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Elwood Kalin Papers, 1954-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kalin, Elwood
Title
Elwood Kalin Papers
Dates
1954-1983 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 containers., (4.5 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 572
Summary
The papers of Elwood Kalin consist of notes, memoranda, correspondence, and various working papers regarding his experiences as a horticulturalist and with floral presentations.
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

Elwood Walter Kalin served as a professor of Horticulture at Washington State University from 1946 to 1983. Kalin was born at Detroit in 1917. He received the Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University in 1939, and the Master of Science degree form Purdue University in 1942. In 1953, he was granted the Ph.D. degree from Purdue.

Kalin worked briefly at Purdue and at the University of New Hampshire from 1943 through 1946. His employment at Washington State University began during 1946-47, with assignments that divided his time between an experiment station and classroom work. He continued this arrangement until his retirement in 1983.

Kalin was best known for the floral arrangement shows and classes that he arranged for the public.

Elwood Walter Kalin died at Pullman, WA in 1993.

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Content Description

The papers of Elwood Kalin consist of notes, memoranda, correspondence, and various working papers.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 572, Elwood Kalin Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The first series within the papers is concerned with his work as a teacher of classes in horticulture, greenhouse growing, and floral presentations. A second series concerns Kalin's long involvement with a national competition for floral presentations. The third series is a subject file sequence, also concern, chiefly with the growing and presentation of decorative flowers.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Elwood Kalin were donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1985 by Mr. Kalin.

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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

  • Flower arrangement--Research
  • Flower shows -- Judging
  • Flowers -- Research
  • Greenhouse management--Archives
  • Greenhouse plants--Research--Archives
  • Horticulture -- Research--Archives
  • Washington State University--Faculty--Archives

Personal Names

  • Kalin, Elwood --Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Ling Jinqi
2012

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