Guide to the Michael Latham Papers,
1950-2010.

Collection Number: 29-2-3928

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:

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Compiled by:

Eileen Keating

Date completed:

October 2012

EAD encoding:

RMC Staff, February 2013

Date modified:

RMC Staff, January 2013

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Michael Latham papers, 1950-2010.

Correspondence, printed materials, publications

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Correspondence, publications, reports, and subject files concerning Latham's work as a professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and his work in international nutrition.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor emeritus in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University from 1968-2004 and Director of the Cornell Program in International Nutrition for 25 years.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, publications, reports, and subject files concerning Latham's work as a professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and his work in international nutrition, focusing on breastfeeding, infant and child health; parasitic infections and their relationship to health, nutrition, human rights and the World Health Organization.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Latham, Michael C.

Cornell University -- Faculty.

Cornell University. Graduate School of Nutrition.

World Health Organization.

Subjects:

Diet -- Africa.

Breastfeeding -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Breastfeeding -- Developing countries.

Infants -- Nutrition.

Infants -- Nutrition -- Study and teaching

Lactation -- Study and teaching -- Developing countries.

Advertising -- Baby foods -- Developing countries.

Nutrition.

Mothers.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Restrictions on Use:

Boxes 1-14 are restricted during the lifetime of the correspondent, except with permission from the correspondent and the Director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences.

Cite As:

Michael Latham papers, #29-2-3928. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Biographical
Box 31

Series II. Correspondence
Box 1-14, 35, 36

Series III. Conference Papers, Consulting Reports, Lectures – in chronological order
Box 15-25

