Robert Phillip Upchurch Collection
MC 00029
Special Collections Research Center
34.5 Linear feet
1941-2012
The Robert Phillip Upchurch Collection contains personal and professional papers of plant scientist Robert Phillip Upchurch. This collection contains annual reports, 1953-1965, written by Upchurch for a project at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station,
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants, as well as class notes, 1941-1949, from Upchurch's years as a student in crop science and plant physiology. Robert P. Upchurch's personal military records, 1948-1967, are included in the collection, as are the
Upchurch Bulletin, 1980-2006, and
Englandia, 1996-1999, family history quarterlies edited and published by Robert Phillip Upchurch. Also included are publications and other materials of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America. Also included are the records of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), an organization of which Upchurch was a prominent member.
Born in Wake County, North Carolina, on February 9, 1928, Robert Phillip Upchurch graduated from the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) with a B.S. in crop science in 1948. He received a master's degree in 1949 and in 1953 was awarded a Ph.D. in plant physiology from the University of California, Davis. Upchurch was a member of the faculty at North Carolina State College from 1949 to 1965. From 1955 to 1957 Upchurch served in the United States Air Force with the rank of second lieutenant. From 1965 through 1975 he worked for the Monsanto Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1975 to 1990 Upchurch was a professor and head of the Plant Sciences Department at the University of Arizona.
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center
Reference Staff.
9 archival boxes, 8 archival cartons, and 2 archival flatboxes
Upchurch, Robert Phillip
Restrictions to Access
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Robert P. Upchurch, 2006 October (Accession no. 2006.0165), 2009 May (Accession no. 2009.0089) and 2012 December (Accession no. 2012.0312)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Phillip Upchurch Papers, MC 29, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Proccessing Information
Processed by Michael Watts,
2006 November ; revised by Linda Sellars, April 2009; additional processing by Meaghan Lanier, May 2013
Encoded by Michael Watts,
2006 November
Biographical Note
Robert Phillip Upchurch was born in Wake County, North Carolina, on February 9, 1928. He graduated from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) with a B.S. in Crop Science in 1948. He received a master's degree in 1949. In 1953, he was awarded a Ph.D. in plant physiology from the University of California, Davis.
Upchurch served as an instructor at North Carolina State College from 1949 to 1953, and as an assistant professor from 1953 to 1955 and again from 1957 to 1960. He served in the United States Air Force, Air Research and Development Command, with the rank of lieutenant from 1955 to 1957. He continued to serve in the Air Force Reserve until 1967, retiring with the rank of captain. Upchurch was active in research that established the principles of the behavior of herbicides in soil and the development of weed control practices for peanuts and cotton.
From 1965 through 1975 Upchurch worked for the Monsanto Corporation as the manager of research for their Agricultural Division in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1975 to 1990 Upchurch was a professor and head of the Plant Sciences Department at the University of Arizona. While at the University of Arizona Dr. Upchurch also served as the Director of Development and Alumni Affairs and as the Director of the College of Agriculture's Arboretum Affairs.
Upchurch retired from teaching at the University of Arizona in 1990, and pursued a career as a farmer and real estate developer in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. He also developed an extensive and thoroughly researched genealogical study of his family origins in America, documenting ancestral ties to an original member of the seventeenth-century Virgina Charter Company, Michael Upchurch, one of the first English colonists to settle in what is now Wake County, North Carolina.
Professional organizations include Sigma Xi, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Weed Society of America, American Society of Plant Physiology, Arizona Crop Improvement Association, Arizona Academy of Science, the Soil and Water Conservation Society of America, and the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST).
