Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 673
Arthur Kelman (1918-2009)
Papers, 1966-2000


Descriptive summary

creator:

Kelman, Arthur (1918-2009)
title:

Papers
dates:

1966-2000
extent:

3.15 linear ft. (7 document boxes, 1 half-document box)
collection number:

MS 673
repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

Arthur Kelman Papers, MS 673, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Arthur Kelman was born on December 11, 1918 in Providence, Rhode Island. Kelman received his B.S. (1941) from the University of Rhode Island in botany and a Ph.D. (1949) from North Carolina State University in plant pathology. Kelman was offered and accepted a position as assistant professor of plant pathology at North Carolina State University (1949). At North Carolina State, Kelman studied Ralstonia solanacearum, which contributes to Granville wilt of tobacco. His work in developing a way of storing and recognizing pathogenic colonies in a culture helped accelerate the development of disease-resistant varieties of tobacco, tomato, potato and other important crops. In the early 1960s, Kelman developed a program of graduate education and research in forest pathology at North Carolina State University. Kelman assumed the chair of the Department of Plant Pathology (1965) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and continued serving as professor and chair for ten years. Despite a very demanding schedule, Kelman taught the basic plant pathology course for many years. Kelman was named L.R. Jones Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1975), and became Wisconsin Alumni Research Professor (1984). Kelman returned to North Carolina State University (1989) to assume the position of University Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Plant Pathology. In addition to R. solanacearum, Kelman has studied phytobacteriology, parasites, bacterial diseases of plants and soft-rotting Erwinias. Throughout his career, Kelman received numerous awards for his scholarship and teaching. Kelman passed away June 29, 2009.

Kelman was active in many professional organizations. He was elected to membership of the National Academy of Sciences (1973) and served the American Phytopathological Society on numerous committees and as councilor-at-large, vice president, and president. In addition, he played an important role in the creation of the International Society for Plant Pathology and served as its vice president (1968-1973) and president (1973-1978).

 

Collection description

The collection (1966-1983) contains records related to Arthur Kelman's involvement with the American Phytopathological Society (APS) and the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) including correspondence, meeting minutes, committee materials, reports, newsletters and other papers dealing directly with APS and ISPP. The collection does not contain material related to Kelman's research or teaching other than when it relates to his involvement with the APS, ISPP or other professional organizations.

Related material may be found in MS 175, American Phytopathological Society Records.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1-5

International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP): Correspondence

1966-1973

2

1

ISPP: Correspondence, Constitution, 1st International Congress of Plant Pathology

1966-1969

2

2

ISPP: Correspondence

1967-1973

2

3

ISPP: Agenda Correspondence

1967-1975

2

4-7

ISPP: 2nd International Congress of Plant Pathology

1967-1978

2

8

ISPP: Congress

1968

2

9

ISPP: Council Correspondence

1968-1973

3

1

American Phytopathological Society (APS): 3rd International Congress of Plant Pathology Travel Fund Committee

1968-1978

3

2

ISPP: Committee Lists

1969

3

3

APS and ISPP: Correspondence Between

1969-1979

3

4

ISPP: Annual Reports

1970-1978

3

5

ISPP: Constitution and Rules and Regulations

1970-1978

3

6

ISPP: Finances

1971-1973

3

7

ISPP: Correspondence

1971-1975

3

8

ISPP: Minutes of Executive Meetings

1971-1977

3

9-10

ISPP: Establishment of New Committees

1971-1978

3

11-12

ISPP: Associated Societies

1971-1980

3

13

ISPP and others: Correspondence directly with Arthur Kelman (1 of 3)

1972-1975

4

1

ISPP and others: Correspondence directly with Arthur Kelman (2 of 3)

1972-1975

4

2

ISPP and others: Correspondence directly with Arthur Kelman (3 of 3)

