James M. Wallace papers

Series 1 Articles by James Wallace 1924-1971, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series contains articles written by Walllace. The bulk of the articles in this series are reprints.

Series Arrangement

This series has been maintained in orginal order.

Box 1, Folder 1

Articles by Wallace (1 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder contains the following articles:

"Field Observation as an Aid in Avoiding Diseased Cotton Seed for Planting," 1930 (3 copies)
"Physiologic Specialization as a Factor in the Epiphytology of Puccinia Graminis Tritici," 1932 (3 copies)
"Acquired Immunity from Curly Top in Tobacco and Tomato," 1944 (2 copies)
"The Nature and Transmission of Plant Viruses," 1947 (3 copies)
"Observations on the Citrus Industry of the Union of South Africa with Special Reference to Virus Diseases," undated (2 copies)
"Observations on the Industry of Egypt with Special Reference to Virus Diseases," undated (2 copies)
"A Study of Citrus Diseases in Some South American Countries in 1959," undated (8 copies)

Box 1, Folder 2

Articles by Wallace (2 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder contains the following articles:

"Report on Study of Citrus Orchards in Peru and Factors Responsible for the Declining Fruit Production," undated (2 copies)
Article written in Japanese [Title unknown], undated (3 copies)
"The Study of Citrus Virus Diseases - Progress and Problems," undated (3 copies)
"Citrus Greening Disease in The Philippines," 1969 (4 copies)
"Fellows of the American Phytopathological Society," 1971 (2 copies)
Tristeza and Seedling Yellows of Citrus, 1957 (3 copies)
"Don't Forget Psorosis: Voluntary tree registration program safeguards against spread of the disease through bud wood,"1952 (2 copies)
"Pathological Studies of Lemon Trees Top-Worked Onto Quick- Decline-Infected and QuickDecline- Free Sweet Orange Trees on Sour Orange Rootstock," 1954 (3 copies)

Box 1, Folder 3

Articles by Wallace (3 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder includes the following articles:

"Host Reactions to Citrus Infectious Variegation Virus Indicating Wide Diversity of Virus Strains," 1966 (3 copies)
"Sweet Root Orange Trees: Symptomless hosts of the quick decline virus," 1948 (2 copies)
"Transmission Experiments with Diseased Tissues," undated (2 copies)
"Prevention of Psorosis in Citrus," 1953 (3 copies)
"Seed Transmission of the Avocado Sun-Blotch Virus," 1953 (2 copies)
"Identification of Citrange Stunt as the Mechanically Transmissible Virus from Meyer Lemons Doubly Infected with Citrange Stunt and Tatter Leaf Viruses," 1970 (3 copies)
"New Information On Symptom Effects And Host Range Of The Citrus Tatter- Leaf Virus," 1963 (2 copies)
"Induction of Woody Galls by Wounding of Citrus Infected with Vein-Enation Virus," 1961 (3 copies)

Box 1, Folder 4

Articles by Wallace (4 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder contains the following articles:

"Citrange Stunt and Ringspot, Two Previously Undescribed Virus Diseases of Citrus," 1968 (2 copies)
"Virus Diseases of Citrus Fruit," 1953 (3 copies)
"Prevention of Sun-Bloch Disease of Avocados in New Plantings," 1941 (3 copies)
"The Tristeza Disease of Citrus," 1953 (1 copy)
"Progress on Citrus Virus Diseases Through International Co-operation and Some Problems and Research Needs in the Pacific Region," 1967 (3 copies)
"Variegatura Infettiva delle Foglie di Citrus vulgaris Risso (Infectious Variegation of the Leaves of Sour Orange)," 1962 (3 copies)
"Avoiding Citrus Viruses," 1967 (3 copies)
"Virus-Strain Interference in Relation to Symptoms of Psorosis Disease of Citrus," 1957 (3 copies)
"Albinism and Abnormal Development of Avocado Seedlings," 1956 (3 copies)

Box 1, Folder 5

Articles by Wallace (5 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

This folder contains the following articles:

