Olaf F. Larson papers, 1918-2001.
Collection Number: 21-33-1791
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Olaf F. Larson papers, 1918-2001.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-33-1791
Abstract:
Papers of Dr. Olaf Frederick Larson, professor of rural sociology.
Creator:
Larson, Olaf F.
Quanitities:
29.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of rural sociology (retired), New York State College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences, Cornell University.
Cornell University Ph.D. 1938.
Series I. Community Studies/Surveys | Boxes 10-14 |
Series II. Correspondence | Boxes 1-4, 10, 28-29 |
Series III. Department of Rural Sociology | Boxes 7, 15 |
Series IV. Extension | Boxes 5-6 |
Series V. Migrant Workers | Boxes 17-27 |
Series VI. Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development | Box 16 |
Series VII. Research | Boxes 9, 30 |
Series VIII. University Committees | Box 8 |
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Olaf Larson papers, #21-33-1791. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Includes Department of Rural Sociology annual reports to the dean and budget records,
1918-1946; department research and extension reports; Larson's correspondence as head
of the department, 1957-1966, and later correspondence; records of University committees
chaired by Larson; material relating to the Rural Sociological Society; department
historical material; other papers of Olaf Frederick Larson; and "A Fulbright Year
in Italy, 1961-1962," a typescript version of the diary Larson kept.
Also, York Migrant Agricultural Working Studies (1957-1959); New York Community Study
records (1924, 1930, 1936, 1974); other community studies; and files on the Northeast
Regional Center for Rural Development (1972-1975).
Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Rural Sociological Society
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Rural Sociology
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Subjects:
College teachers.
Migrant labor -- Study and teaching.
Migrant labor -- New York (State)
Sociology, Rural -- Study and teaching.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Community Studies/Surveys
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Scope and Contents
Survey schedules completed for each of 13 New York communities in 1924, 1930, 1936,
and 1974. The first three studies were made as part of a national sample of 140 American
agricultural villages, the first by the Institute of Social and Religious Research,
the second by the Institute in cooperation with President Hoover's Research Committee
on social trends, and the third by the Columbia University Council for Research in
the Social Sciences in cooperation with the Division of Farm Population and Rural
Life, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The fourth
was made by Joseph L. Richardson, a graduate student in rural sociology, and Olaf
Larson.
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Box 10 |
Extension: Connecticut-West Virginia
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1973 | |
Box 10 |
Surveys of Community Activities: A-Franklinville
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1923-1930 | |
Box 11 |
Surveys of Community Activities: Alamont
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1923-1930 | |
Box 11 |
Surveys of Community Activities: Honeoye Falls-Webster
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1923-1930 | |
Box 12 |
New York Communities Survey
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1924-1977 | |
Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville Community Studies (These two districts were chosen
by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service for an experimental project in community
development. The materials include reports by the special extension agents employed
for the project, reports by community committees, reports of special studies made
for the project, and material related to the community surveys.)
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1947-1958 | ||
Box 13 |
Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville Community Studies (These two districts were chosen
by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service for an experimental project in community
development. The materials include reports by the special extension agents employed
for the project, reports by community committees, reports of special studies made
for the project, and material related to the community surveys.)
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Box 14 |
Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville Community Studies (These two districts were chosen
by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service for an experimental project in community
development. The materials include reports by the special extension agents employed
for the project, reports by community committees, reports of special studies made
for the project, and material related to the community surveys.)
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Series II. Correspondence
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Box 1 |
Aa-F
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1949-1965 | |
Box 2 |
Gibson-Mial
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1951-1975 | |
Box 3 |
Mo-Taylor
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1953-1973 | |
Box 4 |
U-Z; specific research projects
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1942-1969 | |
Box 28 |
A-Le
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1960-1996 | |
Box 29 |
Li-Z
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1955-1993 | |
Series III. Department of Rural Sociology
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Box 7 |
Department of Rural Sociology
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1959-1967 | |
Box 15 |
Dept. of Rural Sociology records supplement; includes plaque and photos
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1946-1983 | |
Series IV. Extension
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Box 5 |
Extension committees
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1954-1971 | |
Box 6 |
Extension and Rural Sociology
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1945-1961 | |
Series V. Migrant Workers
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Box 24 |
Camp Interviews, Crew Leader Interviews, Crew Leader Schedules
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1957-59 | |
Box 19 |
Correspondence, memoranda, field notes
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1953-1968 | |
Box 22 |
Correspondence
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1953-1959 | |
Box 22 |
Semi-Monthly Summary Report, Florida counties
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1953-1959 | |
Box 23 |
Correspondence, summary, work plan
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1953-1957 | |
Box 23 |
Miscellaneous
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Box 17 |
Labor Registration Certificates
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1957-1965 | |
Box 18 |
Labor Registration Certificates
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1965-1968 | |
Box 19 |
Labor Registration Certificates
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1968 | |
Box 27 |
Migrant Farm Labor Study papers
