John L. Fryer Papers - Archives West

John L. Fryer Papers, 1953-2001

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Fryer, John L.
Title: John L. Fryer Papers
Dates: 1953-2001 (inclusive)
19532001
Quantity: 6 cubic feet
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Summary: These papers document the career and research activities of John L. Fryer, Microbiology Professor and Department Chairman.
Repository: Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John L. Fryer worked for 30 years as a researcher and professor in the OSU Microbiology Department. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1929, John Fryer entered Oregon State University in 1953 to study microbiology and received three degrees (B.S. 1956; M.S. 1957; Ph.D 1964) from the institution. Fryer first worked at OSU from 1957 to 1958 as a Fisheries Biologist in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. After leaving the university in 1958 for a job with the Oregon Fish Commission, Fryer returned to OSU five years later, finished his doctoral work, and assumed a post as Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology in 1964. Promoted to Professor a few years later, Fryer became Chairman of the Department in 1976 and served in that post until 1996.

Specializing in the study of infectious diseases of salmon, Fryer worked extensively with microbiologists and fish researchers internationally, assisting jointly on projects in Chile, Taiwan, and Korea. For his extensive body of research, Fryer has received a number of honors and awards, including: The Alexander von Humboldt Award, the Carski Distinguished Teaching Award, commendation from the Microbiological Society of Korea, Sigma Xi Research Award, the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology Award of Excellence, Burlingham Distinguished Professor of Agriculture Award, and OSU Personnel Association Boss of the Year. In 1994, Fryer became Professor Emeritus. Fryer was also instrumental in the establishment of the Center for Salmon Disease Research in 1994 and served as its Director until 1999.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Research projects conducted and managed by Fryer are the focus of the first series, which contains article reprints, correspondence, grant proposals, memoranda, reports, and research data. The second series pertains to conferences and workshops presented, organized or attended by Fryer and constitutes about half of the volume of his papers. Titles for most of the conferences and workshops are indicated in the inventory for this series, which contains article reprints, abstracts of papers, correspondence, conference programs, presentation notes, and travel itineraries. There are also two posters in this series that were prepared for workshops given by Fryer at a panel discussion on fish disease in Taiwan. The posters contain the titles of the presentations in both English and Chinese. John S. Rohovec, Microbiology Department Professor and researcher from 1977 to 1995, worked with Fryer on a number of research projects relating to salmon viruses.

Included among the subjects covered in Series III, Correspondence, are: international and collaborative research projects, the submission and publication of articles, the American Fisheries Society the Microbiology Department Centennial History book, visits and tours of fish research facilities in Asia, and the Center For Salmon Disease Research. Primarily containing Fryer's published research, the publications consist of article reprints and drafts, conference proceedings, research reports and papers, and a book chapter. Also included in this series are brochures from Japanese fisheries and research facilities collected by Fryer and newspaper clippings. The awards records series relates to awards and honors bestowed upon Fryer by OSU, professional organizations, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and consists of correspondence, letters of nomination, vita, and newspaper clippings.

Documents relating to salary, promotion, and tenure at OSU and the Oregon Fish Commission comprise the bulk of the employment records series, which also includes lists of Fryer's thesis/doctoral students and performance reviews. The academic records consist primarily of correspondence relating to Fryer's graduate work at OSU.

The Chairman's Notebooks contain memoranda and reports with statistical information regarding student enrollment, equipment, the budget, and the staff of the Microbiology Department. Assembled by Fryer in his first two years as Chair of the Microbiology Department, the notebooks record statistics for two academic years. The photographs, consisting of B&W prints and color prints and negatives, portray Microbiology Department and OSU Fish Disease Laboratory staff members and researchers, Fryer and other participants at various conference and workshops, and portraits of Fryer and his wife, Mary.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

John L. Fryer Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The John L. Fryer Papers are organized into nine series: I. Research Projects; II. Conferences/Workshops; III. Correspondence; IV. Publications; V. Awards Records; VI. Employment Records; VII. Academic Records; VIII. Chairman's Notebooks; and IX. Photographs.

