Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 9/9/51
John Crosby Eldredge
Papers, 1915-1976
Descriptive summary
creator: |
Eldredge, John Crosby |
title: |
Papers |
dates: |
1915-1976 |
extent: |
0.84 linear feet (2 document boxes) |
collection number: |
RS 9/9/51 |
repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
access: |
Open for research |
publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: |
John Crosby Eldredge Papers, RS 9/9/51, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
John Crosby Eldredge was born April 21, 1886 in Earlville, Delaware County, Iowa. He received a B.S. (1915) in Agronomy from Iowa State College, an M.S. (1925), and a Ph.D. (1933). Eldredge worked as a County Agent (1915-1920) in Emmet County. He took a position with the Emmetsburg Seed Company in 1920, where he worked for more than a year. In 1921, he joined the faculty at Iowa State College with an appointment of Assistant Professor (1921-1937). He became an Associate Professor in 1937, and was elected to the Graduate Faculty in 1939. He remained a member of faculty until his retirement in 1960, but continued to work for the University serving on the Committee on Agricultural Development into the 1970's. Eldredge specialized in the research and development of popcorn hybrids. He produced many of the varieties with the identifier, Iopop, most notably, Iopop 6. He also operated Ames Seed Farm, a hybrid seed company south of Ames, Iowa in the Kelley, Iowa area in the 1940's. The firm primarily produced corn, popcorn, and oat seed. He died in Ames, Iowa, on March 15, 1976 and is buried in the Iowa State University Cemetery. |
Collection description
The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, personal records, clippings, government forms, booklets, blueprints, and photographs and negatives, related to the life and work of John Crosby Eldredge. The biographical information includes Iowa State College alumni information forms, press releases, and an obituary. The correspondence relates to his farm loans, seed corn from Ames Seed Farm, popcorn varieties with confections Incorporated, a caramel corn company, and alumni activities of the Iowa State College Class of 1915. The personal records contain loan application material, leases (1935), notes, an eviction letter for a tenant, and aerial photographs related to the Ames Seed Farm (1938-1945). The government documents include material from the Department of Agriculture such as Application for Payment from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration soil conservation program and a cropping plan for 1937. The collection contains stamps and form s related to rationing during World War II. A Farm Defense Plan for 1942 is included as well. Ames Seed Farm material includes promotional material from the 1940's sales manuals, seven negatives and photographs of a corn drying barn, orders for popcorn for 1948, memberships and booklets from the Story County Farm Bureau, and blueprints for a corn dryer. The published works include Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins and correspondence related to Eldredge's salary from 1943-1955, 1970. Alumni materials consist of information from class reunions and mementos. |
Organization
This collection is arranged into 3 series:
|
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Farm Lease contract, related correspondence |
1935 |
1 |
2 |
Cropping plans, USDS Conservation Program bulletins and communications with Federal Land Bank |
1936 |
1 |
3 |
USDA Agricultural Adjustment Administration, crop plans |
1937 |
1 |
4 |
Farm lease, Federal Land Bank Statement, Story County Farm Bureau program, Farm Name Certificate (Ames Seed Farms), crop plan |
1938 |
1 |
5 |
Farm acreage allotment, assessment roll, crop plans and records |
1939 |
1 |
6 |
Farm acreage allotments, farm plan |
1940 |
1 |
7 |
Advertising and sales promotion |
1940 |
1 |
8 |
USDA Agricultural Adjustment Administration, acreage allotments, farm records forms |
1941 |
1 |
9 |
Farm Defense program, farm plan, acreage allotments |
1942 |
1 |
