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Henry, A.W. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

438784

Series title:

[National Research Council Oral History Project]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1975-03-01

Item number (ISN):

438784

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA / CONSEIL NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES DU CANADA

Accession:

1975-0011

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1975-03-01

Release date:

1975-03-01

Production company:

National Research Council

Production credit:

interviewer, Don Phillipson

Description:

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Interview of Dr. A.W. Henry by Don Phillipson. Subjects discussed include: Dr. Frank Peto's University of Alberta's work on agropyrius; Dr. J.B. Collipp; Dr. Bruce Doern; Henry's research on flax done via NRC committee on plant diseases not flax committee; basic work on heritability of resistance to flax rust; in 1927 and 1928, Henry travelled to Europe on a Rockefeller grant in reference to flax rust; did his Ph.D. in 1923; three research communities: chemists, breeders and phathologists; university staff outnumbered by governmental staff, such as with the Winnipeg Rust Lab; Dr. Craigie; in 1930s there were coordinated meetings between GRC and Plant diseases committee; flax pathology was done largely on Henry's own initiative; Henry's sphere consisted of flax root diseases and seed treatment: Helminthosporium fungi identified in the west by Henry during his masters of Science; now recognized as relevant to corn as well; Dr. H.T. Güssow; seed treatment research saved millions of dollars when formaldehyde was discarded for copper, mercurials and non-mercurials; Dr. W.R. Foster was Hendry's first grad student; Miss MacDonell; Mrs. Bedford; Emma Newton; Ernie Thompson; Jimmy Manson; creation of the Canadian Journal of Research in 1929; Henry unable to find mortgage in Alberta in 1930s; Canadian phytopathology is broader than just wheat rust; Henry's University of Alberta Agricultural Department's research on potato blight; Henry protested Marquis quality standard for cereals in 1920s. <1h 4mn>

Language:

English

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1. Subject description taken from partial transcript in binder, National Research Council Oral History Project Index H-L.~2. Part of Track 2 of PAC tape 520.

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Vault ISN:

674813

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00520

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

674814

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00524

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

674815

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00525

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

674816

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00522

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

674817

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00523

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1137541

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

438784-C0520.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

C00520

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD645

Restrictions on consultation:

open

Copyright status:

under copyright.

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