DeKalb AgResearch Records, 1910-2011 | Northern Illinois University

Collection Overview

Title: DeKalb AgResearch Records, 1910-2011

ID: RHC/RC/190

Extent: 196.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 10 series: Historical Research and General Corporate Records, Sales and Production, Research, Publications, Subject Files, Subsidiaries, Charlie Gunn, Dave Wagley, Rubendall, and Audio-visuals.

The Historical Research and General Corporate Records series is divided into two subseries. The Historical Research subseries and General Corporate Records.

The Research series is divided into nine subseries: Corn, Cotton, Poultry, Sorghum, Wheat, Wintergraze, Soybeans, Swine, and Other.

The Subsidiaries consist of 4 subseries on different companies owned by DeKalb Genetics. The subseries include: Calgene, Heinhold a swine and commodities brokerage firm, DeKalb Energy a oil and natural gas company, and Trojan.

The ninth series is the Duane Rubendall series. This series consists of advertising and design related items divided into four subseries: International, General Company, Ads, and Audio-visuals.

The Audio-Visual series encompasses the different types of media used in the public relations field by DeKalb Genetics. The series consists of fifteen subseries: Photographs, Glass Plate Negatives, Negatives and Transparencies, Slides, Cassettes, Filmstrips, Records, Sound Recordings, Films, VHS, Betacam, Large/small VC-Umatic, CDs, Miscellaneous, and Artifacts.

Date Acquired: 07/00/1988. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Advertising -- Agriculture, Agriculture, Corn--Husking, Corn., DeKalb (Ill.), DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, DeKalb AgResearch, DeKalb County Farm Bureau (De Kalb County, Ill.), DeKalb Soil Improvement Association, Energy, Golden, E. E., Grain, Gunn, Charles, Hybrid corn, Oil industries, Pfizer Genetics, Poultry Industry, Seed industry and trade

Forms of Material: Glass plate negative, Photographs

Languages: English, Spanish;Castilian, Chinese, German, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese, Swedish, French, Italian, Dutch;Flemish

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains many of the records generated by the DeKalb Genetics Corporation. The materials, dating from 1910-2011, provide information for a basic history of the company; for ascertaining the role played by the industry in the DeKalb area, the United States, and around the world; for the research in the company's areas of expertise; and for analyzing marketing techniques and approaches. The collection is organized into 10 series: Historical Research and General Corporate Records, Sales and Production, Research, Publications, Subject Files, Subsidiaries, Charlie Gunn, Dave Wagley, Rubendall, and Audio-visuals. While most of the collection is in English, there is material in various languages.

The Historical Research and General Corporate Records series (I) is divided into two subseries. The Historical Research subseries consists of histories, historical research, and merger information from DeKalb Genetics subsidiaries. The second subseries, General Corporate Records, contains annual reports, correspondence, personnel changes, and some financial information. Also included in this subseries are flowcharts and information pertaining to company actions and government property purchased by DeKalb Genetics.

The second series, Sales and Production includes the information used by the dealers in the selling of the DeKalb Genetics commodities as well as the production of seed to sell. This includes such material as handbooks and manuals, price lists, catalogs, direct mailings sent to the farmers, ads, and ad campaigns. Seed Sales Summary reports, production and yield estimates, variety summaries and a sales journal complete this series.

The Research series (III) is divided into nine subseries: Corn, Cotton, Poultry, Sorghum, Wheat, Wintergraze, Soybeans, Swine, and Other. Each subseries consists of the research accomplished by the research teams in such areas as diseases, breeding, and production. Included in the Other subseries are general information pertaining to agricultural research and multiple plant research.

The Publications series (IV) includes the magazines and newsletters published by DeKalb Genetics.

The Subject Files comprise the fifth series and includes speeches, publicity, movie scripts, competitor companies' literature, the American Farmer campaign, scholarships and awards, Field Days, and information on the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Farm Policy, and the Sycamore Preserve Works.

The sixth series, Subsidiaries, consist of four subseries on different companies owned by DeKalb Genetics. The subseries include: Calgene; Heinhold, a swine and commodities brokerage firm; DeKalb Energy, an oil and natural gas company; and Trojan.

Series seven, eight and nine consist of records from individuals that worked in DeKalb Genetics. Series seven is Charlie Gunn who was an early corn breeding expert for the company. This series contains early corn breeding information from 1924 to the 1940s.

The Dave Wagley is the eighth series in the collection. This series consist of sales and stock reports, some from the 1980s, many from the 1990s.

The ninth series is the Duane Rubendall series. This series consists of advertising and design related items divided into four subseries: International, General Company, Ads, and Audio-visuals. These subseries contain sketches, booklet and calendar designs, film, and sales tapes. The series also contains awards presented to Rubendall and community related work including Kishwaukee Hospital Plaque designs.

