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Frederick DeForest Heald
Papers, 1905-1955

The F.D. Heald Papers were transferred to Washington State University Libraries sometime prior to 1970 (WSU 124). They were processed in January 1984 by Paul Green.

BIOGRAPHY

Frederick DeForest Heald was born on July 23, 1872 in Midland City, Michigan. He was educated at the Universities of Wisconsin and Leipzig and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1897. From 1897 to 1915 he held positions at Parsons College, the University of Nebraska, the University of Texas, the State of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1915, he came to Washington State University as professor of plant pathology and also served as plant pathologist at the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station. In 1918, he became Chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology. He retired in 1941 and died on April 24, 1954. He was survived by his second wife and his three children.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The papers of F. D. Heald date from 1905 to 1955, with most of them dating from 1928 to 1932. Series I is extensive and consists of a card file on plant diseases. Series II is comprised of copies of publications by F. D. Heald, as well as some of his unpublished work. Although Series III contains two more Heald papers, the bulk of it is the work of other men on pertinent subjects. Thus, this series serves as a reference file. The card file in Series I was not reorganized in any way; in Series II and III there was some reordering, and some material was shifted from one series to the other.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description
	Series 1: Card File on Plant Diseases, n.d.
1	1-3	Card File, n.d.	3
2	4-5	Card File, n.d.	2
3	6	Card File, n.d.	1
4	7-9	Card File, n.d.	3
5	10	Card File, n.d.	1
	Series 2: Publications File, 1905-1955
6	11	List of Most Important Publications by Frederick DeForest Heald, (1894-1940), n.d.	1
	12	Reprints of F. D. Heald Articles, 1909-1932	10
	13	Heald, F. D., and B. F. Dana. "Checklist of Washington Plant Diseases," 1926	1
	14	Heald, F. D. "Non-Parasitic Apple Spot Disease," n.d.	1
	15	Biographical Article on F. D. Heald, 1955	1
	16	Correspondence and Other Papers, 1929-1943	9
	17	Notes, 1905-1913	68
	Series 3: Reference File, 1921-1946
7	18	Heald, F. D. "Brown-Rot," n.d.	1
	19	Heald, F. D. "Potato Seed Disinfection," 1921	1
	20	American Society of Agronomy. 1946 Meeting. Abstracts, 1946	1
	21	Biophysics, 1935	9
	22	Christensen, J. L. "A Report on Mycorrhiza," n.d.	1
	23	Discomycetes--Historical, n.d.	1
	24	Fischer, G. W. Botany Lecture Notes and Papers, 1923-1928	10
	25	Fischer, G. W. "Eriksson's Mycoplasm Hypothesis," 1931	2
	26	Fischer, G. W. "Heart Rot of Tamarack," 1930	3
	27	Fischer, G. W. "Leaf Spot Disease of Tomatoes," n.d.	1
	28	Fischer, G. W. Mycology Seminar Notes, 1931-1933	62
	29	Friesner, R. C. "Laboratory Exercises for Plant Physiology," 2nd ed., n.d.	1
	30	"Gleosporum Caulivorum and Colletotrichum Trifolii," n.d.	7
	31	Schwendiman, J. L. "The Influence of Plants on Percolation, Runoff, and Erosion," 1938	1
	32	Smut Notes and Bibliography, n.d.	2
	33	Thallophyta and Aseomycetes, n.d.	2
	34	Western Cooperative Spray Project, 1942-1944	22
	35	Whetzel, H. H. "Brown Rot of Stone Fruits," 1926	1