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State College of Washington Department of Agronomy Records, 1940-1973
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- State College of Washington. Department of Agronomy
- Title
- State College of Washington Department of Agronomy Records
- Dates
- 1940-1973 (inclusive)19401973
- Quantity
- 9.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (10 Boxes)
- Collection Number
- Archives 61 (collection)
- Summary
- The State College of Washington Department of Agronomy Records 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
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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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Agriculture has always been part of Washington State University's curriculum. In the earliest days of the Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science of the State of Washington (later the State College of Washington, before becoming WSU), 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 1928. This name was changed in November 1969 to Department of Agronomy and Soils.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The State College of Washington Department of Agronomy Records 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.
Series 1: Subject File, 1940-1972, contains records dating from 1940 through 1972, however, the bulk of the material deals with the period after 1963. It 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.
Series 2, Tennessee Valley Authority files, 1951-1972, consists 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.
Series 3, Correspondence Files, 1965-1971, 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.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
State College of Washington Department of Agronomy Records, 1940-1973 (Archives 61)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into three series. Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by subject; Series 2 is arranged chronologically to be consistent with its original order; Series 3 is arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year.
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 1981.
Related Materials
History of the Department of Agronomy and Soils, and related USDA programs, Washington State University, circa 1988-1989 (Cage 746)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series: Subject File , 1940-1972Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Affirmative Action Plan 1 item
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1972 |
1 | 2-4 | Agricultural Chemicals 16 items
|
1969-1972 |
1 | 5 | Agricultural Commodity Commissions Meeting 7 items
|
1966 |
1 | 6 | Agricultural Economics 4 items
|
1970 |
1 | 7 | Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service 2 items
|
1969 |
1 | 8-10 | Agriculture, College of 28 items
|
1965-1966, 1970 |
1 | 11 | Agronomy Advisory Board 35 items
|
1957, 1961, 1963-1965 |
1 | 12 | Agronomy Base-Setting Meeting 1 item
|
1972 |
1 | 13-14 | Agronomy Club 13 items
|
1966-1967 |
1 | 15-18 | Agronomy & Men 101 items
|
1965-1966, 1968-1970 |
1 | 19 | Alpha Zeta 1 item
|
1965 |
1 | 20 | Alumni Rosters (and miscellaneous
material) 14 items
|
1968-1970 |
1 | 21 | American Society of Agronomy 49 items
|
1963 |
1 | 22 | American Society of Agronomy
Correspondence 6 items
|
1971-1972 |
1 | 23 | Assistantships and Fellowships (requests) 7 items
|
1963-1964 |
1 | 24-25 | Barley 7 items
|
1964, 1968, 1972 |
1 | 26 | Blain, John--Ford Motor Farm Efficiency
Award 10 items
|
1966 |
1 | 27 | Bureau of Reclamation Meeting 32 items
|
17 March 1965 |
1 | 28-30 | Careers in Agronomy 65 items
|
1964-1966 |
1 | 31 | Castor Bean Production Potential 1 item
|
1965 |
1 | 32 | Certified Seed Growers 3 items
|
1963, 1964, 1969 |
1 | 33 | Columbia Plateau Conservation Council 46 items
|
1965 |
1 | 34 | Columbia Plateau Resources Council 30 items
|
1965 |
1 | 35-36 | Computing Center 8 items
|
1969-1972 |
1 | 37 | Controlled Environment Facilities 6 items
|
1966-1971 |
1 | 38-41 | County Agent's Letters, Re: Annual Reports 154 items
|
1964-1967 |
1 | 42-43 | Course Outlines for Agronomy and soils 37 items
|
1968-1970 |
1 | 44-71 | Crop Judging Team 248 items
|
1940, 1951-1972 |
2 | 72-73 | Dry Pea and Lentil commission 36 items
|
1966, 1972 |
2 | 74 | Dryland Research Review conference 14 items
|
Feb. 15-16, 1966 |
