Guide to the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Pathology Records, 1925-1997

Collection Number UA 100.025

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Collection Information
Abstract:

These records contain article reprints, brochures, correspondence, facilities information, meeting minutes, reports and presentation material, research projects. Major correspondents include J. Lawrence Apple, Robert Aycock, and Nash N. Winstead. In addition, there is a significant amount of extension material available, including correspondence, education materials, meeting minutes, Plans of Work, and research reports. The bulk of the records fall between 1950 to 1974.

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Date Completed
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Descriptive Summary

Creator

North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Title

The North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Pathology Records, 1925-1997

Call Number

UA 100.025

Extent

20 records storage boxes , 10 linear feet

Location

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

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 North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Consult University Archivist for additional information.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Pathology Records, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Historical Note


Plant pathology at NCSU, like much of the current CALS 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 (Plant Biology after 2006). 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 collection consists of records produced by the Department of Plant Pathology in both its academic and research/extension roles. The records consist of four series, which in turn are broken into appropriate sub-series. The first series, General Information, contains a variety of material relating mostly to the academic role of the department, including a set of faculty meeting minutes from 1950 to 1984. The second series is the department's Correspondence. This material is arranged in generally the order as received by the Archives, either from individuals within the department or as general correspondence (as from 1973 and 1974). Faculty Reprints make up the third series. These items are articles which originally appeared in non-university publications. The fourth series, Extension, contains files on work performed by department members in extension and outreach roles.

Related Materials

[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Record Group, UA 100
[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Annual Reports Records, UA 100.002
[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Biology Records, UA 100.015
[HTML] North Carolina State University Institute of Biological Sciences Records, UA 100.042
[HTML] North Carolina State University Agricultural Chemicals School Records, UA 100.052
[HTML] Don Edwin Ellis Manuscripts, MC 00161
[HTML] Nash Nicks Winstead Papers, MC 00187
[HTML] Lawrence Apple Collection, MC 00319
[HTML] Department of Plant Pathology Reprint Collection, MC 00228
[HTML] Charles J. Nusbaum Collection, MC 00345
[HTML] Lowell Wendell Nielsen Collection, MC 00346
[HTML] F. L. Wellman Collection, MC 00347

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • General Records, 1944-1994


    5 records storage box, 2.5 linear feet

    Contains correspondence, brochures, seminar information, meeting material, departmental reviews, grants and proposals, and general administrative and faculty information. Also included are bound lists of department-related publications. The records are arranged alphabetically, and include three sub-series: Departmental Information, Talks and Presentations, and Faculty Meetings.