The Audio-Visual series (X) encompasses the different types of media used in the public relations field by DeKalb Genetics. The series consists of fifteen subseries: Photographs, Glass Plate Negatives, Negatives and Transparencies, Slides, Cassettes, Filmstrips, Records, Sound Recordings, Films, VHS, Betacam, Large/small VC-Umatic, CDs, Miscellaneous, and Artifacts. The photographs, glass plate negatives, and negatives and transparencies include such subjects as animals, machinery, research, facilities, and personnel. A searchable database exists for these photographs, but researchers must contact the Regional History Center to inquire about its use. Some of the photographs have negatives which are located in the negative subseries under the same title listed on the envelopes. The slides consist of dealer programs and presentations while the cassettes encompass interviews, commercials, and a history of DeKalb Genetics. Some slide presentations contain related script and tape. Slides are arranged by date of slide, not image, within a given presentation. The filmstrips, records, reel-to reels, films, sound recordings, VHS, Betacam, Large/small VC-Umatics contains such subjects of interest as corn, sorghum, poultry, corn borers, training, and commercials. Some of the films are categorized as film produced by or for DeKalb AgResearch; voice-over commercials; farmer testimonial commercials and miscellaneous films. All films are in black and white except for the ones indicated in color in the collection inventory. Of special interest in the film subseries is a film produced by Walt Disney entitled, "The Grain That Built a Hemisphere." Some of the filmstrips have accompanying records and are listed under the same title in the subseries. Of special interest is a record with a description of the July 26, 1955 Russian visit to DeKalb Genetics. The Compact Disk subseries includes presentations as well as photographs of hats, pens, and other items with the DeKalb Genetics flying ear corn logo. Included in the miscellaneous subseries is 3.5 floppy disks, a unipak (filmstrip and reel-to-reel sound recording in the same case), and an unidentified wire recording.

The last subseries of audio-visuals contains artifacts. Artifacts include bumper stickers, signs, bags, hat with flying ear corn logo, puzzles and other materials. In addition, artifacts are divided further into two works of art, two containers of plant samples, a container of postcards, and books.

Located in drawers 31 and 32 are oversized items. Drawer 31 contains blueprints from various office buildings and poultry facilities and promotional and advertising material connected to series two as well as posters related to conventions, planter plate information, and others. Drawer 32 contains a sorghum bumper sticker and coverage maps, as well as artifacts such as a seed bag and other ads.

Collection Historical Note

In 1912, a group of DeKalb area farmers, bankers, and newspapermen, led by Henry H. Parke, founded the DeKalb County Soil Improvement Association. This Association was later known as the DeKalb County Farm Bureau. Due to a lack of seed laws, Illinois farmers were supplied with inferior seed and the Association was started to help farmers lime their soils and to bring in vigorous alfalfa and clover seed in order to get more nutrients from their soil. The members of the Soil Improvement Association were required to sign notes totaling as much as $30,000 a year for the purchase of good seed. In June, 1917, Parke suggested that a separate organization to care for the seed business be formed. This coalition was called the DeKalb County Agricultural Association.

William G. Eckhardt, a professor in the soils department at the University of Illinois, was hired by the Soil Improvement Association as the first county farm advisor. Charles L. Gunn joined the co-op in 1917 as a seedsman working with Western Plowman, an open-pollinated seed corn. He was attempting to eliminate the inconsistencies that were found in the corn. Thomas H. Roberts, Sr. joined the operation in 1919 as assistant farm advisor and became the farm advisor on Eckhardt's resignation less than a year later. Gunn and Roberts began to research hybrid corn. Following a decade of research and testing, the Association's first hybrids were marketed. A new technique in the marketing of this hybrid seed was used. Area farmers served as dealers, personally visiting their neighbors to sell the seed unlike the seed store and grain elevators operators who that waited for their customers to visit them to make their purchase.

Not only was the Association in the forefront in hybridization and marketing techniques, they also moved ahead in the area of advertising. The Association ran the first full-page hybrid corn ads, had the first hybrid corn with national coverage, and was the first to run a four-page full color hybrid corn insert (as early as 1938).

In 1936, the Association dropped the "County" from its name and started to supply farmers outside of the DeKalb County area. With the expansion of sales areas, the Association began to diversify, adding oil drilling in 1937, raising chicks that would lead to DeKalb's "Profit Pullets" in 1944, developing the first sorghum hybrids in 1956, and working with cotton hybridization in 1960.

Because of the expansion of selling districts and of products offered, additional facilities had to be built to accommodate the growth. Plants were built in Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, and Texas to meet these needs.

In 1938, the company developed into two organizations under one management: DeKalb Hybrid Seed Company and DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc. The Hybrid Company was used for research only, while the Agricultural Association was responsible for the production and distribution of retail seed corn.

The name "DeKalb AgResearch, Inc." was adopted in 1968. The goals of the company include better service to the customer through improved stock and specialized agricultural development and taking a leading role in agricultural technological expansion.