2 | 75-76 | Dryland Research--Lind Experiment Station 21 items
|
1965, 1967 |
2 | 77 | Educational Policies Committee 3 items
|
1969 |
2 | 78 | Enrollment Statistics 8 items
|
1970-1972 |
2 | 79 | Environmental Science 7 items
|
1970-1971 |
2 | 80 | EROS 22 items
|
1969 |
2 | 81-87 | Extension Administration 188 items
|
1964-1970 |
2 | 88 | Extension--Agronomy Research Program 10 items
|
1964 |
2 | 89 | Extension--50th Anniversary conference 5 items
|
1964 |
2 | 90 | Extension--Agronomy Personnel Annual
Reports 9 items
|
1964 |
2 | 91 | Extension--Annual Reports for Specialists 11 items
|
1964-1965 |
2 | 92-96 | Extension Correspondence 505 items
|
1964-1968 |
3 | 97-99 | Extension Correspondence 78 items
|
1969-1972 |
3 | 100 | Extension Director's Memos 5 items
|
1965 |
3 | 101-102 | Extension Agronomists Meeting 23 items
|
1964, 1966 |
3 | 103 | Extension--Meetings & Minutes 45 items
|
1967-1972 |
3 | 104-107 | Extension--Annual Plans of Work 46 items
|
|
3 | 108 | Extension Publications 22 items
|
1966-1967 |
3 | 109 | Extension Range Management Program 10 items
|
1964 |
3 | 110 | Extension Research Report 1 item
|
1971 |
3 | 111 | Extension Service Review 14 items
|
December 4-8, 1972 |
3 | 112-113 | Extension Training Sessions 19 items
|
1964-1966 |
3 | 114 | Fertilizer--Aqua Humus 43 items
|
1963 |
3 | 115-117 | Fertilizer Conference, Pacific Northwest
Regional 163 items
|
1964-1966 |
3 | 118 | Fertilizer Conference (1966), Rough Drafts
of the Papers 30 items
|
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3 | 119 | Fertilizer Conference Proceedings 4 items
|
1968-1970 |
3 | 120 | Fertilizer and Herbicides Needs--Agronomy
Farm 21 items
|
1964-1965 |
3 | 121 | Fertilizer Institute 3 items
|
1971 |
3 | 122-123 | Fertilizer--Various Angles 11 items
|
1964-1965 |
3 | 124-131 | Field Day 211 items
|
1964-1970 |
4 | 132 | Field Day, Spillman Farm 48 items
|
1971 |
4 | 133 | Field Days 5 items
|
1971 |
4 | 134-136 | Forage Testing 6 items
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1963, 1964, 1966 |
4 | 137-140 | Foreign Correspondence and Visitors 76 items
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1962-1969 |
4 | 141 | Forest & Tree Fertilization 9 items
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1965-1969 |
4 | 142-143 | Genetics Program 13 items
|
1970, 1972 |
4 | 144 | Goodyear SCS Awards 16 items
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1964-1965 |
4 | 145 | Grass Seed Production Meeting (Pendleton) 7 items
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1971 |
4 | 146 | Greenbug Threat to Wheat 1 item
|
1971 |
4 | 147 | Herbicide Damage Research 10 items
|
1962-1963, 1968 |
4 | 148-150 | Honors Program 14 items
|
1964-1972 |
4 | 151 | International Executive Services 1 item
|
1968 |
4 | 152 | International Programs 3 items
|
1968, 1970 |
4 | 153 | Iowa State University Agricultural Travel
Course 34 items
|
1965 |
4 | 154-156 | Irrigation Experiment Station (Prosser) 14 items
|
1964- 1966, 1968 |
4 | 157-159 | Jobs Available 8 items
|
1966 1968 1969 |
4 | 160-162 | Job Placement 17 items
|
1964, 1969, 1971 |
4 | 163 | Job Statistics an Graduates 1 item
|
1972 |
4 | 164-167 | Junior Community College 60 items
|
1968-1971 |
4 | 168 | Lewis County Grassland Council 16 items
|
1964 |
4 | 169-170 | Library 10 items
|
1970-1972 |
4 | 171 | Lime Conference-- 21 items
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November 16-17, 1965 |
4 | 172 | Maquire Replacement for WSU Seed
Laboratory 9 items
|
1966 |
4 | 173-175 | Manuscript Reviews from other Departments 24 items
|
1967, 1971, 1972 |
4 | 176 | Marketing Clinic: proposal and committee
meetings 33 items
|
1966 |
4 | 177-178 | Meetings and Conferences 10 items
|
1971-1972 |
4 | 179 | National Wheat Institute 8 items
|
1970 |
4 | 180 | News Bureau 3 items
|
1972 |
4 | 181-182 | Northwestern Washington Research &
Extension Unit 2 items
|
1965, 1968 |
4 | 183 | Open House--College Of Agriculture 16 items
|
1966-1969 |
4 | 184 | Osterli, Victor--Columbia Plateau
Resources Council 29 items
|
1966 |
4 | 185-188 | Outlying Testing--Central Washington 48 items
|
1963-1965, 1967 |
4 | 189-191 | Outlying Testing--NoWestern Washington 51 items
|
1965-1967 |
4 | 192 | Outlying Testing--Prosser 5 items
|
1969 |
4 | 193 | Outlying Testing--Tree Fruit Research 1 item
|
1969 |
4 | 194 | Outlying Testing--Washington State 4 items
|
1968 |
4 | 195-197 | Outlying Testing--Western Washington 23 items