To read a transcript of an oral history interview of Robert Phillip Upchurch, click
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Scope and Content Note
The Robert Phillip Upchurch Collection contains personal and professional papers of plant scientist Robert Phillip Upchurch. This collection contains annual reports, 1953-1965, written by Robert Phillip Upchurch for a project at the
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station,
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants. These reports document Upchurch's research on the principles of the behavior of
herbicides in soil and the development of
weed control practices for
peanuts and
cotton. Also included in the collection are class notes from Upchurch's years as a student of
crop science and
plant physiology. Upchurch's personal
military records are included in the collection along with a complete set of the
Upchurch Bulletin, a family history quarterly edited and published by Robert Phillip Upchurch. Additionally there is a complete set of
Englandia, a quarterly that Upchurch published to chronicle family ties to the
Upchurch families in
England. There is also extensive records of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, an organization of which Upchurch was a prominent member. Also included are publications and other materials related to the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America and awards, mementos, and artifacts.
Organization of the Collection
This collection is organized into seven series:
- 1. Annual Reports
- 2. Class Notes
- 3. Military Records
- 4. Upchurch Family History
- 5. Plant Growth Regulation Society Publications and Other Material
- 6. Awards, Mementos, and Artifacts
- 7. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Documentation
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station--History.
North Carolina State College--Faculty--History.
Plant Growth Regulator Society of America.
Plant Growth Regulator Working Group.
Upchurch Family
Upchurch, Michael
Upchurch, Robert Phillip
Cotton--Weed control--Research--North Carolina
Crop science--Study and teaching--North Carolina
England--Genealogy
Growth (Plants)--Regulation
Herbicides--Research--North Carolina
Peanuts--Weed control--Research--North Carolina
Plant regulators
Wake County (N.C.)--Genealogy
Weeds--Control--Research--North Carolina
Annual Reports
MC 00029 Series 1
1.5 Linear feet
1953 - 1965
2.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Annual reports, 1953-1965, written by Robert Phillip Upchurch for a project at the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station,
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants; United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) yearbooks, research and academic material related to Upchurch's work at NCSU as a professor and research scientist. Included are primary industry research studies on weed control and vegetative growth inhibitors.
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (60 pages)
1
1
1953
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (107 pages)
1
2
1954
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants. (Work & Report by O.E. Rud - RPU on leave in U. S. Air Force)
1
3
1955
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants. (Work & Report by O. E. Rud - RPU on leave in U. S. Air Force)
1
4
1956
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (75 pages)
1
5
1957
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (132 pages)
1
6
1958.
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (172 pages)
1
7
1959.
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (145 pages)
1
8
1960.
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (232 pages)
2
1
1961
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants. Summary of a Three-year Study on the Uptake of Organic Chemicals by Plant Roots Sponsored by NSF
2
2
1961
The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Highway Facilities. Two year report (61 pages)
2
3
1961
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (217 pages)
2
4
1962
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (272 pages)
2
5
1963
The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Highway Facilities. Two year report (129 pages)
3
1
1963
The Development of Principles and Practices for the Control of Weeds in Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Forage Crops, Turf and for the Control of Nutsedge, Johnson Grass and Woody Plants (303 pages)
3
2
1964
The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Facilities. Two year report (116 pages)
3
3
1965
Class Notes
MC 00029 Series 2
0.5 Linear feet
1941 - 1949
1.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Notes and textbooks used by Dr. Upchurch in undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate study in agronomy and plant physiology.
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
3
4
1941
Laboratory Plant Physiology
3
5
1941
College Algebra
4
1
1943
Laboratory Manual for Students of Agronomy
4
2
1946
Botany 432
4
3
1949
Advanced Plant Physiology - Botany 433
4
4
1949
Supplementary Notebook - Botany 423 - 433
4
5
1949
Botany 302
5
1
undated
Military Records
MC 00029 Series 3
0.5 Linear feet
1948 - 1967
1 box
Scope and Contents note
This series contains correspondence between Robert P. Upchurch and the draft board, as well as orders and guidelines for activity issued by the the United States Air Force (USAF). Also included is material related to promotions in rank and material related to service in the Air Force Reserve. Commissioned as a second lieutenant (ROTC), United States Air Force, in 1949, Upchurch served on active duty from 1955 to 1957. His main responsiblities were as a project officer and research scientist responsible for studies investigating the control of vegetation. Upchurch remained in the Air Force Reserve through 1967, retiring with the rank of captain.