    • Departmental Information
      • Brochures, 1960-1985, undated [1, 1]
      • Conferences and Workshops, 1974-1976 [UA 100.025 Box 1 Folder 2]
      • CSRS
        • Comprehensive Review, 1984 [UA 100.025 Box 1 Folder 3]
        • Reports and Reviews, 1978-1989 [4]
        • Review, Plant Pathology, 1994 [5]
      • Division of Biological Sciences, Department Heads Meetings, 1950-1956 [6]
      • "Dogwoods and Goldenrods" (departmental golf tournaments), 1990 [7]
      • Faculty Information
        • 1962-1972 [8]
        • 1977 [9]
      • Faculty Retreat
        • General, 1975-1980 [10]
        • Reidsville, NC, 1974 [11]
        • Wrightsville Beach, NC, 1983 [12]
      • Gardner Hall Renovations, 1967 [13]
      • General Information, 1969-1982, undated [14]
      • Graduate Student Council and Information, 1968-1970 [15]
      • Grants and Proposals, 1966 [2, 1]
      • International Meloidogyne Project, 1981 [2]
      • Long-Range Plans and Self-Studies, 1961-1978, undated [3]
      • "A Partial List of Extension Publications on Tree Diseases and Insects,"1973 [4]
      • Pictorial Exhibit -- American Phytopathological Society, 1976 [5]
      • Publications List, Departmental
        • 1954-1971 [6]
        • Bound, 1959 [7]
        • Bound, revised, 1963 [8]
        • Bound, revised, 1966 [9]
        • Bound, revised, 1971 [10]
      • Plant Disease Clinic, Correspondence, 1955-1981 [3, 1]
      • Plant Disease Clinic, Summary Reports, 1969-1982 [2]
      • Plant Pathology Department Informational Booklet, 1986 [3]
      • Plant Pathology Review, Departmental Leadership, 1979 [4]
      • Plant Pathology Department, Reports and Papers, 1963-1965, undated [5]
      • Research Station Seminar, 1965 [6]
      • Self-Study Report for External Review, Biological Sciences Program, 1985 [7]
      • Seminars, 1963-1972 [8]
      • Strategic Plan, Plant Pathology, 1994 [9]
      • "Tobacco Day," Annual Flue-Cured Review, 1982-1984 [10]
    • Talks and Presentations
      • "Diseases Affecting the Market Quality of Irish Potatoes in Eastern North Carolina," by L.W. Nielsen and J.H. Jensen, 1952 [11]
      • "Memorandum on Plant Pathology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Raleigh," by B.W. Wells, 1944 [12]
      • "Selected Perspectives on Nematology and Plant Pathology," by C.J. Nusbaum, 1992 [13]
      • "The Story of 'Oxford 26'," by W.E. Debnam, undated [14]
    • Faculty Meetings
      • Jan.-July 1950 [4, 1]
      • 1950-1951 [2]
      • 1951-1952 [3]
      • 1952-1953 [4]
      • 1953-1954 [5]
      • 1954-1955 [6]
      • 1955-1956 [7]
      • 1956-1957 [8]
      • 1957-1958 [9]
      • 1958-1959 [10]
      • 1959-1960 [11]
      • 1960-1961 [12]
      • 1961-1962 [13]
      • 1962-1963 [14]
      • 1963-1964 [15]
      • 1964-1965 [16]
      • 1965-1966 [17]
      • 1966-1967 [5, 1]
      • 1967-1968 [2]
      • 1968-1969 [3]
      • 1969-1970 [4]
      • 1970-1971 [5]
      • 1971-1972 [6]
      • 1972-1973 [7]
      • 1973-1974 [8]
      • 1974-1975 [9]
      • 1975-1976 [10]
      • 1976-1977 [11]
      • 1977-1978 [12]
      • 1978-1979 [13]
      • 1979-1980 [14]
      • 1980-1981 [15]
      • 1981-1984 [16]

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  • Correspondence, 1946-1984


    9 records storage box, 4.5 linear feet

    Contains departmental correspondence from throughout the unit's existence. This material is arranged in a variety of ways, all dependent on the original order in which the material was received. In general, each filer kept a chronological order of their correspondence, with a few select folders of correspondence by topic. The material here is arranged alphabetically, by original filer, with individual folders arranged by date, recipient, or subject matter, in accordance with original order. In addition, what may be the copies of the entire departmental correspondence from 1973 and 1974 are included at the end of the series, filed alphabetically by first letter of recipient's last name.

