This is an artificially assembled collection done by the Institute staff
documenting the life of L. R. Waldron. The collection has been divided into a file of correspondence and various subject files. The correspondence
file contains only a few letters. The early letters include one with an
impressive NDAC letterhead and concerning the herbarium, and the others
are copies of letters he wrote H. L. Bolley while doing graduate work
at Michigan. The correspondence from 1932 to 1952 consists of original
letters from John H. Gerbracht of Hettinger, N.D. The final letter is from
Morten Field reminiscing about his career.

The Subject Files contain a wide variety of material. The articles about
Waldron consist mainly of manuscripts written by H. L. Walster with a few
other printed articles. The file of his writings contains various articles
dealing mainly with the history of wheat breeding in North Dakota. Other
files include a seven-page bibliography of his writings, bookplate mockup
for a L. R. Waldron Memorial Library, a transcript of the 1954 dinner   program honoring Waldron and C. I. Nelson, and a collection of newspaper clippings on Waldron and his family. Also there are files on a pedigree chart for North Dakota Number One wheat, a small collection of some of Waldron's
publications, some research notes on his life by Walster and Bill G. Reid,
and several writings/speeches about Waldron including several by Walster.
 
 
 

L. R. Waldron Collection  |  Agriculture, Bonanza and Land Devolopment