Selective Service
5
2
1948 - 1967
United States Air Force (USAF)
5
3
1949
USAF
5
4
1951
USAF
5
5
1952
USAF
5
6
1953
USAF Background Publication
5
7
1953 - 1955
USAF
5
8
1954
USAF, January - April
5
9
1955
USAF April - December
5
10
1955
USAF April - December
5
11
1955
USAF
5
12
1956
USAF January - April
5
13
1957
USAF April - December
5
14
1957
USAF
5
15
1958
USAF
5
16
1959
USAF
5
17
1960
USAF
5
18
1961
USAF
5
19
1962
USAF
5
20
1966
USAF
5
21
1967
Upchurch Family History
MC 00029 Series 4
2.0 Linear feet
1980 - 2006
4 boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a complete collection of the
Upchurch Bulletin, a genealogical and historical quarterly edited and published by Robert P. Upchurch that documents Upchurch family history and ancestral lines of descent from Michael Upchurch, one of the original settlers associated with the seventeenth-century Virginia Charter Company. Additionally, there is a complete set of
Englandia, a quarterly also edited and published by Upchurch, to document and explore familial linkage of Upchurch families living in America to Upchurch clans residing in England.
Upchurch Bulletin
6
1
January 1980
Upchurch Bulletin
6
2
April 1980
Upchurch Bulletin
6
3
July 1980
Upchurch Bulletin
6
4
October 1980
Upchurch Bulletin
6
5
January 1981
Upchurch Bulletin
6
6
April 1981
Upchurch Bulletin
6
7
July 1981
Upchurch Bulletin
6
8
October 1981
Upchurch Bulletin
6
9
January 1982
Upchurch Bulletin
6
10
April 1982
Upchurch Bulletin
6
11
July 1982
Upchurch Bulletin
6
12
October 1982
Upchurch Bulletin
6
13
January 1983
Upchurch Bulletin
6
14
April 1983
Upchurch Bulletin
6
15
July 1983
Upchurch Bulletin
6
16
October 1983
Upchurch Bulletin
6
17
January 1984
Upchurch Bulletin
6
18
April 1984
Upchurch Bulletin
6
19
July 1984
Upchurch Bulletin
6
20
October 1984
Upchurch Bulletin
6
21
January 1985
Upchurch Bulletin
6
22
April 1985
Upchurch Bulletin
6
23
July 1985
Upchurch Bulletin
6
24
October 1985
Upchurch Bulletin
6
25
January 1986
Upchurch Bulletin
6
26
April 1986
Upchurch Bulletin
6
27
July 1986
Upchurch Bulletin
6
28
October 1986
Upchurch Bulletin
6
29
January 1987
Upchurch Bulletin
6
30
April 1987
Upchurch Bulletin
6
31
July 1987
Upchurch Bulletin
6
32
October 1987
Upchurch Bulletin
7
1
January 1988
Upchurch Bulletin
7
2
April 1988
Upchurch Bulletin
7
3
July 1988
Upchurch Bulletin
7
4
October 1988
Upchurch Bulletin
7
5
January 1989
Upchurch Bulletin
7
6
April 1989
Upchurch Bulletin
7
7
July 1989
Upchurch Bulletin
7
8
October 1989
Upchurch Bulletin
7
9
January 1990
Upchurch Bulletin
7
10
April 1990
Upchurch Bulletin
7
11
July 1990
Upchurch Bulletin
7
12
October 1990
Upchurch Bulletin
7
13
January 1991
Upchurch Bulletin
7
14
April 1991
Upchurch Bulletin
7
15
July 1991
Upchurch Bulletin
7
16
October 1991
Upchurch Bulletin
7
17
January 1992
Upchurch Bulletin
7
18
April 1992
Upchurch Bulletin
7
19
July 1992
Upchurch Bulletin
7
20
October 1992
Upchurch Bulletin
7
21
January 1993
Upchurch Bulletin
7
22
April 1993
Upchurch Bulletin
7
23
July 1993
Upchurch Bulletin
7
24
October 1993
Upchurch Bulletin
7
25
January 1994
Upchurch Bulletin
7
26
April 1994
Upchurch Bulletin
7
27
