Katherine E. Golden Bitting papers | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Katherine E. Golden Bitting papers

Primary Creator: Bitting, Katherin E. Golden (1869-1937)

Extent: 4.0 Folders. More info below.

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Purdue University--Faculty, Women's Archives at Purdue University

Forms of Material: Articles

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Four folders containing articles by Katherine Golden Bitting, vita, bibliographic information, Plant Studies book and an article about Katherine Bitting.

Biographical Note

Katherine Golden Bitting (1869-1937) earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Purdue in 1892, and became an instructor soon after graduating. She married Arvill Wayne Bitting, a professor of veterinary science, and they went on to take jobs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Katherine, a microanalyst in the chemistry division, gained expertise on food preservation and related topics, authoring nearly fifty pamphlets in that subject area. Her 4,346 volume collection of gastronomic literature from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries now resides at the Library of Congress' Rare Books and Special Collections Division.

Subject/Index Terms

Purdue University--Faculty
Women's Archives at Purdue University

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 4 folders

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSF 39, Katherine E. Golden Bitting papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Article/Vita/Bibliographic Information, 1909],
[Folder 2: Articles, 1890-1908],
[Folder 3: Article About Katherine Golden Bitting, 1940],
[Folder 4: Plant Studies, 1890-1900],
[All]

Folder 1: Article/Vita/Bibliographic Information, 1909

Article from Indiana Academy of Science, 1909; The Effect of Preservatives On The Development Of Penicillium, by Katherine Golden Bitting, pp 391-416

Listing of Papers from Research Work

Original notecards containing bibliographic information

Folder 2: Articles, 1890-1908

Fermentation of Bread, from the Botanical Gazette, vol, 15, no. 8, 1890, pp. 204-209.

Diseases Of The Sugar Beet Root, from Indiana Academy of Science, 1891, pp. 91-97.

Infection By Bread, from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1895, pp. 45-50 [2 copies]

Ratio Of Alcohol To Yeast In Fermentation, from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1895, pp. 92-96

Have the Common Yeasts Pathogenic Properties? - An Experimental Study, from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1896, pp. 183-188.

Yeasts And Their Properties, from Purdue University Monographs, Series Relating To Food, No. 5, 1898

On Bread And Bread Making, from Purdue University Monographs, Series Relating To Food, No. 6, 1898

Aspergillis Orzae (Ahlburg) Cohn, from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1898, pp. 189-202.

Red Yeasts, by Miss K. E. Golden and C. G. Ferris, reprinted from The Botanical Gazette, Vol. XXV, No. 1, January 1898, pp. 39-46

Saccharomyces Anomalus Hansen (?), Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1899, pp. 141-144 (2 copies).

A Proteolytic Enzyme Of Yeast, from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1899, pp. 129-140.

A Study Of The Histology Of The Wood Of Certain Species Of Pines, from the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1901, pp. 291-296.

Oxydase In Wheat Grains, from Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1905, pp. 143-153.

The Histological Difference Between Pinus Taeda And Pinus Palustris, 1908, pp. 127-130.

Tyloses in Brosimum Aubletti Golden, Katherine E. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1904, pp. 227-232.

A Study of the Histology of the Wood of Certain Species of Pines, Golden, Katherine E. Reprinted from the Proceedings of Indiana Academy of Science, undated.

Folder 3: Article About Katherine Golden Bitting, 1940

Correspondence written by Howard C. Gillespie to editor of Phoenix Flame, Hal Higdon, asking for a copy of the issue with an article about Katherine Golden Bitting in it.

Copy of the May, 1940 issue of the Phoenix Flame, which contains the article about Katherine on pp. 11-13.

Folder 4: Plant Studies, 1890-1900

Bound volume which contains publications by Katherine Golden.