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Adolph Hecht Papers, 1945-1975
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hecht, Adolph
- Title
- Adolph Hecht Papers
- Dates
- 1945-1975 (inclusive)19451975
- Quantity
- 2 containers., (1 linear feet of shelf space.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 604
- Summary
- Professional correspondence concerning botanical topics and professional societies of botanists. Significant correspondents include Ralph E. Cleland.
- 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 for research use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Adolph Hecht was born on 25 July 1914, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Calumet High School, receiving his diploma in 1932. Hecht earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in botany from the University of Chicago in 1936 and 1937. His master's thesis was on the meiotic irregularities of a sterile Rudbeckia. Hecht completed his Ph.D. in botany at Indiana University, where he studied with the plant geneticist Ralph E. Cleland. He received his degree in 1942. For his doctoral dissertation, Hecht conducted a cytogenetic survey of Oenothera, subgenus Rudbeckia.
In 1947, after serving as an aviation physiologist in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Hecht came to Pullman, where be came an assistant professor of botany at Washington State College. He replaced Hannah Aase, a long-time botanist at the college. Hecht became chair of the WSC Department of Botany in 1955 and retired from Washington State University in 1979 as a full professor. He has published widely in the field of plant genetics.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains professional and personal papers of Adolph Hecht. Much of it is correspondence of a general nature. Two folders contain letters between Hecht and Ralph E. Cleland, professor of botany at Indiana University and Hecht's mentor; others contain correspondence and other items concerning meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. Also included are papers regarding other professional associations, and papers concerning committee work at WSU.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 604, Adolph Hecht Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence | 1945-54 |
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence | 1955-66 |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence | 1967-71 |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence | 1972 |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence | 1973 |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence | 1974-75 |
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence with Ralph Erskine Cleland | 1945-60 |
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence with Ralph Erskine Cleland | 1961-71 |
| 1 | 9 | Correspondence with Friends and WSC Alums | 1972-73 |
| 2 | 10 | Commission on Undergraduate Education in Biological Sciences, WSU. Correspondence | 1963-71 |
| 2 | 11 | National Science Foundation, Botanical Society of America, Fourth Summer Institute, WSU, Pullman, Correspondence | 1961 |
| 2 | 12 | NSF Summer Institute, Pullman, Photographic negative | 1961 |
| 2 | 13 | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Pacific Division. Meeting, WSC, Pullman | 1954 |
| 2 | 14 | AAAS, Pacific Division, Meeting, WSU, Pullman, Program--Pollen and Pollen Physiology | 1969 |
| 2 | 15 | AAAS, Pacific Division, Meeting, Correspondence | 1969 |
| 2 | 16 | AAAS, Pacific Division, Meeting, Photographs | 1969 |
| 2 | 17 | Electron Microscope Center, WSU | 1971 |
| 2 | 18 | Grade Summaries, Zoology Courses, WSC-WSU | 1942-61 |
| 2 | 19 | Innovative Instructional Projects, WSU | 1973-74 |
| 2 | 20 | Organization for Tropical Studies | |
| 2 | 21 | Petition to the Board of Regents, WSU, for the establishment of a Program in Basic Medical Education | 1975 |
| 2 | 22 | Radiation Protection Program, WSU | 1961 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Cleland, Ralph Erskine
- Hecht, Adolph, 1914- --Archives (creator)
Corporate Names
- Washington State University--Faculty -- Archives
Occupations
- Botanists--Washington (State)--Correspondence
Finding aid prepared by Robert W.
Hadlow
2012
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