Charles Jay Gould Papers

Charles Jay Gould Papers, 1933-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Gould, Charles Jay
Title: Charles Jay Gould Papers
Dates: 1933-1977 (inclusive)
19731977
Quantity: 11 containers., (11 linear feet of shelf space.), (11,790 items.)
Collection Number: Cage 373
Summary: Correspondence, budget data, experimental data, research notes and scientific papers on turf-grass and ornamental plant pathology.
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.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Charles Jay Gould, Jr., was born on February 28, 1912 in Eaton, Ohio and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. He attended high school and college in West Virginia graduating cum laude from Marshall College (now Marshall University) in 1934. He received an M.S. in Plant Pathology from Iowa State College in 1937 where he taught botany until 1941. In 1941 he joined the staff of the Western Washington Experimental Station in Puyallup, now the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC), as an assistant plant pathologist specializing in the control of Northwest turf and bulb disease. In 1942, he received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Iowa State College.

His significant accomplishments include organizing the first bulb growers short course in 1948, studying bulb diseases in the Netherlands as a Fulbright scholar in 1951, and organizing the first conference of turfgrass pathologists,as well as publishing nearly 350 articles dealing with various plant diseases. Dr. Gould retired from the WWREC in 1977. The following year Dr. Gould was named a Fellow in the American Phytopathological Society.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 373, Charles Jay Gould Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in three series: Correspondence, Budget. and Experiments and Related Data. Correspondence, 1947-1977, includes General Correspondence from 1947 through 1977 restructured chronologically by year, and Other Correspondence from 1948 through 1977 arranged alphabetically by subject and/or correspondent.

Budget Data from 1935 through 1976 includes budget and funding information of the Western Washington Research and Extension Center from 1935 through 1976 arranged chronologically by year, as well as data relating to the WWREC relationship with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1954 through 1976. This material consists of budget information, correspondence, memoranda, automobile reports, greenhouse data, and time and attendance reports arranged alphabetically by subject.

Experiments and Related Data from 1933 through 1977 are divided into three sections: Turf, 1949-1977, ornamentals, 1938-1974, and Other Research and Projects, 1933-1975. Turf data is arranged by experimental species and includes Snowmold, Fusarium and Typhula (two fungi that cause snowmold in eastern Washington), Corticum, Ophiobolus, and Fairy Ring research as well as correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to turf and turfgrass pathology arranged alphabetically. Ornamental data from 1938 through 1974 is arranged alphabetically and includes experimental research on basal rot, crown rot, and other ornamental diseases. Other Research and Projects from 1933 through 1975 includes experimental data, research, and reports arranged alphabetically by subject.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Dr. Charles J. Gould were donated to the Washington State University Library in November 1977 by Dr. Gould upon his retirement from the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC) in Puyallup, WA, (UA 77-33).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

Series 1: Correspondence, 1947-1977Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder
		General Correspondence	1947-1977
Box	Folder
1	1-21	1,981	1948-1968
2	22-39	1,388	1969-1973
3	40-43	383 items.	1974-1977
Box	Folder
3	44	Agricultural Chemicals Committee 73 items.	1961-1964
3	45-48	Chemical Companies 370 items.	1970-1976
3	49	Department Review--Plant Pathology 9 items.	1973-1974
3	50	Faculty Council 30 items.	1971-1975
3	51	Land Use 36 items.	1972-1977
3	52-56	Official 327 items.	1952-1976
4	57	Personal Material, Biography 10 items.	1975-1977
4	58	Plant Science Building 28 items.	1948-1969
4	59	John F. Schafer, Chairman, Plant Pathology Dept. 26 items.	1973-1977
4	60	C. Gardner Shaw, Chairman, Plant Pathology Dept. 53 items.	1965-1971
4	61	Spray Conference, Portland 9 items.	1973

Series 2: Budget, 1935-1976Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	62-88	Western Washington Research and Extension Center 871 items.	1935-1976
		United States Department of Agriculture	1954-1976
Box	Folder
5	89-104	Budget and Funds 646 items.	1955-1976
5	105-106	Automobile 200 items.	1954-1973
5	107-109	Correspondence 149 items.	1955-1966
5	110	Greenhouse 33 items.	1965-1973
5	111	Time and Attendance Reports 28 items.	1957

