Archives 20 Agricultural Research Center Office Files 1901-1948 Agricultural Research Center Office Files Finding aid prepared by Craig Holstine and James O'Neill Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
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Archives 20 Agricultural Research Center Office Files 1901-1948 approximate 40,000 items 36 linear feet 73 containers Includes correspondence, administrative materials, information requests, reports, bulletins, photographs and financial and budget materials. Collection materials are in: English Historical Sketch:

The Washington Agricultural Experiment Station began as an element of the Washington Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science, now Washington State University, in 1892. Located near Pullman on a farm donated to the state, the station became the site of agricultural instruction and experimental work conducted by the staff of the station and the faculty of the College of Agriculture.

Since the station was founded, the Western Washington Research and Extension Center (WWREC) near Puyallup and numerous branch stations located across the state have been established to facilitate a variety of agricultural experimentation. Subordinate to the Pullman station director, the system Of branch stations over the years has included: Waterville Branch Station, Winthrop Branch Station, Dry Land Research Unit (Adams Branch Station) near Lind, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (Irrigation Branch Station) near Prosser, Tree Fruit Research Center (Tree Fruit Branch Station) near Wenatchee, Coastal Washington Research and Extension Unit (Cranberry-Blueberry Laboratory) near Long Beach, Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Unit (Northwest Seed and Truck Crop Laboratory) near Mount Vernon, Southwestern Washington Research Unit (Clark County Experimental Farm) near Vancouver.

While the director of the WWREC serves as vice-director of the experiment station system, the Puyallup station is not a branch station and is not subordinate to the Pullman station director.

In 1946, the Washington Agricultural Experiment Stations were made a part of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, which included the W.S.U. College of Agriculture, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Agricultural Extension Service. Formed to coordinate agricultural work and research at the College, the experiment stations, and throughout the state, the Institute existed until 1965 when a revised version of the previous organization was adopted. At this time the station was integrated into the newly-organized Agricultural Research Center of the College of Agriculture.

Directors of the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station:

*George Lilley, 1891-1892

*J.W. Heston, 1892-1893

*E.A. Bryan, 1893-1907

R.W. Thatcher, 1907-1913

I.D. Cardiff, 1913-1917

George Severance, 1917-1918

E.C. Johnson, 1919-1945

M.T. Buchanan, 1945-1966

*Served as director while President of W.S.U. The directorship was separated from the presidency in 1907.

Directors of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences:

J.C. Knott, 1946-1955

L.L. Madsen, 1955-1965

The records of the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station consist of approximately 40,000 items of correspondence and administrative materials, including requests for information, reports, bulletins, photographs and financial and budget materials. Materials relating to the various branch stations can be found in the records as well. The collection spans the years 1901 to 1948, with the bulk dating from the period 1901 to 1924.

The correspondence series spans the years 1901 to 1924 and consists of both letterbooks and office files. The thirty-six letterbooks contain primarily correspondence, including mailing lists and a great many brief replies to requests for information and bulletins published by the Station. The remainder of the series consists of the office files of several members of the Station staff, principally station directors. Although most of the correspondence is of an official nature, one container of Ira D. Cardiff's personal files is also included in the series. Photographs of E.C. Johnson, station personnel and farm equipment can be found in the folder labeled "Prosser Experiment Station, 1918-1920" in container 52.

Materials encompassing a variety of subjects spanning the years 1902 to 1948 are contained in a series immediately following the correspondence series. Of particular interest to the researcher investigating the history of the station is the folder entitled "History of the Experiment Station" in container 62.

The final series is composed of budgets and budget materials of the Pullman Station and the branch stations. Included in the series are reports, expenditures, receipts, and proposed, working, annual, and biennial budgets.

The collection is arranged in three series. The correspondence series is divided into two subseries: letterbooks and office files. Arranged chronologically, the letterbooks containing mainly letters and some reports precede those containing mailing lists and brief replies to requests for station bulletins. The office files are arranged chronologically by individual Station staff member. Materials comprising the subject file are arranged alphabetically. The budgets and budget materials are arranged chronologically.

The Collection is open for research use.

The records of the Agricultural Research Center were deposited in the Washington State University Library prior to 1970 by the College of Agriculture (UA 76-12). The records of the Agricultural Research Center were separated (UA 78-7) from the records of the College of Agriculture and processed by Craig Holstine and James O'Neill between June, 1977 and May, 1978.

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(contains mailing lists)