The change of name to DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, Inc. in 1982 was the result of a merger between DeKalb AgResearch and Pfizer, Inc. This allowed DeKalb AgResearch to use part of the money that Pfizer had budgeted for research and also enabled them to enlarge their staple products with Pfizer's sorghum, soybean, and alfalfa products.

Bought by Monsanto in 1998, DeKalb Genetics continued to employ genetics and biotechnology in producing seed for farmers. Despite being bought by Monsanto, DeKalb seed is still sold under the DEKALB winged ear corn logo.

Subject/Index Terms

Advertising -- Agriculture
Agriculture
Corn--Husking
Corn.
DeKalb (Ill.)
DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics
DeKalb AgResearch
DeKalb County Farm Bureau (De Kalb County, Ill.)
DeKalb Soil Improvement Association
Energy
Golden, E. E.
Grain
Gunn, Charles
Hybrid corn
Oil industries
Pfizer Genetics
Poultry Industry
Seed industry and trade

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Accruals: An addendum was added in March 2001 by Monsanto through the DeKalb Alumni Group.

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access to the collection. Twenty- four hours advanced notice is requested for the audio-visual material due to the need of special equipment.

Use Restrictions: Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.

Acquisition Source: Leo Olson

Acquisition Method: Leo Olson, Communications Director for DeKalb Genetics, donated the company's records to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center throughout 1980 and continued to donate additions until July 1988.

Related Materials: Researchers interested in the research and development of corn genetics may also want to consult the Sherret S. Chase Papers (RC 346). For more information please see http://archon.lib.niu.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=2088.

Other Note: Twenty- four hours advanced notice is requested for the audio-visual material due to the need of special equipment.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I.: Historical Research & General Corporate Records],
[Series II.: Sales & Production],
[Series III.: Research],
[Series IV.: Publications],
[Series V.: Subject Files],
[Series VI.: Subsidiaries],
[Series VII.: Charlie Gunn],
[Series VIII.: Dave Wagley],
[Series IX.: Rubendall],
[Series X.: Audiovisuals],
[All]

Series III.: Research

Sub-Series A.: Corn

Box 143

Folder 2: Corn History articles, 1954, 1964
Folder 3: "The Origin of Maize" - Walton Galinat, 1971
Folder 4: "A Bumper Crop of Scientific Data" Article, 2005
Folder 5: Articles on Hybrid Corn, 1979, 1992
Folder 6: DeKalb Corn Research Farm Tour, 1975, 1979, 1980
Folder 7: General Overview of DeKalb Research Locations
Folder 8: Inspectors Manual-Roy R. Jordan, 1942-1943
Folder 9: "Progress in Hybrid Corn Production" - G.H. Dugan, J.R. Holbert, and A.L. Lang, 1935-1936
Folder 10: Development of hybrids, 1935-1963
Folder 11: Corn, Miscellaneous, 1933-1977
Folder 12: "Growth & Development of the Corn Plant" - American Seed Trade Association, 1947
Folder 13: Corn Education Materials, 1949
Folder 14: Research Papers -Sherret S. Chase, 1951-1958
Folder 15: "Double Cross - Hybrid Corn" - Donald Jones & Henry Wallace, 1956
Folder 16: "The Amaizo Corn Ear" - American Maize Products, 1957
Folder 17: "The Ten Chromosomes of Maize", 1958-1959
Folder 18: Corn Educational Material, 1960
Folder 19: "Cornstalk Rots in Illinois" - Benjamin Koehler, 1960
Folder 20: "The Future of Dwarf & Mutilated Corn" & "Stands for Corn- A Review" G.H. Stringfield, 1961
Folder 21-22: Corn Educational Materials, 1967-1968
Folder 23: "Evaluations for Resistance to Corn Stunt & Maize Dwarf Mosaic Diseases in Corn" - C.W. Kunn & M.D. Jellum, 1970
Folder 24-25: Corn Educational Material, 1970-1971

Box 143A

Folder 1: Corn Educational Material, 1960
Folder 2: Trials, Scanning Charts, Summary, Basil Tsotsis file, 1984

Box 144

Folder 1: Sketches for ads, no date
Folder 2: Sorghum, wheat, cotton drawings/logos, no date
Folder 3: Photographs on boards, for ads, no date
Folder 4: Breeding drawings, no date

Box 145

Folder 1: Corn cob sketches- in color- for ads (1 photo), no date
Folder 2: Photos and sketches of corn cobs for ads (24 photos), no date
Folder 3: Corn sketches, corn closeups and cross sections, and photos for ads, no date
Folder 4: Logos, no date

Oversize Drawer 33

Folder 6: Corn Educational Material Poster, no date
Folder 7: Seed Processing Facility Information [English & Japanese] (5 blueprints), 1979