Series 3: Experiments and Related Data, 1933-1977Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Turf	1949-1977
Box	Folder
6	112-127	Snowmold 184 items.	1972-1977
		Fusarium	1955-1970
Box	Folder
6	128-146	447	1955-1970
7	147-155	230	1969-1976
Box	Folder
7	156-165	Typhula 77 items.	1972-1977
7	166-173	Corticum 112 items.	1957-1975
7	173-180	Ophiobolus 156 items.	1961; 1974
7	181-186	Fairy Ring 285 items.	1949-1955
7	187-188	Correspondence 40 items.	1955-1977
8	189	Charts 9 items.	1967
8	190-191	Disease, General Survey 75 items.	1962-1963
8	192	Effect of Different Light Types on Growth 9 items.	1960
8	193	Experimental Data, General 35 items.	1955-1959
8	194	International Turfgrass Society, Annual Meeting 10 items.	1973-1974
8	195-197	Northwest Turf Association 181 items.	1958-1973
8	198	Pathologists Newsletter, Meetings 70 items.	1968-1976
8	199	Plastichouse 46 items.	1959-1960
8	200	Slide Collection, Agronomy 6 items.	1973-1976
8	201	Summaries, Fungicidal 55 items.	1970-1974
8	202	United States Golf Association 50 items.	1972-1977
8	203	Western Regional Coordinating Committee 52 items.	1972-1976
		Ornamentals	1938-1974
Box	Folder
8	204-211	Basal Rot 750 items.	1941-1969
9	212-213	Black Rot, Iris 60 items.	1947-1974
9	214	Botrytis Diseases, Paper 50 items.	undated
9	215	Bulbs 85 items.	1966-1969
9	216	Bulb Growers Short Course 20 items.	1955-1957
9	217-222	Crown Rot 420 items.	1945-1969
9	223-224	Iris Data 225 items.	1959
9	225	Lily Rot, Dips 60 items.	1947
9	226	Tulip Disease 100 items.	1947-1974
Box	Folder
9	227	Apple--Blue Mold Dips 17 items.	1949-1951
9	228	Cabbage Research 40 items.	1949
9	229	Cross Inoculation Studies 35 items.	1947
9	230	Clover Rot 34 items.	1952-1956
9	231	Cypress Root Rot 10 items.	1952-1955
9	232-241	Dissertation Research, Parasitism of Glomerulia Lonicerae (Pk) D. & H. in Lonicera Species 230 items.	1940-1945
10	242	Douglas Fir 22 items.	1944
10	243	Ethyl Mercury Damage, Paper 4 items.	1954
10	244	Experimental Data, General 60 items.	1949-1975
10	245	Fir Rust 4 items.	1965
10	246	Fluorine Trial 27 items.	1944-1950
10	247-251	Fieldbooks 11 items.	1942-1952
10	252	Fungicide Data 1 item.	undated
10	253	Holly Blight 3 items.	1954
10	254	Laurel Diseases 24 items.	1952
10	255	Moss 3 items.	1953
10	256	Notes for Speeches 4 items.	1960
10	257	Organic Gardening 26 items.	1962-1965
10	258	Plant Disease Survey 11 items.	1944-1945
10	259	Plant Pathology Meeting 3 items.	1972
10	260-270	Potato Research 130 items.	1943-1949
		Research Prior to employment at WSU
Box	Folder
11	271	Polypores 1 item.	1935-1936
11	272	Workshop, Progressive Education Asso. 18 items.	1938
11	273	Teaching, Iowa State 12 items.	1938-1940
11	274	Research, Iowa State 3 items.	1935-1940
11	275	Master's Thesis, Iowa State 1 item.	1937
11	276	Poplar Cankers 20 items.	1933
Box	Folder
11	277	Pansy Leaf Sprout 2 items.	1945
11	278	Pypacantha Fungicides 5 items.	1972-1975
11	279	Radio Talks; KVI 30 items.	1942-1953
11	280-281	Reports, Bulletins, Papers 60 items.	1952-1975
11	282-289	Rhododendron Data 135 items.	1944-1968
11	290	Rhodo-Spruce Growth 9 items.	1966
11	291	Rose Culling Disinfection 5 items.	1953; 1956
11	292	Rose Mold 18 items.	1941
11	293-295	Salal Data 68 items.	1962-1972
11	296	Soil and Soil Treatments 40 items.	1955
11	297	Soil Moisture Sample 1 item.	1949-1950
11	298	Sweet Pea Research 4 items.	1953-1954
11	299-300	Temperature Readings, Puyallup 110 items.	1949-1971
11	301	Tomato Research 1 item.	1942

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Grasses -- Diseases and pests--Research
Plants, Ornamental--Diseases and pests--Research

Personal Names

Gould, Charles J. --Archives (creator)

Occupations

Plant pathologists -- Washington (State)--Puyallup--Records and correspondence

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