RS 9-18-52 David Staniforth Papers

RS 9/18/52
David Staniforth
Papers, 1948-1985

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary

creator:	David Staniforth
title:	Papers
dates:	1948-1985
extent:	11.7 linear feet
collection number:	RS 9/18/52
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	David Staniforth Papers, RS 9/18/52, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

David Staniforth was a professor of Botany and Agronomy. He was a plant pathologist and agricultural scientist. He published extensively in his field of research; weed biology and herbicide evaluation. Staniforth's correspondence demonstrates his close involvement in Iowa State University's relations with the petrochemical and agricultural-chemical manufacturers.

Collection description

The Staniforth Papers include biographical materials; correspondence--personal and professional; North Central Weed Control Conference materials, records, minutes, and committee reports; Weed Science Society correspondence and conference materials; lecture and seminar papers; research data, field books, reports, analysis and summaries; abstracts; reprints and manuscripts; Development Advisory Team training manual.

Correspondence is largely professional and pertains to soybeans, corn, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and inbreeding.

Staniforth's later papers indicate an international interest and recognition. Foreign interests include New Zealand, Costa Rica, Latin America, Ecuador, England, the Soviet Union and Europe.

Box/File Date

1/1 Correspondence - E.P. Sylwester 2/1948-5/51

1/2 " " " " " " " " 6/1951-12/51

1/3 " " " " " " " " 1950,51,62

1/4 Chemical Structure of Herbicides 1950

1/5 Pre-emergence Spraying for Corn and Soybeans 1960

1/6 North Central Weed Control Conference - Research Project 1955

1/7 North Central Weed Control Conference - Sylwester 1951

1/8 Correspondence NC-10 (Midwest Ag. Exp. Stations results

and Corr. on weed research) 1949

1/9 " " " " " " " " 1953

1/10 " " " " " " " " 1954

1/11 " " " " " " " " 1955

1/12 " " " " " " " " 1956

1/13 " " " " " " " " 1957

1/14 " " " " " " " " 1958

1/15 " " " " " " " " 1959

1/16 " " " " " " " " 1960

1/17 Corn Reports - Inbreeds 1947

1/18 Sharples Amines on Corn Inbreeds 1948

1/19 Corn - Analysis of Variance, Sprague 1948

1/20 Soybeans - Pre-emergence sprays 1948

1/21 Flax - tests, amines 1948

1/22 Corn - tassel studies 1948

1/23 Sharples Chemical Co. - project reports 1949-50

1/24 Flax and Oats 1949

1/25 Corn - inbreeds 1949

1/26 Corn - (Ash Avenue) Sharples, Post-Emergence 1949

1/27 Corn - (Ankeny) dates - Post-Emergence 1949

1/28 Corn - (Ankeny) Sharples, post-emergence 1949

1/29 Pre, Post emergence sprays 1950

1/30 Soybeans - test A 1950

1/31 Soybeans - test L 1950

1/32 Corn - pre-emergence (Ankeny) 1951

1/33 Corn - pre-emergence (Kahnawha) 1951

1/34 Soybeans (Ash Avenue) cult test (?) 1952

1/35 Soybeans (Argon Farm) 1952

1/36 Corn (Ames) - comp. 1952-53

1/37 Dow Reports 1953-54

1/38 Corn (Kahnawha) 1953

1/39 Soybean Progress Reports 1952-55

1/40 Papers and Abstracts 1953-54

1/41 Soybean - wheat tests 1954

1/42 Melhus talk - Kahnawha July 1955

1/43 Bean Study (Weber) 2, 4-D 1955

1/44 Beans (Rotary Hoe) Progress Reports, Data 1955

1/45 Project 944 (The physiologic action of herbicides) 1948-56

1/46 Corn herb tests (Ankeny and Independence) 1956

1/47 Beans (Beech Ave) 1956

1/48 Soybeans - weed competition under moist conditions 1957

1/49 Corn - (Ames) - weed competition 1958-59

1/50 Soybean - cultivation for weed control Feb. 1959

2/1 Dow Pre-emergence 1959

2/2 Dow Report (field tests) 1959

2/3 Corn - Eptam tests I and II 1959

2/4 Herbicide Test - field plans 1959

2/5 Soybeans - effects of annual weed growth 1952-56

2/6 Correspondence - Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. 1949-62