Box 146

Folder 1: Operation Top Profit, 1972
Folder 2: Description of DeKalb Hybrids Introduced to the Commercial & Advanced Experimental Categories, 1972-1973, 1976
Folder 3-5: Corn Educational Material, 1973-1975
Folder 6: Maize Genetics Research Papers, 1975-1981
Folder 7: Corn Hybrids: Definition of Resistance to Greenbugs, 1975
Folder 8: Maize Research & Breeders Manual Number VIII, 1976
Folder 11: "Corn Annual" Corn Refiners Associaiton - Booklet, 1979-1981, 1983-1985
Folder 12-14: Corn Educational Material, 1978-1981
Folder 15: "Corn Silage" & "How A Corn Plant Develops" by Iowa and Michigan coop Extention Services, 1975, 1993
Folder 16: "Research & Exploration: Foundation for Growth" Booklet, 1981
Folder 17: Research Pamphlets, 1996
Folder 18: "Corn Silage Digestibility: A Look at Corn Hybrid Selection and Crop Management from the Cow's Viewpoint", 1997

Box 147

Folder 1: "Diseases & Yield Barriers" & "Corn Leaf Diseases" A.L. Hooker, no date
Folder 2: "The History of Corn Hybrids in Greece Briefly and Corn Experiments", 1956
Folder 3: Tsotsis files: International Papers on Corn, Agronomy Newsletter, 1960, 1976, 1979, 1981
Folder 4: "Races of Maize in Brazil" and "Annals of the New York Academy of Science", 1963, 1978
Folder 5: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Research, 1961-1963, 1969-1970, 1977-1978
Folder 6: Tsotsis files: Progress Report on the Mexican Corn Research Program, circa 1970s
Folder 7: Basil Tsotsis-Correspondence, Articles, Pamphlets, 1973-1988: Access Restriction: Restricted -see center staff
Folder 8: International Seed Operations Booklet, 1976
Folder 9: Correspondence Concerning Corn in Mexico, Italy, Spain & South Africa, 1978-1980
Folder 10: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Research Review, 1978-1981
Folder 11: Tsotsis files: Semillas Hibridas S.A. de C.V. Results of 2 Years Disease Evaluations of Elite Inbred Lines, 1979-1980
Folder 12: Tsotsis files: Analysis of the Effects Caused by Sphacelotheca Reiliana in the Zone of Zapopan Jalisco in Production of Corn Seed - [Spanish], 1979-1981
Folder 13: Tsotsis files: Corn Pathogens, Resistance, Hybrids - Research Papers, 1979, 1981

Box 148

Folder 1: Tsotsis files: Mexican Research Program, San Juan de Abajo NAY, 1980
Folder 2: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Research, 1980-1982
Folder 3: Tsotsis files: Mexican Corn Research, 1982
Folder 4: Tsotsis files: Pedigrees for Mexican White Hybrids, 1982
Folder 5: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Research Review, 1982-1983
Folder 6: Tsotsis files: Experimentals to France, 1983
Folder 7: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Potential Market, 1983-1984
Folder 8: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Research- Africa, Southeast United States, Mexico Brazil, 1983-1984
Folder 9: Tsotsis files: Thai Corn Research Recommendation for Hybrid Advancement, 1984
Folder 10: Tsotsis files: Tropical Corn Research Review, 1984-1985
Folder 11: Tsotsis files: Corn Research in Brazil, 1984-1985
Folder 12: Tsotsis files: Hybrid Research - Mexico, 1985

Box 149

Folder 1: Corn Information & Booklet [German], 1997
Folder 2: Seed Processing Facility Information- [English & Japanese]
Folder 3: European Corn Research Correspondence - Basil Tsotsis & Dick Holland
Folder 4: Correspondence with Rice Research Institute Regarding Corn Breeding in the Philippines
Folder 5: Chinese Trip, no date
Folder 6: Corn Educational Materials, 1961
Folder 7: Tsotsis files: Research Papers by Sherret Chase & A.L. Hooker, 1951, 1972
Folder 8: "Assay for Enzyme Activity" - Charts/Special Studies, 1960-1963
Folder 9: "Conversion Techniques and Objectives in Using Exotics" Welch, Vern A., 1966
Folder 10: Tsotsis files: "The Use of Plant Physiology Techniques for Plant Breeding in General & Corn Breeding in Particular", 1967
Folder 11: Tsotsis files: Paper on Southern Leaf Blight, 1970
Folder 12: "Utilization of Heterosis", 1970
Folder 13: Tsotsis files: Corn Stunt, Genetic Engineering Research Papers, 1978
Folder 14: Tsotsis files: Relative Maturity of Hybrids, 1982
Folder 15: Tsotsis files: Research Meeting - Outline of Breeding Program 5 by Dr. John H. Pfund, 1982
Folder 16: Tsotsis files: "Genetic Engineering" Paper - C.W. Crum
Folder 17: Corn Research Papers
Folder 18: Agricultural Statistics History Articles, 1970
Folder 19: Tsotsis files: Research Papers - Maize - Written by Basil Tsotsis
Folder 20: Research Papers- Basil Tsotsis
Folder 21: "Single Crosses are Commercial Possibilities" Research Paper
Folder 22: Corn Educational Materials, 1957
Folder 23: Research Notes 4- Plant Early for More Corn, 1965
Folder 24: Research Notes 6- High Lysine Corn Report, no date
Folder 25: Research Notes 7- Stalk Rots of Corn, 1969
Folder 26: Research Notes 12- Better Corn Hybrids, no date