1972-1975

4

3

Post-Congress Correspondence

1972-1973

4

4

APS and ISPP: World Directory Correspondence

1972-1974

4

5-7

ISPP: Correspondence to and from the Executive Committee

1972-1979

4

8

ISPP: Council Meeting Minutes

1973

4

9

ISPP: Correspondence

1973-1975

5

1

APS: Correspondence

1973-1975

5

2

ISPP: Correspondence with Officers

1973-1975

5

3

ISPP: 3rd International Congress for Plant Pathology

1973-1975

5

4

ISPP: Special Projects Committee

1973-1978

5

5

ISPP and Affiliated Societies

1973-1978

5

6

ISPP: General Assembly and Agenda

1973-1978

5

7

ISPP: 2nd International Congress of Plant Pathology

1973-1978

5

8

ISPP: Affiliations

1973-1979

5

9

ISPP: K. Verhoeff Correspondence

1973-1982

5

10

ISPP: International Plant Protection (IPP) Congress

1974

5

11

ISPP: National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal - ISPP Role in Research Programs

1974-1975

5

12

ISPP: Newsletter Correspondence

1974-1975

5

13

ISPP: Correspondence

1974-1976

5

14

APS and ISPP: 3rd International Congress of Plant Pathology

1974-1977

6

1

ISPP: Committee on Extension

1974-1977

6

2

ISPP: Food Agricultural Organization (FAO), United Nations Correspondence

1974-1978

6

3

ISPP: Executive Meeting

1974-1978

6

4

ISPP: Committee on Teaching

1974-1978

6

5

ISPP: Committee of Chemical Control

1974-1980

6

6

ISPP: F. Grossmann Correspondence

1974-1980

6

7

ISPP and APPS: Global Impacts of Applied Microbiology (GIAM)

1975

6

8

ISPP: Virus Polyclave

1975-1976

6

9

ISPP: Committee on Disease Losses

1975-1976

6

10

ISPP and APS: Correspondence

1975-1977

6

11

ISPP: Committees Correspondence

1975-1978

6

12

ISPP: Correspondence related to mailings

1975-1978

6

13

ISPP: Committee on Mycotoxicology

1975-1978

6

14

ISPP: Committee on Taxonomy

1975-1978

6

15

ISPP: Correspondence

1976-1977

7

1

ISPP: Society Representatives for the years 1978-1983

1976-1978

7

2

ISPP: Post Harvest Pathology Committee

1976-1978

7

3

ISPP: Correspondence

1976-1979

7

4

ISPP: Correspondence

1976-1981

7

5

ISPP: Pathogena of Marine Algae Mass Indexing Programs (Potato Seed Certification)

1977

7

6

ISPP: Travel to 3rd International Congress

1977-1978

7

7

ISPP: Seed Pathology

1977-1978

7

8

ISPP: Nominations Correspondence

1977-1983

7

9

ISPP: 4th International Congress of Plant Pathology

1977-1983

7

10

ISPP: Epidemiology of Plant Viruses

1978

7

11

ISPP: Phytophthora Diseases

1978

7

12

ISPP: Acknowledgements

1978-1979

7

13

ISPP: Book and Journals Exchange

1978-1979

7

14

ISPP: 9th International Congress of Plant Protection

1978-1979

7

15

ISPP: Rockefeller-Supported Downy Mildew Conference

1978-1979

7

16

ISPP: Correspondence on Conference Formats

1978-1980

7

17

ISPP: Correspondence and Reports

1978-1983

7

18

ISPP: International Newsletter on Plant Pathology

1978-1983

7

19

National Research Council Assembly of Life Sciences

1979-1981

8

1

L. Brader Correspondence

1980

8

2

Nominees: Assembly of Life Sciences

1980

8

3

ISPP: A. Kerr Correspondence

1980-1981

8

4

ISPP: Correspondence

1980-1983

8

5

ISPP: Official Reports and Correspondence of Countries and Groups Associated with the ISPP

1980-1983

8

6

Ballots of Name Change: Section of Applied Biology

1981
8 7 APS Host Resistance Committee - reports, correspondence 1998-2000