |
33.8 | Te May Ching, "Change of Chemical Reserves in Germinating Douglas Fir Seed" |
1962 |
33.9 | T. M. Ching, I. Schoolcraft, P. Rowell, H. Taylor, B. Davidson, "Change of Forage Seed Quality in Commercial Warehouses in Western Oregon" |
1962-1963 |
33.10 | Te May Ching, "Compartmental Utilization of Carboxyl-14C C-Tripalmitin by Tissue Homogenate of Pine Seeds" |
1972 |
33.11 | Te May Ching, "Content of Adenosine Phosphates and Adenylate Energy Charge in Germinating Ponderosa Pine Seeds" |
1972 |
33.12 | T. M. Ching, Saundra Hedtke, Mary C. Boulger, and Warren Kronstad, "Correlation of Field Emergence Rate and Seed Vigor Criteria in Barley Cultivars" |
1976 |
34.1 | Sevim Cinki and T. M. Ching, "Correlation of Tetrazolium and Germination in Wheat Seed with Different Treatments" |
1964-1965 |
34.2 | Te May Ching and Lori Rynd, "Developmental Differences in Embryos of High- and Low-Protein Wheat Seeds During Germination" |
1974-1978 |
34.3 | Te May Ching and S. C. Fang, "Differential Incorporation of Acetate and Glucose in Maturing Douglas Fir Seeds" |
1968 |
34.4 | Roger C. Murin, T. M. Ching, Kim K. Ching, "Douglas Fir Pollen: Germination in Vitro" |
1978 |
34.5 | T. M. Ching and S. Abu-Shakra, "Effect of Water Vapor Transmission Rates of Package Material and Storage Conditions on Seed Quality" |
1964 |
34.6 | Te May Ching and John R. Prince, "Effects of X-Ray Radiation on Seed Germination, Seedling Growth and Survival of Douglas Fir" |
1961-1965 |
34.7 | Te May Ching, Saudra Hedtke, Sterling Russell, Harold J. Evans, "Energy State and Dinitrogen Fixation in Soybean Nodules of Dark Growth Plants" |
1975 |
34.8 | Te May Ching, David Stamp, Jim Crane, "Energy State in Mature Seeds" |
1974 |
34.9 | Te May Ching, et. al. "Energy State of Wheat Leaves in Ammonium Nitrate-treated Plants" |
1974-1975 |
34.10 | T. M. Ching and N. J. Chatterton, "Fluctuation of Metabolites in Alfalfa Leaves Under Light, Dark, and Extended Dark Conditions" |
1974-1976 |
35.1 | Te May Ching and M. C. Parker, "Hydrogen Peroxide for Rapid Viability Tests of Some Coniferous Tree Seeds" |
1957-1958 |
35.2 | Te May Ching, "Intracellular Distribution of Lipolytic Activity in Female Gametophyte of Germinating Douglas Fir Seeds" |
1967-1968 |
35.3 | E. W. R. Barlow, T. M. Ching, L. Boersma, "Leaf Growth in Relation to ATP Levels in Water-stressed Corn Plants" |
1974-1975 |
35.4 | Te May Ching, "Liposomes in Douglas Fir Seeds" |
1965-1967 |
35.5 | Te May Ching, "Metabolic Changes of Douglas Fir Seeds During Germination" |
1966 |
35.6 | Te May Ching, "Metabolism of Germinating Seeds" [from Seed Biology, Vol. II] |
1972 |
35.7 | Salah S. Abu-Shakra and Te May Ching, "Mitochondrial Activity in Germinating New and Old Soybean Seeds" |
1961-1966 |
35.8 | T. M. Ching, H. Taylor, and L. A. Jensen, "Quality Change of Forage Seeds in Commercial Storage in Western Oregon" |
undated |
35.9 | T. M. Ching, "Regulation of Nitrogenase Activity in Soybean Nodules by ATP and Energy Charge" |
1975-1976 |
35.10 | T. M. Ching, "Respiration of Forage Seed in Hermetically Sealed Cans" |
1960 |
36.1 | T. M. Ching and L. A. Jensen, "Sampling Experiments of Coniferous Tree Seeds for Testing" |
1959 |
36.2 | Te May Ching, "Seed Production from Individual Cones of Grand Fir" |
1959-1960 |
36.3 | Te May Ching, "Some Experiments on the Optimum Germination Conditions for Western Hemlock" |
1957 |
36.4 | Te May Ching, "Temperature Regulation of Germination in Crimson Clover Seeds" |
1975 |
36.5 | T. M., Ching, "Varietal Differences in Growth Potential, Adenylate Energy Level, and Energy Change of Wheat" |
1972 |
36.6 | T. M. Ching, et. al., Yearbook of Agriculture |
1959-1961 |
36.7 | Reprints and Offprints |
1959-1988 |
37.1 | Tables and Figures |
circa 1968 |
37.2 | Tables and Figures |
undated |
37.3 | Publication permissions |
1970 |
37.4 | Papers reviewed by Te May Ching |
1957-1975 |
37.5 | Papers reviewed by Te May Ching |
1975-1980 |
37.6 | Papers reviewed by Te May Ching |
1982-1983 |
Series 7: Photographs, 1954-1980Return to Top
Series 7 is comprised largely of photographs of seed and plant samples assembled for research, presentation, and publication purposes and includes prints, negatives, and slides. Many of the photographs appear to have been selected for use at conferences or in research publications, while others seem to have been retained for their research value. Many of the photographs contain little or no identifying information.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
37.7 | Annual report |
1957 |
37.8 | Barley |
1954-1962 |
37.9 | Crimson clover |
1958-1961 |
37.10 | Douglas fir - Peroxide test |
undated |
37.11 | Feathery pumule |
1956 |
37.12 | Federal Seed Conference |
1955 |
37.13 | Fine fescue - Inert matter |
1957 |
37.14 | King green beans |
1957 |
38.1 | Merion bluegrass - Aberrant forms |
1955 |
38.2 | Pin oak - Peroxide test |
1958 |
38.3 | Resazurin test |
1958 |
38.4 | Ryegrass |
1957-1960 |
38.5 | Seed dryer |
undated |
38.6 | Seed Growers Conference |
1958 |
38.7 | Seed Processor's Conference |
1959-1963 |
38.8 | Seed storage |
1956-1960 |
38.9 | Stanford talk |
1957 |
38.10 | Sugar beets - Monogerm/multigerm |
undated |
38.11 | Sugar pine - Germination inhibitor |
circa 1960 |
38.12 | Tree seeds - Tetrazolium chloride testing |
undated |
38.13 | Unidentified specimens |
undated |
38.14 | Warehouse survey |
1962 |
38.15 | Western Crop Science Meeting |
1964 |
38.16 | Wheat |
1955 |
38.17 | Film negatives |
circa 1978-1980 |
38.18 | Slides |
circa 1957-1960 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Crop science--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Graduate students--Supervision of.
- Seed industry and trade--Oregon.
- Seed technology.
- Seeds--Irradiation.
- Seeds--Testing.
- Women scientists.
Personal Names
- Ching, Te May.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State University. Department of Crop and Soil Science.
Form or Genre Terms
- Film negatives.
- Notebooks.
- Photographic prints.
- Slides (photographs).