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Folder 1: Publications, 1889-1896

The Hertercecisimal Pucciniae, extracted from the American Monthly Microscopical Journal, Vol. X, 1889 (A thesis presented to the Faculty of Purdue University for the degree of Master of Science, June, 1889, pp. 168-180. [2 copies]

Sub-epidermal Rusts, Bolley, H. L. Botanical Gazette, vol. XIV, no. 6, June, 1889, 139-145.

Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Indiana, Wheat Rust, Bolley, H. L. July, 1889. Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University.

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 1, Grain Smuts, January 1891. [Bolley was a botanist for the station.]

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 4, Potato Scab and Possibilities of Prevention. A Disease of Beets Identical with "Deep Scab" of Potatoes. Hastening the Maturity of Potatoes, December 1891.

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 9, Conditions Affecting the Value of Wheat for Seed. Prevention of Potato Scab, March, 1893.

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 13, Rational Selection of Wheat for Seed. Typhoid fever, April, 1894.

Abdruck aus dem Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde. II., Cheese curd inflation: its relation to the bacterial flora of fore milk, Bolley. H. L.; Hall, C. M. Abteilung, I. Band, 1895, no. 22/23. [2 copies]

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 19, Treatment of Smut in Wheat. Treatment of Potato Scab, April, 1895.

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 21, Cleanliness in Handling Milk, Bacteriological Considerations, December, 1895.

An apparatus for the bacteriological sampling of well waters, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted in Abdruck aus dem Centralblatt for Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, XXII Band, no. 10/11, 1897, 288-290.

A Preliminary Report Upon The Relation Of The Time Of Seeding And Period Of Development To The Development Of Rusts And Smuts In Oats, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, held at Buffalo, New York, August, 1896, 70-75. [2 copies]

The Effectiveness Of Corrosive Sublimate As A Preventive Of Potato Scab, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, held at Buffalo, New York, August, 1896, 75-81.

Folder 2: Publications, 1897-1904

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 27, New Studies Upon the Smut of Wheat, Oats and Barley, With a Resume of Treatment Experiments for the Last Three Years, March, 1897.

An apparatus for the bacteriological sampling of well waters, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Abdruck aus dem Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, XXII. Band. 1897, 288-290.

Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 30, Preliminary Report Upon the Selection of Potatoes for Planning, December, 1897.

North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 2, Seed Wheat, Bolley, H. L

Einige Bemerkungen uber die symbiotische Mykoplasmatheorie bei dem Getreiderost, Bolley, H. L. Abdruck aus dem Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, IV. Band, 1898. [2 copies]

Smutting of Cereal Grain>, Bolley, H. L. Newspaper Bulletin of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, March 10, 1899.

The position of the fungi in the plant system as indicated by the work on the organisms of nitrification, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Abdruck aus dem Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektioskrankheiten, V. Band, 1899.

North Dakota Agricultural College Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 37, The Prevention of the Smuts of Cereal Grains, and Prevention of Potato Scab, March, 1899.

North Dakota Agricultural College Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 46, A Preliminary List of the Spermaphyta, Seed Bearing Plants of North Dakota, Bolley, Henry L.; Waldron, Lawrence R., December, 1900.

Flax Wilt, Bolley, H. L. Newspaper Bulletin of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, May 1, 1901.

Preliminary Effort to develop a Continuous Process of Seed Disinfection by Means of Formaldehyde Vapor, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of Society for Promotion of Agricultural Science, 1902.

Seed Wheat, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 2, March, 1903.

The Way To Avoid Flax-Sick Soil-Select Seed, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 3, March, 1903.

Flax and Flax Seed Selection>, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 55, March, 1903.

Spraying to Kill Weeds in Wheat and Oat Fields, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 9, April, 1903.

The Uses of Formaldehyde on the Farm, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 11, March, 1904. [2 copies]

The Effect of Evaporation Upon Solutions of Formaldehyde, Bolley, Henry L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 15, March, 1904.

Farmers Should Test Their Seed Grain, Holley, Henry L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 16, March, 1904.

Seed Wheat for 1905: on the use of wheat from a rusted crop for seed purposes, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 21, September, 1904.

Cause of Wheat Rust, its Method of Attack, Conditions Favorable to Infection and Rust Development; and What to do, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 20, September, 1904.

Seed Wheat for 1905, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 21, September, 1904.

The Effect of Evaporation Upon Solutions of Formaldehyde, Bolley, Henry L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 15, March, 1904.

Folder 3: Publications, 1905-1908

Internal Infection of the Wheat Grain by Rust - a New Observation, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Science, N. S., vol. XXII, no. 559, September, 1905, 343-344.

