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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1998 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #10553-ac Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Martha K. Roane Papers ca. 1901-1989 10553-ac 740 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Martha K. Roane Papers, Accession 10553-ac, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the University of VirginiaLibrary by Martha K. Roane's husband, Curtis Roane, Blacksburg, Virginia, on May 27, 1997.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Scope and Content

This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Martha K. Roane(1921-1996), retired Adjunct Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, and member of the American Rhododendron Society, Middle Atlantic Chapter, ca. 1901-1989, containing 740 items (4 Hollinger boxes, 1.5 linear shelf feet), pertaining to her study of rhododendrons, and containing manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, negatives and photographs of microscopic views of rhododendrons, news clippings, and electrostatic copies of printed journal articles. The earliest dated materials are copies of articles and monographs about rhododendron research by leading experts in the field.

There are also individual files on publication by Martha K. Roaneconcerning rhododendrons which include: "Chromosome Numbers for Ericaceae in Virginia, " Compendium of Rhododendron & Azalea Diseases, "The Ericales of Virginia, " "The Lycopodiums -Running Pine, Ground Cedar and Other Club Mosses" in The Virginia Explorer, "Native American Rhododendrons: A Botanical Treasure," "A Revision of Kalmia, Menziesia, and Rhododendron in Virginia" and "The Species of Rhododendron Native to North America. " Other notable files include one with general correspondence about rhododendrons; the American Rhododendron SocietyMeeting in 1988; Diseases of Rhododendron and Azalea Slide Set Syllabus file; a miscellaneous papers file containing a vita for Roane, a copy of the notice of her death in the Mid-Atlantic Rhododendron News and Notes, news clippings, organizational bulletins, and a press release regarding the publication of a monograph on Chestnut Blight by Roane and two other researchers; and two folders of correspondence between Martha K. Roaneand Miss Josephine de N. Henryof the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research, who co-authored "The Species of Rhododendron Native to North America" with Roane.

Martha Ann Kotila Roane(1921-1996) was born in Munising, Michigan, to John Ernest Kotila(1893-1951), who was also a plant pathologist, and Matha Olsen Kotila(d.1941). She attended Michigan State University(1940-1944, B.S.), the University of Minnesota(1945-1946, M.S.), the University of Michigan(1946-1947, graduate studies), and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University(1968-1971, Ph.D.). Roane taught mathematics at both Radford Collegeand the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityfrom 1956-1968, and biology, botany, and plant pathology at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityfrom 1970 until her retirement.

She was a member of the American Phytopathological Society, the Mycological Society of America, the American Rhododendron Society, the Virginia Academy of Science, Botany Section, and lists her major areas of interests as the taxonomy of higher plants (Ericaceae, especially rhododendron) and fungi (plant pathogenic fungi, especially endothia).

 Item Listing American Rhododendron Society Meeting - 1988 1986-1988 Box 1 Articles re Rhododendrons, including one on mushrooms 1930-1985 Box 1 Articles re Rhododendrons, A-H, formerly collected in a three-ring binder 1920-1973 Box 1 Articles re Rhododendrons, J-L, formerly collected in a three-ring binder 1954-1980 Box 1 Articles re the Rhododendron Leaf, formerly collected in a three-ring binder 1901-1970 Box 1 Articles re Rhododendron Taxon, formerly collected in a three-ring binder 1914-1971 Box 1 "Chromosome Numbers for Ericaceae in Virginia" by Martha K. Roane ca. 1985 Box 1 Compendium of Rhododendron & Azalea Diseases, including manuscripts and correspondence 1960-1987, n.d. Box 2 (8 folders) Compendium of Rhododendron & Azalea Diseases - Contract with the American Phytopathological Society 1984-1985 Box 3 Correspondence 1972-1989 Box 3 Diseases of Rhododendron and Azalea Slide Set Syllabus compiled by Molly N. Cline and Martha Roane 1987-1988 Box 3 "The Ericales of Virginia" by Martha K. Roane 1989 Box 3 Excerpts from "Dwarf Rhododendrons" and "The Larger Species of Rhododendrons" by Peter A. Cox 1973, 1979 Box 3 "The Genera of Ericaceae in the Southeastern United States" by Carroll E. Wood 1961 Box 3 Henry Foundation for Botanical Research - Correspondence 1971-1984, n.d. Box 3 (2 folders) "The Leaf Anatomy of Southeastern Shrub-bog Plants" by Joseph P. McMenamin 1940 Box 4 "The Lycopodiums - Running Pine, Ground Cedar and Other Club Mosses" in The Virginia Explorer by Martha Roane 1987 Box 4 Miscellaneous Papers 1970-1987 Box 4 A Monograph of Azaleas Rhododendron Subgenus Anthodendron by Ernest Henry Wilson and Alfred Rehder 1921 Box 4 "Native American Rhododendrons: A Botanical Treasure" by Martha K. Roane 1983 Box 4 (2 folders) Photographs of Rhododendrons under the microscope 1973 Box 4 "A Revision of Kalmia, Menziesia, and Rhododendron in Virginia" by Martha K. Roane 1970 May 30 Box 4 "The Species of Rhododendron Native to North America" by Martha Roane and Josephine de N. Henry" 1981 Box 4