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By Mary A. Sego
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of one folder which contains Charles Porter's dissertation and an article by him.
Biographical Note
Charles Lyman Porter was born at Mackinaw, Illinois on February 22, 1889. His early education, including his high school training, was received in the schools of that community. In 1907 he entered the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, earning the degree of B. S. from that institution in 1911. In the spring of 1912 he entered the University of Illinois, graduating in 1913 with the degree of A. B., doing most of his work in the College of Agriculture. From 1914 to 1916 he was instructor in biology at Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa. From 1916 to 1919 he served as head of the Department of Biology at Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas. He served this college as registrar in 1918. The summer and latter part of 1918 was spent in military service. In 1919 he again entered the University of Illinois to do graduate work in the Department of Botany. He was assistant in botany at the University of Illinois 1919-1921, including the summer terms of 1920 and 1921. He received the degree of Master of Arts in 1921. From September, 1921 to September, 1922 he was engaged part time as botanist in the Natural History Survey and part time in graduate work. The summer of 1922 was spent in the field in the interests of the Natural History Plant Disease Survey. The university year of 1922-1923 was devoted to full-time graduate work.
Subject/Index Terms
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 315, Charles L. Porter papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
[Folder 1: Dissertation and Article, 1923-1938],
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- Folder 1: Dissertation and Article, 1923-1938
Concerning the Characters of Certain Fungi as Exhibited by their Growth in the Presence of other Fungi, by Charles Lyman Porter, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Botany in the Graduate School of the University of Illinois, 1923. Reprinted from American Journal of Botany, v. XI, no. 3, pp. 168-188.
Competition Among Fungi, Porter, C. L.; Cater, J. C. Reprinted without change of paging from Botanical Review, 4:165-182, April, 1938.