"Distribution of Viruses of Tristeza and Other Diseases of Citrus in Propogative Material," 1956 (3 copies)
"The Tristeza Virus in Meyer Lemon," 1955 (3 copies)
"Citrus Decline Virus: Vein clearing and stem pitting as diagnostic symptoms shorten tests," 1951 (2 copies)
"Citrus Leaf- Mottle - Yellows Disease in the Philippines and Transmission Of The Causal Virus By A Psyllid, Diaphorina Citri," 1961 (3 copies)
"Tristeza Disease of Citrus, with Special Reference to its Situation in the United States," 1956 (3 copies)
"Tristeza Disease Investigations, an Example of Progress Through Cooperative International Research," 1959 (3 copies)
"An Indexing Program To Avoid Viruses In Citrus Introduced Into The United States," 1959 (3 copies)
"Observations on citrus diseases in the Philippines," 1964 (3 copies)
"Recovery from and Acquired Tolerance of Curly Top in Nicotine Tobacco," 1939 (3 copies)
"Recovery From Curly Top In The Tomato In Relation To Strains Of The Virus," 1944 (3 copies)

Box 1, Folder 6

Articles by Wallace (6 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder includes the following articles:

"A High Rate of Seed Transmission of Avocado Sun-Blotch Virus from Symptomless Trees and the Origin of Such Trees," 1962 (3 copies)
"Progress Report Of The Studies On Citrus Decline In The Philippines," 1967 (1 copy)
"Comments On Citrus Virus Diseases and A Report On The Role Of These Diseases In Taiwan," 1963 (1 copy)
"Wilt And Blossom-End Rot Of The Tomato, 1927 (1 copy)
"A Half Century Of Research On Psorosis," 1959 (1 copy)
"Studies On Recovery of Citrus Plants From Seeding Yellows and the Resulting Protection Against Reinfection," undated (1 copy)
"Tristeza: Use of Seedling-Yellows Recovery and Protection Phenomena in Producing Tristeza-Tolerant, Susceptible, Scion-Rootstock Combinations," undated (1 copy)

Box 1, Folder 7

Articles by Wallace (7 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder contains the following articles:

"Acquired Immunity From Curly Top In Tobacco And Tomato," 1944 (1 copy)
"Studies On The Epidemiology Of Curly Top In Southern Idaho, With Special Reference To Sugar Beets And Weed Hosts of The Vector Eutettix Tenellus," 1938 (2 copies)
"The Psorosis Diseases of Citrus in California," 1946 (1 copy)
"Sweet Potato Mosaic," 1924 (1 copy)
"Southern Blight on Soybeans: A new disease in Mississippi," 1925 (1 copy)
"Indexing Procedures for 15 Virus Diseases of Citrus Trees," 1968 (includes 4 articles by Wallace) (1 copy)

Box 1, Folder 8

Articles by Wallace (8 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder contains the following articles:

"Un Estudio de las Enfermedades de Virus de los Citrus en Algunos Paises de la America del Sur en 1959," 1960 (1 copy)
"New Developments in Virus Diseases: Tobacco Mosaic And Other Studies Contribute To General Knowledge," 1947 (1 copy)
"The Quick Decline of Oranges," 1950 (1 copy)
"A Bud-Union and Rootstock Disorder of Troyer Citrange with Eureka Lemon Tops," 1955 (1 copy)
"Psorosis Reduces Yields," 1953 (1 copy)
"Quick Decline: Experiments Seek Control of Virus-Caused Disease of Orange Trees," 1948 (1 copy)

Box 2, Folder 1

Articles by Wallace (9 of 9) 1924-1971, & undated

Note

Folder includes the following articles:

