Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Wallace, James M. (James Merrill), 1902-1979
- Abstract:
- This collection contains articles, plaques, certificates, news clippings, brochures, photographs, slides and other material from James M. Wallace's tenure as professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Riverside. The bulk of the papers consist of articles written by Wallace regarding citrus virus diseases and materials related to his founding and participation in the International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV).
- Extent:
- 4.13 linear feet (6 boxes)
- Language:
- The collection is in English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. James M. Wallace papers (UA 341). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains articles, plaques, certificates, news clippings, brochures, photographs, slides and other material from James M. Wallace's tenure as professor of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Riverside. The bulk of the papers consist of articles written by Wallace regarding citrus virus diseases and materials related to his founding and participation in the International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV).
- Biographical / historical:
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James Merrill Wallace was a professor in the department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Riverside. He was a world renowned expert in citrus virus diseases. Wallace began his long career with UCR at the Citrus Experiment Station in 1942. Prior to that, he worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Twin Falls, Idaho and Riverside, California, at the Office of Sugar Plants, where he was a plant pathologist from 1929 to 1942.
He was born in Ripley, Mississippi on October 13, 1902. He received a B.S. in agriculture from Mississippi State University in 1923. Wallace went on to earn both a M.S. (1927) and Ph.D. (1929) in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota.
Wallace was renowned for his pioneering research in citrus virus diseases. During his tenure at UC Riverside, he discovered, along with Dr. Howard Fawcett, that quick decline, or tristeza disease, was caused by a virus. In addition to publishing numerous articles on citrus diseases, Wallace founded the International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV), an international organization of citrus researchers that includes members in forty-one countries.
Wallace was also an active in the Riverside community. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Riverside for over thirty years and served as the club president in 1948.
Wallace passed away in 1979.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Andrea Hoff, University Archivist, 2020.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged into the following nine series:
- Series 1. Articles by James Wallace
- Series 2. Awards
- Series 3. International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV)
- Series 4. Kiwanis Club Materials
- Series 5. Memoirs of James Merrill Wallace
- Series 6. News Clippings and Other Press Coverage
- Series 7. Other Professional Materials
- Series 8. Research and Other Materials Related to Travels Abroad
- Series 9. Slides and Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. James M. Wallace papers (UA 341). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Riverside - Special Collections and University ArchivesP.O. Box 5900Riverside, CA 92517-5900, US
- Contact:
- (951) 827-3233