|
1964, 1965, 1967 |
4 | 198-202 | Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement
Association 69 items
|
1964-1966 |
5 | 203-208 | Pacific Northwest Crop improvement
Association 39 items
|
1967-1972 |
5 | 209-214 | Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association 43 items
|
1964-1969 |
5 | 215-220 | Pakistan 45 items
|
1964-1969 |
5 | 221 | Patent Committee 3 items
|
1972 |
5 | 222 | Pesticides 30 items
|
1968-1972 |
5 | 223 | Plant Pathology, Department, of 3 items
|
1972 |
5 | 224 | Potash Institute 4 items
|
1971 |
5 | 225 | Potato Commission 1 item
|
1972 |
5 | 226 | Projects in Agronomy & Soils--current
status 2 items
|
1970 |
5 | 227 | Prospective Graduate Students 3 items
|
1972 |
5 | 228 | Prospective Undergraduate Students 2 items
|
1971 |
5 | 229 | Publications 5 items
|
1965 |
5 | 230 | Publication Plans of the Agronomy 4 Soils
Faculty 31 items
|
1966 |
5 | 231 | Recreation (Academic Preparation) 1 item
|
1968 |
5 | 231 | Recreation (Academic Preparation). 1 item
|
1968 |
5 | 232 | Resident Instructional Staff 9 items
|
1970 |
5 | 233 | Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships 30 items
|
1969-1971 |
5 | 234 | Safety 9 items
|
1969 |
5 | 235-236 | Scholarships 51 items
|
1964-1965, 1972-1973 |
5 | 237 | Science Development Proposal 3 items
|
1965 |
5 | 238 | Search for Director Committee 15 items
|
1972-1973 |
5 | 239 | Seed House 3 items
|
1972 |
5 | 240 | Seed Lab (Seed Prices) 3 items
|
1972 |
5 | 241 | Seed School, Idaho-Washington 14 items
|
1966 |
5 | 242-247 | Short Courses 87 items
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1964-1969 |
5 | 248 | Space 55 items
|
1960-1965 |
5 | 249 | Soil Chemistry Notes--correspondence 31 items
|
1957-1967 |
5 | 250 | Soil Conservation Service--SCD's
(Newsletters) 23 items
|
1964-1965 |
5 | 251 | Soil Conservation Society of America 15 items
|
1963-1971 |
5 | 252 | Soil Conservation Society of
America--inland Empire 29 items
|
1964-1970 |
5 | 253-254 | Soil Fertility Workers Conference--Central
Washington 30 items
|
1964-1965 |
5 | 255 | Soil Fertility Workers Conference-
-Western Washington 10 items
|
1964-1964 |
6 | 256-263 | Soil Improvement Committee 217 items
|
1964-1967 |
6 | 264 | Soils Research Program 21 items
|
1968 |
6 | 265 | Soils Seminar, University of Idaho &
WSU 12 items
|
1963-1964 |
6 | 266-268 | Soil Science Society of America 9 items
|
1965, 1968, 1969 |
6 | 269 | Soil Survey--Seattle Conference 33 items
|
1964 |
6 | 270-274 | Staff Memoranda 120 items
|
1965-1972 |
6 | 275-277 | Stastics--Washington State Crop Reports 45 items
|
1965-1969 |
6 | 278-279 | Student Evaluations 9 items
|
1967, 1969-1970 |
6 | 280 | Study Council, President's 15 items
|
1968-1969 |
6 | 281-282 | Sulphur Institute 17 items
|
1971, 1972 |
6 | 283 | Symposia--Mutations, Barley, International
Wheat Conference 41 items
|
1969 |
6 | 283-292 | Teaching 113 items
|
1957-1959, 1968-1972 |
6 | 293 | Training Sessions (Calendar) 3 items
|
1964 |
6 | 294-295 | Tree Fruit Council 10 items
|
1969-1971 |
6 | 296 | Tree Fruit Research Center (Wenatchee) 2 items
|
1968 |
6 | 297 | Turf 26 items
|
1965-1971 |
6 | 298 | Turf Association (Northwest Turfgrass
Association) 14 items
|
1964-1972 |
6 | 299-300 | Turf--Goss (Western Washington Research
and Extension Center) 38 items
|
1960-1966, 1972 |
6 | 301 | Turfgrass Research--Puyallup Extension
Station 10 items
|
1972 |
6 | 302-304 | USDA Correspondence 65 items
|
1965-1972 |
6 | 305 | Varieties, Release of New 2 items
|
1966 |
7 | 306 | Visitation--Dr. Hagsand (Sweden) 6 items
|
1965 |
7 | 307-309 | Visitations--VIP 23 items
|
1968-1970 |
7 | 310-311 | Visitors 25 items
|
1971-1972 |
7 | 312 | Washington Association Of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts 16 items
|
1965 |
7 | 313-314 | Washington Association of Wheat Growers 36 items
|
1964-1971 |
7 | 315 | Washington Mint Growers Association 2 items
|
1970 |
7 | 316-322 | Washington State Crop Improvement
Association 103 items
|
1965-1972 |
7 | 323-325 | Washington State Soil Improvement
committee 54 items
|
1967-1969 |
7 | 326 | Washington Wheat Commission 2 items
|
1972 |
7 | 327 | Water Holding Capacity of Irrigated Soils
in the Columbia Basin--project proposals and other correspondence 42 items
|
1963-1965 |
7 | 328-329 | Water Research Center 24 items
|
1971-1972 |
7 | 330 | Weeds 6 items
|
1965 |
7 | 331 | Western Farmers Association 2 items
|
1964-1965 |
