Orville Vogel Papers, 1931-1970

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Orville Vogel
Title
Orville Vogel Papers
Dates
1931-1970 (inclusive)
1932-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
9 linear feet of shelf space, (10 boxes)
Collection Number
Cage 524
Summary
Correspondence, experiment findings, articles, minutes, papers given at meetings, reports, research notes, and conference materials.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for creating this finding aid was provided by the Kellogg Foundation. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Orville A. Vogel, world renowned wheat breeder, who led WSU/USDA research teams that developed high yields wheats--Gaines and Nugaines--for the Pacific Northwest, was born at Pilger, Nebr., May 19, 1907. He received his BS and MS from University of Nebraska. In 1931 he came to WSU as a research agronomist with the US Department of Agriculture. He was awarded his Ph.D in 1939 from WSU. He retained the title of research agronomist with the USDA till 1966, and held courtesy appointments at WSU as Associate Agronomist, Division of Agronomy, and from 1960 till his retirement in 1973, as Professor of Agronomy, Collaborator, USDA. He was a Fellow and member of Sigma Xi. He received the Achievement Award of the US Department of Agriculture in 1962, National Medal of Science in 1975 and WSU's highest honor-the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1977.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The personal papers of Orville Vogel were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1981 (MS81-30).

Processing Note

The papers were arranged and described in the fall of 1986 by Jin Du, a research assistant with the Agriculture and Liberal Arts Program sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Correspondence and other materials (1st Accession) , 1931-1970Return to Top

Number of containers: 5, (Linear feet of shelf space: 5)
The papers of Orville Vogel in this 1st Accession consist mainly of correspondence concerned with projects conducted at Pullman. Some materials concern administative details as well as scientific information. The papers are arranged in a single sequence of alphabetically ordered folders. This arrangement is a combination of two original sequences that had been disrupted over time and during relocation of the papers.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1-4
Agricultural Extention Service-program in Turkey
1966-1967
1 5
Agronomy and Men (WSU)
1957-1958, 1962-1963
1 6
American Society of Agronomy-Publication
1977
1 7
American Society of Agronomy-Western Branch
1 8
Annual Pacific Northwest Fertilizer Conference
1966
1 9
Australian Wheat Marketing Study Team
1963-1964
1 10
Authorizations, notifications, special endorsement, agreements of USDA
1931-1956
1 11
Barley Workers' Conference
1951
1 12
Classification of Wheat Grown in US
1923, 1935
1 13
Classification of Wheat Grown in US
1937, 1942, 1963
1 14-25
Correspondence-Vogel
1931-1942
2 26-45
Correspondence-Vogel
1943-1958
3 46-56
Correspondence-Vogel
1959-1967
3 57
Correspondence and memos of colleagues
1931-1941
3 58-72
Correspondence and memos of colleagues
1942-1956
3 73-76
Correspondence-A.E. Allan
1964-1967
3 77
Correspondence-B.R. Bertramson
1950-1956
3 78
Correspondence-D.W. George
1965-1967
3 79-80
Correspondence-C. Peterson
1964-1967
4 81
Department of Agronomy-WSU
4 82
Distribution of the varieties of classes of wheat in US
1959, 1972
4 83
Estimated production and yields demand of main agricultural production in 2000
4 84
Experiment in Drum wheat region
1955-1959
4 85
Experiment in Spring wheat region
1954-1959
4 86
Experiment in Winter wheat region
1944-1956
4 87
Experiment in Winter wheat region
1957-1977
4 88
Graduate school and graduate students-WSU
4 89
Hard Red Winter Wheat Improvement Conference
1935, 1950, 1952
4 90
Information and education to Washington wheat growers
1956
4 91
Information of wheat research in different states
4 92
Land use and conservation
4 93
Malting quality of Barley varieties and selections grown in Rocky Mountain and Western states
1958
4 94
Milling, baking and chemical experiments with Hard Red Spring wheat
1952, 1953
4 95
Milling
4 96
Minutes of the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee Meeting, Walla Walla
1951-1953
4 97
Minutes of the Meeting of the Production Problems Committee- Pullman
1945
4 98
Minutes of Pacific Farm Council Meeting
1952
4 99
Minutes of the Northwest Wheat Project Meeting
1961
4 100
National Farm House Fraternity
1931-1950
4 101
Originals of Tables used-genetics of reactions of Oro Turkey- Florence
4 102
Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association-minutes, bulletins and memos
4 103
Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association-minutes, bulletins and memos
4 104
Pacific Northwest sanitation Committee-munites
1950-1953
4 105
Pacific Northwest Section--American Association of Cereal Chemists
1943-1944
4 106
Pacific Northwest Smut Control Committee-minutes
1949
4 107
Pacific Northwest Wheat Improvement Conference
4 108
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corporation-crop news
1955
4 109
Papers given at meetings
4 110-113
Project 175
1951-1959
5 114-117
Project 175
1960-1974
5 118
Reports of the Second Wheat Quality Worker's Conference
1955
5 119
Reports on the 6th Eastern Wheat Conference, Ohio
1939
5 120
Reports of the Uniform Southeastern Wheat Nurseries
1947-1954
5 121
Reports of Western Wheat Conference
5 122
Research notes and reports-Vogel
5 123
Research reporDf
5 124
Results from cooperative wheat varietal experiments in Western region
1938-1953
5 125
Results from cooperative wheat varietal experiments in Western region
1939-1971
5 126
Seattle Quartermaster Depot Office of the Commanding Officer
1934
5 127
Society of Sigma Xi- WSC
5 128
Statement of policy with reference to te relationship of wheat quality to loan rates
5 129
Summary and research in the Columbia Basin Program
1951-1952
5 130
Surveys and research in the Columbia Basin Program
1951-1952
5 131
United States Department of Agriculture
5 132
University of Nebraska-College of Agriculture
5 133
USDA Wheat Inventory
1952, 1954
5 134
US Government Bill of Lading
1934-1952
5 135
Washington Association of Wheat Growers-12th and 23rd Annual Convention proceedings
1918, 1977
5 136
Western Regional Wheat Improvement Conference
1940, 1955
5 137
Western Society of Crop Science-Crop science abstracts
1959
5 138
Western Wheat Workers' Conference
1958, 1976
5 139
Wheat in Pacific Northwest
5 140
Wheat production estimates in Pacific Northwest
1964-1971
5 141
Wheat production in Pacific Northwest by varieties
1946-1965
5 142
Wheat Quality Conference report, Minneapolis
1968
5 143
Wheat supply and value in the Pacific Northwest
5 144
Wheat variety survey
1955-1964
5 145
World catalogue of genetic stocks
1952-1957
5 146
World list of wheat breeders and stations
1953-1960

