Edwin Butterworth Mains publications, 1917-1926 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Edwin Butterworth Mains publications, 1917-1926

Primary Creator: Mains, E. B. (Edwin Butterworth) (1890-1968)

Extent: 1.0 Folders. More info below.

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Botanists--United States., Botany, Purdue University--Faculty, Purdue University. Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University. School of Agriculture

Forms of Material: Articles

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collections consists of one folder which contains articles and publications by E. B. Mains.

Biographical Note

Edwin B. Mains was the son of Benjamin W. and Mary Ann (Butterworth) Mains, and was born in the little town of Coldwater in Branch county, Michigan. He started his undergraduate education in 1909 at what is now Michigan State University, but after two years transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where, in 1916, he received the Ph.D. degree in botany. His thesis dealt with the parasite-host relationships in the rust-fungi. His first professional position was at Purdue University in the Agricultural Experiment Station as an assistant botanist (1916-17). He married Mary Esther Elder in August of 1917. He remained at Purdue until 1930, when, at the death of Professor Calvin Henry Kauffman, he returned to the Univeristy of Michigan as professor of botany, and where, in 1931, he was appointed director of the University Herbarium. He was elected president of the Mycological Society of America in 1942, and was a member of many scientific organizations. He retired from the University in 1960. . . . .Although he had many projects upon which he planned to work after his retirement, ill health, both of Mrs. Mains and himself, prevented these from being realized. He spent the period of his retirement at his home in Ann Arbor, and on December 23, 1968 passed away as the result of a heart attack.

Subject/Index Terms

Botanists--United States.
Botany
Purdue University--Faculty
Purdue University. Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
Purdue University. School of Agriculture

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 folder

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSF 239, E. B. Mains papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by E.Wilkinson 9/11/2012

Box and Folder Listing

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Folder 1: Articles and Publications, 1917-1926

The Relation of Some Rusts to the Physiology of Their Hosts, Mains, E. B. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Michigan, May 1, 1916.

Species of Melampsora Occurring Upon Euphorbia in North America, Mains, E. B. Reprinted from Phytopathology, vol. VII, no. 2, April, 1917, pp. 101-105.

The Heteroecism of Puccinia Montanensis, P. Koeleriae, and P. Apocrypta, Mains, E. B. Reprinted from Mycologia, vol. XIII, no. 6, November, 1921.

Unusual Rusts on Nyssa and Urticastrum, Mains, E. B. Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany, vol. VIII, no. 9, November, 1921, pp. 442-451.

Evidence of the Seed Carriage of the Euphorbia Rusts, Uromyces Proeminens and U. Dictosperma, Mains, E. B. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1922, pp. 137-139.

Observations Concerning Puccinia Pattersoniana and Puccinia Moreniana, Mains, E. B. No other publication information available.

Physiologic Specialization in the Leaf Rust of Wheat, Puccinia Triticina Erikss, Mains, E. B.; Jackson, H. S. Reprinted from Phytopathology, vol. XVI, no. 2, February, 1926, pp. 89-120, plates VI-IX.