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plant science and plant products

 Subject
Subject Source: Nalt

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Ernest Imle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0220
Content Description

The Ernest Imle Papers include photographs, reports, and articles about U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rubber research from the 1940s to the 1970s, primarily at the Regional Rubber Experiment Station in Turrialba, Costa Rica. There are also articles and correspondence on tropical agriculture, including cacao, and publications on lilies.

Dates: 1940-2000; Majority of material found within 1940-1980

Erwin Frink Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0156
Content Description

The Erwin Frink Smith Papers contain Smith's notes, writings, letters, and publications. Notable writings include his first paper on bacteria as a plant pathogen, his first paper on the fungus infestation of soils, material on the Fischer-Smith polemic, the results of his studies on crown gall in plants and its relation to cancer in animals, and his Bibliography of Peach Yellows.

Dates: 1880-1930

Frank Leslie Duley Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0383
Content Description

The Frank Leslie Duley Photograph Collection consists of photographs and negatives of sorghum, corn, soil moisture, and soil structure. Many are not labeled geographically. Some are labeled with names of towns and cities in Nebraska, including Lincoln, Dalton, Chappell, and Gurley.

Dates: 1939-1965; Majority of material found within 1939-1940

Frank Nicholas Meyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0295
Content Description

The Frank Nicholas Meyer Collection consists of a typescript, a certificate, and photographs of Meyer.

Dates: 1905-1918

Frank S. Santamour Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0306
Content Description

The Frank S. Santamour Papers consist of Santamour's publications and photographs used in those publications.

Dates: 1956-2001

Frederick Vernon Coville Records on Blueberries

 Collection
Identifier: MS0413
Content Description The Frederick Vernon Coville Records on Blueberries document the U.S. Department of Agriculture's earliest crosses of commercial blueberries. Frederick Vernon Coville, along with George M. Darrow, were the first breeders in the blueberry program. The research notes in this collection are primarily Coville's and include a complete description of blueberry plant parentage and field note data. There are daily handwritten entries about growing plants in research fields and separate notebooks...
Dates: 1907-1938

Gene Eisenbeiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0054
Content Description

The Gene Eisenbeiss Papers include administrative files, such as correspondence regarding registration of cultivar names, location of cultivars for purchase, and information requested about the Ilex genus (holly and its relatives). There are also miscellaneous publications and literature on plants, as well as engraving blocks of holly illustrations used for publications and given to Eisenbeiss by Harry William Dengler of the Extension Service, USDA, at the University of Maryland.

Dates: 1974-1996

George McMillan Darrow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0048
Content Description

The George McMillan Darrow Papers contain materials related to Darrow's scientific career and the literature he contributed to the field. There are correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, a book, publications such as articles and reports, photographs, field notes, papers related to plant physiology, and miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1835-1980; Majority of material found within 1925-1965

Grant Thorburn and Sons Invoice Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS0173
Content Description

The Grant Thorburn and Sons Invoice Book is a 50-page volume containing invoices for flowers, trees, and seeds related to business transactions of the Grant Thorburn and Sons seed company.

Dates: 1830-1834

Harry Alfred Borthwick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0026
Content Description

The Harry Alfred Borthwick Papers contain reprints, experiment results, correspondence, abstracts, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, positives, maps, graphs, tables, charts, slides, and notebooks. There are indexes to the reprints, abstracts, photographs, and negatives.

Dates: 1901-1967