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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)
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
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.
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Biographical Note

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.

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Content Description

Research and laboratory notes, seminar papers, lecture notes and course materials, correspondence, and slides, concerning research and instructional activities.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 343, Shirl O. Graham Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

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.

Acquisition Information

The teaching and research files of the Professor of Plant Pathology, Shirl O. Graham, were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the Plant Pathology Department in February, 1977 (UA 77-5).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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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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