Related Materials

In addition to institutional records and photographs from the Microbiology Department (RG 191, P 117), the Archives also has papers from other microbiology faculty members Paul R. Elliker, William E. Sandine, and Arthur W. Anderson. More information on the History of the Microbiology Department can be found in the publication: Under The Microscope: One Hundred Years of Microbiology at Oregon State University, which is in the Microbiology Department records.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Research Projects, 1970-2001Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Anemias in the Pacific Salmon at Northwest Hatcheries	1985
1	Antimicrobial Agents Against Renibacterium salmoninarum	1987-1989
1	Bacterial Kidney Disease of Salmonid Fish	1981-1985
1	Ceratomyxa shasta: A Myxosporean Parasite of Salmonid Fish	1982-1984
1	Comparison of Three Isolates of Piscirickettsia salmonis with Differential Virulence for Salmonid Fish	1997-1998
1	Control of Infectious Diseases of Cultured Fish	1978-1981
1	Detection of Piscine Erthrocytic Necrosis in Oregon Fishes	1978-1982
1	Detection, Prevention, and Control of Diseases in Fish	1977-1984
1	Development of Aquaculture Technology of Hamoor Research proposal from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences sent to Rohovec for review. Rehovec's comments are included in a report in the file.	1987
1	Development of DNA Probes to Characterize the Life Cycle of Ceratomyxa shasta, a Myxosporean Parasite of Salmonid Fish	1997
1	Development of an Effective Vaccine Against Aeromonas salmonidas	1985
1	Distribution and Seasonal Occurrence of Myxobolus cerebralis in the Lostine River, Oregon	1998
1	Ecological Associations of Tubifex tubifex in Enzootic Waters in Northeastern Oregon and Effects of Gas Supersaturation	1997
1	An Environmental Microbiology Study in Korea: Pollution in the Han River and Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes	1979-1980
1	Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in the Salmonid Fish of Chile	1982-1984
1	Erythrocytic Inclusion Body Syndrome: A Viral Disease of Salmonid Fish	1992-1995
1	Evaluation of Piscirickettsia Salmonis	1999-2000
1	Fall Creek Syndrome: A Disease of Salmonid Fish	1984
1	Feasibility Testing of Sarafloxacin (A-56620) Against Renibacterium salmoninarum in Salmonid Fish	1988-1991
1	Fish Disease Risk Assessment Study: Whirling Disease and Ceratomyxosis	1997-2001
1	Fish Health Management Through Disease Prevention and Control	1983-1986
1	The History and Current Status of Renibacterium salmoninarum, the Causative Agent of Bacterial Kidney Disease in Pacific Salmon	1992
1	Identification of Intermediate Host of the Salmonid Parasite Ceratomyxa shasta Using Genetic Probes	1996-1997
1	Immunization of Fish for Control of Infectious Diseases	1977-1978
1	Immunization of Salmonid Fish for Control of Vibriosis	1973-1974
1	Infectious Diseases Among Populations of Salmonid Fishes in Korea	1981-1985
1	Infectious Diseases of Salmonid Fish	1976-1986, 1989-91, 1995-2000
1	Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Rainbow Trout	1982-1983
1	Interactions Between Ceratomyxa shasta and its Salmonid and Polychaete Host	1997-99
2	Investigation of Ceratomyxa shasta in Willamette River Salmonids and Hydrogen Peroxide as a Substitute for Formalin for Fish Parasite Treatment	1994-2000
2	Iodine Treatment of Fish Eggs for Elimination of Pathogenic Viruses	1977-1980
2	Monoclonal Antibodies for Studying Infectious Diseases of Fish	1985-1986
2	Piscirickettsia Salmonis and Other Rickettsial Pathogens of Fish	1995-2000
2	Program for Elimination of IHN Virus from Elk and Chetco River Stocks of Fall Chinook Salmon	1979-1980
2	A Proposal To Assess the Disease Related Mortality of Adult Salmonids in the Rogue River	1980-1982
2	Research Data: Effect of Water Temperature on Losses in Rainbow Trout Caused by Ceratomyxa shasta	1970-1971
2	Rickettsial and Chlamydial Infections of Freshwater and Marine Fishes, Bivalves, and Crustaceans	1992
2	Specific and Nonspecific Immune Response of Salmonid Fish to Piscirickettsia Salmonis	1996
2	Virulence Factors Important in the Pathogenesis of Fish Diseases	1988-1992
2	Virus Diseases of Fish	1970
2	The Virus of Salmonid Fish: Their Distribution and Importance	1992

