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Conners, Ibra L. - Interview

Item number (ISN):

440116

Series title:

[National Research Council Oral History Project]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1975-06-18

Item number (ISN):

440116

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

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

Accession:

1975-0157

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1975-06-18

Release date:

1975-06-18

Production company:

National Research Council

Production credit:

interviewer, Don Phillipson

Description:

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Interview of Ibra L. Conners by Don Phillipson. Subjects discussed include: Rust Lab's creation; all control methods were attempted such as chemical dusting; all phases of scientific work was undertaken at Winnipeg except for plant physiology; finances for the wheat averages fund; Rust Lab Pathology probably financed through the Destructive Insect and Pest Act and plant breeding under CDA vote; Grain Research Committee funds; Grain Quality testing by Geddes, BGC, University of Saskatchewan, etc. abolished rivalry between wheat breeders; Dr. Ken Neatby joined CDA intending to apply up to date research to farmers' needs; Dr. F.J. Greaney reported chemical control development had readied an end and by the time new chemicals were available, rust resistant genetic material was also available; difficulties of CDA mycological herbarium; Dr. G.A. Ledingham continued plant pathology until his death, and Conners worked with Ledingham up to the day he died; Dr. R. Larmour; scientists during the Depression were paid laborers' wages but allowed to do research in CDA; Dr. H.T. Güssow; Dr. Charles Saunders; Miss Stedman; Gortner; Aamodt; Donald Fletcher; Stakman; Woodward; Buller and his study in Mycology; Dr. J.H. Craigie; Bisby; Pauline Schnurr; basic literature in Phytopathology; Winnipeg Rust Lab set the pattern for the establishment of successful CDA scientific research; Conners learned plant pathology during pre-war period with Ontario Lands and Forests; University of Minnesota was known through Canadian Phytopathology Society which hosted the U.S. Phytopathology meeting at Guelph during wartime; Dr. Margaret Newton; Dr. Cyril Goulden; the monastic calm of the Rust Lab work; plant pathologists saw themselves as subordinate to plant breeders; Jack Welch; Dominion Cerealist Dr. L.H. Newman; and Dr. J.B. Harrington. <2h 15m>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Subject description taken from partial transcript in binder, National Research Council Oral History Project, Index A-G.~2. Part of track 1 and 2 of PAC tape 554, and part of track 1 of PAC tape 555 side a (poor quality recording).~3. Ibra Lockwood Conners' (1894-1989) career spanned nearly 65 years and can justifiably be considered one of the founding fathers of Canadian plant pathology and mycology. (Mycologia 82(2) March-April).~4. Finding aid states name of interviewee as: Ibra N. Conners.

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Vault ISN:

674831

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00554

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

674832

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00555

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1117961

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

440116-C00554.WAV
440116-C00555.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

128:05

Made from:

C00554
C00555

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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