Archives West Finding Aid

The records at the Southwestern Washington Research Unit are arranged in six distinct series. The first series, Correspondence, 1950-1968, is comprised of both incoming and outgoing general correspondence. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically, by incoming correspondent (the correspondent may be a person, business or institution), This group of letters and documents concerns a wide variety of University correspondence, professional correspondence, and information from agricultural and industrial sources. The second series, Subject File, 1943-1959, contains reports, memoranda, data, and other correspondence with related agencies in both government and the private sector. That series is arranged alphabetically by subject and covers the years 1943-1959, but bulks largest in the early 1950s. Series 3, Staff Correspondence Files, 1965-1975, contains the personal files of D. F. Allmendinger and Perry Crandall (both Research Unit Superintendents), and Glenn Wolf, an experiment aide. These files were labeled as such in the original accession and contain correspondence to various colleagues. Series 4, Project Reports, 1943-1964, is a collection of project reports and evaluations. Included in this series is information on crop experiments, technological developments (such as the mechanical bean pole harvester), and programs conducted by the research unit. Series 5, Photographs, is a collection of photographs and negatives depicting various scenes around the research unit, scientific data, and research project results. These photographs are generally not dated. The final series, 6, is an oversized ledger containing information pertaining to blackberry and strawberry research, growth records, and other data. It is dated 1946-1967.