Papers

E.S. (Edgar Sharp) McFadden Papers

• 1914-2014 (Accumulation)

3.78 linear feet (9 document cases)

The collection consists of materials relating to his work with research and production of small grains such as wheat, oats, and flax, and in particular the development of Hope Wheat. In addition, the collection contains biographical information about McFadden and his writings and speeches.

The collection is organized into series.

• Awards, Honors, and Memberships
• Biographical Materials
• Collected Material Relating to McFadden's Work
• Correspondence
• Hope Wheat and Other Varieties
• Research
• Writings and Speeches
• Photographs

• English

RELATED COLLECTIONS

• Edgar S. McFadden Collection, South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum, Brookings, South Dakota.

• Norman E. Borlaug papers. UA-01014. Archives and Special Collections, Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota,
  Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Rockefeller Foundation records

ONLINE CONTENT

• Edgar S. McFadden collection on the Digital Library of South Dakota: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/mcfadden

PUBLICATIONS

• McFadden, Edgar A. Wheat-Rye Hybrids. Journal of Heredity 8, no. 7, (July 1917): 335

• Champlin, Manley, and E. S. McFadden. Acme Wheat / [Manley Champlin and Edgar McFadden]. In Bulletin / South Dakota
  Agricultural Experiment Station ; No. 194, [325]-356. Brookings, S.D. : Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State College of
  Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, 1921.

• McFadden, E.S. A Successful Transfer of Emmer Characters to Vulgare Wheat. Journal of the American Society of Agronomy 22,
  no. 12 (December 1930): 1020–34.

• McFadden, E.S. Brown Necrosis, a Discoloration Associated With Rust Infection in Certain Rust-Resistant Wheats. Journal of
  Agricultural Research 58, no. 11 (June 1, 1939)

• McFadden, E. S., and E. R. Sears. The Origin of Triticum Spelta and Its Free-Threshing Hexaploid Relatives. Journal of Heredity 37,
  no. 4, (April 1946): 107–116

• Erickson, A. W., and Edgar Sharp McFadden. McFadden’s Hope : Fighting Plant Breeders Win Battle for Bread. [Minneapolis, MN :
  Field Notes Crop Reporting Service], 1945.

• Atkins, Irvin Milburn, and E. S. McFadden. Oat Production in Texas / I.M. Atkins and E.S. McFadden. In Bulletin / Texas Agricultural
  Experiment Station ; No. 691. College Station, Tex. : Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1947.

• McFadden, E.S., and E.R. Sears. The Genome Approach in Radical Wheat Breeding. Journal of the American Society of Agronomy 39,
  no. 11 (November 1947): 1011–26.

• Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
• Plant breeders
• Agriculturists
• Wheat -- Breeding
• Wheat -- Disease and pest resistance
• Wheat rusts
• Flax -- Research
• Oats -- Research
• Barley -- Research

• McFadden, Edgar S. (Edgar Sharp), 1891-1956 (Subject)
• United States. Department of Agriculture (Subject)
• South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (Subject)

• Photographs