Wheat

Scope and Contents The Rosalind Morris, Agronomy Papers relate to Morris’s pioneering research on wheat cytogenetics and correspondence about distribution of seed lines and data books on Cheyenne, Wichita, and Chinese Spring wheat strands. Teaching materials include syllabi and lecture notes from the classes Agronomy 918: Plant Cytogenetics and Agronomy 919: Experiments in Genetics. Also included are correspondence between E. F. Frolik and Robert Cushing in 1947 regarding her appointment to the university, as...

Scope and Contents The Kiesselbach Agronomy Papers include biographical materials and publications by Kiesselbach on the topics related to his corn and crop research and experiments at the University of Nebraska. Significant materials include Kiesselbach’s autobiography, "What’s in a Life" (Box 4, folders 7-8), where he describes his experiences growing up on a farm in Custer and Polk Counties, Nebraska, his life as an early 1900s student at the University of Nebraska (UN), attending William Jennings Bryan’s...