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,...

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The collection contains materials related to the professional careers of George and Harold Compere, who were early biological control academics that worked at the Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station. Materials in the collection include news clippings, reprints, research notes, photographs, and realia.

Abstract The Ira J. Condit papers contain scrapbooks, notes, correspondence, photographs and articles written by Ira J. Condit, an American horticulturist who studied subtropical fruits including the fig, olive, and avocado. Includes meeting minutes from the Citrus Experiment Station (1915-1929) as well as information on the avocado and ficus genus, particularly figs. Of note is an album of photographs documenting a trip Condit took to China in 1934. The album contains photos of Condit and others as...

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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.

Abstract This collection contains project files, publications, photographs, and other material regarding the career of Dr. Frederick F. Halma, professor of subtropical horticulture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and research scientist at the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside, California. Includes lecture notes, examinations, photographs and other material from Halma's Horticulture 102 class as well as handwritten field notes and publications regarding his citrus/avocado...

Abstract The William T. Horne Memorial Avocado Collection contains administrative records, correspondence, clippings, photographs, publications, and other material pertaining to the Citrus Experiment Station agricultural library, citrus and avocado related research, and the citrus and avocado commercial industries. Topics include avocado growing and growers' associations, the production and marketing of avocados, and the scientific study of avocado plants. Records document the development and use of...

Abstract The collection consists of materials created by Osgood S. Lovekin related to a course, Citriculture 99, offered by the University of California in the summer of 1922. The course consisted of six weeks of field trips and instruction on the citrus industry, traveling throughout California to visit various citrus and fig farms, packing houses, and notably the Citrus Experiment Station that would later become the UC Riverside campus. Items in the collection include detailed field notes written...

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This collection contains portrait and group photographs of faculty from the University of California, Riverside and Citrus Experiment Station collected by Albert L. Page, an emeritus professor of environmental science and alumnus from the University of California, Riverside.

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This collection consists of over 2,000 photographic images that document the history of the campus from its beginnings in the early 20th century as the Citrus Experiment Station to its present form as the University of California, Riverside. The images highlight the development and construction of the university as well as campus life and events. Select images of faculty and staff are also included in this collection.

Abstract This collection contains correspondence, research notes, photographs, and other material regarding the professional career of Archibald D. Shamel, a physiologist with the United States Department of Agriculture who worked at the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside, California during the early 20th century. The collection includes a large group of photographs and glass plate negatives documenting the citrus industry in Riverside and around the world. While the bulk of the collection is...