July 1994
Upchurch Bulletin
7
28
October 1994
Upchurch Bulletin
7
29
January 1995
Upchurch Bulletin
7
30
April 1995
Upchurch Bulletin
7
31
July 1995
Upchurch Bulletin
7
32
October 1995
Upchurch Bulletin
8
1
January 1996
Upchurch Bulletin
8
2
April 1996
Upchurch Bulletin
7
3
July 1996
Upchurch Bulletin
7
4
October 1996
Upchurch Bulletin
8
5
January 1997
Upchurch Bulletin
8
6
April 1997
Upchurch Bulletin
8
7
July 1997
Upchurch Bulletin
7
8
October 1997
Upchurch Bulletin
8
9
January 1998
Upchurch Bulletin
8
10
April 1998
Upchurch Bulletin
8
11
July 1998
Upchurch Bulletin
7
12
October 1998
Upchurch Bulletin
8
13
January 1999
Upchurch Bulletin
8
14
April 1999
Upchurch Bulletin
8
15
July 1999
Upchurch Bulletin
8
16
October 1999
Upchurch Bulletin
8
17
January - June 2000
Upchurch Bulletin
8
18
July - December 2000
Upchurch Bulletin
8
19
January - June 2001
Upchurch Bulletin
8
20
July - December 2001
Upchurch Bulletin
8
21
January - June 2002
Upchurch Bulletin
8
22
July - December 2002
Upchurch Bulletin
8
23
January - June 2003
Upchurch Bulletin
8
24
July - December 2003
Upchurch Bulletin
8
25
January - June 2004
Upchurch Bulletin
8
26
July - December 2004
Upchurch Bulletin
8
27
January - June 2005
Upchurch Bulletin
8
28
July - December 2005
Upchurch Bulletin
8
29
January - June 2006
Englandia
9
1
January - June 1996
Englandia
9
2
July - December 1996
Englandia
9
3
January - June 1997
Englandia
9
4
July - December 1997
Englandia
9
5
January - June 1998
Englandia
9
6
July - December 1998
Englandia
9
7
January - June 1999
Englandia
9
8
July - December 1999
Curriculum Vitae, Photocopy of Award Certificate, and Letter (Robert Phillip Upchurch)
9
9
November 2006
Plant Growth Regulation Society Publications and Other Material
MC 00029 Series 5
4.0 Linear feet
1972-2008
7 boxes
Scope and Content Note
The Plant Growth Regulator Working Group was formed in 1973. In 1981, the Working Group changed its name to the Plant Growth Regulator Society of America. In 1995, the membership voted to change the name of the organization to Plant Growth Regulation Society of America. This series contains publications and other materials related to the founding and growth of the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America. The
Bulletin of the Plant Growth Regulator Working Group was established in 1973 and published 16 volumes until July 1988. After July 1988, the Society's
Bulletin was superceded by the
Quarterly, which was published four times a year. Volume numbers for the
Quarterly continued without interruption. Included here are four issues per year of the
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin, 1973-1988. Volume 14, No. 1, January-March 1986 is not included. Volume 14, No. 3, July-September 1988 is the last issue to use the title Bulletin. Also included are four issues per year of the
PGRSA Quarterly for years 1989-2003. Volume 22, No. 3&4, July-December 1994 and Volume 24, No. 3&4, July-December 1996, are not included. Beginning in 2004 the
PGRSA Quarterly was published online only. Included here are copies of Volumes 32 and 33 and Volume 34, No. 1&2, downloaded and printed.
