The Eddy Breeding Station : Institute of Forest Genetics

By

Austin, Gladys.

Carpender, Jack.
Cumming, William G.
Liddicoet, Alfred Raymond, 1907-
Mirov, N. T. 1893-
Righter, Francis I. 1897-
Stone, Lois Chambers.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Forest History Society.

Type

Book

Publication info

Berkeley, Calif, University of California, 1974

Notes

Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection.

Interviews conducted l967-l968 by Lois C. Stone for the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library. Sponsored by The Forest History Society. Photographs and documentary material included. Interviewees: Gladys Austin, widow of Lloyd Austin, the first director; Francis I. Righter, geneticist and director; William G. Cumming, supervisor; Alfred R. Liddicoet, scientist; Jack Carpender, geneticist; and Nicholas T. Mirov, geneticist and plant physiologist. Discussion of James G. Eddy, the founder of the Institute; its history as an independent station and as part of the U.S. Forest Service; significant research projects and achievements. Appended: Statement on Robert Harrison Weidman by Mrs. R. H. Weidman; copies of letters and documents, etc.

Subjects

1881- , 1886-1964 , Austin, Lloyd James , California , Eddy, James G., , Forest genetics , Forests and forestry , Institute of Forest Genetics (U.S.) , Oral histories , Plant genetics , Weidman, Robert Harrison,

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19174
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51427201