Established in 1928 in the form of a Cereal Laboratory at Christchurch and a Wheat Breeding Section at Lincoln. In 1950 the latter was amalgamated with the Agronomy Division of the Department (then renamed the Crop Research Division). Part of DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research).
Wheat Research Institute (N.Z.)
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DSIR album
Date: [Between 1926 and 1954]
From: Marsden, Lady Joyce : Assorted photographs and negatives from the papers of Sir Ernest Marsden
Reference: PA1-o-135
Description: Album of photographs relating to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Reasearch presented to Dr Ernest Marsden in 1954. Includes detailed photographs of various laboratory procedures and apparatus, including meat dehydration plant in the Meat Research Laboratory; mass spectrometer; electron microscope; Borthwick Beta-Ray apparatus; soil consolidation machines; geothermal bores; knock resistance tests, with a CFR engine; separating constituents of butter fat, the Fats Research Balance Room; members of the Soil Survey Conference in Napier, 1950, and members of the Geological Survey Conference in 1952; Rongotai Aerodrome under construction; the Magnetic Observatory building in Christchurch; the Dominion Observatory, and the Seismological Observatory; Crop Research Division buildings; Hop Research Station; members attending the Grasslands Conference in 1933; and members attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in 1949. Inscriptions: Album page - Presented to Dr. E. Marsden with the good wishes of the senior staff of the D.S.I.R. and in appreciation of the help & encouragement he has given them throughout the years of his association with the Department, 1926-1954 (With 30 signatures) Dr Ernest Marsden was Director of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research from 1926-1947 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown album, 26.5 x 32 cm
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Election loss
Date: 1928
From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1785-184
Description: Inward and outward correspondence; most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field. Also includes letters from Julian K[?], Cosworthy, Ashburton and Capt Bertichochner at the New Zealand Herald. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Personal file relating to Federated Farmers of New Zealand (b)
Date: [1936-1956]
From: O'Shea, Alexander Paterson, 1902-1990 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7728-20
Description: File of material accumulated by O'Shea; includes reports, newsletters, Parliamentary submissions, speeches, correspondence, draft poem or song about the war etc Arrangement: The papers remain in their original order Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Grain file
Date: [1985-1989]
From: Organic Food Co-op: Records
Reference: 97-246-4/08
Description: Correspondence re grain suppliers and producers, information re grain Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Wheat research plots at Lincoln
Date: [1930s]
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
By: Dunsterville, William Walter, -1945
Reference: MNZ-0577-1/4-F
Description: Wheat research plots planted by the Wheat Research Institute at Lincoln, showing bagged heads as a precaution against cross-polination. Photograph taken by W W Dunsterville, circa 1930s. Caption on back of file print reads "A general view of the wheat research plots at Lincoln. Note the bagged heads in the foreground; this is a precaution against accidental cross-pollination."" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Paddock of wheat at Lincoln
Date: [1930s]
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
By: Dunsterville, William Walter, -1945
Reference: MNZ-0576-1/4-F
Description: Paddock of wheat grown by the Wheat Research Institute at Lincoln. Photograph taken circa 1930s, by W W Dunsterville. Caption on back of file print reads "A new variety of wheat bred at Lincoln; note the short straw and upright growth." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Artificial crossing of wheat at the Wheat Research Institute, Lincoln
Date: [1930s]
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
By: Dunsterville, William Walter, -1945
Reference: MNZ-0578-1/4-F
Description: A stage in the artificial crossing of wheat, at the Wheat Research Institute at Lincoln. Shows anthers being picked from a flower with forceps. Photograph taken by W W Dunsterville, circa 1930s. Caption on back of file print reads "A stage in the artificial crossing of wheat, anthers being picked with forceps from a flower. Workers at the Wheat Research Institute at Lincoln made advances in wheat-breeding that have aroused the interest of scientists in the other wheat-growing countries of the world." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).