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Citrus fruits -- Research

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

University of California, Riverside, Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-042
Abstract The Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC-AES) records collection contains administrative records, correspondence, faculty papers, publications, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, reports, project files, and other material relating to CRC-AES. Formerly known as the Citrus Experiment Station (CES), the bulk of materials precede the establishment of UC Riverside's College of Letters and Sciences in 1954. The majority of topics document the history, events, faculty,...
Dates: circa 1808-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1910-1955

Joseph W. Eckert papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA-398
Abstract

The collection consists of materials related to the academic career of Joseph W. Eckert, an Emeritus Professor from the UC Riverside Plant Pathology department. Items in the collection include photographs, news clippings, and academic articles authored by Eckert on various aspects of disease spread and prevention in citrus and other types of plants.

Dates: circa 1957-1999

Harry W. Lawton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-122
Abstract The Harry W. Lawton papers contain correspondence, press clippings, photographs, manuscripts, magazines, and other materials from Lawton's life and career. Lawton was an American writer, journalist, editor, and historian who wrote several books on Native Americans in Southern California, particularly in the Riverside and Banning areas. Part of the collection also consists of materials about Harry Lawton's son, Jonathan Fredrick Lawton, a screenplay writer. Harry Lawton's involvement with the...
Dates: 1651-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1990

Wilson Popenoe papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31210026673598]
Identifier: MS-041
Abstract

This collection includes the diary, record book, and photographs of botanist and agronomist Wilson Popenoe, who studied avocados, navel oranges, mangoes, and other plant life throughout Mexico, Central and South America. Popenoe was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Seed and Plant Introduction in the role of agricultural explorer from 1913-1925, where he collaborated with David Fairchild, Archibald Shamel, and Palemon Howard Dorsett.

Dates: circa 1919-1968, undated

Walter Reuther papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA-046
Abstract

This collection consists of citrus biologist Walter Reuther's research notes, trip reports, correspondence, personal notebooks, publications, correspondence and various other documents.

Dates: circa 1956-1984, undated

Walton B. Sinclair papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-064
Abstract This collection contains publications written and co-written by Walton B. Sinclair, a pioneer plant biochemist who worked at the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside beginning in 1932 and was a Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the University of California, Riverside. Publications in the collection focus on Sinclair's research regarding the biochemistry of various citrus fruits, as well as an article Sinclair wrote regarding the state of higher education in the Southern United...
Dates: 1941-1972, undated; Majority of material found within 1944-1946

Sunkist Growers, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-052
Abstract

The Sunkist Growers Inc. records consists mostly of agreements between various growers and the Fruit Growers Supply Company and the Exchange By-Products Company, which were parts of the organization that provided wholesale supplies and developed markets for citrus by-products like oil and citric acid. The collection also includes brochures, photographs, and a photo album including research information from the University of California Citrus Experiment Station.

Dates: 1918-1991; Majority of material found within 1918-1966