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Photographs Division
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Wittwer, Sylvan H.
Sylvan H. Wittwer photograph collection
1954-1996
2 Boxes
The Sylvan H. Wittwer photograph collection consists mainly of photos related to his work with plants and growth rates. Included also is extensive travel, mainly in China and the Soviet Union.
Collection materials are in English.
Biographical Sketch
Wittwer, a professor of soil science at Michigan State University, experimented extensively with radioisotopes in agricultural crops. He developed a chemical, known as Gibberellins, that increased the growth rate in plants and prompted his book
Feeding a Billion
(1987).
The Sylvan H. Wittwer photograph collection consists mainly of photos related to his work with plants and growth rates. Included also is extensive travel, mainly in CHina and the Soviet Union.
By subject.
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated in 1992.
Processed by Emily Byrd.
See also the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections (ACCN 1339).
Wittwer, S. H. (Sylvan Harold), 1917- --Photographs
Crops and climate--Photographs
Science
Agriculture
Photographs
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1
China, 1987 and 1996
1
2
Lansing Michigan Stake Center
1
3
Travels Abroad 1967-1978
1
4
Soviet Union and China (1)
1
5
Soviet Union and China (2)
1
6
Travels
1
7
China Farms
1
8
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Governement Officials Group Photograph
1
9
Animal and Farm Studies
1
10
Latter-day Saints Church Building
1
11
"Some Slides of Professional Significance"
1
12
Agriculture Article
1
13
"Feeding a Billion"
1
14
"Feeding a Billion"
1
15
China
1
16
China
1
17
China
1
18
John Bean Annual Sales Banquet 1957
1
19
Hybrid Onion Field Day 1954
1
20
Thailand
1
21
Sri Lanka, India, Ceylon, and Pakistan
1
22
Israel, Finland, Russia, and Korea
1
23
Mexico, Holland, Denmark, Spain, and Nigeria
1
24
Unidentified Location
1
25
Vittual Path Identifier Lecture May, 1972/NACAA 69th Annual Meeting
2
1
Sylvan Wittwer in a greenhouse at Michigan State University, 1962