2/7 Expense account receipts 1960

2/8 Correspondence - Hooker Electrochemical Co. 1953-54

2/9 Corn - herbicides (bibliography) ca. 1960

2/10 Corn - effects of grass weeds ca. 1957

2/11 Soybean - weed competition 1961

2/12 Published Articles (by Staniforth) 1948-52

2/13 Field Plans - Pre, Post emergence (Beech) 1962

2/14 Field Plans - plant variety 1960

2/15 Soybeans - assorted data 1962

2/16 Soybeans - weed control 1960

2/17 Soybeans - responses to weed competition 1960

2/18 Corn - Foxtail competition (manuscript, drafts) 1960

2/19 Corn, Soybeans - response to weed competition 1960

2/20 Correspondence - Amchem Products Inc. Feb. 1964

2/21 Correspondence - Diamond Alkali Co. 1964

2/22 Correspondence - DuPont 1964

2/23 Correspondence - Esso Research and Engineering Co. 1964

2/24 Correspondence - Geigy Industrial Chemicals 1964

2/25 Correspondence - Monsanto Co. 1964

2/26 Correspondence - DuPont 1965

2/27 Correspondence - Eli Lilly 1965

2/28 Correspondence - Geigy 1965

2/29 Correspondence - Heyden (division of Tenneco) 1965

2/30 Correspondence - Monsanto 1965

2/31 Correspondence - Amchem 1966

2/32 Correspondence - Elanco Products Co. 1966

2/33 Correspondence - Geigy 1966

2/34 Correspondence - hi-Tone Soap Co. 1966

2/35 Correspondence - Linde Co. 1966

2/36 Correspondence - Monsanto 1966

2/37 Correspondence - Tenneco Chemicals Inc. (Heyden) 1966

2/38 Correspondence - Shell Development Co. 1966

2/39 Correspondence - Velsicol Chemical Corp. 1966

2/40 Correspondence - Will Corp. 1966

2/41 Correspondence - Air Products and Chemicals Inc. 1967

2/42 Correspondence - Amchem 1967

2/43 Correspondence - American Cyanamid Co. 1967

2/44 Correspondence - Ansul 1967

2/45 Correspondence - Atlas Chemical Industries 1967

2/46 Correspondence - Chipman Chemical Co. Inc. 1967

2/47 Correspondence - CIBA Corp. 1967

2/48 Correspondence - Diamond Alkali Co. 1967

2/49 Correspondence - DuPont 1967

2/50 Correspondence - Eli Lilly and Co. 1967

2/51 Correspondence - Fischer Associates Inc. 1967

2/52 Correspondence - Geigy 1967

2/53 Correspondence - Hercules 1967

2/54 Correspondence - Monsanto 1967

2/55 Correspondence - New Holland (Sperry Rand) 1967

2/56 Correspondence - Olin Chemicals 1967

2/57 Correspondence - Pennsalt Chemicals Corp. 1967

2/58 Correspondence - Pittsburgh Plate Glass 1967

2/59 Correspondence - Rohn and Haas Co. 1967

2/60 Correspondence - Shell Development 1967

2/61 Correspondence - Stauffer 1967

2/62 Correspondence - Union Carbide 1967

2/63 Correspondence - Uniroyal 1967

2/64 Correspondence - U.S. Borax Research 1967

2/65 Correspondence - Sun Oil Co. 1967

2/66 Correspondence - Velsicol Chemical Corp. 1967

2/67 Correspondence - Amchem Products Inc. 1968

2/68 Correspondence - 3M Company 1968

2/69 Correspondence - American Cyanamid 1968

2/70 Correspondence - Amway 1968

2/71 Correspondence - Atlas Chemical Industries 1968

2/72 Correspondence - BASF 1968

2/73 Correspondence - Calbiochem 1968

2/74 Correspondence - CIBA 1968

2/75 Correspondence - Colloidal Products Corp. 1967-68

2/76 Correspondence - Diamond Shamrock Chem. Co. 1968-69

2/77 Correspondence - DISC Instruments Inc. 1968

2/78 Correspondence - Dow Chemical Co. 1968

2/79 Correspondence - DuPont 1968

2/80 Correspondence - Esso 1968

2/81 Correspondence - Elanco (Eli Lilly) 1968

2/82 Correspondence - Fisons Corp. 1968