"Infected Symptomless Avocado Tress and their Possible Use in Avoiding Sun Blotch Disease," undated (1 copy)
"Avoiding Citrus Viruses," undated (1 copy)
"Virus Diseases in Relation To Citrus Rootstocks," 1968 (1 copy)
"The Relations of Wood Alterations in Psorosis of Citrus to Tree Deterioration," 1943 (1 copy)
"The Value of Physiologic-From Surveys in the Study of the Epidemiology of Stem Rust," 1929 (1 copy)
"Recent Developments in Studies of Quick Decline and Related Diseases," 1951 (1 copy)
"Transmission of Fig Mosaic by the Eriophyid Mite Aceria Ficus," 1955 (1 copy)
"The Suppression of Tristeza Virus Symptoms in Mexican Lime Seedlings by Heat Treatment," 1957 (1 copy)
"The Sun -Bloch Disease of Avocado," 1958 (1 copy)
"New Information on Symptom Effects and Host Range of The Citrus Tatter-Leaf Virus," 1963 (2 copies)
"Woody Galla on Citrus Associated With Vein-Enation Virus Infection," 1960 (1 copy)
"Tatter Leaf, A previously undescribed Virus Effect on Citrus," 1962 (2 copies)
"Studies on Transmission of the Virus Components of Citrus Seedling Yellows by Aphis Gossyphll," 1964 (1 copy)
"The Tristeza Virus in Israel," 1956 (1 copy)
"Sweet-Root Orange Trees, Symptomless Carriers of Quick Decline Virus," 1948 (1 copy)
"Newly Discovered Symptoms of Quick Decline and Related Diseases," 1951 (1 copy)
"Citrus Observations in South America," 1960 (1 copy)
"Citrus Observations in South America," 1959 (1 copy)
"South African Studies and a Wider Citrus Knowledge," 1961 (1 copy)
"Hendersonula Toruloidea Nattrass on Citrus in California," 1954 (1 copy)
"Lemon Tree Collapse and Decline," 1951 (1 copy)
"ABud- Union and Rootstock Disorder of Troyer Citrange with Eureka Lemon Tops," 1955 (1 copy)
"Immunological properties of plant viruses," 1950 (1 copy)

Series 2 Awards 1948-1990, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series contains awards and honors that were conferred on Wallace throughout the course of his life. Most of the awards relate to his academic career and participation in various professional organizations. The awards consist of certificates and plaques.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged by format.

Box 2, Folder 2

Certificate for 30 years of service, Kiwanis, Legion of Honor 1977

Box 2, Folder 3

Certificate of emeritus membership, American Phytopathological Society undated

Box 2, Folder 4

Certificate for fellow, American Phytopathological Society 1970

Box 2, Folder 5

Certificate of merit for distiguished service in citrus virological research, Dictionary of International Biography 1969

Box 2, Folder 6

Certificate for service as President, Kiwanis 1948

Box 6, Folder 1

Kiwanis Legion of Honor certificate and University of California Certificate of Appreciation for 28 years of service 1977 & undated

Box 6, Item 1

International Citrus Congress Award presented to Dr. and Mrs. Wallace by Adrian Gil 1973

Box 6, Item 2

IOCV Award presented to James Wallace in Memory of the Fifth IOCV Conference 1969

Box 6, Item 3

IOCV plaque presented to Honorary Member Adeline Wallace 1986

Box 6, Item 4

IOCV Silver Anniversary Award of Recognition presented to James Wallace undated

Box 6, Item 5

Kiwanis Club plaque presented to James Wallace for Outstanding Club Leadership as President undated

Box 6, Item 6

University of California, Riverside Chancellor's Founders' Award presented to Professor James Wallace 1990

Series 3 International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV) 1957-2008, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series consists of materials related to Wallace's founding of and participation in the International Organization of Citrus Virologists (IOCV), a professional organization consisting of citrus researchers in forty-one countries.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order.

Related Materials

Additional materials related to Wallace's participation in the IOCV can be found in the Slides and Photographs series of this collection.

