This collection contains records of the Jacklin Seed Company, from 1946 to 1975. The collection primarily consists of papers related to the Crop Improvement Associations of Washington and Idaho regarding the breeding and production of seeds. This collection also contains correspondence with the State College of Washington (later WSU) Extension Office, as well as promotional materials of the company.
Preliminary Inventory:
Box 1: Correspondence, primarily with the State College of Washington (WSU) Extension Office, as well as documents related to the Crop Improvement Associations of Washington and Idaho regarding the breeding and production of seeds, between 1946 and 1970.
Box 2: Company promotional materials, as well as documents related to the Crop Improvement Associations of Washington and Idaho regarding the breeding and production of seeds, between 1970 and 1975.
This collection is open and available for research use. Copyright restrictions apply.
Transferred to the Washington State University Libraries from the WSU Cooperative Extension Office in 1978 (MS.1978.08).
The Jacklin Seed Company was founded in 1936 by Arden Jacklin and family in the Spokane Valley, Washington, where they developed pea and bean seeds. In 1977, the company moved its operations to Post Falls, Idaho, and began breeding Kentucky bluegrass seed. The Jacklin Seed Company has gone on to specialize in the research, breeding, and production of various turfgrass seeds. In 1997, the company was purchased by the J.R. Simplot Company.
Jacklin brothers and owner-executives of the Jacklin Seed Company, Doyle (1962 Agronomy), Don (1966 Agronomy), and Duane (1967 Agricultural Economics and the Honors College), all graduated from Washington State University. Since 2009, the family has sponsored the Jacklin Family Honors College Education Abroad Endowment at WSU.
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.