AnnouncementsMemorial DayThe Special Collections Public Services Desk will be open by appointment only on Monday, May 27, 2013, in observance of Memorial Day. Please order materials by 5pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to ensure delivery prior to the holiday. The Special Collections Public Services Desk will resume normal hours on Tuesday, May 28, at 8am. If you have any questions, please contact, via email, Gwynn Thayer or Eli Brown. MC 00029 Guide to the Robert Phillip Upchurch Papers, 1941-2008This collection is organized into seven series:
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.
[Box
1,
Item
1]
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),
1953
[Box
1,
Item
2]
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),
1954
[Box
1,
Item
3]
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),
1955
[Box
1,
Item
4]
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),
1956
[Box
1,
Item
5]
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),
1957
[Box
1,
Item
6]
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),
1958.
[Box
1,
Item
7]
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),
1959.
[Box
1,
Item
8]
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),
1960.
[Box
2,
Item
1]
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),
1961
[Box
2,
Item
2]
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,
1961
[Box
2,
Item
3]
The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Highway Facilities. Two
year report (61 pages),
1961
[Box
2,
Item
4]
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),
1962
[Box
2,
Item
5]
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),
1963
[Box
3,
Item
1]
The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Highway Facilities. Two
year report (129 pages),
1963
[Box
3,
Item
2]
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),
1964
[Box
3,
Item
3]
The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Facilities. Two year report
(116 pages),
1965
Notes and textbooks used by Dr. Upchurch in undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate study in agronomy and plant physiology.
[Box
3,
Item
4]
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry,
1941
[Box
3,
Item
5]
Laboratory Plant Physiology,
1941
[Box
4,
Item
1]
College Algebra,
1943
[Box
4,
Item
2]
Laboratory Manual for Students of Agronomy,
1946
[Box
4,
Item
3]
Botany 432,
1949
[Box
4,
Item
4]
Advanced Plant Physiology - Botany 433,
1949
[Box
4,
Item
5]
Supplementary Notebook - Botany 423 - 433,
1949
[Box
5,
Item
1]
Botany 302,
undated
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.
[Box
5,
Item
2]
Selective Service,
1948 - 1967
[Box
5,
Item
3]
United States Air Force (USAF),
1949
[Box
5,
Item
4]
USAF,
1951
[Box
5,
Item
5]
USAF,
1952
[Box
5,
Item
6]
USAF,
1953
[Box
5,
Item
7]
USAF Background Publication,
1953 - 1955
[Box
5,
Item
8]
USAF,
1954
[Box
5,
Item
9]
USAF, January - April,
1955
[Box
5,
Item
10]
USAF April - December,
1955
[Box
5,
Item
11]
USAF April - December,
1955
[Box
5,
Item
12]
USAF,
1956
[Box
5,
Item
13]
USAF January - April,
1957
[Box
5,
Item
14]
USAF April - December,
1957
[Box
5,
Item
15]
USAF,
1958
[Box
5,
Item
16]
USAF,
1959
[Box
5,
Item
17]
USAF,
1960
[Box
5,
Item
18]
USAF,
1961
[Box
5,
Item
19]
USAF,
1962
[Box
5,
Item
20]
USAF,
1966
[Box
5,
Item
21]
USAF,
1967
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.
