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,

%xmlchars; ]> mc00029 Guide to the Upchurch Papers, 1941 - 2006 Processed by: Michael Watts;machine-readable finding aid created by: Michael Watts North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2006 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the Upchurch Papers, 1941 - 2006 MC 29 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed byMichael Watts, 2006 November Encoded byMichael Watts, 2006 November Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Upchurch, Robert Phillip Upchurch Papers, 1941 - 2006 MC 29 4.59 archival boxes 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, 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. 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. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Acquisitions Information

Gift of Robert P. Upchurch, 2006 October (Accession no. 2006-0165)

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Upchurch Papers, MC 29, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Processed by Michael Watts, 2006 November

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, and the Soil and Water Conservation Society of America.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into four series: 1. Annual Reports 2. Class Notes 3. Military Records 4. Upchurch Family History

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals Upchurch, Robert Phillip. Upchurch, Michael. Families Upchurch family. Corporate Entities North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station--History. North Carolina State College--Faculty--History. Topics Cotton--Weed control--Research--North Carolina. Crop science--Study and teaching--North Carolina. Herbicides--Research--North Carolina. Peanuts--Weed control--Research--North Carolina. Weeds--Control--Research--North Carolina. Geographic Names England--Genealogy. Wake County (N.C.)--Genealogy. Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1 Annual Reports, 1953 - 1965 1.25 2.5 boxes

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.

11The 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 12The 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 13The 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 14The 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 15The 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 16The 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. 17The 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. 18The 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. 21The 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 22The 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 23The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Highway Facilities. Two year report (61 pages), 1961 24The 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 25The 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 31The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Highway Facilities. Two year report (129 pages), 1963 32The 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 33The Utilization of Plant Growth Control Substances in the Maintenance of Highway Rights-of-way and Facilities. Two year report (116 pages), 1965 Series 2 Class Notes, 1941 - 1949 0.751.5 boxes

Notes and textbooks used by Dr. Upchurch in undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate study in agronomy and plant physiology.

34Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, 1941 35Laboratory Plant Physiology, 1941 41College Algebra, 1943 42Laboratory Manual for Students of Agronomy, 1946 43Botany 432, 1949 44Advanced Plant Physiology - Botany 433, 1949 45Supplementary Notebook - Botany 423 - 433, 1949 51Botany 302, undated Series 3 Military Records, 1948 - 1967 0.51 box

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.

52Selective Service, 1948 - 1967 53United States Air Force (USAF), 1949 54USAF, 1951 55USAF, 1952 56USAF, 1953 57USAF Background Publication, 1953 - 1955 58USAF, 1954 59USAF, January - April, 1955 510USAF April - December, 1955 511USAF April - December, 1955 512USAF, 1956 513USAF January - April, 1957 514USAF April - December, 1957 515USAF, 1958 516USAF, 1959 517USAF, 1960 518USAF, 1961 519USAF, 1962 520USAF, 1966 521USAF, 1967 Series 4 Upchurch Family History, 1980 - 2006 24 boxes

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.

61Upchurch Bulletin, January 1980 62Upchurch Bulletin, April 1980 63Upchurch Bulletin, July 1980 64Upchurch Bulletin, October 1980 65Upchurch Bulletin, January 1981 66Upchurch Bulletin, April 1981 67Upchurch Bulletin, July 1981 68Upchurch Bulletin, October 1981 69Upchurch Bulletin, January 1982 610Upchurch Bulletin, April 1982 611Upchurch Bulletin, July 1982 612Upchurch Bulletin, October 1982 613Upchurch Bulletin, January 1983 614Upchurch Bulletin, April 1983 615Upchurch Bulletin, July 1983 616Upchurch Bulletin, October 1983 617Upchurch Bulletin, January 1984 618Upchurch Bulletin, April 1984 619Upchurch Bulletin, July 1984 620Upchurch Bulletin, October 1984 621Upchurch Bulletin, January 1985 622Upchurch Bulletin, April 1985 623Upchurch Bulletin, July 1985 624Upchurch Bulletin, October 1985 625Upchurch Bulletin, January 1986 626Upchurch Bulletin, April 1986 627Upchurch Bulletin, July 1986 628Upchurch Bulletin, October 1986 629Upchurch Bulletin, January 1987 630Upchurch Bulletin, April 1987 631Upchurch Bulletin, July 1987 632Upchurch Bulletin, October 1987 71Upchurch Bulletin, January 1988 72Upchurch Bulletin, April 1988 73Upchurch Bulletin, July 1988 74Upchurch Bulletin, October 1988 75Upchurch Bulletin, January 1989 76Upchurch Bulletin, April 1989 77Upchurch Bulletin, July 1989 78Upchurch Bulletin, October 1989 79Upchurch Bulletin, January 1990 710Upchurch Bulletin, April 1990 711Upchurch Bulletin, July 1990 712Upchurch Bulletin, October 1990 713Upchurch Bulletin, January 1991 714Upchurch Bulletin, April 1991 715Upchurch Bulletin, July 1991 716Upchurch Bulletin, October 1991 717Upchurch Bulletin, January 1992 718Upchurch Bulletin, April 1992 719Upchurch Bulletin, July 1992 720Upchurch Bulletin, October 1992 721Upchurch Bulletin, January 1993 722Upchurch Bulletin, April 1993 723Upchurch Bulletin, July 1993 724Upchurch Bulletin, October 1993 725Upchurch Bulletin, January 1994 726Upchurch Bulletin, April 1994 727Upchurch Bulletin, July 1994 728Upchurch Bulletin, October 1994 729Upchurch Bulletin, January 1995 730Upchurch Bulletin, April 1995 731Upchurch Bulletin, July 1995 732Upchurch Bulletin, October 1995 81Upchurch Bulletin, January 1996 82Upchurch Bulletin, April 1996 73Upchurch Bulletin, July 1996 74Upchurch Bulletin, October 1996 85Upchurch Bulletin, January 1997 86Upchurch Bulletin, April 1997 87Upchurch Bulletin, July 1997 78Upchurch Bulletin, October 1997 89Upchurch Bulletin, January 1998 810Upchurch Bulletin, April 1998 811Upchurch Bulletin, July 1998 712Upchurch Bulletin, October 1998 813Upchurch Bulletin, January 1999 814Upchurch Bulletin, April 1999 815Upchurch Bulletin, July 1999 816Upchurch Bulletin, October 1999 817Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2000 818Upchurch Bulletin, July - December 2000 819Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2001 820Upchurch Bulletin, July - December 2001 821Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2002 822Upchurch Bulletin, July - December 2002 823Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2003 824Upchurch Bulletin, July - December 2003 825Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2004 826Upchurch Bulletin, July - December 2004 827Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2005 828Upchurch Bulletin, July - December 2005 829Upchurch Bulletin, January - June 2006 91Englandia, January - June 1996 92Englandia, July - December 1996 93Englandia, January - June 1997 94Englandia, July - December 1997 95Englandia, January - June 1998 96Englandia, July - December 1998 97Englandia, January - June 1999 98Englandia, July - December 1999 99Curriculum Vitae, Photocopy of Award Certificate, and Letter (Robert Phillip Upchurch) November 2006