Addenda (2nd Accession) , 1932-1988Return to Top

Number of containers: 5, (Linear feet of shelf space: 4)

Papers in the second accession consist of correspondence--both general and a series concerned with the Vogel Thresher, reports, subject files on a variety of wheat research topics, and photographs.

The two accessions of Vogel papers have been retained as distinct entities, although similar materials are found in each. The arrangement of this second installment is somewhat more structured than the alphabetical system of the first installment, reflecting the rough arrangement found in the papers upon transfer.

The second installment of papers of Orville A. Vogel were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Mr. Vogel in 1989 (accession MS89-19).

The 2nd Accession was processed during Summer 1991 by Ling Jinqi.

Container(s) Description Dates
1: General Correspondence
Box Folder
6 147
1946
6 148
1949
6 149
1950
6 150
1951-1952
6 151
1953
6 152
1954-1955
6 153
1957
6 154
1958
6 155
1961-1962
6 156
1963
6 157
1964-1966
6 158
1967
6 159
Jan-June, 1968
6 160
July-Dec, 1968
6 161
Jan-June, 1969
6 162
July-Dec, 1969
6 163
Jan-June, 1970
6 164
July-Dec, 1970
6 165
Jan-June, 1971
6 166
July-Dec, 1971
6 167
Jan-June, 1972
6 168
July-Dec, 1972
6 169
1973
6 170
1974
6 171
1975
6 172
1976
6 173
1977
6 174
1978
6 175
1979
6 176
1980
6 177
1981
6 178
1982
6 179
1983
6 180
1984
6 181
1985
6 182
1986
6 182
1987
6 184
1988
2: Correspondence relative the Vogel Thresher
Box Folder
7 185
1932
7 186
1934
7 187
1935
7 188
1936
7 189
1937
7 190
1938
7 191
1939
7 192
1940
7 193
1941
7 194
1942
7 195
1943
7 196
1944
7 197
1945
7 198
1946
7 199
1947
7 200
1948
7 201
1949
7 202
1950
7 203
1951
7 204
1952
7 205
1953
7 206
1962
3: Annual Reports
Box Folder
7 207
39th Annual Report
1970
7 208
40th Annual Report
1971
7 209
41th Annual Report
1972
7 210
42th Annual Report
1973
4: Subject Files
4.1: International
Box Folder
7 211
Assessing Improved High Protein Crop Cultivation for Developing Countries
1971
7 212
Contract AID/NESA-339 (Turkey)
1968
7 213
Expansion of Wheat Production in Turkey
1968
7 214
6th Annual Convention
1960
7 215
Survey for SMUT Prevalence in Wheat
undated
7 216
Travel to Australia
1968, 1969
7 217
Vogel Report
undated
7 218
Wheat Investigation in Mexico
1964
7 219
Wheat Protein Improvement (C.V. Johnson)
1971
4.2: Ph.D. Thesis, Vogel
Box Folder
7 220
Doctorate Thesis: Resistance to Shattering in Wheat
1939
7 221
Doctorate Thesis: Resistance to Shattering in Wheat
1939
4.3: Wheat- General Subject Files
Box Folder
7 222
Adapting Variety Development Research to Long-Term Industry Changes
1972
7 223
Agronomic Improvements
undated
7 224
Breeding Food Crops for Urban Consumers
1972
7 225
Breeding Short-Stature, Disease Resistant Wheat in the U.S.
undated
7 226
Improvement of Wheat Varieties Resistance to Moisture Stress in Rainfed Areas
1973
7 227
International Development
undated
