creator:

Porter, R. Howard (Rupert Howard) (1892-1987)

 title:

Papers

 dates:

1923-1983

 extent:

0.42  linear feet (1 document box)

collection number:

RS 9/19/11

 repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

 preferred citation:

R. Howard Porter Papers, RS 9/19/11, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 Biographical note

 
R. Howard Porter received his B.S. (1918), M.S. (1929), and Ph.D. (1930) in plant pathology from Iowa State College (University).  

Porter served in the United States Army as a second lieutenant in heavy artillery (1918-1919).  He worked for the Christian University in Nanking, China as a plant pathologist and agricultural missionary on a famine prevention program (1923-1927).  Upon earning his Ph.D., Porter was appointed head of the Iowa State College (University) Seed Laboratory (Seed Science Center) (1931-1946).  Due to a misunderstanding over faculty leave, Porter left the university in 1946. He spent a few years in South America and returned to the country as the professor of botany and plant pathology at Colorado State College (University) (1950-1955).   

Dr. Porter died in 1987.

 Collection description

 
The collection contains news clippings, correspondence, and numerous publications written by Porter regarding seeds and seed pathogens.  The publications include a history of the Iowa State College (University) Seed Laboratory, 1931-1946.  

 Organization

 
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.  

Container List

1

1

Biographical information

1964-1966

1

2

Correspondence

1935-1983

1

3

Course materials – Botany 390a

1923

1

4

Publications – “Comparative Absorption of Water by Endosperm and Embryo Corn Kernals”

1936

1

5

Publications – “Effects of Seed Borne Pathogens and of Seed Disinfectants on the Germination of Barley Seed”

1936

1

6

Publications – “Effect of Seed Disinfectants on Smut and on Yeild of Millet”

1928

1

7

Publications – “Experiments with Modified Techniques for the Determination of Purity and Viability of Bluegrass Seed”

1938

1

8

Publications – “Further Experiments with the Iowa Air Blast Seed Separator for the Analysis of Small Seeded Grasses”

1945

1

9

Publications –“History of the Iowa State College Seed Laboratory”

n.d.

1

10

Publications – “Indexing Farmers’ Seed Lots for Seed-Borne Organisms and Response to Seed Disinfectants”

1938

1

11

Publications – “Laboratory Tests of Field Crop Seeds as Indicators of Seedling Value”

1938

1

12

Publications – “New Concept of Pure Seed as Applied to Seed Technology

1942

1

13

Publications – “Noxious and Other Bad Weeds of Iowa”

1934, 1936

1

14

Publications – “Reaction of Cucumbers to Types of Mosaic”

1931

1

15

Publications – “Seed Impermeability and Viability of Native and Introduced Species of Leguminosae”

1937

1

16

Publications – “Some Aspects of Plant Pathology in China”

1926

1

17

Publications – “Strophostyles Helvola (L.) Britton, Its Habits and Probable Value on Eroded Areas”

1937

1

18

Publications – “Testing the Quality of Seeds for Farm and Garden”

1944

1

19

Publications – “Uniform Techniques for the Analysis of Small Seeded Grasses”

1938