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Shirl O. Graham Papers, 1951-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Graham, Shirl O.
- Title
- Shirl O. Graham Papers
- Dates
- 1951-1976 (inclusive)19511976
- Quantity
- 7 containers., (3.5 linear feet of shelf space.), (1200 items.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 343
- Summary
- Notes and correspondence, relating to research in plant pathology; also, lecture materials for graduate and undergraduate courses.
- 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
-
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
Shirl O. Graham was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1918 and remained there until graduating in botany from the University of Nebraska in 1941. After serving as an Army officer in the South Pacific, Graham worked with the Washington State Department of Agriculture in Olympia and Prosser from 1948 to 1950, and then entered the WSU Plant Pathology department's graduate program as a Research Assistant in 1951. On completing his doctorate in 1954, he was hired as an Assistant Professor and rose to Professor in 1968, serving in that rank until his death in 1976. Dr. Graham taught all levels of Plant Pathology courses, and conducted research in various biochemical aspects of plant diseases especially the fungus disease anthracnose, bean viruses, and fruit tree nutrition disorders. He was credited with being co-discoverer of an anti-viral antibiotic, phytoactin.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Research and laboratory notes, seminar papers, lecture notes and course materials, correspondence, and slides, concerning research and instructional activities.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 343, Shirl O. Graham Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The papers were arranged by topic, roughly divided between materials related to teaching and those related to research. At certain points the two areas overlap--as in graduate research seminars--in such cases the research function was considered primary, and seminar papers filed with corresponding research files. The final arrangement preserves this original order by dividing the papers into two series according to their instructional or research function.
Series I is further divided into subseries for graduate and undergraduate course materials; Series II is divided into three subseries -- numbered and named research projects, materials related to anthracnose research, and other research topics. The original titles of folders have been preserved; untitled folders have been titled in brackets according to their main subject.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series 1: Instructional MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Series 1.1: Undergraduate Course
Materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Shirl Graham (Plant Path.)
[Notes on journal articles relating to P.P. 206] |
|
| 1 | 2 | [Typescript of lab manual for
P.P. 106-206] |
|
| 1 | 3 | [Dittoed schedules and general
information re P.P. 329] |
|
| 1 | 4 | Virus and etc. [Course
materials re P.P. 429, 417] |
|
| 1 | 5 | [P.P. 429 lab technique dittos,
lecture notes] |
|
| 1 | 6 | [P.P. 429 lab technique and
lecture dittos] |
|
| 1 | 7 | [P.P. 429] Dittos. 1)
Calibration of the Microscope, 2) Preparation of microscopic
mounts. |
|
| 1 | 8 | Drawings and Camera Lucida [re
P.P. 429] |
|
| 1 | 9 | Culture Exercise II P.P.
429 |
|
| 1 | 10 |
A Host Range Study of the Pathenogenicity of Some of
Anthracnose Spp. on Foliage Plants by Ellen Walter [P.P. 429
report] |
Jan. 28, 1959 |
| 1 | 11 | Laboratory Equivalents and
Standards Reference [Book] S.O. Graham Personal Copy [re P.P. 429] |
|
| 2 | 12 | [Ms. and ditto lecture notes
and handouts, P.P. 529] |
|
| 2 | 13 | [P.P. 529 Exam
File] |
|
| 2 | 14 | Establishing Donor Plants by
Culture Cutting Lecture [re P.P. 417; article, ditto, ms. notes] |
|
Series 1.2: Graduate Course
Materials |
|||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 15 | Notes for Virology Course
[notes, articles, papers, corr. re development of P.P. 511] |
|
| 2 | 16 | Plant Virology [P.P. 511 course
materials] |
|
| 2 | 17 | [P.P. 511 Group lab
reports] |
1964 |
| 3 | 18 | [6 student lab report books,
P.P. 511] |
1966; 1968 |
| 3 | 19 | [P.P. 511 lab exercise
masters] |
|
| 3 | 20 | Nature of Virus Infectivity
[notes and masters re P.P. 511] |
|
| 3 | 21 | Slide Series on Virus Symptoms
[list] |
|
| 3 | 22 | Origin of Plant Viruses [ditto
and revision for P.P. 511] |
|
| 3 | 23 | [Plant Virus Serology: re P.P.