Box 150

Folder 1: Research Notes 14- Moisture Management, no date
Folder 2: Research Notes 15- Managing Corn for Top Yields, no date
Folder 3: Irrigated Corn Management, 1982
Folder 4: Corn Breeding and Research Programs, 1976-1977
Folder 5: Corn Breeding, 1949-1950, 1960, 1973-1975
Folder 6: Harold Nolin Files - Correspondence, Announcement of Titles for Breeders, 1962
Folder 7: John McCarter Files - Breeder Objectives, 1985
Folder 8: Parent Seed Stock Program, 1982-1983
Folder 9: 51 Day Story, 1947
Folder 10: Hand Planted Seed Treatment, 1950
Folder 11: Tsotsis files: Waxy Maize Yield Tests Population Observations, 1956
Folder 12: Tsotsis files: Papers Related to Thesis of Basil Tsotsis, 1958
Folder 13: Tsotsis files: "Dwarf Corn Progress Report as of January 1, 1959", 1959
Folder 14: Lab Data-corn, 1961
Folder 15: Hybrid Corn Varieties Test Results, 1961

Box 151

Folder 1: Booklets - Corn/Sorghum, 1961-1962
Folder 2: Corn Research, 1962
Folder 3: Tsotsis files: Head Smut Research, 1980-1982
Folder 4: Common Testing, 1982-1983
Folder 5: John McCarter files: Field Testing Final Report, 1983
Folder 6: Hybrid Varieties, Yield Data and Recommendation for New Hybrid Advancement, P. Vallarta, 1984-1985
Folder 7: Tsotsis files:Troyer Research, 1992
Folder 8: Iowa State & University of Illinois (U of I) Yield Trials, 1995
Folder 9: Inbred Trait File, 1982
Folder 10: Inbred Flowering Experiment, 1982-1983
Folder 11: Charlie Krull, 1983
Folder 12: Product Performance, 1983
Folder 13: Glenworth, Ontario, 1983
Folder 14: Helizea, 1983
Folder 15: Kihei Research Station, 1983
Folder 16: Hybrid Advancement Decision, 1984
Folder 17: Harvest Results, 1996

Box 152

Folder 1: Seed Inspection Manual, 1955
Folder 2: Background, Policy Plans for Detasseling Corn, 1977
Folder 3: Variety Summary, Production, 1945-1946
Folder 4: Corn Variety, 1961-1962
Folder 5: Corn Performance, 1962
Folder 6: Variety and Size Analysis, 1963
Folder 7-9: Corn Statistics- Alabama- Wyoming, 1979
Folder 10: Research & Development Documents from John McCarter, 1983-1984

Box 153

Folder 1: Head to Group Comparison Lists, 1983
Folder 2: Performance Results, 1983
Folder 3: Research Station Special Crosses, 1984
Folder 4: Exchange Hybrid Checklist Forms, 1984-1985
Folder 5: Elite Hybrid Report, 1985
Folder 6-7: Exchange Hybrid Checklist, 1985
Folder 8: Pilot Production Hybrid Nomination List, 1985
Folder 9: Exchange Hybrid Nomination List, 1985
Folder 10: Parent Test Trait File, 1985
Folder 11: Pilot Production Hybrid Nomination List, 1986
Folder 12: Exchange/Pilot Production Hybrid Nomination List, 1986
Folder 13: Sorghum, Soybean, Corn, Pedigree & Codes, 1987
Folder 14: Corn Early Yield Bulletins, 1935-1943
Folder 15: Correspondence- Corn
Folder 16: Basis Tsotsis File- International & Domestic Correspondence, 1959-1976: Access Restriction: Restricted-see center staff
Folder 17: Harold Nolin Files - Correspondence with Bruce Mauder; Summer Program for Sorghum Research, Observations for Puerto Rican winter locations, 1961-1962
Folder 18: Harold Nolin Files- Correspondence with Rus Rasmusen, Corn Variety Study; Recommendation for Commercial Study, 1961-1962

