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McCalla, A.G. - Interview

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

438715

Titre de la série :

[National Research Council Oral History Project]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Pièce (Niveau acquisition)

Date :

1975-02-27

Numéro d'article (ISN) :

438715

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Fonds/collection :

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

No d'acquisition :

1975-0011

Support :

Enregistrement sonore

Partie :

1 of 1

Date de production :

1975-02-27

Date de diffusion :

1975-02-27

Compagnie de production :

National Research Council

Générique (équipe de production) :

interviewer, Don Phillipson

Description :

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Interview of Dr. A.G. McCalla by Don Phillipson. Subjects discussed include: written history of Grain Research Committee and scientific activities; as an undergrad in 1927, began cereal chemistry under Robert Newton; frost hardiness research in the Western labs which led to his M.A. thesis on quality vis-à-vis maturity; personal acquaintaince and shared objective unified all 3 aspects of wheat research; research results from cereal chemistry included: Cook - gluten protein analysis continued at the University of Alberta after 1932, and milling and baking tests - differences in the percentage of hard wheat in Canada and the U.K., Marquis wheat chosen by the chewing test, and then british buyers' needs where hard; wheat protein was more elastic which is why we have the design of the Canadian baking tests between 1930 and 1940; later at the University of Alberta, Reward wheat was agronomically limited; rust-resistance in the Reward strain meant depressed quality; McCalla worked as GRC grantee from 1932 to 1940 under the auspices of University of Alberta; wheat averages fund; GRC was final arbiter of quality for all cereals; GRC's role endured beyond 1960 even without formal authority; protest by barley breeder - GRC insensitive to farmers' needs; Carl Fraser; GRC members were convinced of market value of quality; Larmour; first GRC task was to appraise quality of current varieties - leading to radical change of priorities; different atmosphere of NRC and CDA when they were convenors of agricultural research committees; change began in 1962 due to reliability of tests that had been standardized and due to the challenges to legal authority of Association Committees; GRC decisions required assent by CDA; nutrition vis-à-vis agriculture - McCalla hostile toward nutrition faddists since wheat varieties vary little except for protein; one low-protein wheat shipment can spoil a market; milling method more important than vitamin content; in 1958, McCalla and Hylinka asked by Japanese for #5 wheat; Cook's 1930s paper on low-grade wheat exports; at all times, high and low grades must be visibly distinguishable; Dr. E.W.R. Steacie as President of NRC, built up both central labs and university research; international scholarly recognition - 1955 visit to Sweden and Japan; McCalla in Sweden in 1939-1940 primarily for access to ultracentrifuge (Uppsala) to pursue protein research; McCalla arrived in Sweden one day after the war began; he had to operate his own equipment since the technicians were called for army duty; he challenged Svedberg's scientific assumptions; Dr. J.B. Collip; Cook's ultracentrifuge interest began postwar; McCalla's family escape from Sweden after the fall of Norway was organized by the U.K. consul from Oslo via Siberian railway; NRC provided funds and he flew to Moscow, rode a train to Vladivostole and a ship across the Pacific; McCalla's family; in 1932, Biology staff moved to NRC in Ottawa and Robert Newton was not replaced as head of plant science until 1941; after 1932, McCalla was only GRC grantee still at work at University of Alberta; construction of the West Laboratory in 1927 for plant breeding, plant pathology and some chemistry, funded by Alberta Government; Alberta hail project; Dr. J.W. Hopkins' unique talent for statistics - career moulded by Robert Newton after two years of routine chemical analysis; University of Alberta suffered after Newton's group moved to Ottawa; Newton did no personal research after 1932 due to promotion; Cook's career limited by constraints of prewar applied work, wartime work and postwar administrative responsibilities; McCalla's appointment as Dean at University of Alberta; Dr. B.G. Ballard; McCalla first heard of PCSIR when he became NRC member. <2h 2mn>

Langue :

English

Remarques :

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1. Poor quality recording.~2. Subject description taken from partial transcript in binder, National Research Council Oral History Project Index M-Q.~3. Parts of Track 1 and 2 of PAC tape 519.

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No. de voûte (ISN) :

674812

Support :

SOUND

Détails de l'inventaire :

C00519

Entrepôt :

GAT

Nombre de pièces :

1

Type de son :

R/R

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MASTER
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GAD 0FD645

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open

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under copyright.

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