511, Fractions, No. 1] |
1972 |
| 3 | 24 | [lecture and lab outline, P.P.
512] |
|
| 3 | 25 | [eight P.P. 515 seminar
papers] |
1958-1973 |
| 3 | 26 | P.P. 535 Physiology and
Genetics of Parasitism [proposal and course outline] |
1969 |
| 3 | 27 | Amino Acids and Peptides as
Dipolar Ions, Instructor's Copy |
|
| 3 | 28 | Beutler's 1 Shop
Development |
|
| 3 | 29 | Freeze Drying |
|
| 3 | 30 | Finagle's Laws [humorous
explanation of scientific method] |
|
Series 2: Research MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Series 2.1: Named or Numbered
Research Projects |
|||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 31 | [three P.P. 515 Seminar papers
by Shirl Graham] |
1953-1954 |
| 4 | 32 | Project 253 |
1959-1961 |
| 4 | 33 | Project 1448 |
1959-1963 |
| 4 | 34 | Phytoactin Project |
1961-1966 |
| 4 | 35 | Veronal Ppt. Fractionalization
by Dialysis and Ion Exchange [re Phytoactin Project] |
1962 |
| 4 | 36 | Ozette Project
[w/slides] |
1972-1975 |
| 4 | 37 | Arsenic Study |
1973-1974 |
| 4 | 38 | Endogone Soybeans [re Project
0204] |
1975 |
Series 2.2: Anthracnose Related
Papers |
|||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 39 | Colletotrichum
Variability |
|
| 5 | 40 | [P.P. 515 paper
Taxonomic Considerations of Smut Fungi
Yerkes] |
1951 |
| 5 | 40 | [P.P. 515 paper
The Species of the Genus Colletotrichum Cda, ms.
Trans from German] |
1957 |
| 5 | 41 | CHo4 Factors on
Anthracnose |
|
| 5 | 42 | Introduction [to Strobel
thesis, folder 43?] |
|
| 5 | 43 |
Physiologically Induced Morphologic and Pathogenic
Variations of Some Glomerella Cingulata Isolates [WSU doctoral thesis
in Plant Pathology by James W. Strobel] |
1960 |
Series 2.3: Other Research
Papers |
|||
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 44 | Growth Regulator
Determinations |
|
| 6 | 45 | Organelle Concept |
|
| 6 | 46 | [excerpted articles on
host-pathogen interaction] |
|
| 7 | 47 | Bean Mosiac Virus
Material |
|
| 7 | 48 | Cranberry Pathogen Isolates and
Growth on Media |
|
| 7 | 49 | [excerpts and notes on viral
structure] |
|
| 7 | 50 | Germination Inducer
Study |
|
| 7 | 51 | Stock Cultures |
|
| 7 | 52 | Media Studies--setal responses
thereto |
|
| 7 | 53 | Differential Media Study Notes
and Lit. Review |
|
| 7 | 54 | Differential Media |
|
| 7 | 55 | Extract Additive Studies --
tables |
|
| 7 | 56 | Temperature Studies |
|
| 7 | 57 | Misc. Studies |
|
| 7 | 58 | Pathogenicity and Inoculation
Trials |
|
| 7 | 59 | [chapter outline of book on
Glomerella Cingulata] |
|
| 7 | 60 |
Plant Pathology Lecture Outlines by Dr. B. H.
Davis, Dept. Plant Path. Rutgers U. |
Jan. 1940 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Plant diseases --Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Pullman
Personal Names
- Graham, Shirl O., 1918-1976 --Archives (creator)
Finding aid prepared by George M.
Armstrong
2012
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