Manuscript Group 342

LAMBERT CORNELIUS ERICKSON, 1910-1986

Papers, 1940-1980
1.5 cubic feet

The papers of Lambert C. Erickson were donated to the University of Idaho Library in March 1987 by Dick Auld of the Plant Science Department. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in July 1991.

INTRODUCTION

Lambert Cornelius Erickson was born May 30, 1910 in Goodridge, Minnesota the youngest of the 11 children of Johan and Anna Udstrand Erickson. He received his B.S. degree in agronomy and agricultural botany from the University of Minnesota in 1940, his M.S. in botany from the University of Wyoming in 1943, and his Ph.D. from Minnesota in 1962. He came to Moscow as associate agronomist in 1945 and retired August 15, 1975. In Moscow he was active in professional and civic affairs. He became an associate member of the FarmHouse fraternity in 1958, and in 1978 was elected "Master Builder of Men," the highest honor bestowed by the International FarmHouse Fraternity. He was also associated with the Campus Christian Center, Lions Club, First Presbyterian Church and United Fund. He was a member of the Weed Science Society of America, Idaho Academy of Science, American Society of Agronomy, and American Men of Science. In 1970 he held Fulbright lectures on weed science in Europe. He married Hazel Marie Markuson on October 19, 1940; they had one son. Erickson died on July 9, 1986 following a heart attack.

The papers of Lambert Erickson span the years 1940 to 1980, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1940 to 1950. They were left in their received order and all folder headings were retained. The papers include abstracts of papers given at conferences, mimeographed "Weed Letters," class notes from Minnesota and Wyoming, and articles by Erickson. There are also many photographs of seed and weed experiments. Some of the material related to research conducted after Erickson's retirement, but it may be connected to projects he was working on. The papers are organized in two series: papers and photographs.

INVENTORY
LAMBERT CORNELIUS ERICKSON

I. Papers, 1940-1980

1	1	Phon, D.J. "Factors affecting the infection of skeleton weed by rust fungus," 1973	1
	2	College of Agriculture, "A reference manual for staff members," 1979-80	1
	3	Correspondence of Bonnie Blanchette, 1979	13
	4	Lab supplies, 1979	9
	5	Scanning electron microscope, 1976-1978	8
	6	P. chondrillina, n.d.	4
	7	Blanchette, Bonnie L. & Dick L. Auld. "Screening field peas for resistance to white mold," 1978	1
	8	American Phytopathological Society meeting, Abstracts, 1979	1
	9	Graphs, n.d	11
	10	Field diary of Lambert Erickson, n.d.	1
	11	Weed seeds in crop seeds, 1946	4
	12	"Weeders Readers," 1948-1959	3
	13	Wetting agents, 1947-1949	4
	14-15	Weed Letters - Stahler, 1948-1951	18
	16-17	Weed Letters - Timmons, 1948-1954	17
	18	Weed workers in the U.S., 1954	1
	19	Willard Wiltumuth weed plots and correspondence, 1948-1950	11
	20-21	Seed and Weed Conference, 1943-1944	9
	22	Western Weed Conference, 1946-1944	9
	23	North Central Weed Conference, 1947-1948	8
	24-25	Idaho Noxious Weed Association, 1946-1950	11
	26	Idaho Weed Control Association, 1973	1
	27	Unified Agricultural program, 1945-1950	4
	28	Rules for testing seeds, 1944	1
	29	Idaho Farm Defense Program. Defense circulars, 1941-1942	25
	30	Fertilizer, 1949	1
	31	Longevity of weed seed, 1940	6
	32	Game management, 1939	13
	33	Crop problems, 1940	8
	34	Plant microchemistry, Minnesota, n.d.	1
	35	Weed research problems, Minnesota, n.d.	1
	36	Agricultural biochemistry notes, n.d.	5
	37	Botany theory, Wyoming, n.d.	1
	38	Chemistry, n.d.	2
	39	Weed class, Wyoming, n.d.	17
	40-42	Taxonomy lab, 1941-1942	18
	43	Agronomy 18 tests, 1941	4
	44	Agronomy 201, U of Wyoming, 1944	7
	45	Wyoming weeds, class material, 1943	6
	46	Wyoming seed laboratory, 1944	2
	47	Noxious weed laws for Wyoming, 1942	4
	48	Weed bulletin, Wyoming, 1944?	5
	49	Bibliography on seed morphology, 1944	5
	50	Screening of genotypes, n.d.	6
	51	Articles by Lambert Erickson, 1969-1970	5
	52	Seed morphology and anatomy (Agronomy 106), 1951	4
	53	Weed problems, n.d.	1
	54	Other papers, n.d.	4

II. Photographs, 1948-1970

2	55	Agronomy laboratory and unidentified, n.d.	6
	56	Amino triazole on potatoes and storage, n.d.	4
	57	CMU and soil sterility, n.d.	77
	58	Dodder study, 1959-1962	33
	59	Fort Hall report, 1963	4
	60-61	Halogeton and quackgrass infestations, 1956-1957	21
	62	Perennial groundcherry, 1961-1962	46
	63	Plant Science, 1972	7
	64	Seed studies: infrared effects on germination, 1959	23
	65	White top studies, n.d.	6
	66-69	Other photographs and negatives, 1948-1979	250

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