Series II: Conferences/Workshops, 1974-2000Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
2	Joint Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Aquaculture and Symposium on Fish Diseases-Tokyo Topic: Immunization of fish for control of vibriosis	1974
2	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting-Los Angeles Topic: Infectious agents found in aquatic foods	1978
2	American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting-Las Vegas	1978
2	Disease Inspection and Certification of Fish and Fish Eggs Conference Topic: History and perspectus of inspection and certification of fish stocks	1978
2	Western Fish Disease Annual Meeting-Newport	1978
2	Canadian Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting-Victoria, B.C. Topic: Bacterial properties of a lectin derived from Spring Chinook Salmon ova	1979
2	Consortium For International Fisheries and Aquaculture Development-Corvallis and Newport Topic: Presentation by Fryer on research in aquaculture disease	1979
2	Latin American Congress on Microbiology-Santiago, Chile Topic: Ecology of selected microbes pathogenic for cold blooded animals)	1979
2	National Fish Health Research Laboratory Workshop-Leetown, Virginia Topic: Ceratomyxa shasta	1979
2	Pacific Fishery Biologists Annual Meeting-Kah-Nee-Ta, Oregon Topic: Fish disease problems of the Pacific rim countries. Do we have any?	1979
2	Sigma Xi-OSU Chapter Public Lecture by Fryer Topic: A new reo-like virus isolated from Pacific Salmon	1979
2	U.S.-Taiwan Joint Workshop on Fish Health-Seattle Topic: Bacterians and vaccines for control of infectious diseases in fish	1979
2	Water Resources Research Institute Seminar-Corvallis Topic: Fish health management in aquaculture	1979
2	American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting-Miami	1980
2	Fish Health Training Workshop-Leetown, Virginia Organized and delivered three workshop sessions at the Fisheries Academy in Leetown	1980
2	Food and Drug Administration's Science Symposium on Aquaculture-New Orleans Topic: The establishment and maintenance of the carrier state in Salmonids with infectious hematopoitic necrosis viruses	1980
2	International Seminar on Fish Infection-Tokyo Topics: A cell line derived from Rainbow Trout hepatoma; Persistent infection of three salmonid cell lines with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV); Isolation of a new reovirus from Chum Salmon in Japan	1980
2	Western Fish Disease Biennial Meeting-Seattle Topic by Rohovec: Advances in fish disease diagnostics	1980
2	American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting-Dallas	1981
2	Environmental Health Sciences Center Conference-Salishan, Oregon	1981
2	Midwest Fish Disease Workshop-La Crosse, Wisconsin	1981
2	Symposium on Fish Biologics: Serodiagnostics and Vaccines-Kearneysville, West Virginia Topic: Biologics for immunization of fishes	1981
2	Agriculture in the Classroom: Northwest Regional Meeting-Portland	1982
2	Midwest Fish Disease Workshop-Kansas City Topic: Virulence of pathogenic microbes and their importance in infectious diseases of fish	1982
2	American Fisheries Society-Oregon Chapter Annual Meeting-Corvallis	1983
2	Aquaculture 83-Washington D.C. Topic: Observations on the effects of Renibacterium salmoninarum on transition of Spring Chinook Salmon from fresh to salt water	1983
2	Association of Salmon and Trout Producers of Chile-Puerto Montt, Chile Topics: Bacterial and Viral Diseases; Fundamentals of vaccination preparation; Diagnostics in testing	1983
2	American Fisheries Society and Annual Midwest Fish Disease Workshop-Joint Fish Health Section-Little Rock, Arkansas Topic: Epidemiology of Ceratomyxa shasta in the Columbia River Basin	1984
2	International Conference on Marine Resources of the Pacific-Vina del Mar, Chile Topic: Virulence factors of fish pathogens and their importance in the host-parasite relationship	1984
2	International Seminar on Fish Pathology-Tokyo Topic: Comparison of renicaterium salmoninarum isolates by antigenic analysis	1984
2	National Inland Fisheries Institute (Thailand) Presentation-Bangkok Topic: Causes of an ulcerative disease among economically important cultured fishes of Thailand	1984
2	Western Fish Disease Annual Workshop-Corvallis (Opening remarks by Fryer)	1984
2	American Fisheries Society-Fish Health Section Meeting-Kearneysville, West Virginia Topic by Rohovec: Monoclonal antibodies directed against renibacterium salmoninarum	1986
2	Western Fish Disease Workshop-Nanaimo, B.C. (Rohovec chaired section on Bacteriology	1986
2	World Salmonid Conference-Portland Topic: Potential hazard for spread of infectious disease by transplantation of fish	1986
3	American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting; Oregon Chapter-Hood River Topic by Rehovec-Bacterial kidney disease: historical perspective, impact and possible solutions	1987
3	Bacterial Kidney Disease Research Planning Meeting-Vancouver, B.C.	1987
3	Western Fish Disease Workshop-Bozeman, Montana Topic: Virulence comparisons of biochemical types of IHNV in two species of salmonids	1987
3	Aquaculture International Congress and Exposition-Vancouver, B.C. Topic by Rohovec: Bacterial kidney disease and furunculosis vaccines	1988
3	International Fish Health Conference: Western Fish Disease Workshop-Vancouver Topic: Relation of water temperature to Cytophaga psychrophila infection in Coho and Chinook Salmon and Rainbow Trout	1988
