NTE2ms1986_48.xml Preliminary Guide to the Pullman Plant Materials Center Reports 1938-1969 Pullman Plant Materials Center Reports Finding aid prepared by Jacki Tyler Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2020 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2020 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections MS 1986.48 Pullman Plant Materials Center Preliminary Guide to the Pullman Plant Materials Center Reports 1938-1969 1961-1969 1 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box This collection contains records for the Pullman Plant Materials Center, with dates ranging from 1938 to 1969. (MASC Staff Use) 2-5-7-2 Collection materials are in English

The United States Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service unit at Pullman, Washington, the Pullman Plant Materials Center, was established in 1935, an apparent descendant of the Department of Interior's Soil Erosion Service. Originally known as the Pullman Nursery Unit, the unit was renamed in the late 1940s. From its inception, the Pullman unit was the central office of a number of similar stations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The primary function of the several units was experimentation and development of range grasses. Additionally they were also involved in a variety of related soil conservation projects. (see Cage 290)

This collection contains records for the Pullman Plant Materials Center, with dates ranging from 1938 to 1969. The collection primarily consists of Annual Operations Reports from 1961 to 1969. The collection also contains a bound copy of materials used at a "Grass and Training School for Technicians in the Agronomy-Range Section of the Soil Conservation Service, Region 11" titled "Grass School", by A.L. Hafenrichter in 1938. Additionally, the collection includes a bound copy of "Palouse Plant Material Workshop Soil Conservation" from 1961.

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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Preliminary Guide to the Pullman Plant Materials Center Reports, 1938-1969 (MS.1986.48)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Collection donated to Washington State University Libraries in 1986 (MS 1986-48). This is an unprocessed collection.

United States Soil Conservation Service Plant Materials Center, Pullman, Washington Records (Cage 290)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Pullman Plant Materials Center -- Records and correspondence. Grasses -- Research -- Washington (State) Agriculture -- Washington (State) Soils Agriculture Washington (State)