Rust Problems Facts, Observations and Theories, Possible Means of Control, Bolley, Henry L.; Pritchard, F. J. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station For North Dakota, Bulletin No. 68, Department of Botany, February, 1906.

Flax Culture, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 71, October, 1906.

Flax Culture, Bolley, H. L.; Marcy, William L. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmer's Bulletin No. 274., 1907. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office.

Resistant Seed Flax and How to Get It, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin, No. 23, March, 1907 (reissued April, 1913).

Types of Spraying Apparatus and Machines which are Essential for Wood Destruction by Means of Chemical Sprays, Bolley, Henry L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 25, October, 1907.

Means of Eradicating Dandelions on Parks, Lawns, Roadsides and Meadows, Bolley, H. L.; North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 26, October, 1907.

Canada Thistle; Means of Holding in Control, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 28, October, 1907.

Observations Regarding The Constancy Of Mutants And Questions Regarding The Origin Of Disease Resistance In Plants, Bolley, Henry L. Reprinted from The American Naturalist, vol. XLII, No. 495, March, 1908, 171-183.

Weeds And Methods Of Eradication. Weed Control By Means Of Chemical Sprays, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station of North Dakota, Bulletin No. 80, March, 1908.

Folder 4: Publications, 1909-1912

On the Use of Chemical Sprays in Destroying Mustard, Kinghead and Other Weeds in Cereal Grain Fileds, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 27, January, 1909 (re-edited December, 1911).

The Seed Control Act, H. L. Bolley, State Seed Commissioner, North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station For North Dakota, Special Seed Bulletin No. 1, July, 1909.

Letter - Office of State Seed Commissioner, H. L. Bolley, Botanist and State Seed Commissioner, Circular Letter No. 1, Agricultural College, North Dakota, July 10, 1909.

Deterioration in Wheat Yields Due to Root Rots and Blight Producing Diseases, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 33, October, 1909. [3 copies]

Seed Disinfection And Crop Production Methods And Types Of Machinery Needed, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station For North Dakota, Bulletin No. 87, January, 1910.

Interpretations Of Results Noted In Experiments Upon Cereal Cropping Methods After Soil Sterilization, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Society of Agronomy, vol. 2, 1910.

Conservation of the Purity of Soils in Cereal Cropping, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Science, N. S., vol. XXXII, No. 825, 529-541, October 21, 1910.

Growing Flax On New Lands, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 39, December, 1910. [2 copies]

Growing Flax On Old Lands, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 40, December, 1910.

The Essentials Of Flax Cropping For Seed Production, Holley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 42, March, 1911.

Relation Of The Corn Crop To Flax, Wheat And Other Cereal Cropping, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 44, April, 1913.

Flax Culture, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 46, December, 1911.

Planting Flax On Wheat, Oats, Barley Or Corn Stubble Without Plowing, Planting Wheat Or Barley Or Oats On Flax Stubble Following New Breaking Irrigating Land For The Production Of Flax Seed. Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 47, December, 1911.

How To Improve The Present Deteriorated Quality Of Flax And Wheat In The Spring Wheat Belt, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 48, February, 1912.

How To Test Flax, Barley, Corn And Other Seeds, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 49, February 1, 1912.

Flax Under Dry Land Conditions, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 50, February, 1912.

Flax Growing And Crop Rotation, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 51, February, 1912.

Flax Canker, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 52, March 1, 1912.

Wilt Resistant Flax And How To Retain The Resistance, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin No. 53, March, 1912. [2 copies]

The Importance of Maintaining a Constant Elimination Factor in Association With a Constant Nutrition Factor in Plant Breeding, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Breeding Association, vol. VIII, 1912, 508-514. [2 copies]

Root Diseases of Cereals and Soil Studies. Work of the Pure Seed Laboratory, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station of North Dakota, Report of the Botanist and State Seed Commissioner, May, 1912.

Harvesting Grain For Use Or Sale As Seed For Sowing Purposes, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 56, July, 1912.

Work of the Pure Seed Laboratory. July 1st, 1911, to July 1st, 1912, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station of North Dakota, Report of the Botanist and State Seed Commissioner, May, 1912.

Folder 5: Publications, 1913

Resistant Flaxseed For Sowing Purposes, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin Number 57, January, 1913.

Cropping to Flax on New Lands of Semi-Arid Land Areas, Bolley, H. L.; Wilson, M. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 103, March, 1913.

The Complexity of the Microorganic Population of the Soil, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Science, N. S., vol. XXXVIII, no. 967, July 11, 1913, 48-50. [3 copies]

Sealing and Certification of Pedigreed or Improved Seed, Bolley, H. L., Botanist and State Seed Commissioner, North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Botany, Seed Circular No. 9, August, 1913.

