United States Department of Agriculture / WSU Palouse Conservation Field Station and Agricultural Research Service Records 1931-1977
Archives 258

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
United States Department of Agriculture / WSU Palouse Conservation Field Station and Agricultural Research Service Records
ID
Archives 258
Date [inclusive]
1931-1977
Extent
2 linear feet,  2 containers
Abstract
Collection includes Annual Research Reports for the Palouse Conservation Field Station from 1931 to 1971. .

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History:

The Palouse Conservation Field Station began as a joint project between the United States Department of Agriculture and the State College of Washington in 1931. At that time it was called the Pacific Northwest Soil Erosion and Moisture Conservation Experiment Station. In 1935, the name was shortened to the Soil Conservation Experiment Station. In the following decades, the name shifted back and forth several times to also include the Soil and Water Conservation Research Station and many derivations thereof. In 1961, the name was switched to the Palouse Conservation Field Station. During their tenure, the Palouse Conservation Field Station conducted experiments to produce better farming techniques that would produce less runoff and erosion, and wou ld make more efficient use of water for farming purposes. The Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Idaho also worked with the U.S.D.A. to conduct experiments in a similar vein.

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Scope and Content

Records of the Palouse Conservation Field Station consist of annual and other reports, along with compilations of data.

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Arrangement

Annual Research Reports for the Palouse Conservation Field Station are filed in chronological order from 1931-1971. Subsequent data reports relating to PCFS, are filed corresponding to their first year of reporting. Reports for the Agricultural Experi ment Station follow this, as do reports of a joint project between WSU and the Agricultural Research Service.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

Records of the Palouse Conservation Field Station and the Agricultural Research Service were transferred to the University Libraries in 2000 as Accession UA2000-20.

Processing Information

The records were processed in 2004 by Michael Evans.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University --Palouse Conservation Field Station--Records and correspondence.

Subject(s)

  • Soil conservation -- Northwest, Pacific.
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Environmental Conditions

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Detailed Description of Collection

Annual Research Reports, variously titled  

box folder

Progress Report, Pacific Northwest Soil Erosion and Moisture Conservation Experiment Station (W.A. Rockie)  1931 

1 1

Engineering Experiments (P.C. McGrew)  1931 

1 2

(Rockie, McGrew)  1932 

1 3

Engineering Experiments  1932 

1 4

(C.E. Deardorff)  1933 

1 5

Engineering Experiments  1933 

1 6

(Deardorff, McGrew)  1934 

1 7

Soil Conservation Experiment Station (Glenn Horner, P.C. McGrew)  1935 

1 8

 1939 

1 9

Soil and Water Conservation Experiment Station (Horner)  1943 

1 10

 1944 

1 11

Soil Conservation Experiment Station  1946 

1 12

 1947 

1 13

 1948 

1 14

 1950 

1 15

 1951 

1 16

 1952 

1 17

Soil and Water Conservation Research Station (Glenn M. Horner, Loy M. Naffziger)  1953 

1 18

 1954 

1 19

 1955 

1 20

 1956 

1 21

Summary of Results  1956 

1 22

 1957 

1 23

 1958 

1 24

 1959 

1 25

(Glenn M. Horner, Lloyd M. Cox, Earle E. Cary)  1960 

1 26

Palouse Conservation Field Station  1961 

1 27

(Stephen J. Mech, et al.)  1962 

1 28

 1963 

1 29

 1964 

1 30

 1965 

1 31

 1966 

1 32

 1967 

1 33

Program Management Report included  1968 

1 34

 1969 

1 35

 1970 

1 36

 1971 

1 37

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Other Reports  

box folder

Memos and Notes on Soil Sampling  1930-1933 

1 38

Map of Pacific Northwest Soil Erosion Experiment Station  1931 

1 39

Progress Report 1931-1935, Pacific Northwest Soil Conservation Experiment Station (McGrew, Horner)  

1 40

Results of Soil and Water Conservation Studies in the Northwest 1931-1935 (McGrew, Horner)  

2 41

Progress Report 1931-1942, Soil and Water Conservation Experiment Station (Horner)  

2 42

Watershed and Surface Runoff Data  1931-1947 

2 43

Annual Report, Pacific Northwest Erosion Control Projects  1934-1935 

2 44

Tables, Annual History of Experimental Area, Palouse Soil and Water Conservation Farm  

box folder

 1936 

2 45

 1937 

2 46

Program Management Report, Palouse Conservation Field Station  

box folder

 1962 

2 47

 1963 

2 48

 1964 

2 49

 1965 

2 50

 1966 

2 51

 1967 

2 52

Annual Report, Agricultural Experiment Station  

box folder

(J. Marvin Rosa)  1961 

2 53

 1962 

2 54

(Rosa, V.O. Thompson)  1963 

2 55

 1965 

2 56

 1966 

2 57
box folder

Annual Progress Reports, Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University Joint Projects  1973-1974 

2 58

Work Reporting Unit Annual Report and Plan, Agricultural Research Service-Western Region  

box folder

FY 1973-1974  

2 59

FY 1974-1975  

2 60

FY 1975-1976  

2 61

FY 1976-1977  

2 62

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Oversize  

box folder

Tables, Rainfall levels in Pullman, WA  1932-1954 

2 63

Tables, Annual History of Experimental Area, Palouse Soil and Water Conservation Farm  

box folder

 1936 

2 64

 1937 

2 65

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