Series IV. Course Material
Box 31-35

Series V. Subject Files
Box 26-31, 36

Series VI. Publications
Box 27,37, 38

Series VII. Visual Images, Cassette Tapes, Films
Box 36

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. Biographical
1963-2002	Vitae	Box 31	Folder 17
1968-1995	Publication Lists	Box 31	Folder 18
1970s-2009	Biographical Information	Box 31	Folder 19
1978-1992, 2001	Faculty Annual Reports	Box 31	Folder 20
1993	Michael Latham Celebration-25 Anniversary as Director of the Cornell Program in International Nutrition	Box 31	Folder 21-22
1993	"The Right to Food and Good Nutrition"-Transcript, Cassette Tapes and Video (2 copies) (#6261)	Box 31	Folder 23
1996	Michael Latham Celebration	Box 31	Folder 24
July 1970-December 2003	Biography of Graduate Students Who Majored in International Nutrition with Michael Latham	Box 31	Folder 25
2002-2009	Institute for African Development-Advisory Committee	Box 31	Folder 26
2008	40 Plus Years of International Nutrition Research and Advocacy- Conducted by Michael Latham and his Colleagues and Students	Box 31	Folder 27
1963-2002	Five Decades of International Nutrition Research and Advocacy Conducted by Michael Latham	Box 31	Folder 28
2008	CINAR Reception - photos	Box 31	Folder
	Series II. Correspondence-Boxes 1-14 are restricted and contain correspondence with former students and colleagues - in alphabetical order by last name
1969-2007	A-B	Box 1
1969-2007	C-Jac	Box 2
1969-2007	Jel-N	Box 3
1969-2007	Nov-W	Box 4
1969-2007	W-Z and A-B	Box 5
1969-2007	Bru-Eic	Box 6
1969-2007	E-Grei	Box 7
1969-2007	Grew-J	Box 8
1969-2007	K-L	Box 9
1969-2007	M-Ms	Box 10
1969-2007	Mt-Pin	Box 11
1969-2007	Po-Sc	Box 12
1969-2007	Se-T	Box 13
1969-2007	Th-Z	Box 14
1963-1964	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 4
1965	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 5
1966	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 6
1967	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 7
1968-1975	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 8
1975-1995	Fan Mail	Box 35	Folder 9
1976-1978	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 10
1979-1980	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 11
January-May 1981	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 12
June-December 1981	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 13
1982	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 14
1983	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 15-16
1984	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 17
1985	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 18
1986	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 19
August-December 1986	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 20
1988-2007	Correspondence	Box 35	Folder 21
2002	Correspondence-World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)	Box 35	Folder 22-24
1972-1974	Letters of Inquiry about the M.P.S. Degree-A-H	Box 35	Folder 25
1972-1974	Letters of Inquiry about the M.P.S. Degree-J-Z	Box 35	Folder 26
1973-1974	National Dairy Council-Correspondence, Reports	Box 35	Folder 27
1973-1974	National Dairy Council-Correspondence, Reports	Box 36	Folder 1
1975-1977	National Dairy Council-Correspondence, Reports	Box 36	Folder 2
	Series III. Conference Papers, Consulting Reports, Lectures, Trip Reports – in chronological order
July 1966-January 1973		Box 15
February 1973-November 1974		Box 16
December 1974-January 1978		Box 17
February 1978-November 1983		Box 18
December 1983-April 1985		Box 19
June 1985-March 1987		Box 20
April 1987-February 1990		Box 21
August 1990-February 1992		Box 22
March 1992-March 1993		Box 23
September 1993-June 1995		Box 24
November 1995-2009		Box 25
	Series IV. Course Material
1967-2002	NS 306-Final Exams	Box 31	Folder 29
1977-1998	NS 680-International Nutrition Problems, Policy and Programs-Lectures	Box 31	Folder 30
	NS 680-Course Material	Box 31	Folder 31-32
1970s-2007	NS 680-Protein Energy Malnutrition	Box 31	Folder 33
1970s-1990s	NS 680-Protein Energy Malnutrition-Resource Material	Box 32	Folder 1-2
1960s-1970s	NS 680-Malnutrition and Mental Development	Box 32	Folder 3
	NS 680-Iodine Deficiency Disorders	Box 32	Folder 4
1970s-1980s	NS 680-Protein Energy Malnutrition	Box 32	Folder 5
1970s-1990s	NS 680-Nutrition and Infection-Resource Material	Box 32	Folder 6-7
	NS 680-Iron and Nutrition Anemias-Resource Material	Box 32	Folder 8-10