 1.2 Files of Individuals 1906-1924 Ira D. Cardiff: 15 (A-W) (Personal Files) June 1906-July 1913 16 (A-Z) October 1912-May,1913 17 (A-Z) May-August 1913 18 (A-Z) July-September 1913 19 (A-Z) September-October 1913 19 (A-C) July 1914-June 1915 1915-1916: 20 A-Ci 21 Caglon, R.B.-G 22 Graves, H.T.-L 23 Lampson, Lee M.-O 24 P-S 25 T-Y 1916-1917: 26 A-Carleton, M.A. 27 Circular Letters-G 28 H-K 29 L-M 30 N-Severance, George 31 Shinn, J.R.-Z R.W. Thatcher: 32 (A-Z) January 1907-January 1912 32 (A-Z) January 1909-January 1910 33 (A-Z) February-May 1912 34 (A-Z) April-October 1912 35 (A-Z) September 1912-February 1913 36 (A-Z) February-April 1913 H.W. Sparks: 37 1910-1913 Paul J. White; 38 (A-L) September 1912-August 1913 39 (M-Z) September 1912-August 1913 George Severance: 40 (A-Z) April-June 1913 40 (A-Z) July-August 1913 41 (A-Z) August-October 1913 42 (A-Z) November-December 1913 43 (A-Z) December 1913-January 1914 43 (A-W) January-February 1914 44 (A-Z) March-May 1914 44 (A-Z) May-June 1914 45 (A-Z) June-August 1914 1917-1919: 46 A-Farm Markets, Office of 47 G-N 48 O-Z George Severance and E.C. Johnson: 1918-1920: 49 A-Farm Markets, Office 50 Farm Markets, Office of (Applications)-H 51 J-Programs 52 Projects-Z E.C. Johnson: 1920-1922: 53 A-F 54 Farm Markets, Office of-Kalkus, J.W. 55 L-Z 1922-1924: 56 A-B 57 C-H 58 K-Z 2 Subjects 1902-1948 59 Administrative Bulletins 1914-1915 59 Agricultural Extension 1939-1940 59 Analysis by Various Stations 1914 59 Animal Husbandry 1947-1948 59 Applications 1907-1911, 1916-1918 59 Appropriations 1915 59 Assignment Cards 1934 59 Bean, Roy P. 1929 59 Bryan, E.A. 1908-1913 60 Canning and Cold Pack Industry 1934, 1938 60 Chemistry and Soils, Bureau of 1935-1936 60 Committee on Experiment Station Organization and Policy, Agenda of Meetings 1940-1941 60 Contracts, Demonstration Farms 1910-1911 60 Corn vs. Summer Fallow (McCall, M.A.) 1915 60 County Agent 1938 60 Court Cases 1915 60 Cuts [Illustrations] 1916-1918 60 Dairy Husbandry 1912, 1915, 1931 60 Directors of Station, Statement of Organization 1916 60 Dry Land Demonstration and Experiment, Department of, and Bureau of Farm Development 1914-1915 60 Elliott, E.E. 1902-1903 60 Evans, J.B. 1903-1904 60 Experiment Station Proposal, Congressional Record 1938 60 Farm Debt Conciliation 1933-1934 60 Farm Forestry 1939 60 Farm and Home Program Building Extension 1938 60 Farm Management 1912 60 Farm Products 1909 61 Financial Reports of the Experiment Station sent to USDA 1909-1945 62 Finances 1907 62 Financial Statements 1913-1917 62 Forage Crops 1909, 1916-1917 62 Forage Crops Conference 1930 62 Foundations 1936 62 Freezing Preservation 1937-1938 62 Fruit and Vegetable By-Products Lab 1935 62 Grange 1938 62 Hatch Fund 1915 62 Hegnauer Tract, Proceeds 1915 62 History of the Experiment Station 1940 63 Hop Bulletin Material 1938 63 Hops 1938-1939 63 Horticulture 1913, 1927 63 Horticulture, Fruit Crops 1912-1917 63 Horticulture Inspectors, Reports from 1916 63 Insecticide and Fungicide Board, Minutes and Rulings 1915 63 Interstate Commerce Commission 1938 63 Investigations by the Experiment Station 1915 63 Irrigated Lands 1916-1917 63 Lake Chelan Station, Proposed 1916 63 Land Grant Association, Committee on Experiment Station Policy 1945-1946 64 Land Grant Association, Farm Buildings 1944-1945 64 Land Grant Association, Floyd, Wm. A. 1945 64 Land Grant Association, General Correspondence 1945-1946 64 Land Grant Association, Reports from Convention 1946-1947 64 Laws, State Department of Agriculture 1914-1915 64 Letters, Duplicates 1915 64 Livestock 1917, 1937-1938 64 Marketing Agreements Program 1938 64 Memoranda for Timekeepers 1934-1935 64 "Men Wanted" Folder 1915 64 Mining Experiment Station 1937-1938 64 Orchard Tracts 1938 64 Organization of Experiment Stations 1905-1908 64 Phosphate Resources 1936 64 Poultry Council 1938 64 Program Building, County Extension 1939 64 Recommendations 1927-1928 64 Regional Planning Conference 1936 64 Ritzville Tract 1911 64 Road Supervisors, Counties of Washington 1916 65 Schafer, E. G. 1915 65 Sectional Threshing Cylinder Company 1916 65 Separation Notices 1934 65 Severance, George 1908 65 Soil Conservation 1937 65 Soil Erosion Farm 1931-1932 65 Soils and Soil Fertility, Advisory Council on 1932 65 Special Reports. Station Staff 1915 65 Staff Meeting 1912 65 State Fair 1913-1915 65 Student Adviser Committee 1908 65 Students Seeking Positions 1907 65 Successful Farm Women 1916 65 Sugar 1939 65 Sunnyside Farm 1908-1909 65 Survey, Experiment Stations 1919-1921 65 Threshing Machinery Owners in the Inland Empire 1916-1918 65 True, A.C. 1916-1919 65 U. S. Department of Agriculture, O.E.S. 1907-1911 65 United Tree Fruits, Inc. 1938 66 Veterinary Science 1908 66 Washington Livestock Association 1906 66 Washington State Agricultural Council 1932 66 Water Facilities 1938-1939 66 Weeds 1916 66 Western Range Survey 1938 66 Wheat 1938 66 Wheat Convention 1907-1908 66 Wheat Variety Survey 1932 66 Windbreaks 1908 66 Winter School Students, Survey of 1920 3 Budgets and Budget Material 1908-1946 67 1908-1914 68 1914-1919 69 1917-1926 70 1924-1931 71 1931-1937 72 1937-1945 73 1943-1946