    • J. L. Apple -- Institute of Biological Sciences [6]
      • 1967 [1]
      • 1968 [2]
      • 1969 [3]
    • Robert Aycock
      • 1946-1972 [4]
      • 1973 [5]
      • 1974 [6]
      • 1975 [7]
      • 1976 [8]
      • 1977 [9]
      • 1978 [10]
      • 1979 [7, 1]
      • 1980 [2]
      • 1981 [3]
      • 1982 [4]
      • 1983 [5]
      • 1984 [6]
      • Administrative Memoranda
        • 1976-1978 [7]
        • 1979 [8, 1]
        • 1980 [2]
        • 1981 [3]
        • 1982 [4]
        • 1983 [5]
      • B-9 Requests, 1979-1982 [6]
      • Kenneth R. Keller, 1976 [7]
      • J.C. Williamson, Jr., 1972-1976 [8]
    • Biological Sciences Curriculum, 1967-1976 [9]
    • D.E. Ellis, 1962-1968 [10]
    • Institute of Biological Sciences, 1970-1971 [11]
    • Dean H. Brooks James
      • 1960-1970 [12]
      • Special One-Day Conference on Administration, 1970 [9, 1]
    • J.H. Jensen, 1946-1948 [2]
    • R.L. Lovvorn, 1958-1969 [3]
    • H.F. Robinson, 1962-1965 [4]
    • Nash Winstead
      • 1965 [5]
      • 1966 [6]
      • 1967-1972 [7]
      • 1973 [8]
    • General Correspondence
      • A-C, 1973 [9]
      • D-G, 1973 [10]
      • H-L, 1973 [10, 1]
      • M, 1973 [2]
      • N-O, 1973 [3]
      • P, 1973 [4]
      • R, 1973 [5]
      • S, folder one, 1973 [6]
      • S, folder two, 1973 [7]
      • T, 1973 [8]
      • U-V, 1973 [11, 1]
      • W, 1973 [2]
      • Y-Z, 1973 [3]
      • A, 1974 [4]
      • B, 1974 [5]
      • C, 1974 [6]
      • D, 1974 [12, 1]
      • E, 1974 [2]
      • F, 1974 [3]
      • G, 1974 [4]
      • H, 1974 [5]
      • J, 1974 [6]
      • K, 1974 [7]
      • L, 1974 [13, 1]
      • M, 1974 [2]
      • N-O, 1974 [3]
      • P, 1974 [4]
      • R, 1974 [5]
      • S, 1974 [6]
      • T, 1974 [14, 1]
      • U-V, 1974 [2]
      • W, 1974 [3]
      • Y-Z, 1974 [4]

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  • Reprints, 1943-1997


    3 records storage box, 1.5 linear feet

    Contains reprints of articles published by department personnel. All items included herein were originally published outside of the University. Any material created by department personnel and published by any arm of the University can be found in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Publications, UA 100.200. Material is arranged alphabetically by author.

    • J.L. Allison, 1950-1953 [15, 1]
    • J.L. Apple, 1954-1967 [2]
    • C. Lee Campbell, 1997 [3]
    • C.N. Clayton, 1947-1983 [4]
    • W.E. Cooper, 1953-1974 [5]
    • Ellis B. Cowling, 1960-1978 [6]
    • R.S. Cox, c. 1966 [7]
    • D.E. Ellis, 1943-1980 [8]
    • E.R. French, 1970, undated [9]
    • H.R. Garriss, 1951-1962 [10]
    • Paul Goldstein, 1978 [11]
    • C.R. Grau, 1976 [12]
    • F.A. Haasis, 1952-1962
      Additional reprints by this author can also be found in MC 228, Box 15.
      		 [13]
    • T.T. Hebert, 1948-1984 [14]
    • C.S. Hodges, 1960-1971 [15]
    • Donald Huisingh, 1968-1974 [16, 1]
    • R.S. Hussey, 1972-1973 [2]
    • J.H. Jensen, 1951 [3]
    • Arthur Kelman, 1947-1965
      Additional reprints by this author can also be found in MC 228, Box 17.
      		 [4]
    • D.M. Kline, 1961-1972 [5]
    • Neil A. Lapp, 1976-1980 [6]
    • S.G. Lehman, 1950-1958, undated [7]
    • Michael P. Levi, 1973-1974 [8]
    • G.B. Lucas, 1953-1980 [9]
    • L.T. Lucas, 1980 [10]
    • G.K. Middleton, 1954-1955 [11]
    • J.G. Moseman, 1953-1957 [12]
    • John F. Nardacci, 1981 [13]
    • R.R. Nelson, 1956-1966 [14]
    • L.W. Nielsen, 1946-1981 [15]
    • C.J. Nusbaum, 1956-1976 [16]
    • C.H. Opperman, 1997 [17]
    • L.H. Person, 1953-1961 [18]
    • P.M. Phipps, 1976-1977, undated [19]
    • J.N. Sasser, 1982 [20]
    • James L. Starr, 1981 [21]
    • Furney A. Todd, 1946-1956, undated [22]
    • A.C. Triantaphyllou, 1960-1971 [17, 1]
    • H.H. Triantaphyllou
      • folder one, 1951-1993 [2]
      • folder two, 1951-1993 [3]
      • folder three, 1951-1993 [4]
    • C. Gerald Van Dyke, 1976 [5]
    • F.L. Wellman, 1964-1970
      Additional reprints by this author can also be found in MC 228, Boxes 23-24.
      		 [6]
    • J.C. Wells, 1952-1958, undated [7]
    • Ronald E. Welty, 1968-1976 [8]
    • Nash N. Winstead, 1952-1969, undated [9]