Box 154

Folder 1: Tsostsis files: Departmental Corn Breeding Work; Correspondence Corn Breeding in South, 1967
Folder 2: Seasons Greeting Card to Basil Tsotsis showing Photo of Early Corn Compared to Current Corn (1 photo)
Folder 3-4: Basil Tsotsis - Correspondence, 1965-1979, 1977-1985
Folder 5: Basil Tsotsis Correspondence - Genetic Engineering, 1975-1978
Folder 6: Basil Tsotsis & Bruce Maunder Correspondence, 1976-1984
Folder 7: Tsostsis files: Corn Inbred Lines; Pedigree; Correspondence, 1982, 1984
Folder 8: John McCarter Correspondence, 1985-1986
Folder 9: Correspondence Concerning BT Corn, 1996-1999
Folder 10: Roundup Ready Corn - Info & Correspondence, 1997-1999
Folder 11: Correspondence- W.G. Eckhardt, September 23-October 1, 1916
Folder 12: Corn Ear Worm Experiment, circa 1941
Folder 13: Corn Borer Information, 1942-1950
Folder 14: "Bacterial Wilt & Stewarts Leaf Blight of Corn" United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin, 1955
Folder 15: Corn Stalk Rot, 1961, no date
Folder 16: Corn Root Worm Information, 1964
Folder 17: "Corn Diseases in the United States & Their Control", 1961
Folder 18: Corn Stunt Information, 1964
Folder 19: Research Notes - Resistance to Leaf Blight, 1961
Folder 20: Research Notes - Southern Corn Leaf Blight, 1971
Folder 21: Corn Leaf Blight Survey, 1970

Box 155

Folder 1-2: Corn Leaf Blight, 1970-1971
Folder 3: Corn Leaf Blight News Clippings, 1970
Folder 4: Flint Corn, 1970-1971
Folder 5: Tsostsis files: Proceedings from International Maize Virus Disease Colloquium & Workshop, 1976
Folder 6: Disease Tests, 1983
Folder 7-9: Annual Reports, 1967, 1969-1974

Box 156

Folder 1-2: Annual Corn Research Reports, 1974-1977
Folder 3: Annual Report, 1974
Folder 4: Correspondence - Pathology - Notes & Charts, February 1963
Folder 5: Tsostsis files: Departmental Corn Breeding Report, 1968
Folder 6: Tsostsis files: Corn Research Departmental Report, 1969
Folder 7: Tsostsis files: Corn Research Report, 1970
Folder 8: Tsostsis files: Corn Research Departmental Report, 1973

Box 157

Folder 1: Corn Research Report & Planning Session, 1977
Folder 2: White Corn Recommendation, Info for Board Meeting, 1992-1995
Folder 3: Purdue Educational Hybrid Corn Exhibit, 1933
Folder 4: Illinois Corn Breeders School, 1973
Folder 5: "The Next 30 Bushels: Contributions from Corn Breeding" speech- Tsotsis, 1975
Folder 6: Iowa State University Seed Science Center Expansion Correspondence, Publication, Report, 1995-1996

Sub-Series B.: Cotton

Box 158

Folder 1: Hybrid Cotton Study, 1984
Folder 2: Correspondence, John McCarter to Research Committee, Trevor Walker Limited, Hybrid Cotton Report, 1984
Folder 3: Nolin files: Cotton Test Plots, Results, Comparison, Yield Tests, Miscellaneous, 1961-1962
Folder 4: "Compilation of Data from the Statewide Cotton Variety Testing Program in Texas", 1961-1962
Folder 5: Nolin files: Cotton Yield Data, Correspondence, 1961-1962
Folder 6: Nolin files: Correspondence Regarding Cotton - Sales, Inquiries, Production & Supply, 1961-1962
Folder 7: Cotton Test Results, 1961-1964
Folder 8-9: Cotton, 1957-1964
Folder 10: Cotton Educational Materials, 1964
Folder 11: Nolin files: Cotton Booklets, 1961-1962
Folder 12: Nolin files: Proceedings of Fourteenth Annual Cotton Improvement Conference, 1962
Folder 13: Cotton Educational Material, 1960

Box 159

Folder 1: Performance Trials of Cotton & Other Field Crops, 1960-1962
Folder 2: Cotton Booklets & Reports, 1959, 1962-1963

Sub-Series C.: Poultry

Box 159

Folder 3: "Welcome to" Booklet for Poultry Operations, 1969
Folder 4-6: DeKalb Chix Manual
Folder 7: Poultry Progress Reports, July 1-December 31, 1968
Folder 8: Poultry Research Report to Board of Directors, 1994
Folder 9: Who's Who, DeKalb Poultry Division, 1969-1970
Folder 10: "My Most Important Accomplishment During the Past Sales Year" by Chick District Managers, 1962
Folder 11: Poultry Research, 1945-1966

Box 160

Folder 1: Notes on 5th California Random Sample Test, copy of Hy-Lines Poultry Ads, 1949
Folder 2: Early Poultry Research, 1946-1977
Folder 3: Random Sample Test, 1961-1962
Folder 4-5: Chix Educational Materials, 1949-1950
Folder 6: Arrival of Chix Booklet, 1952
Folder 7-10: Educational Material, 1953-1956
Folder 11: Chix - United States Department of Agriculture Combined Summary Random Sample Test, 1963
Folder 12: Poultry Practices and Suggestions
Folder 13: Poultry House Plans, 1965-1967
Folder 14: "The DeKalb Poultry House Manual", 1970
Folder 15: Lighting Program, 1961
Folder 16: Chix Educational Material, 1966
Folder 17: Egg Corporations, 1967
Folder 18: Hatchery Forms-Feed Consumption Chart, Pullet Record, Schedules, Growing Record, 1960-1969
Folder 19: Dealer Agreements- Hatchery Forms (Blank), 1959-1961
Folder 20: Hatchery Forms, Schedule Charts, Flock Record, Progress Chart, Egg Record (blank), 1963