7 228
Minutes of the 17th Research Review Conference
1970
7 229
The Need for an Increase in the Tax Assessment on Wheat in Washington
undated
7 230
The Need for Wheat Improvement for Soil Erosion Control
undated
7 231
New Wheat Plant Types and Management Systems for Erosion Control
1972
7 232
9th Annual Meeting of Pacific Northwest SMUT Control Committee
1956
7 233
Objectives of the Cooperative Wheat Program for the Western Region
1932
7 234
The Philosophy of Crop Selection and Interaction with other Segment of Agriculture
1969
7 235
Project Summaries
undated
7 236
Research Priorities in Plant Breeding
1978
7 237
Some Problems and Accomplishments of Wheat Improvement in the Pacific West
1951
7 238
Summary of Observations during and Following Tour into Mexico
1966
7 239
Summary of Precipitation and Temperature (1893-1944)
1945
7 240
Wheat and Rye Production, Breeding, Disease and Quality Investigations
1966
7 241
Wheat Development: Getting the Job Done
1973
7 242
Wheat Disease Problems of the Pacific Northwest
undated
7 243
Wheat Research Projects
undated
7 244
Why the O.A. Vogel Fund for Wheat Research? undated
7 245
Winter Wheat Improvement in Washington to 1982
undated
4.4: Symposia
Box Folder
7 246
The National Wheat Research Conference
1982
7 247
Pacific Northwest World Trade Conference and Exposition
1983
7 248
Vogel Honorary Symposium
undated
7 249
Wheat Symposium
undated
4.5: Personal and honorific
Box Folder
8 250
Agronomy Fellow
1954
8 251
Browning Award
1972
8 252
Employment Documents
1959-1972
8 253
Honor and Awards
1972-1975
8 254
Nominations for Browning Award
1972
8 255
Nominations for Fellowship in the American Society of Agronomy
1974
8 256
Nomination for Honorary Degree from University of Nebraska
8 257
Nomination for the Orville Vogel Crop Science Award
8 258
Personal Data
8 259
Publications
1951-1984
8 260
Publicity
undated
8 261
Vogel Scholarship Recipients
1979-1983
8 262
Wallace Huppert: World Wheat Production Record
1965
4.6: Vogel Thresher Subject Files
Box Folder
9 263
Farm Equipment (pictures)
undated
9 264
Financial Statements, Public Vouchers, and Attendance Reports
1951-1952
9 265
Memo: Modification of Vogel Plot Combine
1970
9 266
Miscellaneous Materials
undated
9 267
Nursery Planter and Thresher
undated
9 268
Operator's Manual: Plot Combine and Engine
undated
9 269
Plastic Box Information
undated
9 270
Plot Combine
1967-1970
9 271
Results from Cooperative Wheat Varietal Experiment in the Western Region in 1952
undated
9 272
Rotary Cultivator
1963
9 273
Thresher
1931-1941
9 274
Wheat Production Workshop
1977
9 275
Wisconsin Thresher
1941-1943
10 276
Photographs - Threshers and Cleaners
1931-1987
10 277
Photographs - Planters
ca. 1935-1980
10 278
Photographs - Miscellaneous
ca. 1975
11
Printed materials

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Wheat -- Genetics--Research

Personal Names

  • Vogel, Orville Alvin, 1907- --Archives (creator)