W.W. Ray, Papers
Title: W.W. Ray,
Papers
Creator: Ray, W.W. (William Winfield),
1909-
Dates: 1933-1968
Quantity: 1 box (0.2 linear
feet)
Collection Number: RG 12-07-15
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Biography:
Born in Grabill, Indiana, on 31 January 1909, William Winfield Ray attended Haverford
College from 1927 to 1929. He then went to Northwestern University in Illinois,
where he received his B.S. in 1931 and his M.S. in 1933. He received his Ph.D. from
Cornell University in 1938. Ray worked as an Instructor in Mycology at Cornell from
1937-1938. In 1938, he started as an Assistant Professor of Botany at Oklahoma State
University, and in 1945 became an Associate Professor at OSU. Ray left Oklahoma in
1947 and began his career at the University of Nebraska as Professor of Botany. He
became the Chair of the Department in 1948. Ray actively participated in various
professional organizations, including the Mycological Society of America, the
Botanical Society of America, and the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. He published
over fifty articles and papers on plant pathology and mycology.
Scope and Content:
Ray's papers consist of correspondence to and from Ray and his colleagues regarding
publications and research, and copies of his thesis written at Northwestern
University and of his thesis for Cornell University, which includes negatives of
figures and illustrations. The papers contain biographical sketches of Ray's
colleagues and other botanists, and several of these biographical sketches appear in
the programs and proceedings of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. Also included are
typescript copies, published copies, and reprint copies of several of Ray's articles
and copies of the Plant Disease Reporter that include
notes written by him.
Subjects:
Buller, A. H. Reginald (Arthur Henry Reginald),
1874-1944
FitzPatrick, H. M
Pool, Raymond J. (Raymond John), 1882-1967
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964
Ray, W. W. (William Winfield), 1909-
Targioni Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1712-1783
Botany
Mycology
Plant diseases
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1939-1955
Box 1. Folder 2. Thesis, Northwestern University; Thesis, Cornell
University
Box 1. Folder 3. Articles, typescripts, 1935-1962
Box 1. Folder 4. Articles, published copies, 1938-1947
Box 1. Folder 5. Articles, reprints, 1936-1941
Box 1. Folder 6. Biographical sketches
Box 1. Folder 7. "Plant Disease Reporter," 1953-1955
Box 1. Folder 7. Programs, Proceedings, Nebraska Academy of Science, 1951, 1953, 1967
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