[Box
6,
Item
1]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1980
[Box
6,
Item
2]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1980
[Box
6,
Item
3]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1980
[Box
6,
Item
4]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1980
[Box
6,
Item
5]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1981
[Box
6,
Item
6]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1981
[Box
6,
Item
7]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1981
[Box
6,
Item
8]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1981
[Box
6,
Item
9]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1982
[Box
6,
Item
10]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1982
[Box
6,
Item
11]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1982
[Box
6,
Item
12]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1982
[Box
6,
Item
13]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1983
[Box
6,
Item
14]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1983
[Box
6,
Item
15]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1983
[Box
6,
Item
16]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1983
[Box
6,
Item
17]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1984
[Box
6,
Item
18]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1984
[Box
6,
Item
19]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1984
[Box
6,
Item
20]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1984
[Box
6,
Item
21]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1985
[Box
6,
Item
22]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1985
[Box
6,
Item
23]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1985
[Box
6,
Item
24]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1985
[Box
6,
Item
25]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1986
[Box
6,
Item
26]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1986
[Box
6,
Item
27]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1986
[Box
6,
Item
28]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1986
[Box
6,
Item
29]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1987
[Box
6,
Item
30]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1987
[Box
6,
Item
31]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1987
[Box
6,
Item
32]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1987
[Box
7,
Item
1]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1988
[Box
7,
Item
2]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1988
[Box
7,
Item
3]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1988
[Box
7,
Item
4]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1988
[Box
7,
Item
5]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1989
[Box
7,
Item
6]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1989
[Box
7,
Item
7]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1989
[Box
7,
Item
8]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1989
[Box
7,
Item
9]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1990
[Box
7,
Item
10]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1990
[Box
7,
Item
11]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1990
[Box
7,
Item
12]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1990
[Box
7,
Item
13]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1991
[Box
7,
Item
14]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1991
[Box
7,
Item
15]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1991
[Box
7,
Item
16]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1991
[Box
7,
Item
17]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1992
[Box
7,
Item
18]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1992
[Box
7,
Item
19]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1992
[Box
7,
Item
20]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1992
[Box
7,
Item
21]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1993
[Box
7,
Item
22]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1993
[Box
7,
Item
23]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1993
[Box
7,
Item
24]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1993
[Box
7,
Item
25]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1994
[Box
7,
Item
26]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1994
[Box
7,
Item
27]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1994
[Box
7,
Item
28]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1994
[Box
7,
Item
29]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1995
[Box
7,
Item
30]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1995
[Box
7,
Item
31]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1995
[Box
7,
Item
32]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1995
[Box
8,
Item
1]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1996
[Box
8,
Item
2]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1996
[Box
7,
Item
3]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1996
[Box
7,
Item
4]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1996
[Box
8,
Item
5]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1997
[Box
8,
Item
6]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1997
[Box
8,
Item
7]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1997
[Box
7,
Item
8]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1997
[Box
8,
Item
9]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1998
[Box
8,
Item
10]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1998
[Box
8,
Item
11]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1998
[Box
7,
Item
12]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1998
[Box
8,
Item
13]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January 1999
[Box
8,
Item
14]
Upchurch Bulletin,
April 1999
[Box
8,
Item
15]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July 1999
[Box
8,
Item
16]
Upchurch Bulletin,
October 1999
[Box
8,
Item
17]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2000
[Box
8,
Item
18]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July - December 2000
[Box
8,
Item
19]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2001
[Box
8,
Item
20]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July - December 2001
[Box
8,
Item
21]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2002
[Box
8,
Item
22]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July - December 2002
[Box
8,
Item
23]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2003
[Box
8,
Item
24]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July - December 2003
[Box
8,
Item
25]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2004
[Box
8,
Item
26]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July - December 2004
[Box
8,
Item
27]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2005
[Box
8,
Item
28]
Upchurch Bulletin,
July - December 2005
[Box
8,
Item
29]
Upchurch Bulletin,
January - June 2006
[Box
9,
Item
1]
Englandia,
January - June 1996
[Box
9,
Item
2]
Englandia,
July - December 1996
[Box
9,
Item
3]
Englandia,
January - June 1997
[Box
9,
Item
4]
Englandia,
July - December 1997
[Box
9,
Item
5]
Englandia,
January - June 1998
[Box
9,
Item
6]
Englandia,
July - December 1998
[Box
9,
Item
7]
Englandia,
January - June 1999
[Box
9,
Item
8]
Englandia,
July - December 1999
[Box
9,
Item
9]
Curriculum Vitae, Photocopy of Award Certificate, and Letter (Robert Phillip Upchurch),
November 2006
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.
