Guide to the North Carolina State University, Department of Plant Pathology Reprint Collection, 1876-1973

Collection Number MC 228

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Collection Information
Abstract:

Collection contains reprints, reports, correspondence, and memos relating to various plant diseases, primarily relating to tobacco.

Plant pathology at North Carolina State University, like much of the current College of Agriculture and Life Sciences curriculum, grew out of work done by the North Carolina Experiment Station. During the 1890s, occasional classes in plant pathology were taught as a part of the Horticulture curriculum, and work was also performed in cooperation with the Experiment Station. Coursework devoted entirely to plant pathology did not begin until the 1901-1902 school year, with the creation of the Biological Division and the appointment of F. L. Stevens as Instructor in Biology. During the 1920s, plant pathology education and research was reorganized as a part of the new Department of Botany.

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

Creator

North Carolina State University. Department of Plant Pathology

Title

North Carolina State University, Department of Plant Pathology Reprint Collection, 1876-1973

Call Number

MC 228

Extent

11.5 linear ft.

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language of Material

English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the Department of Plant Pathology, 2000.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Department of Plant Pathology Reprint Collection, MC 228, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2005 Oct.

Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2005 Oct.

Historical Note


Plant pathology at North Carolina State University, like much of the current College of Agriculture and Life Sciences curriculum, grew out of work done by the North Carolina Experiment Station. During the 1890s, occasional classes in plant pathology were taught as a part of the Horticulture curriculum, and work was also performed in cooperation with the Experiment Station. Coursework devoted entirely to plant pathology did not begin until the 1901-1902 school year, with the creation of the Biological Division and the appointment of F. L. Stevens as Instructor in Biology. During the 1920s, plant pathology education and research was reorganized as a part of the new Department of Botany. Over the next decades, the number of courses and faculty devoted to plant pathology would continue to grow.

In 1945, the Plant Pathology section of the Botany Department was created, and James H. Jensen was named as the first head. Another reorganization took place in 1950, when Plant Pathology became one of five faculties in the newly created Division of Biological Sciences. It was after this latter shake-up that the department finally moved into its current home in Gardner Hall, after previously having used space in Withers and Patterson Halls. Under Jensen's leadership the department grew from 5 to 20 faculty members, and continued to expand its research and extension role throughout the state. In addition, the first Pesticide School (currently called the Crop Protection School) was held in 1949, and the first Plant Disease Clinic in 1951.

D. E. Ellis became the second department head in 1954, and continued the growth of the department's activities. By his retirement in 1973, the faculty had increased to 48, and the department's space in Gardner had likewise expanded. In 1958 Plant Pathology became a full-fledged department, and was included along with four other Departments in the creation of the Institute of Biological Sciences. With the discontinuation of the Institute in 1971, Plant Pathology became a department within the School (now College) of Agriculture and Life Sciences, where it remains today.

List of Department Heads

1945 - 1958 James H. Jensen
1948 - 1949 C.J. Nusbaum, acting head
1949 - 1953 James H. Jensen
1954 - 1973 D.E. Ellis
1973 - 1983 Robert Aycock
1984 - 1990 William L. Klarman
1991 - 1992 L. F. Grand, interim
1993 - 2001 O. W. Barnett
2002 - James Moyer

Scope and Content Note


The collections consists of reprints, typed reports, correspondence, and memos relating to plant diseases, primarily diseases affecting tobacco. The reprints come from sources around the world, including the United States, Australia, Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and others.

Organization of the Collection


The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1. Tobacco reprints; and, Series 2. Reprints by Author. The tabacco reprints are bound in volumes by topic; the volumes are arranged in roughly alphabetic order by topics, which corresponds to the reprint numbers assigned by the Plant Pathology Department. There is no discernable order within the volumes. Series 2, the Reprints by Specific Authors, is arranged alphabetically by author. Within the bound volumes by author, the reprints are arranged chronologically.