Box 2, Folder 7

IOCV and 1966 trip 1966

Box 2, Folder 8

IOCV conference in Greece 1975

Box 2, Folder 9

IOCV conference in Japan 1969

Box 2, Folder 10

IOCV conference in Swaziland 1972

Box 2, Folder 11

IOCV history, membership lists, meeting brochures 1972-2001, & undated

Box 2, Folder 12

IOCV newsletters 1995-2006

Box 2, Folder 13

IOCV newsletters (digital files on optical disk) 2006-2008

Box 2, Folder 14

IOCV photographs 1960

Box 2, Folder 15

IOCV and sabbatical trip 1959

Box 3, Folder 1

International Citrus Congress, Spain 1973

Box 3, Folder 2

International Conference on Citrus Virus Diseases held at UCR 1957

Series 4 Kiwanis Club Materials 1947-1968, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series contains materials related to Wallace's participation in Kiwanis International, a service organization that sponsors community programs and scholarships. Wallace was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Riverside for over thirty years. He served as president of the club in 1948.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged in alphabetical order.

Related Materials

Several certificates and a plaque awarded to Wallace from the Kiwanis Riverside Club can be found in the Awards series of this collection.

Box 3, Folder 3

Kiwanis verse and Kiwanis kernals 1947

Box 3, Folder 4

Letters written to Santa by Wallace 1953-1968, & undated

Box 3, Folder 5

Miscellaneous verse (includes newsletter Wallace wrote) 1947-1956

Box 3, Folder 6

Poems by John Irving Estagate, DDS, and James Merril Wallace PhD undated

Series 5 Memoirs of James Merrill Wallace 2007 & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series contains materials related to the memoir that Wallace wrote about his life. The bulk of the series is comprised of typescripts for the memoir. The title of the work is The Memoirs of James Merrill Wallace, Plant Pathologist, 1902-1979: From Mississippi Boyhood to World Renowned Citrus Scientist. There is also a bound volume of the memoir, printed posthumously in 2007, with a forward by his daughter, Jane Wallace.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged sequentially by part and chapter. The memoir was written in four parts, each part beginning with chapter one.

Box 3, Folder 7

Manuscript for prologue undated

Box 3, Folder 8

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 1 undated

Box 3, Folder 9

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 2 undated

Box 3, Folder 10

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 3 undated

Box 3, Folder 11

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 4 undated

Box 3, Folder 12

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 5 undated

Box 3, Folder 13

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 6 undated

Box 3, Folder 14

Manuscript for part 1, chapter 7 undated

Box 3, Folder 15

Manuscript for part 2, chapter 1 undated

Box 3, Folder 16

Manuscript for part 2, chapters 2-3 undated

Box 3, Folder 17

Manuscript for part 2, chapter 4 undated

Box 3, Folder 18

Manuscript for part 2, chapters 5-7 undated

Box 3, Folder 19

Manuscript for part 3, chapters 1-7 undated

Box 4, Folder 1

Manuscript for part 4, chapters 1-11 undated

Box 4, Folder 2

Manuscript for part 4, chapter 12: Merrill's Story undated

Box 4, Folder 3

Memoirs of James Merrill Wallace, 1902-1979 2007

Physical Description: 1 bound volume

Series 6 News Clippings and Other Press Coverage 1942-1982, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series consists of news clippings, magazines and press releases about the work of James Wallace. Several folders include original prints of photographs that were featured in the news stories they are filed with. There is also ephemera related to events that were covered in several of the news articles. In addition, there are four full-length newspapers commemorating the opening of UCR on February 15, 1954.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically.

Box 4, Folder 4

Citrograph magazine 1970

Box 4, Folder 5

International Who's Who (2 copies) 1947

Box 4, Folder 6

News clippings 1942-1946

Box 4, Folder 7

News clippings 1947-1948

Box 4, Folder 8

News clippings 1949

Box 4, Folder 9

News clippings 1953

Box 4, Folder 10

News clippings (includes articles from international newspapers) 1955-1977

Box 4, Folder 11

News clippings (includes original photo of display of "old books" at UCR Library with Wallace in attendance) 1954-1955

Box 4, Folder 12

News clippings (includes original photo from Press Enterprise) 1973

Box 4, Folder 13

News clippings (includes original photo used in Riverside Daily Press) 1951

Box 4, Folder 14

News clippings (includes program from the opening ceremonies of the Biochemistry and Virsu Laboratory building at UC Berkeley) 1952