Box 161

Folder 1: Colony Cage Blueprints- Poultry House, 1959
Folder 2: Poultry & Chix Blank Forms
Folder 3: Poultry Servicemen's Clinic, July 22, 1960
Folder 4: Hatchery Convention Programs, 1960-1980
Folder 5: Poultry Catalogs
Folder 6-14: Chix Educational Material, 1957-1965

Box 162

Folder 1-9: Chix Educational Material, 1967-1976
Folder 10: Poultry-Leucosis, no date

Box 162A

Folder 1: Pullet Grow Guide and Records, 1959, 1963, 1964
Folder 2: Pullet Grow Guide and Replacement Calendar, 1973
Folder 3: Monthly Egg Record, 1975
Folder 4: Pullet Replacement Calendar, 1976
Folder 5: Egg Record Calendar, no date

Sub-Series D.: Sorghum

Box 162

Folder 11: DeKalb Sorghum, History, 1947, 1965, 1983
Folder 12: Dealer Survey on Sudax, 1956
Folder 13: Sudax SX-11 Educational Material, 1960
Folder 14: Recent Advances in Sorghum Improvement by J.R. Quinby
Folder 15: DeKalb Sorghum Research, 1947-1983
Folder 16: Nolin files: Sudan & Sudangrass Test Yields, 1961-1962
Folder 17: Sorghum Educational Materials & Sorghum Light Reflecting Study for Possible Commercial Application, 1968

Box 163

Folder 1: Sorghum greenbug, 1975-1976
Folder 2: Correspondence About X-49 Sorghum, Dick Holland to Tom Roberts Junior, 1959
Folder 3: Sorghum Yield - Correspondence & Report, 1958-1959
Folder 4: Silage, 1961
Folder 5: Forage Sorghum Official State Yield Trials, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1961
Folder 6: Sorghum Sales Reports, Test Plot, Yields, 1961-1962
Folder 7: Sorghum Performance & Yield Tests, 1961-1962
Folder 8: Grain Sorghum Official State Yield Trials: Tests & Results, 1961-1962
Folder 9: Nolin files: Sorghum Performance & Yield Tests Booklets, 1961-1962
Folder 10: Sudax SX-11 Educational Materials, 1963
Folder 11-12: Sorghum Booklets, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1962-1964, no date
Folder 13: Sorghum Educational Materials, 1967
Folder 14: United States Department of Agriculture Sorghum Diseases Booklets
Folder 15: Sorghum Booklets, 1961
Folder 16-17: Sorghum Educational Materials, 5-Pt Sorghum Profit Program, 1969, 1971-1973

Box 164

Folder 1: "Sorghum Improvement and the Genetics of Growth" - J. Roy Quinby, 1974
Folder 2: Sorghum Educational Material, 1974-1978
Folder 3: "How a Sorghum Plant Develops" - R.L. Vanderlip, 1979
Folder 4: Sorghum Educational Material, 1966
Folder 5: Research Notes - Sudax SX11, 1963
Folder 6: Research Notes - Psychology of Yield in Sorghum, no date
Folder 7: Research Notes - Forage Sorghum Silage, no date
Folder 8: Nolin files: Correspondence Regarding Sorghum Samples to Argentina & Chile, 1961
Folder 9: Blueprint Advertising Display for Sorghum in Argentina, 1962

Sub-Series E.: Wheat

Box 164

Folder 10: "New & Improved Cereal Varieties" [Greek], 1961
Folder 11-12: DeKalb wheat, 1962-1980; 1965-1975
Folder 13: Wheat Research, 1966-1976
Folder 14: Wheat Test Plot Information, 1976
Folder 15-17: Wheat Educational Material, 1965-1976
Folder 18: "Summary of Wheat Operations"
Folder 19: Research Notes - Wheat Improvement, no date
Folder 20: "Improvement Thru Hybridization" Research, circa 1960

Sub-Series F.: Wintergraze

Box 164

Folder 21: DeKalb Wintergraze, 1965-1970
Folder 22: 5 Point Program for Wintergraze Brand, no date

Sub-Series G.: Soybean

Box 164

Folder 23: General Overview of Soybean Production Plant
Folder 24: Official TST Yield Reports, Soybeans, 1976-1977

Box 165

Folder 1-2: Official TST Yield Reports, Soybeans, 1976-1978, 1977-1978
Folder 3: Soybean Product Review, 1984
Folder 4: USDA Soybean Diseases