Online Catalog Terms

  • Tobacco -- Diseases and pests
  • Anthracnose
  • Armstrong, George Miller, 1893-
  • Braun, Armin C., 1911-
  • Christensen, Clyde Martin, 1905-
  • Clayton, Edward E.
  • Dickson, James G.
  • Edgerton, C. W. (Claude Wilbur), b. 1880
  • Fitzpatrick, Harry Morton, 1886-1949
  • Haasis, Frank A.
  • Hepting, George H. (George Henry), 1907-
  • Johnson, James
  • Jones, Lewis Ralph, 1864-1945.
  • Keitt, George Wannamaker
  • Kelman, Arthur
  • Miller, Julian Howell, 1890-1961.
  • Rands, R.D.
  • Stakman, E. C. (Elvin Charles), 1885-1979.
  • Valleau, William Dorney, 1891-
  • Waggoner, Paul E.
  • Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893-
  • Wellman, Frederick Lovejoy, b. 1897

Related Material

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • MC 288 Series 1:Tobacco diseases reprints, 1896-1972


    6 linear feet, (25 volumes)

    Contains reprints, typed reports, and a few pieces of correspondence relating to various diseases affecting tobacco.

    • Tobacco anthracnose reprints, 1930 - 1959
      Nos. 16,785-16,791       		[MC 228 Box 1, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco barn rots, 1923 - 1968
      Nos. 16,792-16,826       		[MC 228 Box 1, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco black root rot, 1876 - 1945
      Nos. 16,827-16,884       		[MC 228 Box 2, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco black shank, 1896 - 1965
      Nos. 16,885-16,929       		[MC 228 Box 3, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco brown spot, 1948 - 1973
      Nos. 17,138-17,176       		[MC 228 Box 3, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco breeding, 1960 - 1972
      Nos. 17,177-17,216       		[MC 228 Box 4, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco breeding, 1949 - 1962
      Nos. 17,217-17,259       		[MC 228 Box 4, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco breeding, 1960 - 1970
      Nos. 17,260-17,294       		[MC 228 Box 5, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco breeding, 1955 - 1972
      Nos. 17,295-17,329       		[MC 228 Box 5, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco crown gall, 1923 - 1966
      Nos. 17,330-17,346       		[MC 228 Box 5, Volume 3]
    • Tobacco damping-off, 1914 - 1964
      Nos. 17,347-17,363       		[MC 228 Box 6, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco frogeye, 1928 - 1973
      Nos. 17,364-17,377       		[MC 228 Box 6, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco fusarium wilt, 1904 - 1952
      Nos. 17,378-17,387       		[MC 228 Box 6, Volume 3]
    • Tobacco Granville wilt, 1904 - 1966
      Nos. 17,388-17,404       		[MC 228 Box 6, Volume 4]
    • Tobacco malnutrutional, 1929 - 1963
      Nos. 17,405-17,441       		[MC 228 Box 7, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco miscellaneous, 1909 - 1960
      Nos. 17,442-17,460       		[MC 228 Box 7, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco miscellaneous, 1886 - 1970
      Nos. 17,461-17,479       		[MC 228 Box 8, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco mosaic, 1922 - 1969
      Nos. 17,500-17,536       		[MC 228 Box 9, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco molds and toxins, 1925 - 1971
      Nos. 17,537-17,574       		[MC 228 Box 9, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco verticillium wilt, 1931 - 1963
      Nos. 17,575-17,586       		[MC 228 Box 10, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco viruses, 1948 - 1967
      Nos. 17,587-17,609       		[MC 228 Box 10, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco viruses, 1930 - 1976
      Nos. 17,610-17,631       		[MC 228 Box 10, Volume 3]
    • Tobacco viruses, 1917 - 1965
      Nos. 17,632-17,650       		[MC 228 Box 11, Volume 1]
    • Tobacco viruses, 1934 - 1967
      Nos. 17,651-17,680       		[MC 228 Box 11, Volume 2]
    • Tobacco wildfire, 1922 - 1960
      Nos. 17,681-17,702       		[MC 228 Box 12, Volume 1]

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  • MC 228 Series 2:Reprints by specific authors, 1894-1967


    5.75 linear feet, (26 volumes)

    Contains reprints, typed reports, and correspondence from various researchers in the field of plant pathology, several of whom were professors and/or graduates of the NCSU Plant Pathology Dept.