3	International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates-Munich Topic: Introduction to Paramyxoviruses and Orthomyxoviruses	1988
3	Techniques in the Cultivation and Management of Salmon: International Seminar-Santiago, Chile Topic: Infectious diseases of salmonid fish: transmission, prevention, and control	1988
3	American Fisheries Society-Fish Health Section/Eastern Fish Health Workshop-Annapolis Topic: Characterization of the tissue response of Rainbow Trout to infection by the Myxosporean, Ceratomyxa Shasta, and use of monoclonal antibodies in diagnosis	1989
3	International Symposium on Microbial Ecology-Kyoto, Japan Topic: The distribution of plasmids and viruses infectious for animals in the aquatic environments	1989
3	Western Fish Disease Workshop-Orcas Island, Washington Topic: Taxonomy and evolution of Renibacterium salmoninarum determined by analysis of ribosomal DNA	1989
3	Gulf Breeze Symposium on Marine and Estuarine Disease Research-Gulf Breeze, Florida Topic: Bacterial diseases of fish	1990
3	International Congress of Virology-Berlin Topic: Preliminary characterization of a Rickettsia-like pathogen of salmonids	1990
3	UJNR Annual Symposium on Control of Diseases in Aquaculture-Hiroshima Topic: Erythrocytic inclusion body syndrome: a viral disease of salmonids	1990
3	Western Fish Disease Workshop-McCall, Idaho Topic: A rickettsiales-like organism from diseases Coho Salmon in Chile	1990
3	International Marine Biotechnology Conference-Baltimore Topic: Piscirickettsia salmonis, A newly-described intracellular pathogen of salmonid fish	1991
3	International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates-Corvallis Topic: The use of delayed fertilization to investigate vertical transmission of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus	1991
3	Lake Michigan Chinook Salmon Mortality Subcommittee Meeting	1991
3	OJI International Symposium on Salmonid Diseases-Sapporo, Japan Topic: Bacterial pathogens of salmonid fish	1991
3	Western Fish Disease Conference-Newport	1991
3	Biotechnological Approaches To the Culture and the Diseases of Fish and Shellfish Workshop, Cork, Ireland Topic: Rickettsial infections of salmonids in the Eastern Pacific	1992
3	Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology Annual Retreat-Newport	1992
3	International Symposium on Infectious Viruses in Fish-Seoul Topic: The current status of the viruses among Pacific Salmon in North America	1992
3	Symposium on Pathological Conditions of Wild Salmonids-Aberdeen, Scotland Topics: The history and current status of Renibacterium salmoninarum the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in Pacific Salmon; Piscirickettsia salmonis- a major pathogen of Pacific Salmon in Chile	1992
3	European Tissue Culture Society Meeting-Rennes, France Topic: Models of fish cell tissues and applications	1993
3	Ocean University of Qingdao Workshop-China	1993
3	Panel Discussion in Fish Disease Research at the National Science Council-Taipai, Taiwan Topics: The viruses of salmonid fish, their distribution and importance; Rickettsial and chlamydial infections of freshwater and marine fishes, bivalves and crustaceans; The history and current status of Renibacterium salmoninarum-the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in Pacific Salmon	1993
4	Posters for two of the above panel discussion workshops in Taiwan: The History and Current Status of Renibacterium salmonarium, the Causative Agent of Bacterial Kidney Disease in Pacific Salmon and The Viruses of Salmonid Fish and Their Distribution and Importance apx 12x17 in.
3	University of Tokyo Lectures-Tokyo Topic: Rickettsia-A new important group of fish pathogens	1995
3	American Society for Rickettsiology and Rickettsial Diseases Annual Meeting-Pacific Grove, California Topics: The emergence of Rickettsia as important pathogens of fish and Evidence of genetic diversity within Piscirikettsia salmonis	1996
5	The Elements for Growth in the Northwest Aquaculture Industry Workshop-Seattle Topic: Viruses and viral diseases of fish	1996
5	Seoul National University Seminar-Seoul, Korea Topic: Recent advances in the study of rickettsial diseases of fish	1996
5	Western Fish Disease Workshop-Corvallis	1996
5	World Congress on In Vitro Biology-San Francisco Topic: The growth of viruses and rickettsia in fish cell lines	1996
5	American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting-Miami Topic: The emergence of Rickettsia as pathogens of fish	1997
5	Chilean National Science Foundation Lecture-Santiago, Chile Topic: Intracellular parasites	1997
5	Pacific Northwest Fish Health Protection Committee Symposium-Portland Topic: The impact of pathogens/diseases in fisheries management	1997
5	Western Regional Aquaculture Center Meeting-Palm Springs	1997
5	Aquaculture and Fish Health-Russia/U.S. Bilateral Symposium-Moscow	1998
5	Congress on In Vitro Biology-Las Vegas Topic: The development of fish cell cultures for study of Rickettsia and Rickettsial-like organisms	1998
5	International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health-Baltimore	1998
5	International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates-Weymouth, England	1998
5	American Fisheries Society-Fish Health Section Annual Meeting-Pensacola	2000
5	Summer Salmon Disease Workshop-Newport Topic: An overview of the history of salmonid diseases	2000