Cereal Cropping: outlines of an illustrated lecture before the students of the University of Wisconsin, May 20th, 1913, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Science, N. S., vol. XXXVIII, no. 973, August 22, 1913, 249-259. [3 copies]

Wheat: Soil Troubles and Seed Deterioration. Causes of Soil Sickness in Wheat Lands. Possible Methods of Control. Cropping Methods with Wheat, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural College, Government Agricultural Experiment Station for North Dakota, Bulletin No. 107, December, 1913. [3 copies]

Folder 6: Publications, 1914-1932

Flax Cropping, Harvesting Methods, Bolley, H. L.; Wilson, M. L. North Dakota Agricultural College Experiment Station, Fargo, North Dakota, Circular 1, May, 1914

Early and Late Sowing of Flax. Growing Flax on Corn Ground, The Seed Field. Resistant Seed, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College, North Dakota, Circular 6, April, 1915.

Flax for Seed and Oil. Harvesting and Storing the Crop for Seed and Oil Purposes, Bolley, H. L. North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural College, North Dakota, Circular 7, July, 1915.

Barberry Eradication and Rust Control - See Senate Bill No. 139, Fifteenth Assembly of North Dakota, May 15, 1918. [4 copies]

"Pedigreed," "Improved" AND "Bulk Seed," Rules and Regulations for Certification, Sale and Distribution, by H. L. Bolley, State Seed Commissioner, North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular No. 10, November 1913 (Re-edited November 1915)

The Next Step in Improvement in Wheat Cropping - How to Increase Wheat Production in 1918 and 1919, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Science, N. S., vol. XLVI, no. 1177, July 20, 1917, 49-54.

The 1918 Flax Crop, Bolley, H. L. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, North Dakota Experiment Station, Circular No. 15, May 1918.

Official Field Crop Inspection, Bolley, H. L. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Agronomy, vol. 11, no. 5, 1919, 196-205.

Work of Pure Seed Laboratory, July 1, 1919 to July 1, 1920 (Eleventh Annual Report), by H. L. Bolley, Botanist and State Seed Commissioner, North Dakota Agricultural College and Experiment Station, Public Document, No. 22, July, 1920.

Control of Smuts on Cereal Crops, Bolley, H. L. Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota, Circular 28, February, 1926.

Control of Smuts on Cereal Crops, Bolley, H. L. Agricultural Extension Division, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota, Circular 75, February, 1927.

Seed Registration, Certification and Listing, Bolley, H. L. Agricultural Experiment Station, State College Station, Fargo, North Dakota, Circular 21, July 1923 (Revised June 1929)

Prevent Smuts on Cereal Crops, Bolley, H. L. Digest of North Dakota Agricultural College, Circular No. 28, February, 1927.

Indications of the Transmission of an Acquired Character in Flax, Bolley, Henry L. Reprinted from Science, vol. LXVI, No. 1709, September 30, 1927, 301-302.

Flax Facts, issued by the Agricultural Extension Divisions of the University of Minnesota, Montana State College, North Dakota Agricultural College and South Dakota State College, in co-operation with The United States Department of Agriculture, February, 1930. [H. L. Bolley, North Dakota Agricultural College]

Flax Production in Argentina, Bolley, H. L. Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota, Bulletin 253, December, 1931.

Fungi of Flaxseed and of Flax-Sick Oil, Bolley, H. L.; Manns, T. F. Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota, Bulletin 259 - Technical, June, 1932.

Folder 7: Autobiography, 1919 and Bibliography 1889-1937, 1919-1937

Autobiographic material from Bolley sent to George Ade, April 18, 1919. Details his activities as a Purdue student and thereafter. [Bolley was a member of the first Boilermaker football team.]

Autobiographic material sent to Dr. George Spitzer, February 24, 1932.

Letter from Henry L. Bolley addressed to Dr. H. E. Enders, in regards to incomplete bibliographic list, dated January 8, 1937.

Letter addressed to Dr. Stanley Coulter, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, in regards to information for Mr. Bolley's possible consideration for an honorary degree from Purdue, dated December 11, 1937. [letter is not signed]

Letter from Henry L. Bolley adressed to Dr, Howard E. Enders in regards to copies of his publications being sent to Purdue, dated December 30, 1937.

Letter addressed to Dr. H. L. Bolley from Howard E. Enders, in regards to a complete list of Bolley's publications, dated January 6, 1938.

Publications from the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, North Dakota Agricultural College - Partial Bibliography of H. L. Bolley, 1889-1937, compiled as of December, 1937.