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Laddie Joe Elling Papers, 1955-1987

Summary Information
Title: Laddie Joe Elling papers
Dates: 1955-1987
Creator: Elling, Laddie Joe
Extent: 3 boxes (3.0 cubic feet)
Language: Collection material in English
Collection Number: uarc 1191
Abstract:
Collection consists of correspondence, talks, radio transcripts and writings related to Laddie J. Elling’s work with alfalfa breeding and management of seed production.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives

Access and Use
Acquisition Information:

Collection donated by the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics on April 22, 2002.

Access Restrictions:

Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright:

Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.

Processing Information:

This collection was processed with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Preferred Citation:

Laddie Joe Elling papers, University Archives, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.


Biographical Sketch of Laddie Joe Elling (1917-2001)

Laddie Joe Elling B.S. (1941), Oklahoma AM College, M.S. (1948), PhD (1950), University of Minnesota. Instructor (1950), assistant professor (1953-1957), associate professor (1957-1968), professor (1968-1985), Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. Known for his work in the field of forage crops and grass seed production and testing.

Laddie Joe Elling was born in Lawton Oklahoma on June 18, 1917. He served as an officer in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946. As a researcher, Elling was well known for his leadership in the study of forage crops and grass seed production and testing. He was also a popular and effective teacher: in 1971, he won the University’s Horace T. Morse teaching award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching. Laddie Elling died in St. Paul on August 8, 2001.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of correspondence, talks, radio transcripts and writings related to Elling’s work with alfalfa breeding and management of seed production. The collection is primarily composed of correspondence with seed companies, colleagues in agronomy departments of land grant colleges and notable agronomists affiliated with the University of Minnesota, including H. K. Hayes and O.S. Aamodt. There is also a small amount of correspondence concerning the history of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota.

Subject Terms
Index Terms
  • This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
  • Elling, Laddie Joe -- Archives.
  • University of Minnesota. Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.
  • Agronomy.
  • Plant genetics.
Detailed Contents
 Location  Title
Box 1
Biographical, undated, 1946-1983. ( 2 folders)  Box 1
 
Notes on current events, 1990-1992. Box 1
 
Correspondence regarding "History of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota," 1983-2001. Box 1
 
Correspondence regarding retirement, 1985-1986. Box 1
 
General correspondence, 1957-1986. ( 7 folders)  Box 1
 
Correspondence, American Society of Agronomy, 1970-1971. Box 1
 
Correspondence, Seed production, 1981-1986. Box 1
 
Correspondence, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), circa 1950s-1970s. ( 2 folders)  Box 1
 
Correspondence, Joint Alfalfa Work Conference, 1960-1961.  Box 1
Box 2
Correspondence, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1972-1984. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Branch Experiment Stations, 1950-1963. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Arnold-Thomas Seed Service, 1959-1973. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Caladino Farm Seeds, 1960-1967. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Minnesota Crop Improvement Association, 1970s. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Institute of Agriculture, 1952-1982. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Great Western Seed Company, 1975-1976. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Waterman-Loomis Company; Peterson Seed Company, 1962-1980. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Northrop King Company, circa 1950-1980. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Iowa State University, 1951-1977. Box 2
 
Correspondence, University of Missouri, 1960s. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Purdue University, 1949-1963. Box 2
 
Correspondence, University of Wisconsin, 1962-1963. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Oregon State University, 1950s-1970s. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Rudy-Patrick Seed Company, 1960-1971. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Ramy Seed Company, 1959-1964. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Aamodt, O.S., 1950-1952. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Anderson, Royal K., 1950-1951. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Bergan, Glen, 1948, 1959.  Box 2
 
Correspondence, Bolton, J.L., 1947-1951.  Box 2
 
Correspondence, Graumann, Hugo O., 1948-1959. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Hanson, Clarence H., 1958-1971. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Hayes, H.K., 1949-1953.  Box 2
 
Correspondence, Jenner, Colin, 1958. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Larson, Kenneth L., 1962-1963. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Sorenson, Edgar L., 1958-1959, 1964. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Tysdal, H.M., 1947-1949. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1949-1963. Box 2
 
Correspondence regarding seed samples, Scotts, 1981. Box 2
 
Correspondence regarding seed samples, Pick Seed Company, 1982. Box 2
 
Correspondence regarding seed samples, OSECO, 1979-1981. Box 2
Box 2
Correspondence regarding seed samples, Mommersteeg International, 1981.  Box 2
Box 2
Correspondence regarding seed samples, Lofts Pedigree Seed, 1981. Box 2
 
Correspondence, Undergraduate teaching, 1969-1977. Box 2
 
Summer tour for foreign seedsmen interested in Timothy, 1980-1981. Box 2
 
Roseau grass seed tours, 1976-1978, 1979-1986. ( 10 folders)  Box 2
Box 2-3
Grass Seed Institute, 1976-1988. ( 15 folders)  Box 2-3
Box 3
Red Clover, 1950s-1960s. Box 3
 
Kentucky Bluegrass, 1970s-1980s. Box 3
 
Birdsfoot Trefoil, 1950s-1980s. Box 3
 
Alfalfa project, undated, 1950s-1960s. ( 3 folders)  Box 3
 
Speeches, 1950s-1980s. Box 3
 
Radio interviews, 1954-1961. Box 3
 
Writings, undated, 1950s-1980s. ( 2 folders)  Box 3