This collection documents Arnold Krochmal's career as a botanist and expert in medicinal plants. It contains a lab book on his Cassava studies in the United States Virgin Islands, working manuscripts and page proofs for Krochmal's books on botany, notes on medicinal plants, and gardening in the Carolinas.
Arnold Krochmal was born January 30, 1919, in New York to Morris and Leah Krochmal. He earned a B.S. in Pomology from North Carolina State College in 1942. He then earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University.
Krochmal served as an instructor in horticulture at the New Mexico Agriculture Experiment Station from 1947 to 1949, was a Fulbright professor in Greece, and worked as the chief research advisor of the Wyoming Team, in Kabul, Afghanistan from 1957 to 1959. He was the head of the department of horticulture, Escuela Agricola Panamericana, El Zamorano, Honduras, and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a research botanist in the Virgin Islands. He was the summer visiting professor at Wisconsin State University in 1966, and the fall visiting professor at Berea College in 1967.
In 1970 he married Connie Brite, a writer from Appalachian Kentucky. The Krochmals shared a deep concern that science and research should do more than serve as a source of esoteric subject matter for rarely read scholarly publications. Dr. Krochmal said of himself and his wife, "We work as a team." Together, through collaborative writing and teaching, they mastered the skill of communicating to a broad audience.
Arnold Krochmal was the principal economic botanist at the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station in Asheville, North Carolina, from 1971 to 1982. Krochmal also served as an adjunct professor of botany at North Carolina State University. Krochmal was a guest lecturer at the Academy of the U.S.S.R., Main Botanical Garden, and served as the chairperson of the Structure of Tropical Rain Forests Working Party, for the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Additionally he was an adjunct professor at Atlanta University.
Arnold Krochmal published many books, among which are Guide to Medicinal Plants (written with his wife), Tropical Horticulture, and Horticultura Practica. He and his wife donated a sizable collection of books to the D. H. Hill Library for the commemoration and study of Russian and Soviet Jews. Arnold Krochmal died September 2, 1993, in Asheville, North Carolina.
*ADDITIONAL WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
With wife, Connie Krochmal:
The papers of Arnold Krochmal document Krochmal's lengthy and prolific career as an author, botanist, and expert in the field of medicinal plants. The collection contains a lab book and working manuscripts with page proofs for Krochmal's books on botany. Additionally there are detailed notes on medicinal plants, material related specifically to gardening in the Carolinas, and photographs of Dr. Krochmal and his wife Connie Krochmal.
This collection contains four series; Writings, Notes, Photographs, and Newsletters. One unprocessed halfbox was added in August 2014.
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[Identification of item], Arnold Krochmal Papers, MC 00064, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Arnold Krochmal, 1972-1986, and the National College of Natural Medicine, 2008 (Accession no. 2008-0076) and a transfer, accession 2014.0182.
Michael Watts, March 2005
Michael Watts, March 2005
Finding aid updated by Todd Kosmerick, 2008 May
The collection is organized into five principal series:
This series contains manuscripts and book proofs for botanical publications that were produced by Arnold Krochmal and his wife Connie Krochmal. Additionally there is a lab note book from a field study on the cassava plant that Dr. Krochmal conducted in the Virgin Islands in type="inclusive">1965, and several print versions of "A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia", a USDA Forest Service research paper that Krochmal created with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty in 1969. The series also contains the author's manuscript, and photocopied versions of Gardening in the Carolinas, and Medicinal Plants of the United States written by Krochmal with his wife Connie Krochmal.
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Field notebook documenting a study on the cassava plant that was conducted by Dr. Krochmal in the Virgin Islands.
Author's Copy. Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Typewritten manuscript with notations.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Typewritten manuscript with notations.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Xerox Copy.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Rough Draft pgs. 4-50.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Rough Draft pgs. 51-100.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Rough Draft pgs. 101-150.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Rough Draft pgs. 151-176.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Rough Draft - corrections and glossary.
Folder contains biographical information for Krochmal, Walters, and Doughty.
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal.
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal.
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal. Author's copy
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal. Photostatic copy.
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal. Bibliography
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Oversized Xerox Copy.
Research paper written by Dr. Krochmal with Russell S. Walters and Richard M. Doughty. Larger Oversized Xerox Copy.
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal. Oversized Xerox Copy.
Written by Arnold and Connie Krochmal. Typescript.
This series contains detailed notes and descriptions of medicinal plants used in publications created by the Krochmals. Additionally there are notes and recipes related to a book written by Connie Krochmal titled, Guide to Natural Cosmetics.
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Page Proofs with Notes. (1 of 2)
Page Proofs with Notes. (2 of 2)
Master Lists and Bibliography
A - American Bugbane - Atlantic Yam
B - Balsam Fir - Burdock
C - California Laurel - Cypress
F - False Hellebore - Fringetree
D - Dandelion - Dodder
E - Eastern Hemlock - European Barberry
G - Gambel Oak - Great Lobelia
H - Hazel Alder - Horse Nettle
I - Indian Jack in the Pulpit - Indian Tobacco
J - Jimson Weed - Juniper
L - Lambs Quarter - Long Leaf Pine
M - Marshpepper Smartweed - Mullien
N - New Jersy Tea - Northern White Cedar
O - Osage Orange - Oswego Tea
P - Pacific Yew - Purple Trillium
Q - Queensdelight
R - Ragweed - Russian Thistle
S - Safflower - Sweetbay Magnolia
T- Tansy - Tree of Heaven
V - Vanilla Trilisa - Viginia Tephrosia
W - Water Avens - Witch Hazel
Y - Yarrow - Yellowroot
Worksheets and Recipes
This series contains a photograph of Arnold Krochmal in 1939, during his student days at North Carolina State College, and a photo of Krochmal with his wife Connie donating books to the North Carolina State University Library in 1973.
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Folder contains photos of Arnold and Connie Krochmal.
This series contains a copy of "The Tarheel Economist," a North Carolina Agricultural Extension newsletter.
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Agricultural Extension Service Newsletter
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[Identification of item], Arnold Krochmal Papers, MC 00064, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.