Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts,
Archives and Special Collections
UA1992-38
Washington State
University. Irrigated Agriculture Experiment Station
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University
Irrigated Agriculture Experiment Station Records
1925-1960
13 Linear feet of shelf space
13 Boxes
Project files from the WSU Irrigation Experiment
Station from 1925-1960.
(MASC STAFF USE) 2-36-17-3
Collection materials are in English
The Irrigation Experiment Station was authorized by the state legislature in 1917,
and opened at Prosser, WA on May 24, 1919. In 1965 the name was changed to the
Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC).
Project files from the WSU Irrigation Experiment Station from 1925-1960. Includes
project files, correspondence, and worktime files. A binder is included in this
collection which details transactions both cash and check for the purchase of
livestock.
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.
Most boxes are filed by subject matter, but some contain loose files and bound
collections that are not organized. Boxes 1-3 contain reports related to various
projects and their progress, specifically the Columbia Basin Project and W-43. Boxes
4, 6, and 10 contain financial records related to the Bursar's Office. Box 5
contains photos related to the experiment station. Boxes 7-10 contain reports
related to pests and other insects present at the experiement station. Boxes 12 and
13 address the Earworm Project. Cash records and budget books also present with the
boxes.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture
Experiment Station Records, 1925-1960 (UA1992-38)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by the Prosser Experiment
Station on November 02, 1992 and retained as UA1992-38.
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.
Washington State
University. Irrigated Agriculture Experiment Station -- Records and
correspondence
Washington
(State)
Colleges
and Universities
Project records and correspondence of C.
Stanberry and J. Jacobs mid-1940s through 1965.
1
Corn Hybrid 1940
1
1946 Correspondence to J.
Jacobs
1
Cereal Project Correspondence to C.
Stanberry
1
Cereal Corr. to J. Jacobs
1
1950 Crop Recommendations
1
Forage Crops
1
Irrigation Branches Expt. 1947
1
Publications
1
Informal Requests 1948
1
Work Plans 1948-50
1
Land Allocations
1
Budget
1
News Stories
1
Soil and H20 Conserv. Projects 1960
(Colo)
1
Project Corr. 1963-65 - Jan. 10, 1966
references to Clore's reports #1617, 1621, 1628.
1
Project reports 1959-65 (3
files)
1
Project #552 _ responses of concord grapes
to cultural practices 1851-1960.
1
Project Reports 1959-1961
1
Project Reports--gives numbers and titles
from 1891 -1952
1
Project Reports--1949-1953
Columbia Basin Projects, 1949-1955
2
Columbia Basin
2
Committee 1951
2
USDA Comm.1949
2
Nat. Reclaim. Assoc. 1950
2
USDA Field Comm.
2
Agency Comm. Meeting
2
USDA Council
2
Station Circulars
2
Cattlemen's Assoc.
2
Dairy
2
Corn (3 files, 1950)
2
Oats
2
Forage
2
Barley
2
Columbia Basin Task Force
Reports
2
Interangency Comm. 1954-55
Pest Control 1956-7
3
Project Reports
3
Mint Crops and Pest Control
3
Mint Insects
3
Corn
3
Earworm
3
Insects
3
Bees
3
Alfalfa
3
Bean Virus
3
Chalcids
3
Mites
Business Records
4
1955 Loyalty Act Oaths (and
Strikes)
4
State Contracts
4
Yakima Fruit Growers Assoc.
4
Feeding Contracts
4
Hop Producers
4
Wool Growers
4
Insurance
4
Current State Contracts c.
1950
Photographs - Prosser photographs going back
to 1920s, black and white and negatives. No grapes though. Photos of fruit
crops, classes held at the station, station personnel and aerial
photographs.
5
Sheep records 1949-51?
5
Manilla Folders with photographs and
negatives sorted by decade, 1920s-1960s.
5
Book: "SOILS" includes ledger of sample
charts and their progress for 1951.
5
Hausenbuiller Field Book, #2(ranch?) c.
1953.
5
Soil Survey notes
The rest of the boxes contain the files
concerned with the following general topics:
6-13
Alkali Bees
6-13
Soil survey records
6-13
Mite Survey Book
6-13
Cash Journals C. 1920
6-13
Entomology Reports, research and
bulletins
6-13
1950s Farm Development reports