7 | 332-336 | Western Society of Crop Science 87 items
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1965-1971 |
7 | 337-338 | Western Society of Soil Science 14 items
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1968, 1971 |
7 | 339-340 | Western Washington Research and Extension
Unit, Puyallup 3 items
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1965, 1968 |
7 | 341 | Western Wheat Improvement Committee 2 items
|
1971 |
7 | 342 | Wheat Congress 15 items
|
1965 |
7 | 343 | Wheat Council (WSU) 13 items
|
1971 |
7 | 344 | Wheat--Miscellaneous 11 items
|
1965 |
7 | 345 | Wheat Plotland Exemptions (WSU
experimental plots) 13 items
|
1964-1965 |
7 | 346 | Wheat Quality 23 items
|
1964-1965 |
7 | 347 | Wheat Research Workers (Tri-State) Meeting 21 items
|
1965 |
7 | 348 | Wheat Variety Commercial Milling Tests 26 items
|
1965 |
Series 2: Tennessee Valley Authority Files , 1951-1972Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 349 | WSU Contract 17 items
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1951 |
8 | 350-351 | Tests, Sales and Research Programs 60 items
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1953-1955 |
8 | 352 | Correspondence 47 items
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July 1-December 1955 |
8 | 353 | Finances 10 items
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1955-1956 |
8 | 354-355 | Correspondence 191 items
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1956 |
8 | 356 | Finances 37 items
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1956-1957 |
8 | 357-358 | Correspondence 167 items
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1957 |
8 | 359 | l-b-2 Programs 8 items
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1957-1958 |
8 | 360-361 | Correspondence 149 items
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1958 |
8 | 362 | Vouchers 48 items
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1958 |
8 | 363 | Finances 40 items
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1958-1959 |
8 | 364-365 | Correspondence 127 items
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1959 |
8 | 366 | Finances 33 items
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1959-1960 |
8 | 367 | Annual Report 1 item
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1959-1960 |
8 | 368 | Morrison's TVA File (fertilizer pamphlet,
requisition form) 7 items
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1960 |
8 | 369-370 | Correspondence 104 items
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1960 |
8 | 371 | Cooperators (back to 1945) Report, 1961 20 items
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8 | 372-373 | Correspondence 92 items
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1961 |
8 | 374 | Correspondence 52 items
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January-June, 1962 |
Washington Counties: |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 375-377 | Cowlitz 30 items
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1956-1959 |
8 | 378-382 | Grays Harbor 17 items
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n.d., 1959 |
8 | 383 | King 6 items
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1959 |
8 | 384 | Kitsap 4 items
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1961 |
8 | 385 | Lewis 15 items
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1959 |
8 | 386-393 | Pacific 60 items
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1958-1961 |
8 | 394-397 | Skagit 15 items
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n.d., 1958-1959 |
8 | 398-400 | Snohomish 22 items
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1959 |
8 | 401-402 | Thurston 10 items
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1959-1961 |
8 | 403 | Wahkiakum 6 items
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1959 |
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 404 | Test Demonstration 14 items
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1968-1971 |
8 | 405 | Correspondence 6 items
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1972 |
Series 3: Correspondence Files , 1965-1971Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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1965: |
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 406-408 | A-B 45 items
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9 | 409 | Buchanan, M. T. 14 items