[Box
10,
Folder
1]
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin,
1973
[Box
10,
Folder
2]
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin,
1974
[Box
10,
Folder
3]
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin,
1975
[Box
10,
Folder
4]
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin,
1976-1977
[Box
10,
Folder
5]
Plant Growth Regulator Bulletin,
1978-1979
[Box
10,
Folder
6]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin,
1980-1981
[Box
10,
Folder
7]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin,
1982-1983
[Box
10,
Folder
8]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin,
1984-1985
[Box
10,
Folder
9]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin,
1986-1987
[Box
10,
Folder
10]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Bulletin and Quarterly,
1988
[Box
10,
Folder
11]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1989
[Box
10,
Folder
12]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1990
[Box
11,
Folder
1]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1991
[Box
11,
Folder
2]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1992
[Box
11,
Folder
3]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1993
[Box
11,
Folder
4]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1994 January-June
[Box
11,
Folder
5]
Plant Growth Regulator Society Quarterly,
1995
[Box
11,
Folder
6]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
1996-1997
[Box
12,
Folder
1]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
1998
[Box
12,
Folder
2]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
1999
[Box
12,
Folder
3]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2000
[Box
12,
Folder
4]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2001
[Box
12,
Folder
5]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2002
[Box
12,
Folder
6]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2003
[Box
13,
Folder
1]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2004
[Box
13,
Folder
2]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2005
[Box
13,
Folder
3]
Plant Growth Regulation Society Quarterly,
2006 January-June
[Box
13,
Folder
4]
Personnel Directory,
1974
[Box
13,
Folder
5]
Personnel Directory,
1975
[Box
13,
Folder
6]
Personnel Directory,
1977
[Box
13,
Folder
7]
Personnel Directory,
1979
[Box
13,
Folder
8]
Membership Directory,
1989
[Box
13,
Folder
9]
Membership Directory,
1990
[Box
13,
Folder
10]
Membership Directory,
1991
[Box
14,
Folder
1]
Membership Directory,
1999
[Box
14,
Folder
2]
Membership Directory,
2003
[Box
14,
Folder
3]
Program and Abstracts,
1974
[Box
14,
Folder
4]
Program and Abstracts,
1975
[Box
14,
Folder
5]
Program and Abstracts,
1976
[Box
14,
Folder
6]
Program and Proceedings,
1977
[Box
14,
Folder
7]
Proceedings,
1978
[Box
14,
Folder
8]
Proceedings,
1979
[Box
14,
Folder
9]
Proceedings,
1980
[Box
14,
Folder
10]
Programs,
1981-1988
No programs for 1982 or 1984.
[Box
15,
Folder
1]
Plant Growth Regulator Handbook,
1981
[Box
15,
Folder
2]
Plant Growth Substances / Folke Skoog (ed.), University of Wisconsin Press,
1951
[Box
15,
Folder
3]
Key Articles,
1947-1978
[Box
15,
Folder
4]
Plant Growth Regulation Addenda 1-25,
1972-1976
[Box
15,
Folder
3]
Addendum 26, 1972 Events Leading Up to Formation of PGRWG in 1973,
1972
[Box
15,
Folder
6]
Addendum 27, WSSA Umbrella Study Committee, and Addendum 28, Names of PGRWG Participants and Notes of PGRWG Docs,
1972, after 2003
[Box