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  • Plant Pathology Extension, 1927-1969


    3 records storage box, 1.5 linear feet

    Contains material relating to extension work performed outside the department by department personnel. Extension work in Plant Pathology usually related to gathering information about plant diseases in North Carolina and in disseminating the work performed by the University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. Also included in this series is an extensive set of Plans of Work for Plant Pathology Extension.

    • General Information
      • Airplane Dusting Survey, 1947-1949 [18, 1]
      • American Phytopathological Society
        • Extension Sub-Committee, 1942-1950 [2]
        • Reports of War Committees, 1942-1943 [3]
      • Apple Pest Control Schools
        • 1948-1949 [4]
        • 1950-1953 [5]
      • Apple Schools, 1959 [6]
      • "Average Quality of Some Crop Seeds Found on Sale in North Carolina During 1947-48 Crop Season,"1948 [7]
      • Cotton Improvement Committee, 1942-1946 [8]
      • Cottonseed Treatment, 1946 [9]
      • Development and Spread of Plant Diseases, 1948 [10]
      • Fruit and Vegetable Schools, 1949-1954 [11]
      • Fruit Workers Conference, 1948 [12]
      • North Carolina Association of Nurserymen, 1946 [13]
      • Peach School, 1949 [14]
      • Peanuts Survey, 1943-1948 [15]
      • Pesticide School
        • 1949-1951 [16]
        • 1952-1954 [17]
        • 1956 [18]
        • 1960 [19]
      • Phytopathology -- General Information, 1943-1952 [20]
      • Plant Pathology Extension [19]
        • Correspondence, 1964-1969 [1]
        • Memoranda, 1968-1969 [2]
        • Staff Meetings, 1967-1969 [3]
      • Potato Growers and Shippers Meeting, 1939 [4]
      • Railroad Claims Agents Short Course, 1952 [5]
      • Seed Exposition, 1942 [6]
      • Seedsmen's Short Course, 1948 [7]
      • Southern Nurserymen's Association, 1940 [8]
      • Strawberry Diseases, 1931-1937 [9]
      • Sweet Potato Plant Bed Survey, 1947 [10]
      • Tobacco
        • Blue Mold Control, 1948 [11]
        • Blue Mold Reporting Service, 1947-1948 [12]
        • Blue Mold Survey, 1936 [13]
        • Diseases -- County Reports, 1947 [14]
        • Schools, 1944-1946 [15]
        • Seed Committee, 1948-1949 [16]
        • Short Courses, 1936-1939 [17]
        • Short Courses, 1948-1949 [18]
        • Tours and Field Days, 1949 [19]
      • Tobacco Worker's Conference -- Tobacco Disease Council
        • 1943 [20]
        • 1946 [21]
        • 1947 [22]
        • 1948 [23]
        • 1949 [24]
      • Vegetable Pest Control Schools, 1950 [25]
      • Verticillium Wilt in Cotton, 1947-1948 [26]
      • War Service Committee -- Control of Plant Diseases, 1943 [27]
    • Plans of Work
      • 1925-1927 [20, 1]
      • 1935 [2]
      • 1936 [3]
      • 1937 [4]
      • 1938 [5]
      • 1939 [6]
      • 1940 [7]
      • 1941 [8]
      • 1942 [9]
      • 1943 [10]
      • 1944 [11]
      • 1945 [12]
      • 1946 [13]
      • 1947 [14]
      • 1948 [15]
      • 1949 [16]
      • 1950 [17]
      • 1951 [18]
      • 1952 [19]
      • 1953 [20]
      • 1954 [21]
      • 1955 [22]
      • 1956 [23]
      • 1957 [24]
      • 1958 [25]
      • 1959 [26]
      • 1960 [27]
      • 1961 [28]
      • 1962 [29]
      • 1963 [30]
      • 1964 [31]
      • 1965 [32]
      • 1966 [33]
      • 1967 [34]