Sub-Series H.: Swine

Box 165

Folder 5: Orientation Program - History of DeKalb Genetics Corporation Chapter 1, 1994
Folder 6-7: Training and Orientation Program- DeKalb Swine Breeders Chapters 1-14 & Summary, 1993-1997
Folder 8: Press Release, Chronology, Sample Letterhead- DeKalbSwine Breeders, 1989
Folder 9: Federal Register Proposed Rules on Importation of Porcine Semen from China, 1989
Folder 10: Public Hearing & USHR Committee on Agriculture-Correspondence Regarding the Import of Swine Semen from China, 1989
Folder 11: Correspondence Regarding the Import of Swine Semen from China, 1989
Folder 12: The Genetic Edge, 1979-1981
Folder 13: Swine Educational Materials, 1976-1978

Sub-Series I.: Other

Box 165

Folder 14: Lindane and Captan Educational Materials, 1952-1953
Folder 15: Corn-weed Killer & Hog Disease, 1963, no date

Box 166

Folder 1: Heptachlor Educational Materials, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964, 1973, 1976, no date
Folder 2: Research Notes - Chemical Weed Control, 1965
Folder 3: Diazinon Educational Materials, 1973-1982
Folder 4: Corn Hybrid Herbicide Rating Card, 1993, 1995-1998
Folder 5: Regional Agronomists Weekly Activity Report, 1994
Folder 6: Protein Synthesis Patent, 1983
Folder 7: Wisconsin Experiment States Research Bulletin 71, 1926
Folder 8-9: Germination Records, December 3, 1936-November 16, 1937; September 29- December 31, 1938
Folder 10: Corn & Forage Sorghum Performance & Yield Tests, 1960-1961
Folder 11: Informational Documents, 1963, 1976-1979
Folder 12-13: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Corn & Sorghum Research Conference, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979
Folder 14: Report of a Workshop on the Downy Mildews of Sorghum & Corn - Research, 1973
Folder 15: Animal Housing, no date

Box 167

Folder 1: Yield Contest Results, 1996-1997
Folder 2: Monsanto- Biotech Intentions Study, 1998
Folder 3: Exchange Hybrid Nominations, 1983
Folder 4: Reference Numbers, 1983
Folder 5: Discard System, 1982
Folder 6-7: Seed & Crop Acreage Study, Parts 1 & 2, 1974

Box 168

Folder 1: Seed & Crop Acreage Study, Part 3, 1974
Folder 2: DeKalb Crop & Weather Reports, 1952-1955
Folder 3: Harvest Results, 1994
Folder 4: Newspaper Crop Results, 1998-1999
Folder 5: "Principals of the Theory of Probability" - Ernest Nagel, 1939
Folder 6: Information Sheets Number 1 & 2, 1957-1958
Folder 7: Research Interview, Leesburg, Georgia (94 slides, 1 proof sheet, 5 negative strips), 1976-1981
Folder 8: "Worldwide Seed Research" Booklet, 1980
Folder 9: DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics Overview [Spanish], 1987, 1997
Folder 10: DeKalb Agricola do Brasil LTDA - "Avicultura Industrial" -Brazillian Magazine with Article on history of DeKalb [some in Portuguese], 1980
Folder 11: "Historical Development of Biometry" - J.H. Torrie, 1955
Folder 12: Wallace Farmer- Correspondence with Harold E. Nolin, 1963

Box 169

Folder 1: "What is a Gene? - Twenty Years Later" - M. Demerec
Folder 2: "Goldschmidts Theory on Organic Evolution" - Charles E. Denman
Folder 3: "Effect of Mutation Pressure on the Hardy-Weinberg Law" -Brooks
Folder 4: "Speciation" - Research
Folder 5: "The Speciation Theories of Dobzhansky & Mayr" - Research
Folder 6: "The Pathological & Entomological Framework of Plant Breeding" - Arthur Hooker
Folder 7: "Breeding to Control Pests" - A.L. Hooker, 1983
Folder 8: McDonald, Dale B. "Patent Paralysis" When Crops Save Lives" Olson, Joan "Your Next 100 Bushels" Articles, 1999
Folder 9: Inbred Naming Table Master, 1984
Folder 10: University of Illinois Information Regarding Agriculture, 1988
Folder 11: Biotechnology Articles, 1995-1996
Folder 12: "The Ag Biotech & Seed Industry" Mark Wiltamuth, March 1998
Folder 13: "Guidelines & Procedures to Follow for Effective Quality Control" golden, E.E. "Al", 1977
Folder 14: FACT Program, no date
Folder 15: FACT Plots, 1983
Folder 16: FACT Processing, 1983
Folder 17: FACT Showcase Program Description, 1984-1986
Folder 18-20: FACT Reports- various versions, version guides, Parts 1-3, 1986

Box 170

Folder 1: Farming Facts Study, 1996
Folder 2-5: Farming Facts Newsletter, 1996-1998