	NS 680-Dental Caries and Fluroide-Resource Material	Box 32	Folder 11
1997	NS 680-Zinc and Child Health-Resource Material	Box 32	Folder 12
	NS 680-Vitamin A Lectures	Box 32	Folder 13-15
	NS 680-Vitamin A-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 1
	NS 680-Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 2
	NS 680-Famine-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 3-4
	NS 680-Viamin B Deficiencies-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 5
	NS 680-Vitamin C and Scurvy-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 6
	NS 680-Vitamin D and Rickets-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 7
	NS 680-Growth Monitoring-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 8
	NS 680-Monitoring Children's Health, Nutrition Rehabilitation-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 9-10
	NS 680-Diarrhoea-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 11
	NS 680-Health Services-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 12-14
	NS 680-Nutrition Surveys and Surveillance-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 15-17
	NS 680-Food Habits-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 18
	NS 680-Recommended Dietary Allowances-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 19
	NS 680-Nutrition Education and Training-Resource Material	Box 33	Folder 20
	NS 680-Nutrition Policy-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 1-2
	NS 680-Protein Rich Foods-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 3
	NS 680-Enrichment and Fortification-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 4
	NS 680-Well-Being and Worker Productivity-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 5
	NS 680-NGOs and United Nations Agencies-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 6
	NS 680-Nutrition Diseases and Affluence-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 7
1995	NS 680-Selected Readings	Box 34	Folder 8-9
	NS 680-Exams, Take Home Assignments	Box 34	Folder 10
	NS 680-Nutrition Diseases and Affluence-Resource Material	Box 34	Folder 11
1997-2006	NS 300-International Agriculture-Lecture	Box 34	Folder 12
1997	NS 306-World Food and Nutrition Problems in Perspective-Lecture	Box 34	Folder 13
2006	NS 306-Severe Malnutrition-Lecture	Box 34	Folder 14
1969-2001	NS 306	Box 34	Folder 15-17
1979	NS 695-Holistic or Targeting Interventions	Box 34	Folder 18
2007	NS 660-International Service Learning	Box 34	Folder 18A
1969	School of Nutrition Lecture-Case Studies	Box 34	Folder 19
1969	School of Nutrition Lecture-School Feeding	Box 34	Folder 20
1969	School of Nutrition Lecture-Legislation	Box 34	Folder 21
1969	School of Nutrition Lecture-Pica	Box 34	Folder 22
1970	School of Nutrition Lecture-Fish Farming	Box 34	Folder 23
1969-1970	School of Nutrition -Hunger and Malnutrition in the United States	Box 35	Folder 1
1968-1974	School of Nutrition-Malnutrition in the United States-Resource Material	Box 35	Folder 2
	Lectures in the Philippines	Box 34	Folder 3
	Series V. Subject Files
1972-2002	Breastfeeding-Correspondence, Articles, Reports, Publications	Box 26
1970-2004	Breastfeeding-Talks, Reports, Publications and Conference Proceedings	Box 27
1968	Testimony-United States Senate on Nutrition and Human Needs	Box 28	Folder 1
1970-1972	Testimony on Cereal Controversy	Box 28	Folder 2-9
1971	Testimony-Food Commodity Program	Box 28	Folder 10-12
1973	Testimony-National Advisory Review Board-Sugar Hearing	Box 28	Folder 13
1974	Testimony-Puerto Rico Food Stamp Litigation	Box 28	Folder 14
1973-1975	Testimony to United States Senate - Mission in Sahel Africa	Box 28	Folder 15-20
1976	Testimony-Federal Trade Commission Hearing on Trade Regulation and Rules on Food Advertising	Box 28	Folder 21
1978-1979	Testimony and Proceedings-FTC vs. California Milk Producers Advisory Board	Box 28	Folder 22
March 1987	Testimony-Hearing of Barcelo Commission on Free Speech	Box 28	Folder 23
no date	Research Ideas	Box 29	Folder 1
no date	Comparative Histories of Rickets and Kwashiorkor	Box 31	Folder 8
no date	Harvard- Malnutrition and Mental Health	Box 36	Folder 3
1960s	Tanganyika Subject Files	Box 29	Folder 2-5
1963	Policies and Plans for Food and Nutrition Programs	Box 36	Folder 4
1965	Nutritional Studies in Tanzania-Latham and Stare	Box 36	Folder 5
1965	W.E.E.I. Radio	Box 30	Folder 57
1966	Articles/Letters Concerning IUDs	Box 30	Folder 58