Series III: Correspondence, 1963-2000Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
5	American Fisheries Society	1964-1977
5	Article Submissions and Publication	1977-1999
5	Center For Salmon Disease Research (OSU)-Director's Correspondence	1998-1999
	Committees
Box
5	Dean's Department Head Advisory Committee	1981
5	Fixed Term Task Force	1986
5	Sea Grant 20th Anniversary Committee/Ocean Agenda 21 Meeting	1988-1990
Box
5	Consortium for International Fisheries and Aquaculture Development	1979-1985
5	Emile F. Pernot Scholarship in Microbiology	1999
5	General	1968-2000
	Greeting Cards
Box
5	Birthdays and other Events	1963-1998
5	Christmas and New Year	1986-1991
5	Hospital Recovery	1981
Box
5	Grischkowsky, Roger-Research Collaboration	1976-1977
6	Jefferson Quarantine/Incubator Ponds	1977-1978
6	Klamath Lake Fish Kill Research	1971-1977
6	Laboratory Animal Facilities (OSU)	1980-1982
6	Marine Science Center Aquaculture Research Laboratory	1977-1979
	Microbiology Dept. Staff
Box
6	Dougherty, William	1988-1994
6	Kaattari, Stephen	1982-1995
Box
6	Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife	1980
6	Publication of Microbiology Dept. Centennial History Book	1996-1999
6	Requests for Research Assistance	1999
6	Retirement (of Fryer)	1995
6	Salmon Disease Research in Chile	1989-1992
6	Salmon Disease Research and Workshops in Russia	1978-1981
6	Sea Grant Program Assessment Team: Fish Health Research History Project	1999-2000
6	Tour of Ocean University of Qingdao, China	1993
6	Tour of Universities and Research Facilities in Hong Kong/Taiwan/Thailand	1978
6	Tour of Universities and Research Facilities in Korea	1979
6	Tour of Universities and Research Facilities in Korea/Thailand	1994
6	Tour of Universities and Research Facilities in Thailand/Japan	1990
6	U.S. Department of Agriculture	1978
6	Visits to OSU by International Students and Researchers	1979-1989
6	Western Regional Aquaculture Center	1998

