David William Staniforth papers
Scope and Content
The Staniforth Papers include biographical materials; correspondence - personal and professional; North Central Weed Control Society materials, records, minutes, committee reports; Weed Science Society correspondence and conference materials; Lecture and seminar papers; Research data, field books, reports, analysis and summaries; Abstracts; Reprints and manuscripts; Development Advisory Team training manual. Correspondence is largely professional and pertains to soybeans, corn, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and inbreeding. Staniforth’s later papers indicate an international interest and recognition. Foreign interests include New Zealand, Costa Rica, Latin America, Ecuador, England, the Soviet Union and Europe.
Dates
- 1947-2008, undated
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Consult Special Collections and University Archives
Biography/Profile
David William Staniforth was born to Mr. and Mrs. David A. Staniforth on September 5, 1919 in Esther, Alberta, Canada. He received a B.S. degree in Agriculture (1944) and an M.S. degree in Plant Ecology (1946) from the University of Saskatchewan. He completed a Ph.D. in Botany from Iowa State College in 1949. He was a research assistant and instructor at Iowa State College in 1947 and became an assistant professor in the department of plant pathology, seed and weed sciences in 1949. Staniforth was a professor of Botany and Agronomy and served as a plant pathologist and agricultural scientist. He conducted seminal research on weed/crop competition and on weed control in no-till and reduced tillage farming. He published extensively in his field of research; weed biology and herbicide evaluation. Staniforth’s correspondence demonstrates his close involvement in Iowa State University’s relations with the petrochemical and agricultural-chemical manufacturers.
Extent
10.5 Linear Feet (25 document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized Chronologically.
Processing Information
Released on 2018-11-01.
- Agriculture--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Research--International cooperation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Minutes (administrative records) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Plant pathologists--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Weed Science Society of America
- Weed scientists--Iowa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Weeds--Societies, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- RS 9/18/52. David William Staniforth papers, 1947-2008, undated
- Date
- January 22, 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames Iowa 50011-2102 United States
(515) 294-6672
archives@iastate.edu