15,
Folder
7]
Chronological Files,
1973
[Box
15,
Folder
8]
Chronological Files,
1974
[Box
16,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files,
1975
[Box
16,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files
[Box
16,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files (1 of 2),
1977
[Box
17,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files (2 of 2),
1977
[Box
16,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files,
1978
[Box
16,
Folder
6]
Sixty Years of Interest in Plant Growth Regulation,
2008
[Box
17,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files,
1979-1982
[Box
17,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files,
1983-1989
[Box
17,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files,
1990-1995
[Box
17,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files,
1996-1999
[Box
17,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files,
2000-2002
[Box
17,
Folder
6]
Chronological Files,
2003-2004
[Box
17,
Folder
7]
Chronological Files,
2005-2008
[Box
17,
Folder
8]
Description,
2008
[Box
18]
Society of Sigma Xi Membership
[Box
18]
Award: Alpha Tau Alpha
[Box
18]
Recognition: Editor, SWSC
[Box
18]
Cornerstone club
[Box
18]
National Recognition: RICOP,
1988
[Box
18]
WSSA Fellow,
1975 February
[Box
18]
Award: Maricopa Ag Center
[Box
18]
Honorary Member Western Society of Weed Sceince,
1982
[Box
18]
Boyce Thompson Award
[Box
18]
Certificate of Appreciation: PGRWG
[Box
18]
Recognition: ASTA
[Box
18]
President of CAST 1982-1983
[Box
18]
Basha Retirement Medal
[Box
18]
CSSA: Charter Award Medal
[Box
18]
Honorable Discharge USAF
[Box
18]
Tiger Paw Component
[Box
19]
Membership Gamma Sigma Delta
[Box
19]
Sigma Xi Research Award
[Box
18]
Dream Catcher
[Box
19]
Endowment: Upchurch,
1994 August 15
[Box
19]
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Upchurch
[Box
19]
Picture of Plant Science Books
[Box
20]
Director Emeritus
[Box
19]
Recognition as DELEP Founder
[Box
19]
Conservation Award, Framed,
1993
[Box
19]
Take Pride Award
[Box
19]
Photograph, U. of A. Administrators,
1985
[Box
19]
RPU Picture, 10th Year CAST
[Box
19]
Plaque, President of WSSA
[Box
19]
Certificate, President of WSSA
[Box
19]
Plaque, Honorary Alumni, U. of A.
[Box
19]
Certificate, Honorary Alumni, U. of A.
[Box
23]
DeGrazia Painting
[Box
23]
Erni Cabot Painting
[Box
20]
FFA Award of Appreciation
[Box
20]
Plaque, Honorary State Farmer, FFA
[Box
20]
Certificate, Honorary State Farmer, FFA
[Box
20]
Roundup Button, 25 Years
[Box
24]
Railroad Spikes
[Box
24]
Appreciation Pen Set, U. of A.
[Box
20]
Class of 1988 Appreciation
[Box
23]
Retirement Clock Memento
[Box
20]
CAST Life Membership
[Box
20]
Extended Service to CAST
[Box
20]
Service as President of CAST
[Box
20]
Buffalo Plaque, Philippines
[Box
23]
SSU Goodwife Award
[Box
23]
RPU B.S. Degree Diploma
[Box
23]
RPU M.S. Degree Diploma
[Box
20]
Slide Rule
[Box
20]
Upchurch Rock
[Box
20]
Upchurch Tooth Extractor
[Box
25]
Upchurch Scales
[Box
22]
Large Weight for Scales
[Box
21]
Small Weight for Scales
[Box
17]
Alpha Zeta Paddle
[Box
27]
Elegant Walking Cane
[Box
27]
Utilitarian Cane
[Box
26]
Gold Watch
[Box
21]
NSF Award (no object)
[Box
21]
Chamblee Hassock (no object)
[Box
23]
Lifetime Achievement Award
[Box
26]
Gold Class Ring
[Box
28]
Framed Picture, GF Bartley Jefferson Upchurch
[Box
29]
Framed Picture, GM Aurora Ray Upchurch
This series is arranged in the order discovered when processing.