2/83 Correspondence - Geigy 1968

3/1 Correspondence - Hercules 1968

3/2 Correspondence - ICM 1968

3/3 Correspondence - Monsanto Co. 1968

3/4 Correspondence - Monsanto Co. (annual report) 1968

3/5 Correspondence - Pittsburgh Plate Glass 1968

3/6 Correspondence - Rohm and Haas Co. 1968

3/7 Correspondence - Sargent 1968

3/8 Correspondence - Shell Chemical Co. 1968

3/9 Correspondence - Shell Development Co. 1968

3/10 Correspondence - Stauffer Chemicals 1968

3/11 Correspondence - Sun Oil Co. 1968

3/12 Correspondence - Thompson - Hayward Chemical Co. 1968

3/13 Correspondence - Uniroyal 1968

3/14 Correspondence - Velsicol 1968

3/15 Correspondence - Vistron 1968

3/16 Correspondence - Allied Chemical Corp. 1969

3/17 Correspondence - Amchem 1969

3/18 Correspondence - American Hoechst Corp. 1969

3/19 Correspondence - Ansul Chemical Co. 1969

3/20 Correspondence - BASF 1969

3/21 Correspondence - Chemagro 1969

3/22 Correspondence - Chevron Chemical Co. (Ortho) 1969

3/23 Correspondence - Chipman 1968-69

3/24 Correspondence - CIBA Agrochemical Co. 1969

3/25 Correspondence - Cyanamid 1969

3/26 Correspondence - Diamond Shamrock 1969

3/27 Correspondence - Dow 1969

3/28 Correspondence - DuPont 1969

3/29 Correspondence - Esso 1969-70

3/30 Correspondence - Esso (Baytown, TX) 1969

3/31 Correspondence - Fisons 1969

3/32 Correspondence - Geigy 1969

3/33 Correspondence - Gulf 1969

3/34 Correspondence - Hercules 1969

3/35 Correspondence - Eli Lilly (Elanco) 1969

3/36 Correspondence - Mobil Chemical 1969

3/37 Correspondence - Monsanto 1969

3/38 Correspondence - Niagara (FMC Corp.) 1969

3/39 Correspondence - Pittsburgh Plate Glass/PPG Industries 1969

3/40 Correspondence - Private Brands Inc. (PBI) 1969

3/41 Correspondence - Rohm and Haas Co. 1969

3/42 Correspondence - Shell Chemical 1969

3/43 Correspondence - Shell Development 1969

3/44 Correspondence - Stauffer Chemicals 1969

3/45 Correspondence - Tuco (UPJohn) 1969

3/46 Correspondence - Union Carbide 1969

3/47 Correspondence - Uniroyal 1969

3/48 Correspondence - Velsicol 1969

3/49 Correspondence - Amchem 1970

3/50 Correspondence - Ansul 1970

3/51 Correspondence - BASF 1970

3/52 Correspondence - Chemagro 1970

3/53 Correspondence - CIBA 1970

3/54 Correspondence - Diamond Shamrock 1970

3/55 Correspondence - Dow 1970

3/56 Correspondence - DuPont 1970

3/57 Correspondence - Elanco (Eli Lilly) 1970

3/58 Correspondence - Esso 1970

3/59 Correspondence - Geigy 1970

3/60 Correspondence - Gulf 1970

3/61 Correspondence - Monsanto 1970

3/62 Correspondence - Niagara 1970

3/63 Correspondence - Ortho 1970

3/64 Correspondence - PPG 1970

3/65 Correspondence - Shell Development 1970

3/66 Correspondence - Stauffer 1970

3/67 Correspondence - Uniroyal 1970

3/68 Correspondence - Velsicol 1970

3/69 Parts of Spray Plans, etc. 1970

4/1 Correspondence - Atlas Chemical 1971

4/2 Correspondence - BASF 1971

4/3 Correspondence - Chemagro 1971

4/4 Correspondence - CIBA 1971

4/5 Correspondence - Colloidal 1971

4/6 Correspondence - Diamond Shamrock 1971

4/7 Correspondence - Dow 1971

4/8 Correspondence - DuPont 1971

4/9 Correspondence - Elanco 1971

4/10 Correspondence - Geigy 1971

4/11 Correspondence - Gulf Research and Development 1971

4/12 Correspondence - IMC 1971

4/13 Correspondence - Mobil Chemical 1971

4/14 Correspondence - Monsanto &nbs