Series IV: Publications, 1953-1999Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
6	Article Draft: The Viral Diseases of Fish: A Review Through 1977 and 1978
6	Article Reprints	1965-1979
7	Article Reprints	1980-1999
7	Book Chapter: Persistent Infections of Fish Cell Lines by Paramyxovirus Isolates from Chinook Salmon, from Viruses of Lower Vertebrates	1988
7	Brochures for Japanese Fisheries and Research Facilities
	Conference Proceedings
Box
7	Papers Presented at Various Seminars	1959-1962
7	Second International Symposium on Virus of Lower Vertebrates	1991
	EPA Research Reports
Box
7	Effects of Temperature on Diseases of Salmonid Fishes	1974
7	Temperature, Infectious Diseases, and the Immune Response in Salmonid Fish	1976
Box
7	Newspaper Clippings and Articles on Fryer	1953-1999
7	Sea Grant Publications	1977-1999
7	U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Paper: Effects of the Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth Nucleopolyhedrosis Virus on Three Species of Salmonid Fish	1976

Series V: Awards Records, 1972-1997Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
7	Alexander Von Humboldt Award	1982, 1990-1991
7	Award Ceremony Guestbook	1991
7	Burlingham Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Science Award	1982-1983
7	Carski Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award	1975-1982
7	Carter Award	1972
7	Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award	1972, 1980
7	Emile F. Pernot Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology	1992-1997
7	F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science	1984-1993
7	James and Mildred Oldfield Team Award	1993
7	Japanese Society of Fish Pathology Award of Excellence	1989-1990
7	OSU Alumni Distinguished Professor Award	1982-1984
7	OSU Distinguished Professor Award	1989-1990
7	OSU Office Personnel Association Boss of the Year Award	1990-1991
7	U.S. Department of Agriculture for Distinguished Service Award for Scientific Research	1990-1991

Series VI: Employment Records, 1956-1994Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
7	General	1956-1994
7	List of Thesis/Doctoral Students (Fryer worked with)	1993
7	Performance Reviews	1973-1993

Series VII: Academic Records, 1956-1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7

Series VIII: Chairman's Notebooks, 1977-1979Return to Top