Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 9/15/11
Ernest W. Lindstrom (1891-1948)
Papers, 1917-1965, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Lindstrom, Ernest W. (1891-1948) |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1917-1965, n.d. |
| extent: | 1.26 linear feet (3 document boxes) |
| collection number: | RS 9/15/11 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Ernest W. Lindstrom Papers, RS 9/15/11, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Ernest Walter Lindstrom was born to E. A. and Mary (Tranell) Lindstrom in Chicago, Illinois, on February 5, 1891. He received his A.B. (1914) from the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. (1917) from Cornell University where he studied genetics under R. A. Emerson. He served as a Lieutenant (1917-1919) in the Air Force in the 96th Bombardment Squadron. After the war, he accepted a position as Instructor (1919-1921) and then Assistant Professor (1921-1922) of genetics at the University of Wisconsin. In 1922, Lindstrom came to Iowa State College (University) to establish a new Genetics Department in the Division of Agriculture. Lindstrom became Professor and Head (1922-1948) of the department. He later also served as Vice Dean (1936-1948) of the Graduate College. His primary research interests included studying inheritance and linkage relations in corn and tomato plants. His work resulted in the chromosome mapping of corn and new studies in tomato polyploidy. While working at Iowa State Lindstrom was also able to devote energies to other organizations. Lindstrom served as a visiting professor (1944-1945) at the National University of Medellin, Columbia, South America, where he established a new Genetics Department. He was a charter member of the Genetics Society of America and served the Society as Secretary-Treasurer (1938-1940), Vice-President (1941), and President (1942). He was a member of the American Society of Naturalists, Botanical Society of America, American Genetic Association, Iowa Academy of Science, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Lindstrom married A. Cornelia Anderson in August 1921 in Madison, Wisconsin. They had three children, Eugene, Cornelia, and Rosemary. He died November 8, 1948, at the College Hospital in Ames, Iowa, and is buried in Madison, Wisconsin. |
Collection description
This collection (1917-1965, n.d.) contains biographical information, general correspondence, correspondence regarding a maize (corn) museum, research notebooks, corn embryo longevity research data and summaries, and published as well as unpublished writings. Writings are available individually or collected in two bound volumes located in the collection. |
Organization
This collection is organized alphabetically with biographical information at the front. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Biographical Information |
1932-1965 |
1 |
2 |
Article: "Chlorophyll Inheritance in Maize" |
1918 |
1 |
3 |
Article: "Comparative Cyto-Genetic Studies of Tetraploid Tomatoes from Different Origins" |
1933 |
1 |
4 |
Article: "Complementary Genes for Chlorophyll Development in Maize and Their Linkage Relations" |
1924 |
1 |
5 |
Article: "Concerning the Inheritance of Green and Yellow Pigments in Maize Seedlings" |
1921 |
1 |
6 |
Article: "Corn Breeding" |
1923 |
1 |
7 |
Article: "Cyto-Genetic Investigations of a Haploid Tomato and Its Diploid and Tetraploid Progeny" |
1931 |
1 |
8 |
Article: "Fertile Tetraploid Tomato" |
1932 |
1 |
9 |
Article: "Fertility Variations in Tetraploid Tomatoes with Different Genetic Origins" |
1931 |
1 |
10 |
Article: "First-Chromosome Genes in the Tomato" |
1932 |
1 |
11 |
Article: "Fruit Size and Shape Genes on the First Chromosome of the Tomato" |
1929 |
1 |
12 |
Article: "Genetic Correlations Between Fruit Size and Color in the Tomato" |
n.d. |
1 |
13 |
Article: "Genetic Experiments on Hybrid Vigor in Maize" |
1935 |
1 |
14 |
Article: "Genetic Factors for Yellow Pigment in Maize and Their Linkage Relations" |
1925 |
1 |
15 |
Article: "Genetic Linkage Between Size and Color Factors in the Tomato" |
1924 |
1 |
16 |
Article: "Genetic Stability of Haploid, Diploid, and Tetraploid Genotypes in the Tomato" |
1941 |
1 |
17 |
Article: "Genetic Stability of Tomato Diploids and Tetraploids Derived from Haploid" |
n.d. |
1 |
18 |
Article: "Genetic Tests for Linkage Between Row Number Genes and Certain Qualitative Genes in Maize" |
1931 |
1 |
19 |
Article: "Genetical Research with Maize" |
1922 |
1 |
20 |
Article: "Genetics of Maize" |
1931 |
1 |
21 |
Article: "Genetics of Polyploidy" |
1936 |
1 |
22 |
Article: "Haploid Mutant in the Tomato" |
1929 |
1 |
23 |
Article: "Hereditary Correlation of Size and Color Characters in Tomatoes" |
1926 |
1 |
24 |
Article: "Hereditary Radium-induced Variations in the Tomato" |
1933 |
1 |
25 |
Article: "Heritable Characters of Maize" |
1925 |
1 |
26 |
Article: "Influence of Sugars on the Growth of Albino Plants" |
1919 |
1 |
27 |
Article: "Inheritance in Tomatoes" |
1925 |
1 |
28 |
Article: "Inheritance of Carbohydrates and Fat in Crosses of Dent and Sweet Corn" |
1926 |
1 |
29 |
Article: "Inheritance of Chemical Characters in Maize" |
1927 |
1 |
30 |
Article: "Inheritance of Ovate and Related Shapes of Tomato Fruits" |
1927 |
1 |
31 |
Article: "Linkage in Maize: Aleurone and Chorophyll Factors" |
1917 |
1 |
32 |
Article: "Linkage of Qualitative and Quantitative Genes in Maize" |
1929 |
1 |
33 |
Article: "Linkage of Size, Shape and Color Genes in Lycopersicum" |
1927 |
1 |
34 |
Article: "Linked Inheritance in Tomatoes" |
1926 |
1 |
35 |
Article: "Prepotency of Inbred Sires on Commercial Varieties of Maize" |
1931 |
1 |
36 |
Article: "Segregation of Quantitative Genes in Tetraploid Tomato Hybrids as Evidence for Dominance Relations of Size Characters" |
1935 |
1 |
37 |
Article: "Solarnum Lycopersicum (Tomato)" |
1932 |
1 |
38 |
Article: "Some New Mutants in Maize" |
1935 |
1 |
39 |
Article: "Teaching to Think in a Field Rather than About It" |
1942 |
2 |
1 |
Collected Papers of E. W. Lindstrom |
1917-1926 |
2 |
2 |
Collected Papers of E. W. Lindstrom |
1927-1937 |
2 |
3 |
Corn Embryo Longevity Research Notebook |
1945-1946 |
3 |
1 |
Corn Information |
1921-1925 |
3 |
2 |
Corn Seed Longevity Data |
1942-1943 |
3 |
3 |
Corn Seed Longevity Summaries |
1942-1943 |
3 |
4 |
Correspondence |
1940-1947 |
3 |
5 |
Labels (Book Plates) for Memorial Library Books |
n.d. |
3 |
6 |
Lantern Slides Data |
1937, n.d. |
3 |
7 |
Maize Museum Correspondence |
1943-1944 |
3 |
8 |
Notebook |
n.d. |
3 |
9 |
Notebook |
n.d. |
3 |
10 |
Notebooks |
1921-1925 |
3 |
11 |
Seed Embryo Longevity Data |
1941-1942 |
3 |
12 |
Visual Aids |
n.d. |