Box 4, Folder 15

News clippings (includes program for Watkins Day and Watkins House dedication) 1956

Box 4, Folder 16

News clippings and informational brochure about Louis Pasteur's laboratory 1982, & undated

Box 4, Folder 17

Press releases 1939-1940

Box 6, Folder 2

Newspapers commemorating the opening of UCR on February 15, 1954 1954

Series 7 Other Professional Materials 1924-2009, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series includes correspondence, programs, and various other types of documents related to Wallace's career at UCR. The series also contains a file of poetry that Wallace wrote about his profession.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically.

Box 4, Folder 18

Correspondence and related material from plant pathologists at the University of Minnesota 1924-1979

Box 4, Folder 19

Program from 50th Anniversary of the University of California Citrus Experiment Station 1957

Box 4, Folder 20

"Screwball letters" (original folder title used by Wallace to describe letters from people who wrote to share their idea for the cure for Tristeza, aka "quick decline" of citrus 1931-1965, & undated

Box 4, Folder 21

University of California: In Memoriam article for James Wallace published in 1979 2009

Box 4, Folder 22

Verse related to profession undated

Box 4, Folder 23

Wallace Prize at UCR 1982-2009

Box 6, Item 7

Welcome banner for James Wallace from the Lipa Experiment Station technical staff 1963

Series 8 Research and Other Materials Related to Travels Abroad 1955-1977, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series contains materials related to Wallace's research abroad. It includes correspondence, field notes, photographs, reports and transcripts of lectures he gave while visiting other countries.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically.

Related Materials

Additional materials related to Wallace's travels to conferences abroad can be found in the IOCV series of this collection.

Box 5, Folder 1

Contents of binder containing possible lecture notes from Wallace's graduate courses on citrus virus diseases (Includes importation of citrus propaganda material and its role in the distribution od Tristeza and other viruses; historical development of plant virus disease; talks he gave in/about the coutries of Israel and Iran, all handwritten or typed) undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Correspondence regarding work in Israel 1955

Box 5, Folder 3

Field notes from travels to South Africa and Egypt (1959) and Peru (1964) 1959-1964

Box 5, Folder 4

Lecture presented at national Taiwan University in Taipei: "Comments on Citrus Virus Diseases and a Report on the Role of these Diseases in Taiwan." Report submitted to the Joint Commission for Rural Reconstruction: "Observations on Citrus in Taiwan with Special Reference to Virus Diseases" 1963

Box 5, Folder 5

Letters written to UCR department of Plant Pathology while in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan 1963

Box 5, Folder 6

Notes from visits to research institutes in South America and Egypt 1959

Box 5, Folder 7

Photographs from trip to India 1968

Box 5, Folder 8

Photographs from trip to Japan 1971

Box 5, Folder 9

"Report on Observations Made and Research Initiated in Israel during Two Month Period as Consultant on USOM sponsored Virus Disease Project" (handwritten report possibly for community groups upon return from Israel) 1955

Box 5, Folder 10

"Report on Study of Citrus Orchards in Peru and Factors Responsible for the Declining Fruit Production" and letter to Dr. Ray Smith, UC/AID Support Management Project, Berkeley 1977

Series 9 Slides and Photographs 1932-c.1990, & undated

Series Scope and Content

This series is comprised of photographs and slides that Wallace made or collected throughout his career. These materials are in hard copy format unless otherwise noted.

Series Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically.

Related Materials

Photographs can also be found in the following series of this collection: IOCV, News Clippings and Other Press Coverage, and Research and Other Materials Related to Travels Abroad.

Box 5, Folder 11

Photograph of UCR Bell Tower c. 1990

Box 5, Folder 12

Photographs (Note: photos are digital files on 1 optical disk) 1932-1975

Box 5, Folder 13

Slides (Note: slides are scanned images on 2 optical disks) undated

Box 5, Folder 14

Slides of IOCV meetings 1966-1975