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Preliminary Guide to the Benjamin Chitwood Glass Plate Negatives, circa 1910s-1930s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Chitwood, Benjamin, 1907-1972
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Benjamin Chitwood Glass Plate Negatives
- Dates
- circa 1910s-1930s (inclusive)19101939
- Quantity
- 1 Linear foot of shelf space, (1 Box)
- Collection Number
- UPC0038 (collection)
- Summary
- Glass plate negatives used in research done by Benjamin Chitwood on nematodes.
- Repository
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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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Benjamin Chitwood (1907-1972) received his PhD at George Washington University in 1931, and focused his career on zoology and nematodes. He published extensively, writing at least 198 papers. Most of his career was with the USDA, but after 1949 he worked at a succession of positions around the country, included time with the Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup beginning in the early 1960s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists primarily of approximately 250 black and white glass negatives of agricultural research. Some photographic prints and cellulose negatives are included. The collection is identified as the Chitwood Collection, but it is unclear to whether these were created by or collected by Benjamin Chitwood, and given the differing groups of formats, styles, and labeling, we speculate that some of these likely originate with WSU Plant Pathology and not with Chitwood. Most of the collection includes fairly in-depth labeling for individual images; perhaps one-third is also dated. A majority of the images deal with genus Ustilago, which is a smut fungus.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright has not been determined. If unpublished, images created by Chitwood are in copyright until 70 years after his 1972 death. Copyright on published images depends on date of publication and other factors.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Benjamin Chitwood Glass Plate Negatives, circa 1910s-1930s (UPC0038)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
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.
The items remain in the ordering and sleeves that they were in when they were brought to MASC.
Location of Collection
(MASC STAFF USE) 3-18-05-4Acquisition Information
The creator was employed with the Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup beginning in the early 1960s. Presumably those came into WSU's possession at that time, were subsequently transferred to someone in Johnson Hall at WSU Pullman, then to WSU'
Processing Note
The images will need rehoused during processing, which means efforts will be made to duplicate the information found on or in the fragile (and very acidic) envelopes that they are currently housed in.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Chitwood, Benjamin, 1907-1972 -- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English
2024
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