Plant Growth Regulator Society of America.
Plant Growth Regulator Working Group.
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin
10
1
1973
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin
10
2
1974
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin
10
3
1975
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin
10
4
1976-1977
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin
10
5
1978-1979
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin
10
6
1980-1981
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin
10
7
1982-1983
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin
10
8
1984-1985
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin
10
9
1986-1987
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin and Quarterly
10
10
1988
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
10
11
1989
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
10
12
1990
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
11
1
1991
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
11
2
1992
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
11
3
1993
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
11
4
1994 January-June
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly
11
5
1995
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
11
6
1996-1997
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
12
1
1998
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
12
2
1999
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
12
3
2000
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
12
4
2001
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
12
5
2002
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
12
6
2003
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
13
1
2004
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
13
2
2005
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly
13
3
2006 January-June
Personnel Directory
13
4
1974
Personnel Directory
13
5
1975
Personnel Directory
13
6
1977
Personnel Directory
13
7
1979
Membership Directory
13
8
1989
Membership Directory
13
9
1990
Membership Directory
13
10
1991
Membership Directory
14
1
1999
Membership Directory
14
2
2003
Program and Abstracts
14
3
1974
Program and Abstracts
14
4
1975
Program and Abstracts
14
5
1976
Program and Proceedings
14
6
1977
Proceedings
14
7
1978
Proceedings
14
8
1979
Proceedings
14
9
1980
Programs
14
10
1981-1988
Scope and Contents note
No programs for 1982 or 1984.
Plant Growth Regulator Handbook
15
1
1981
Plant Growth Substances / Folke Skoog (ed.), University of Wisconsin Press
15
2
1951
Key Articles
15
3
1947-1978
Plant Growth Regulation Addenda 1-25
15
4
1972-1976
Addendum 26, 1972 Events Leading Up to Formation of PGRWG in 1973
15
3
1972
Addendum 27, WSSA Umbrella Study Committee, and Addendum 28, Names of PGRWG Participants and Notes of PGRWG Docs
15
6
1972, after 2003
Chronological Files
15
7
1973
Chronological Files
15
8
1974
Chronological Files
16
1
1975
Chronological Files
16
2
Chronological Files (1 of 2)
16
3
1977
Chronological Files (2 of 2)
17
4
1977
Chronological Files
16
5
1978
Sixty Years of Interest in Plant Growth Regulation
16
6
2008
Chronological Files
17
1
1979-1982
Chronological Files
17
2
1983-1989
Chronological Files
17
3
1990-1995
Chronological Files
17
4
1996-1999
Chronological Files
17
5
2000-2002
Chronological Files
17
6
2003-2004
Chronological Files
17
7
2005-2008
Awards, Mementos, and Artifacts
MC 00029 Series 6
16.0 Linear feet
12 boxes
Description
17
8
2008
Society of Sigma Xi Membership
18
Award: Alpha Tau Alpha
18
Recognition: Editor, SWSC
18
Cornerstone club
18
National Recognition: RICOP
18
1988
WSSA Fellow
18
1975 February
Award: Maricopa Ag Center
18
Honorary Member Western Society of Weed Sceince
18
1982
Boyce Thompson Award
18
Certificate of Appreciation: PGRWG
18
Recognition: ASTA
18
President of CAST 1982-1983
18
Basha Retirement Medal
18
CSSA: Charter Award Medal
18
Honorable Discharge USAF
18
Tiger Paw Component
18
Membership Gamma Sigma Delta
19
Sigma Xi Research Award
19
Dream Catcher
18
Endowment: Upchurch
19
1994 August 15
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Upchurch
19
Picture of Plant Science Books
19
Director Emeritus
20
Recognition as DELEP Founder
19
Conservation Award, Framed
19
1993
Take Pride Award
19
Photograph, U. of A. Administrators
19
1985
RPU Picture, 10th Year CAST
19
Plaque, President of WSSA
19
Certificate, President of WSSA
19
Plaque, Honorary Alumni, U. of A.