1970s	Mauritania Subject File	Box 29	Folder 7
1970s	Hatch Grant	Box 29	Folder 8-9
1971	Nutrition Case Studies-Book	Box 29	Folder 10
1969-1970	WHO-Philippines-Consulting	Box 29	Folder 11
1972-1973	WHO-Philippines, Pakistan-Consulting	Box 29	Folder 12
1972	Pan American Health Organization Technical Advisory Committee on Nutrition	Box 29	Folder 13
1973	Ryan Prize	Box 29	Folder 14-15
1978	CIA Request for Proposals for Nutrition Research	Box 29	Folder 16
1979	Ethics of Intervention Research in Populations-Latham and Habicht	Box 29	Folder 17
1981-1983	Bryceson Scholarship	Box 31	Folder 9
1985-1988	Weaning Project-Manoff International Inc.	Box 29	Folder 18
1985-1987	Beltway Bandit Applications	Box 36	Folder 6
1987	Center for the Analysis of World Food Issues (CAWFI) Grant	Box 36	Folder 7
1987	Consulting in East and Southern Africa-Cornell/SUNY Aid	Box 36	Folder 8
1987-1991	Academy for Educational Development	Box 36	Folder 9
1989	African Studies Certificate	Box 31	Folder 10
1991	Iraq Conference Proposal	Box 31	Folder 11
1991-1992	Iraq and Gulf War	Box 31	Folder 12
1991-2007	Current Research Information System (CRIS) Reports	Box 31	Folder 13
1995	Press Release about "Killimanjaro Tales: The Saga of a Medical Family in Africa- by Gywnneth Latham and Michael Latham	Box 36	Folder 10
1998-1999	WHO-United Arab Emirates-Consulting	Box 29	Folder 19
1998-2000	WHO Filariasis Control-Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis	Box 29	Folder 20
1984-1985	Nuclear Winter-Carl Sagan	Box 29	Folder 21
1988-1989	Philippines-MSG Fortification with Vitamin A	Box 29	Folder 22
2007	Land o Lakes-Zambian Nutrition Biscuits	Box 29	Folder 23
no date	Stationery-White House	Box 29	Folder 24
1985-1986	Meals for Millions Program	Box 29	Folder 25
1991	FASEB Meeting Presentation	Box 29	Folder 26
2004-2005	Australian Milk Biscuit-Study in South Africa	Box 29	Folder 27
	Subseries I. Cornell Files
1970-1991	Cornell Medical College and Program in International Medicine	Box 29	Folder 28
1971-1993	Cornell Women's Studies and Program on International Development and Women	Box 29	Folder 29
1972-1973	MIT/Cornell International Nutrition Policy Series	Box 29	Folder 30
1973	Cornell Program on Policies for Science and Technology in Developing Nations	Box 29	Folder 31
1974-1975	Master of Professional Studies in International Development Degree	Box 29	Folder 32
1977-1987	Cornell Photo Policy	Box 29	Folder 33
1978-1996	Program in International Nutrition-Cornell Students	Box 29	Folder 34
1980-1992	CISER	Box 29	Folder 35
1980-2001	Cornell International Agriculture Rural Development	Box 29	Folder 36
1983-1993	Cornell Biotechnology	Box 29	Folder 37
1984-1987	Collaborative Educational Program in Nutrition-John Hopkins and Cornell	Box 29	Folder 38
1985	Campus Code	Box 29	Folder 39
1984-1987	Apartheid-Faculty and Staff Against	Box 29	Folder 40
1980-1985	South Africa-Divest	Box 29	Folder 41
1985-1991	Cornell Rural Development Committee	Box 29	Folder 42
August 1987	Center for the Analysis of World Food Issues (CAWFI) at Cornell- Evaluation Report	Box 31	Folder 14
1989-2004	Cornell Population and Development Program	Box 29	Folder 43
1990-1991	Cornell Southeast Asia Program	Box 30	Folder 1
1991	Cornell International Student Office	Box 30	Folder 2
1991	Cornell Committee on African Studies	Box 30	Folder 3
1992-1998	Cornell International Development Studies	Box 30	Folder 4
1993-2003	Cornell Field of Nutrition	Box 30	Folder 5
1995	Cornell International Studies	Box 30	Folder 6
1996-2000	Cornell South Asia Program	Box 30	Folder 7
1998-1999	FANTA Project	Box 31	Folder 15
2002-2006	Cornell Faculty Senate	Box 30	Folder 8
2003-2004	Susan George-Cornell Lecture	Box 30	Folder 9
2003	Kenneth Kaunda-President of Zambia-visit	Box 30	Folder 10
	Subseries II. Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) Files
1979	Puerto Rican Students-TOEFL Requirements	Box 30	Folder 11
1987	DNS Seminars	Box 30	Folder 12
1991	DNS Secretarial Changes	Box 30	Folder 13
1990-1991	Nutrition Intervention and Policy Committee	Box 30	Folder 14
1992	DNS Review	Box 30	Folder 15
1999	DNS Review	Box 30	Folder 16
1991	DNS Faculty Retreat	Box 30	Folder 17
1994-1999	DNS Memos, Faculty Meetings	Box 30	Folder 18
2000-2004	DNS Memos, Faculty Meetings	Box 30	Folder 19
May 2006	DNS Faculty Retreat	Box 30	Folder 20
	Subseries III. Outside Organizations
1978-1979	AAAS	Box 30	Folder 21
1985-2001	African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)	Box 30	Folder 22
