Title: Jack R. & Harry V. Harlan Papers, 1905-85
ID: 8/6/25
Primary Creator: Harlan, Jack R. (Jack Rodney) (1917-)
Extent: 7.9 cubic feet
Arrangement: By individual, by type of materials, and chronological thereunder
Subjects: Agricultural History, Agriculture, United States Department of, Agronomy, Agronomy Department, Algeria - Agriculture and Natural Resources, American Relief Administration, Barley, Botany, Cereals, Chile - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Corn Breeding, Crop Evolution Laboratory, Crop Exploration, Crops, Ethiopia - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Evolution, Experimental Fields, Faculty Papers, Field Work, Food Administration, United States, Genetics, Geophagy, Grasses, Kashmir, Maize Genetics, Mali - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Melons, Music -- India - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Music -- Iran - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Music -- Peru - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Oklahoma Grasslands, Oklahoma State University, Philippines - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Philippines - Education, Plant Breeding, Plant Communities, Plant Genetics, Plant Propagation, Poland - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Rice, Rumania - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sorghum, Turkey - Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vavilov, Nicholai I., Weeds, Wheat, World War I - Agricultural and Industrial Production and Construction, World War I - Military Government and Peace, Yugoslavia - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Formats/Genres: Papers
Papers of Jack R. Harlan (1917-1998), Professor of Agronomy & Plant Genetics (1966-84), member of Crop Evolution Laboratory staff (1967-84) & USDA Near Eastern expeditions (1948, 1960), & Professor of Agronomy, Okla. State Univ. (1950-66), including Harlan's Grasslands of Oklahoma (ca. 1957, unpubl.) & dissertation "A Survey of the Genetic Variability in the Bromus carinatus Complex" (1942); collection lists, field notes & photographs from 1948 expedition to Turkey, Syria, Iraq, & Lebanon, 1960-61 expedition to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, & Ethiopia, & 1967-72 expeditions to Africa, India, Australia, & the Philippines. The series includes genetics research correspondence about barley, corn, rice, & sorghum, recommendations for employment & awards, identifications of samples, responses to inquiries from anthropologists, correspondence with botanists & agronomists about the origin, evolution & dissemination of sorghum, wheat, barley, maize, & sesame; classification & numbering of collection, conservation of genetic materials, international cooperation, disease resistance, origins of Southwest Asian agriculture & USDA quarantine policies. Correspondents include George Beadle, Otto Frankel (Div. of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia), J.B. Hawkes (Univ. of Birmingham), C.A. Reed (Univ. of IL-Chicago), Daniel Zohary (Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem) & Leon Croizat (Caracas, Venezuela). The series includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, & publications of Harry V. Harlan, USDA Agronomist (1909-44), relating to barley, crop exploration, & production & travel in the Philippines (1906-09); Peru (1913-14); Eastern Europe (1919); Algeria, India, & Ethiopia (1923); Necholai I. Vavilov & research stations in AZ & ID. This series also includes a VHS videotape copy of a film showing the construction of the addition (1977) to the Physics Research Laboratory.
Agricultural History
Agriculture, United States Department of
Agronomy
Agronomy Department
Algeria - Agriculture and Natural Resources
American Relief Administration
Barley
Botany
Cereals
Chile - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Corn Breeding
Crop Evolution Laboratory
Crop Exploration
Crops
Ethiopia - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Evolution
Experimental Fields
Faculty Papers
Field Work
Food Administration, United States
Genetics
Geophagy
Grasses
Kashmir
Maize Genetics
Mali - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Melons
Music -- India - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Music -- Iran - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Music -- Peru - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Oklahoma Grasslands
Oklahoma State University
Philippines - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Philippines - Education
Plant Breeding
Plant Communities
Plant Genetics
Plant Propagation
Poland - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Rice
Rumania - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sorghum
Turkey - Agriculture and Natural Resources
Vavilov, Nicholai I.
Weeds
Wheat
World War I - Agricultural and Industrial Production and Construction
World War I - Military Government and Peace
Yugoslavia - Agriculture and Natural Resources
This folder contains the complete bibliography of Jack R. Harlan as produced by T.H. Hymowitz [Plant Breeding Reviews 8:1-17, 1990] and updated and edited by Dorothea Bedigian in 1998. The digital bibliography which contains a list of the articles by Jack R. Harlan the the University of Illinois Archives holds as part of the Harry V. and Jack R. Harlan Papers and can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/uasfa/0806025supplement.pdf