Jack R. and Harry V. Harlan papers, 1905-1985.

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Jack R. and Harry V. Harlan papers, 1905-1985.

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Correspondence, collection lists, field notes, photos, Harlan's unpublished Grasslands of Oklahoma (ca. 1957), and his dissertation, A Survey of the Genetic Variability in the Bromus Carinatus Complex (1942). Topics include Harlan's experiences as a member of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) expeditions to the Middle East and elsewhere; genetics research relating to barley, corn, rice, and sorghum; identifications of samples; origin, evolution, and dissemination of sorghum, wheat, barley, maize, and sesame; classification and numbering of collections; conservation of genetic materials; international cooperation; disease resistance; origins of Southwest Asian agriculture; and USDA quarantine policies. Correspondents include George Beadle, León Croizat, Otto Frankel, J.G. Hawkes, C.A. Reed, and Daniel Zohary. Includes correspondence, mss. of writings, photos, and publications of Harry V. Harlan, USDA agronomist, relating to barley, crop exploration and production, Nikolaĭ I. Vavilov, research stations in Arizona and Idaho, and foreign travel.

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Zohary, Daniel

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Reed, Charles A.L. (Charles Alfred Lee), 1856-1928

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Croizat, Léon (1894-1982).

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Vavilov, N. I. (Nikolaĭ Ivanovich), 1887-1943.

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Hawkes, J. G. (John Gregory), 1915-2007

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Harlan, Jack R.

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Professor of agronomy, Oklahoma State University; professor of agronomy and plant genetics and member of Crop Evolution Laboratory staff, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; b. 1917. From the description of Jack R. and Harry V. Harlan papers, 1905-1985. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28420354 ...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Chartered as Illinois Industrial University 1867; adopted name University of Illinois in 1885 and know as the Urbana-Champaign campus; became University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966). From the description of Afro-American Studies and Research Program records, 1980-1984. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70970126 ...

Frankel, O. H. (Otto Herzberg), 1900-1998

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Harlan, Harry V. (Harry Vaughn), 1882-1985.

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Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989

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Chemist, University president. From the description of Reminiscences of George Wells Beadle : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608221 George Wells Beadle, professor, university administrator. From the guide to the Beadle, George Wells. Papers, 1908-1981, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.) Chancellor, University of...