1985-1988	Amnesty International	Box 30	Folder 23
1990s	Brown University-World Hunger Program	Box 30	Folder 24
1993	CARE	Box 30	Folder 25
1980-1986	Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute	Box 30	Folder 26
1980s	Carnegie Corporation	Box 30	Folder 27
11975, 1985	Catholic Relief Services	Box 30	Folder 28
1974-1975	Center for Science in the Public Interest	Box 30	Folder 29
2004	Committee for the Support of Aamir Raza	Box 31	Folder 16
1976	Committee on NGOs	Box 30	Folder 30
1977-1994	East-West Center- Hawaii	Box 30	Folder 31
1990-2007	Food and Agriculture Organization	Box 30	Folder 32
1979-1988	Ford Foundation	Box 30	Folder 33
1980s	Freedom from Hunger Foundation	Box 30	Folder 34
2002	Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)	Box 30	Folder 35
1992-1994	Helen Keller International	Box 30	Folder 36
1979-1987	Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)	Box 30	Folder 37
2000-2010	International Advisory Council of Toda	Box 30	Folder 38
1990s	International Center for Research on Women	Box 30	Folder 39
1984-1987	International Development Research Centre (IDRC)	Box 30	Folder 40
1985-2002	International Food Policy Research Institute	Box 30	Folder 41
1977-1978	International Union of Nutritional Sciences	Box 30	Folder 42
2000-2008	International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML)	Box 30	Folder 43
1972-1973	National Institutes of Health	Box 30	Folder 44
1974-1977	North American Committee of NGOs	Box 30	Folder 45
1973-1975	Protein Advisory Group	Box 30	Folder 46
1974-2002	Rockefeller Foundation	Box 30	Folder 47
1991	Rotary International	Box 30	Folder 48
1997-2002	Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) and Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)	Box 30	Folder 49
1990	Swedish International Foundation for Science	Box 30	Folder 50
1989-2003	Thrasher Research Fund	Box 30	Folder 51
1988-2003	Trinity College of Dublin	Box 30	Folder 52
1978-1979	United Nations University-MIT Workshop	Box 30	Folder 53
1979-1981	United Nations University Hunger and Society Working Group	Box 30	Folder 54
1981	United Nations University-Tokyo Meeting	Box 30	Folder 55
1972-1987	UNESCO	Box 30	Folder 56
1996-2002	UNICEF	Box 31	Folder 1
1987-2000	United Nations University	Box 31	Folder 2
1977-1992	USAID	Box 31	Folder 3
1971-1972	Wellcome Trust	Box 31	Folder 4
1986-1998	World Bank	Box 31	Folder 5
1994-2001	World Food Program	Box 31	Folder 6
1986-2001	World Health Organization	Box 31	Folder 7
	Series VI. Publications
	"The Tang of Tanganyika: African Journal of the 1920's and 1930's" by Gwynneth Latham	Box 27	Folder 22
1960-1989	Reprints and includes publication list with checks next to publications that are in the collection	Box 37	Folder
1990-2009	Reprints, including some that are not listed in the publications list	Box 38	Folder
	Series VII. Visual Images, Cassette Tapes, Films
1960	Photos for Songea Show	Box 36	Folder 11
1950s-1960s	Photos of various scenes and people of Africa	Box 36	Folder 12-16
1960s	Bagota Photos	Box 36	Folder 17
1950s-1960s	Photos for Latham Manual	Box 36	Folder 18-19
1970s-1980s	Photos of students	Box 36	Folder 20
no dates	Slides-ICNND	Box 36	Folder 21
no dates	Slides-Zambia - Signs of Malnutrition	Box 36	Folder 22
no dates	Slides and Slide Index	Box 36	Folder 23-24
no dates	296 slides of Indonesia Applied Nutrition - UNICEF	Box 36
no dates	8 glass negatives of scenes from Africa	Box 36
1950s	23- 3 1/2 x 4" lantern slides of various charts concerning nutrition, fluorosis, school feeding, etc. in Tanzania	Box 36
August 1985	Honorable E. Heath M.P.- Brighton Nutrition Congress	Box 36	tr 9329
August 1985	Dr. J.C. Cravioto- Brighton Nutrition Congress	Box 36	tr 9330
January 5, 1977	Bottle Feeding Undervalued- Michael Latham	Box 36	tr 9327
no dates	CBS Radio Show done by Michael Latham on the Dimension on Health	Box 36	tr 9328
1975	"Bottle Babies" a film about the tragedy of infant feeding practices in the third world. The film is 26 minutes, was directed by Peter Krieg, produced in Kenya and distributed by Unifilm, of New York City.		F 472
no dates	Computer Data -Magnetic Tape-Labeled Henry Lee	Box 36

Guide to the Michael Latham Papers, 1950-2010.

Collection Number: 29-2-3928

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Michael Latham Papers,
1950-2010.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library