19
Certificate, Honorary Alumni, U. of A.
19
DeGrazia Painting
23
Erni Cabot Painting
23
FFA Award of Appreciation
20
Plaque, Honorary State Farmer, FFA
20
Certificate, Honorary State Farmer, FFA
20
Roundup Button, 25 Years
20
Railroad Spikes
24
Appreciation Pen Set, U. of A.
24
Class of 1988 Appreciation
20
Retirement Clock Memento
23
CAST Life Membership
20
Extended Service to CAST
20
Service as President of CAST
20
Buffalo Plaque, Philippines
20
SSU Goodwife Award
23
RPU B.S. Degree Diploma
23
RPU M.S. Degree Diploma
23
Slide Rule
20
Upchurch Rock
20
Upchurch Tooth Extractor
20
Upchurch Scales
25
Large Weight for Scales
22
Small Weight for Scales
21
Alpha Zeta Paddle
17
Elegant Walking Cane
27
Utilitarian Cane
27
Gold Watch
26
NSF Award (no object)
21
Chamblee Hassock (no object)
21
Lifetime Achievement Award
23
Gold Class Ring
26
Framed Picture, GF Bartley Jefferson Upchurch
28
Framed Picture, GM Aurora Ray Upchurch
29
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Documentation
MC 00029 Series 7
10.0 Linear feet
1972-2012
Organization of the Collection
This series is arranged in the order discovered when processing.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains all of the documentation retained by Robert Phillip Upchurch pertaining to the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). Included is correspondence, minutes, financial information, newsletters, reports and files about the Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) magazine. CAST is a nonprofit organization whose primary work is the publication of task force reports, commentary papers, special publications and issue papers written by scientists from many disciplines. CAST addresses issues of animal sciences, food sciences and agricultural technology, plant and soil sciences, and plant protection sciences with inputs from economists, social scientists, toxicologists or plant pathologists and entomologists, weed scientists, nematologists, and legal experts
Inventory of Documents Pertaining to the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
30
1
2012
Chapter 42 of Upchurch's memoir "From City Shadows" pertaining to CAST
30
2
Undated
Online Content, Undated
Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Guidelines, Anniversary Documents, Catalogs, and Promotional Items
30
3
1972-2012
Leaders including Charles A. Black, Norman Borlaug, and Robert P. Upchurch
30
4
1972-2005
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletter
30
5
1972-1976
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 2)
30
6
1977
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 2)
30
7
1977
Chronological Files. Meetings
30
8
1977
Chronological Files. Financials
31
1
1977
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 2)
31
2
1978
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 2)
31
3
1978
Chronological Files. Meetings
31
4
1978
Chronological Files. Financials
31
5
1978
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 3)
31
6
1979
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 3)
31
7
1979
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 3)
32
1
1979
Chronological Files. Meetings
32
2
1979
Chronological Files. Financials
32
3
1979
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 4)
32
4
1980
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 4)
32
5
1980
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 4)
33
1
1980
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (4 of 4)
33
2
1980
Chronological Files. Meetings
33
3
1980
Chronological Files. Financials
33
4
1980
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 3)
33
5
1981
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 3)
33
6
1981
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 3)
34
1
1981
Chronological Files. Meetings
34
2
1981
Chronological Files. Financials
34
3
1981
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 4)
34
4
1982
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 4)
34
5
1982
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 4)
35
1
1982
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (4 of 4)
35
2
1982
Chronological Files. Operation Bootstrap Records (1 of 2)
35
3
1982
Chronological Files. Operation Bootstrap Records (2 of 2)
35
4
1982
Chronological Files. Tenth Anniversary Celebration Records
35
5
1982
Chronological Files. Other Meetings
36
1
1982
Chronological Files. Financials
36
2
1982
Chronological Files. Meetings
36
5
1983
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 2)
36
3
1983
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 2)
36
4
1983
Chronological Files. Financials
36
6
1983
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletter
37
1
1984
Chronological Files. Meetings
37
2
1984
Chronological Files. Financials
37
3
1984
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials
37
4
1985-1989
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials
37
5
1990-1994
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials
37
6
1995-1999
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials
38
1
2000-2004
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials
38
2
2005-2009
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials
38
3
2010-2012
Formal Reports. Food Day Dialog Reports
38
4
1975-1980
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 1through 40
38
5
1973-1975
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 41 through 50
38
6
1975
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 51 through 60
39
1
1975-1976
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 61 through 70
39
2
1976-1977
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (1 of 4)
39
3
1977
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (2 of 4)
39
4
1977
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (3 of 4)
40
1
1977
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (4 of 4)
40
2
1977
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 71 through 80 (1 of 2)
40
3
1977-1979
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 71 through 80 (2 of 2)
40
4
1977-1979
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 81 through 87 (1 of 2)
40
5
1979-1980
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 81 through 87 (2 of 2)
41
1
1979-1980
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 88 through 90
41
2
1981
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 91 through 95
41
3
1981-1982
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 96 through 100
41
4
1983-1984
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 101 through 110 (1 of 2)
41
5
1984-1986
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 101 through 110 (2 of 2)
41
6
1984-1989
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 111 through 115
42
1
1987-1989
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 116 through 120
42
2
1989-1992
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 121 through 125
42
3
1994-1995
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 126 through 130
42
4
1996-1997
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 131 through 135
42
5
1998-1999
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 136 through 140 (1 of 2)
43
1
2000-2003
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 136 through 140 (2 of 2)
43
2
2000-2003
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 141 and Beyond
43
3
2004-2011
Formal Reports. CAST Issue Papers Numbered 1 through 20
43
4
1993-2002
Formal Reports. CAST Issue Papers Numbered 21 through 30
43
5
2002-2005
Formal Reports. CAST Issue Papers Numbered 31 through 45
43
6
2006-2010
Formal Reports. Comments from CAST in Order Within Years (1 of 2)
44
1
1972-1994
Formal Reports. Comments from CAST in Order Within Years (2 of 2)
44
2
1972-1994
NewsCAST Newsletter
44
3
1974-1979
NewsCAST Newsletter
44
4
1980-1983
NewsCAST Newsletter
44
5
1984-1991
NewsCAST Newsletter
45
1
1992-1999
NewsCAST Newsletter
45
2
2000-2006
CAST Numbered Papers 1 through 16
45
3
1973-1983
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (1 of 4)
45
4
1972-2003
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (2 of 4)
45
5
1972-2003
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (3 of 4)
46
1
1972-2003
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (4 of 4)
46
2
1972-2003
CAST Digest. NewsCAST Newsletter Companion
46
3
1995-1998
Reports Contemplated but not Executed and Miscellaneous Reports
46
4
1979-1996
Activities of the CAST Education Committee
46
5
1977-1982
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files
46
6
1981
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files
46
7
1982
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files
47
1
1983
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files
47
2
1984
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files
47
3
1985
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files
47
4
1986-1994
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Workshop
47
5
1982-1983
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Creation of Issue Number 1 (1 of 2)
47
6
1982
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Creation of Issue Number 1 (2 of 2)
48
1
1982
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. A through E
48
2
1981-1982
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. F through M
48
3
1982-1984
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. N through Q
48
4
1981-1983
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. R through T
48
5
1982-1984
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. U through Z
49
1
1982-1984
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues
49
2
1983-1984
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues
49
3
1985-1986
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues
49
4
1987-1988
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues
49
5
1988-1993
Special CAST Subject Files
49
6
1977-2011