George John Harrison Papers, 1949-1979

Summary

Creators:

Harrison, George John

Abstract:

George J. Harrison served as Senior Agronomist and Superintendent of the U.S. Cotton Field Station in Shafter, California from 1934-1952. His Papers contain serials, trade publications, clippings, photographs, and speeches relating to cotton breeding, with an emphasis on the development of the Acala variety.

Extent:

0.2 linear feet

Language:

Collection materials in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George John Harrison Papers, MC130, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The Papers contain serials, trade publications, clippings, photographs, and speeches relating to cotton breeding, with an emphasis on the development of the Acala variety.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged in six series: Biographical Information, Writings, Incoming Correspondence, Printed Materials, Ephemera, Photographs.

Biographical / historical:

George John Harrison was born in Texas on August 19, 1894. He served as Senior Agronomist and Superintendent of the U.S. Cotton Field Station in Shafter, California from 1934-1952 and developed Acala 4-42 cotton for California.

Harrison passed away on November 30, 1981.

Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.

Physical location:

Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cotton--Research

Names:

Harrison, George John--Archives

Places:

Shafter (Calif.)

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George John Harrison Papers, MC130, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:

UC Davis, Special Collections

University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library

100 NW Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292, US

Contact:

(530) 752-1621

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

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