    • Armstrong, George Miller, 1893- Papers, 1935 - 1966 [MC 228 Box 12, Volume 2]
    • Braun, Armin C., 1911- Papers, 1943 - 1967 [MC 228 Box 12, Volume 3]
    • Christensen, Clyde Martin, 1905- Grain storage studies, 1947 - 1967 [MC 228 Box 13, Volume 1]
    • Clayton, Edward E. Papers, 1933 - 1954 [MC 228 Box 13, Volume 2]
    • Dickson, James G. Papers, 1918 - 1963 [MC 228 Box 13, Volume 3]
    • Edgerton, C. W. (Claude Wilbur), b. 1880 Papers, 1907 - 1965 [MC 228 Box 14, Volume 1]
    • Fitzpatrick, Harry Morton, 1886-1949 Lectures on mycology : general introduction and ascomycetes, 1934, rev. 1937
      Tms       		[MC 228 Box 14, Volume 2]
    • Fitzpatrick, Harry Morton, 1886-1949 Basidomycetes, circa 1937
      Tms       		[MC 228 Box 14, Volume 3]
    • Fitzpatrick, Harry Morton, 1886-1949 Rusts, smuts, imperfects : lecture, 1938 February
      Tms       		[MC 228 Box 15, Volume 1]
    • Haasis, Frank A. Papers, 1937 - 1965
      Professor of Plant Pathology at NCSU from 1958 - ?
      		 [MC 228 Box 15, Volume 2]
    • Hepting, George H. (George Henry), 1907- Papers, 1931 - 1967
      Adjunct Professor of Forestry and Plant Pathology at NCSU
      		 [MC 228 Box 15, Volume 3]
    • Johnson, James Papers, 1911 - 1953 [MC 228 Box 16, Volume 1]
    • Jones, Lewis Ralph, 1864-1945. Papers, 1897 - 1946 [MC 228 Box 17, Volume 1]
    • Kelman, Arthur Papers, 1946 - 1966
      Received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from NCSU in 1949. Professor of Plant Pathology at NCSU from 1948-ca. 1965
      		 [MC 228 Box 17, Volume 2]
    • Keitt, George Wannamaker Papers, 1915 - 1960 [MC 228 Box 18, Volume 1]
    • Rands, R.D. Publications, 1917 - 1965
      Nos. 13,311-13,338       		[MC 228 Box 18, Volume 2]
    • Stakman, E. C. (Elvin Charles), 1885-1979. Papers, 1894 - 1923
      Nos. 14,532-14,572       		[MC 228 Box 19, Volume 1]
    • Stakman, E. C. (Elvin Charles), 1885-1979. Papers, 1923 - 1941
      Nos. 14,573-14,619       		[MC 228 Box 19, Volume 2]
    • Stakman, E. C. (Elvin Charles), 1885-1979. Papers, 1942 - 1964
      Nos. 14,6203-14,691       		[MC 228 Box 20, Volume 1]
    • Miller, Julian Howell, 1890-1961. Papers, 1941 - 1957
      Nos. 14,6203-14,691       		[MC 228 Box 20, Volume 2]
    • Valleau, William Dorney, 1891- Papers, 1952 - 1955 [MC 228 Box 21, Volume 1]
    • Waggoner, Paul E. Papers, 1950 - 1966 [MC 228 Box 22, Volume 2]
    • Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893- Papers, Vol. 1, , 1917 - 1950 [MC 228 Box 22, Volume 3]
    • Walker, J. C. (John Charles), 1893- Papers, Vol. 2, , 1950 - 1966 [MC 228 Box 23, Volume 1]
    • Wellman, Frederick Lovejoy, b. 1897 Papers, 1926 - 1970
      Visiting Professor of Plant Pathology at NCSU, 1963-1971
      		 [MC 228 Box 23, Volume 2]
    • Wellman, Frederick Lovejoy, b. 1897 Papers, 1953 - 1964
      Visiting Professor of Plant Pathology at NCSU, 1963-1971
      		 [MC 228 Box 24, Volume 1]
    • Whetzel, Herbert Hice, 1877-1944 Nature of diseases in plants : lecture text : typed manuscript, , 1935
      1 v.
      Professor of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
      		 [MC 228 Box 24, Volume 2]
    • Whetzel, Herbert Hice, 1877-1944 Principles of plant disease control, 1953 - 1964
      Professor of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
      		 [MC 228 Box 24, Volume 3]
    • Wolf, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolph), b. 1885 Papers
      1 v. with ephemeral publications tipped in.
      Received his Ph.D. in Botany from Cornell University in 1911. Worked in the N.C. State College Experiment station from 1916 - 1925, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture from 1925-1927, and from 1927 until his retirement he worked as a professor of botany at Duke University.
      		 [MC 228 Box 25, Volume 1]
    • Yarwood Papers
      1 v.
      Professor of Plant Pathology at University of California, Berkeley.
      		 [MC 228 Box 25, Volume 2]

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