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9 | 410-413 | C-F 30 items
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9 | 414 | Fischer, G. W. (Dean, College of
Agriculture) 10 items
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9 | 415 | French, C. C. (president) 3 items
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9 | 416-420 | G-L 55 items
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9 | 421 | Ma-Mb 19 items
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9 | 422 | Madsen, L. L. (Dean, College of
Agriculture) 12 items
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9 | 423-424 | Mc-Mz 21 items
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9 | 425-428 | N-R 42 items
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9 | 429 | Rasmussen, L. W. 4 items
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9 | 430-435 | S-Z 60 items
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1966: |
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 436-437 | A-B 39 items
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9 | 438 | Buchannan, M. T. 13 items
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9 | 439-442 | C-F 32 items
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9 | 443 | Fischer, G. W. 4 items
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9 | 444 | French, C. C. 2 items
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9 | 445-451 | G-M 142 items
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9 | 452 | Madsen, L. L. 20 items
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9 | 453-462 | Mc-Z 120 items
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1967: |
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Box | Folder | ||
9 | 463-464 | A-B 42 items
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9 | 465 | Buchanan, M. T. 13 items
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9 | 466-469 | C-F 47 items
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9 | 470 | Fischer, G. W. 4 items
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9 | 471-477 | G-M 112 items
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9 | 478 | Madsen, L. L. (Dean, College of
Agriculture) 20 items
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9 | 479-483 | Mc-R 42 items
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9 | 484 | Robins, J. S. (Director of Research,
College of Agriculture) 17 items
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9 | 485 | S 35 items
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9 | 486 | Singleton, H. P. 1 item
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9 | 487-490 | T-Z 32 items
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1968: |
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Box | Folder | ||
10 | 491-499 | A-J 51 items
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10 | 500-506 | K-Z 59 items
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1969: |
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Box | Folder | ||
10 | 507 | A-N 28 items
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10 | 508 | O-Z 31 items
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1970: |
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Box | Folder | ||
10 | 509 | A-N 66 items
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10 | 510 | Robins, J. S. 13 items
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10 | 511 | O-Z 61 items
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1971: |
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Box | Folder | ||
10 | 512 | A-L 48 items
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10 | 513 | M-Z 39 items
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Agricultural extension work -- Washington (State) -- Archives
- Agronomy -- Research -- Washington (State) -- Archives
- Soils -- Analysis -- Research -- Washington (State)
Corporate Names
- State College of Washington. Department of Agronomy -- Records and correspondence
- Washington State University. Department of Agronomy -- Records and correspondence
- Washington State University. Department of Agronomy and Soils -- Records and correspondence
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Tennessee Valley Authority (creator)
- Washington State University. Department of Agronomy (creator)
- Washington State University. Department of Agronomy and Soils (creator)