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Archives 10
Department of Plant Pathology
Records, 1941-1944


The records of the Department of Plant Pathology were received by WSU Libraries sometime prior to 1970 (WSU 124). They were reprocessed in January, 1984 by Paul Green.

Number of containers 1
Linear feet of shelf space .25
Approximate number of items 90

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Department of Plant Pathology came into being largely through the efforts of F. D. Heald, whose conviction of the importance of the field and enthusiasm enabled him to persuade the administration to create a department separate from botany in 1918. Professor Heald also served as the first chairman of the department. The program of the Department of Plant Pathology is designed to give practical instruction in the areas of crop diseases, fungi, pathology methods, and principles of disease to students in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, general biology, and botany.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The records date from 1941 to 1944; most of them are dated from 1942 to 1944. The records consist, primarily, of correspondence with the WSC Department of Horticulture and the Agricultural Extension Service and a few reports.

CONTAINER LIST

Box Folder   Description No. of
Items
1 1 Department of Horticulture, 1941- 53
2 Agricultural Extension Service, 1941- 35