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
[Box
30,
Folder
1]
Inventory of Documents Pertaining to the Council for Agricultural Sceince and Technology (CAST),
2012
[Box
30,
Folder
2]
Chapter 42 of Upchurch's memoir "From City Shadows" pertaining to CAST,
Undated
Online Content, Undated 
[Box
30,
Folder
3]
Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Guidelines, Anniversary Documents, Catalogs, and Promotional Items,
1972-2012
[Box
30,
Folder
4]
Leaders including Charles A. Black, Norman Borlaug, and Robert P. Upchurch,
1972-2005
[Box
30,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletter,
1972-1976
[Box
30,
Folder
6]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 2),
1977
[Box
30,
Folder
7]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 2),
1977
[Box
30,
Folder
8]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1977
[Box
31,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1977
[Box
31,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 2),
1978
[Box
31,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 2),
1978
[Box
31,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1978
[Box
31,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1978
[Box
31,
Folder
6]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 3),
1979
[Box
31,
Folder
7]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 3),
1979
[Box
32,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 3),
1979
[Box
32,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1979
[Box
32,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1979
[Box
32,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 4),
1980
[Box
32,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 4),
1980
[Box
33,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 4),
1980
[Box
33,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (4 of 4),
1980
[Box
33,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1980
[Box
33,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1980
[Box
33,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 3),
1981
[Box
33,
Folder
6]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 3),
1981
[Box
34,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 3),
1981
[Box
34,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1981
[Box
34,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1981
[Box
34,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 4),
1982
[Box
34,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 4),
1982
[Box
35,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (3 of 4),
1982
[Box
35,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (4 of 4),
1982
[Box
35,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Operation Bootstrap Records (1 of 2),
1982
[Box
35,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Operation Bootstrap Records (2 of 2),
1982
[Box
35,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Tenth Anniversary Celebration Records,
1982
[Box
36,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Other Meetings,
1982
[Box
36,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1982
[Box
36,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1983
[Box
36,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (1 of 2),
1983
[Box
36,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletters (2 of 2),
1983
[Box
36,
Folder
6]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1983
[Box
37,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Correspondence and Newsletter,
1984
[Box
37,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Meetings,
1984
[Box
37,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Financials,
1984
[Box
37,
Folder
4]
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials,
1985-1989
[Box
37,
Folder
5]
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials,
1990-1994
[Box
37,
Folder
6]
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials,
1995-1999
[Box
38,
Folder
1]
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials,
2000-2004
[Box
38,
Folder
2]
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials,
2005-2009
[Box
38,
Folder
3]
Chronological Files. Correspondence, Newsletters, Meetings and Financials,
2010-2012
[Box
38,
Folder
4]
Formal Reports. Food Day Dialog Reports,
1975-1980
[Box
38,
Folder
5]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 1through 40,
1973-1975
[Box
38,
Folder
6]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 41 through 50,
1975
[Box
39,
Folder
1]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 51 through 60,
1975-1976
[Box
39,
Folder
2]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 61 through 70,
1976-1977
[Box
39,
Folder
3]
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (1 of 4),
1977
[Box
39,
Folder
4]
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (2 of 4),
1977
[Box
40,
Folder
1]
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (3 of 4),
1977
[Box
40,
Folder
2]
Formal Reports. Expanded detail on Report Number 69 (4 of 4),
1977
[Box
40,
Folder
3]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 71 through 80 (1 of 2),
1977-1979
[Box
40,
Folder
4]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 71 through 80 (2 of 2),
1977-1979
[Box
40,
Folder
5]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 81 through 87 (1 of 2),
1979-1980
[Box
41,
Folder
1]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 81 through 87 (2 of 2),
1979-1980
[Box
41,
Folder
2]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 88 through 90,
1981
[Box
41,
Folder
3]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 91 through 95,
1981-1982
[Box
41,
Folder
4]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 96 through 100,
1983-1984
[Box
41,
Folder
5]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 101 through 110 (1 of 2),