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  • Unprocessed Materials, 1903-2005


    16 cartons, 24 linear feet



    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1903-2005
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Miscellaneous departmental files and photographs, as well as some historical publications.
      		[UA 100.025 Carton 21]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1948-1999
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Miscellaneous departmental files and publications.
      		[UA 100.025 Carton 22]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1929-1986
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Miscellaneous departmental files, photographs, and publications, including the Department of Plant Pathology Annual Summary of Activities for 1958-1986. Also includes a cash book from 1949 for N.C. State College Chapter, Society of the Sigma Xi.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 23]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1969-2000
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Department of Plant Pathology Annual Summary of Activities for 1987-1990, 1992-1993, 1995, and 1998. Photographs and negatives of faculty and staff members.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 24]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1938-2000
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Department of Plant Pathology photographs and negatives of faculty members; lantern slide plates; slides; and lists of events.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 25]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1941-1997
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Notecards, lantern slide plates, slides, 8 mm film reels, and videocassettes of 1997 Nussbaum symposium.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 26]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1941-1998
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental files, photographs, and publications.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 27]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1941-2000
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental files and photographs.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 28]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1954-2001
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental files and faculty publications.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 29]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1985-1999
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology faculty meeting records; 1994 Graduate Program Review documents; and photographs of faculty members.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 30]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, ca. 1950-1997
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology photographs and negatives arranged by subject.
      		[UA 100.025 Carton 31]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1923-2001
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental files, photographs, and slides.
      		[UA 100.025 Carton 32]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1916-1998
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental files, faculty publications, photographs (including Eisenhower photographs), and slides.
      		[UA 100.025 Carton 33]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1937-1998
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology photographs, slides, and negatives, as well as mounted photographs and text from a display on department's history.
      		[UA 100.025 Carton 34]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1940-1995
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental photographs, including an album of group photographs and Aycock recognition dinner album; flyer and memo on Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic public lecture (1995)
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 35]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1969, undated
      Accession no. 2006-0190
      Plant Pathology departmental 8 x 10 inch portraits, removed from frames: J. Lewis Allison, William E. Cooper, Don E. Ellis, Howard R. Garriss, Frank A. Haasis, Charles J. Nusbaum, Lee H. Person, Robert F. Poole, Frederick A. Wolf, and five unidentified.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 36]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1948, 1951, 1987, undated
      Accession no. 2007-0153
      Third Biennial Nusbaum Symposium program and four photographs that include C.J. Nusbaum removed from poster.
      		 [UA 100.025 Carton 36]
    • Plant Pathology Unprocessed Records, 1926
      Accession no. 2007-0153
      Photograph labeled "Pathology" and dated 8/18/26 that research shows to be the Pathology Section photograph from the International Congress of Plant Sciences (Fourth International Botanical Conference), taken August 18, 1926 in Ithaca, N.Y. by J.P. Troy.
      		 [Flat File]

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