Abstract

Clemson Professor Joseph L. Arbena conducted a series of interviews between the years 1980 and 1983 as part of research for a 1984 book that he helped edit titled IPTAY: The First Fifty Years. The interviews focus on the establishment and evolution of the IPTAY organization during the fifty year period 1934-1984.

Scope and Contents The Poole collection consists of several different types of records: Manuscripts, photographs, and microfilm. The manuscripts include correspondence 1925-1926, 1938-1958, and research notes concerning Poole's efforts to find methods of halting various plant diseases, 1920-1940. These research notes include some raw data, summaries of data, and various reports and articles written by Poole on diseases of cotton, peach trees, peanuts, sweet potatoes, tobacco, and other crops.The...