1984-1986
[Box
41,
Folder
6]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 101 through 110 (2 of 2),
1984-1989
[Box
42,
Folder
1]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 111 through 115,
1987-1989
[Box
42,
Folder
2]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 116 through 120,
1989-1992
[Box
42,
Folder
3]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 121 through 125,
1994-1995
[Box
42,
Folder
4]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 126 through 130,
1996-1997
[Box
42,
Folder
5]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 131 through 135,
1998-1999
[Box
43,
Folder
1]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 136 through 140 (1 of 2),
2000-2003
[Box
43,
Folder
2]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 136 through 140 (2 of 2),
2000-2003
[Box
43,
Folder
3]
Formal Reports. CAST Numbered Reports 141 and Beyond,
2004-2011
[Box
43,
Folder
4]
Formal Reports. CAST Issue Papers Numbered 1 through 20,
1993-2002
[Box
43,
Folder
5]
Formal Reports. CAST Issue Papers Numbered 21 through 30,
2002-2005
[Box
43,
Folder
6]
Formal Reports. CAST Issue Papers Numbered 31 through 45,
2006-2010
[Box
44,
Folder
1]
Formal Reports. Comments from CAST in Order Within Years (1 of 2),
1972-1994
[Box
44,
Folder
2]
Formal Reports. Comments from CAST in Order Within Years (2 of 2),
1972-1994
[Box
44,
Folder
3]
NewsCAST Newsletter,
1974-1979
[Box
44,
Folder
4]
NewsCAST Newsletter,
1980-1983
[Box
44,
Folder
5]
NewsCAST Newsletter,
1984-1991
[Box
45,
Folder
1]
NewsCAST Newsletter,
1992-1999
[Box
45,
Folder
2]
NewsCAST Newsletter,
2000-2006
[Box
45,
Folder
3]
CAST Numbered Papers 1 through 16,
1973-1983
[Box
45,
Folder
4]
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (1 of 4),
1972-2003
[Box
45,
Folder
5]
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (2 of 4),
1972-2003
[Box
46,
Folder
1]
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (3 of 4),
1972-2003
[Box
46,
Folder
2]
Special Publications on Agricultural Topics (4 of 4),
1972-2003
[Box
46,
Folder
3]
CAST Digest. NewsCAST Newsletter Companion,
1995-1998
[Box
46,
Folder
4]
Reports Contemplated but not Executed and Miscellaneous Reports,
1979-1996
[Box
46,
Folder
5]
Activities of the CAST Education Committee,
1977-1982
[Box
46,
Folder
6]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files,
1981
[Box
46,
Folder
7]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files,
1982
[Box
47,
Folder
1]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files,
1983
[Box
47,
Folder
2]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files,
1984
[Box
47,
Folder
3]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files,
1985
[Box
47,
Folder
4]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Chronological Files,
1986-1994
[Box
47,
Folder
5]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Workshop,
1982-1983
[Box
47,
Folder
6]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Creation of Issue Number 1 (1 of 2),
1982
[Box
48,
Folder
1]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Creation of Issue Number 1 (2 of 2),
1982
[Box
48,
Folder
2]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. A through E,
1981-1982
[Box
48,
Folder
3]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. F through M,
1982-1984
[Box
48,
Folder
4]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. N through Q,
1981-1983
[Box
48,
Folder
5]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. R through T,
1982-1984
[Box
49,
Folder
1]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Organization Interactions. U through Z,
1982-1984
[Box
49,
Folder
2]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues,
1983-1984
[Box
49,
Folder
3]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues,
1985-1986
[Box
49,
Folder
4]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues,
1987-1988
[Box
49,
Folder
5]
Science of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Magazine. Issues,
1988-1993
[Box
49,
Folder
6]
Special CAST Subject Files,
1977-2011
mc00029
Portions of this collection have been digitized and made available online. The entire collection, including materials not
available online, may be viewed in the Special Collections reading room in D.H. Hill Library.
Digital Objects From: MC 00029 Series 7: Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Documentation, 1972-2012 CreatorUpchurch, Robert Phillip Quantity34.5 Linear feet 9 boxes, 8 cartons, and 2 flatboxes General Physical Description note9 archival boxes, 8 archival cartons, and 2 archival flatboxes LocationFor current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center
Reference Staff LanguageEnglish Acquisitions InformationGift of Robert P. Upchurch, 2006 October (Accession no. 2006.0165), 2009 May (Accession no. 2009.0089) and 2012 December (Accession no. 2012.0312) ProcessingProcessed by: Michael Watts;machine-readable finding aid created by: Michael Watts; additional processing by Linda Sellars, April 2009; additional processing by Meaghan Lanier, May 2013 Revised2013 May, Revised because of addition by Linda Sellars; revised because of addition by Meaghan Lanier Scope and Content NotePersonal 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. Biographical NoteRobert 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
here Controlled Terms
Access to CollectionThis collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice. For more information contact us via mail, phone, fax, or our web form. Special Collections Research Center Telephone(919) 515-2273 Fax(919) 513-1787 Preferred Citation[Identification of item], Robert Phillip Upchurch Papers, MC 29, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC Access to CollectionThe nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. |