10 |
War production program, Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
1943 |
1 |
11 |
Agricultural Conservation Program, legal data concerning farms |
1946-1947 |
1 |
12 |
Popcorn accounts |
1939-1949 |
1 |
13 |
Blueprints for corn dryer |
n.d. |
1 |
14 |
Farm Bureau |
1939-1941 |
1 |
15 |
Gas Rationing Material |
1942-1944 |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
16 |
"Breeding and Processing Popcorn" |
n.d. |
1 |
16 |
"Cold Storage of Popcorn" |
n.d. |
1 |
16 |
"Factors Affecting Popping Volume" |
n.d. |
1 |
16 |
"Report of a Comparison of Different Types and Amounts of Popcorn Seasoning" |
n.d. |
1 |
17 |
Research Bulletins: Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station: The Effect of Injury in Imitation of Hail Damage on the Development of the Corn Plant. Research Bulletin No. 185, June, 1935. |
1935 |
1 |
17 |
Research Bulletins Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station: Hail Damage to Corn. Bulletin No. 348, June, 1936. |
1936 |
1 |
17 |
Research Bulletin Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station: The Effect of Injury in Imitation of Hail Damage on the Development of Small Grain. Research Bulletin No. 219, June, 1937. |
1937 |
1 |
17 |
Research Bulletin Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station: Popcorn in Iowa, with P.J. Lyerly. Bulletin No. P54, March 1943. |
1943 |
1 |
17 |
Research Bulletin Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station: The Effect of Injury Simulating Hail Damage to Soy Beans, with R.R. Kalton, C.R. Weber. Research Bulletin No. 359, January, 1949. |
1949 |
1 |
18 |
"Can Hail Ruin Soy Beans?" with Robert R. Kalton, Iowa Farm Science (July, 1947): 5-8. |
1947 |
1 |
18 |
"Better Popping Popcorn," Iowa Farm Science (March, 1949): 6-7. |
1949 |
1 |
18 |
"Predicting the Performance of Pop Corn Hybrids from Single Cross Data," with E.L. Peterson and I.J. Johnson, Agronomy Journal, 41 (March, 1953): 13-18. |
1949 |
1 |
18 |
"Inheritance of Popping Volume and Associated Characters in Crosses Between Popcorn and Dent Corn," with Don E. Crumbaker, and I.J. Johnson. Agronomy Journal, 45 (March, 1953): 105-110. |
1953 |
1 |
18 |
"Cold Storage of Popcorn," with I.J. Johnson. Ice and Refrigeration (March, 1953): 13-18. |
1953 |
1 |
18 |
"Introduce New Popcorn Hybrid," with W.I. Thomas. Iowa Farm Science, 13 (March, 1959): 21. |
1959 |
1 |
18 |
Popcorn, with W.I. Thomas. Bulletin P127. Ames, Iowa: Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University, 1959. |
1959 |
1 |
18 |
Popcorn in the Home, W.I. Thomas. Pamphlet 260. Ames, Iowa: Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University, 1959. |
1959 |
1 |
18 |
"Resistance in Popcorn to European Corn Borer Leaf Feeding," with W.I. Thomas and F.F. Dicke. Agronomy Journal, 52 (1960): 299. |
1960 |
1 |
18 |
"Simultaneous Conversion of Inbred Lines of Popcorn to Cutoplasmic Male Sterility and Pollen Restoration," with W. I. Thomas and F.F. Dicke. Agronomy Journal, 52 (1960): 716-717. |
1960 |
1 |
19 |
Research Papers, and Popcorn Experiments with W.I. Thomas |
1955, 1957-1961 |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
1 |
Committee on Agricultural Development: committee minutes and booklets-Foundations Seed for 1968 Planting |
1967-1968 |
2 |
2 |
Correspondence: concerning salary, rank and a poem |
1937-1976 |
2 |
3 |
Honoraries and citations: containing items from the State of Iowa, Sigma Xi, Iowa Crop Improvement Association and Eta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity |
n.d. |
2 |
4 |
Iowa State University Class of 1915 reunion memorabilia: programs, invitation, three gold medals, program for Commencement Week |
1915 |
2 |
5 |
Alumni Reunion materials, Class of 1915: communications to class |
1930-1950 |
2 |
6 |
Iowa State University Alumni Class Agent (1915) |
1960-1961 |
2 |
7 |
Iowa State University Alumni Class Agent (1915) |
1965 |
2 |
8 |
Iowa State University Alumni Class Agent (1915) |
1970-1971 |
2 |
9 |
Iowa State University Alumni Class Agent (1915) |
1975 |
2 |
10 |
Biographical Data |
1925, 1963, 1970 |