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Box 27 | Folder 1 |
Negro Migratory Agricultural Workers: Change and Stability in the Atlantic Coast Stream
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Box 27 | Folder 2 |
Migratory Farm Workers in the Atlantic Coast Stream: Wage Rates Paid to Migrant Workers
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1950s |
Box 27 | Folder 3 |
Migratory Farm Workers - Crew Leaders
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1950s |
Box 27 | Folder 4 |
Migrant Workers - Supervision and Management
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Box 27 | Folder 5 |
Farm Camp Notes
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1957 |
Box 27 | Folder 6 |
Worksheets on Unemployment
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1950s |
Box 27 | Folder 7 |
Migratory Labor Study
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1953 |
Box 27 | Folder 8 |
Migratory Farm Workers in NYS-operator schedule summary tables
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1959 |
Box 27 | Folder 9 |
Sample
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1953 |
Box 27 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
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1960s |
Box 27 | Folder 11 |
Housing
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late 1950s -early 1960s |
Box 27 | Folder 12 |
Migratory Farm Workers in the Atlantic Coast Stream - Housing and Technology
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1963 |
Box 27 | Folder 13 |
Negro Migratory Agricultural Worker
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1950s |
Box 27 | Folder 14 |
Migratory Farm Labor in NYS - Tables and Excerpts
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1953 |
Box 27 | Folder 15 |
Farm Labor Study
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1957 |
Box 27 | Folder 16 |
Farm Labor Study - Code Keys
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1958 |
Box 27 | Folder 17 |
Farm Labor Study - Sample
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1958 |
Box 27 | Folder 18 |
Migratory Farm Workers in NYS
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1957 |
Box 27 | Folder 19 |
Migratory Farm workers in NYS
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1959 |
Box 27 | Folder 20 |
Social Status and Farm Tenure - Social Conditions
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1938 |
Box 27 | Folder 21 |
Sharecroppers and Wage Laborers, South Carolina Louisiana Farm Laborers and Total
War
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1940 |
Box 27 | Folder 22 |
Agricultural Labor Force in the San Joaquin Valley, California, USDA
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1942 |
Box 27 | Folder 23 |
Hired Farm Workforce, USDA
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1948 |
Box 27 | Folder 24 |
Hired Farm Workforce, USDA
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1948-1949 |
Box 27 | Folder 25 |
Hired Farm Workforce, USDA
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1951-1952 |
Box 27 | Folder 26 |
Hired Farm Workforce, USDA
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1964-1966 |
Box 27 | Folder 27 |
Hired Farm Labor Data - limitations
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1975-1979 |
Box 27 | Folder 28 |
Migratory Farm Workers in Atlantic Coast Stream: Changes in New York
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1983 |
Box 27 | Folder 29 |
Migratory Farm Workers in Atlantic Coast Stream: Education of New York Workers and
Their Children
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1953-1957 |
Box 27 | Folder 30 |
Changes in Migrant Labor in New York
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1953-1957 |
Box 27 | Folder 31 |
Rural Poverty in the U.S.
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1965 |
Box 27 | Folder 32 |
Farm Labor's Niche in History
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1968 |
Box 27 | Folder 33 |
Farm Working Force
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1976 |
Box 27 | Folder 34-35 |
Migratory Farm Workers: A Problem in Migratory Analysis
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1943 |
Box 27 | Folder 36 |
Cultural Factors Which Result in Artificial Labor Shortages
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1943 |
Box 27 | Folder 37 |
Wages of Agricultural Labor in the U.S. - USDA
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1945 |
Box 27 | Folder 38 |
New York's Harvest Labor
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1943-1948 |
Box 27 | Folder 39 |
Farm & Food Processing Labor Annual Report - NY DOL
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1958 |
Box 27 | Folder 40 |
NYS Interdepartmental Committee on Migrant Labor
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1969-1970 |
Box 27 | Folder 41 |
FSA-BRE Farm Labor Studies
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1937 |
Box 27 | Folder 42 |
FP.RL - Farm Wage Stabilization
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1946-1948 |
Box 27 | Folder 43 |
Farm Wage Rates Study - Reports
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1946 |
Box 27 | Folder 44 |
Farm Wage Rates Study - Reports
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1946 |
Box 27 | Folder 45 |
Farm Wage Rates Study - Reports
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1945-1946 |
Box 25 |
Operator schedules
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1958-1959 | |
Box 26 |
Operator schedules
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1959 | |
Box 26 |
Labor Registration Certificates
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1953-1958 | |
Box 26 |
Index cards of living conditions
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Box 21 |
New York farm labor bulletins
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1957-1967 | |
Box 21 |
Various tables
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1957-1967 | |
Box 21 |
State code sheets
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1957-1967 | |
Box 20 |
Survey material and code sheets
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1953-1959 | |
Series VI. Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
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Scope and Contents
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development was established in 1972 under
the Rural Development Act of 1972. It was located at Cornell by action of the agricultural
experiment station directors and the extension directors of the 12 Northeastern states.
It was one of four such centers in the United States. Olaf Larson was the Director
during 1972-75. The material pertains to the work of the Center, its Board of Directors,
its Technical Committee, and the special committees during his tenure. The files of
Nyle Brady, Director of the CUAES at the time and chair of the Board of Directors,
and the file of David Call, Director of Cooperative Extension at Cornell at the time,
may also include material relating to the Center. A few years ago the Center was relocated
to the Pennsylvania State University where it continues to be active.
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Box 16 |
Northeast Center for Rural Development
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1970-1976 | |
Series VII. Research
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Box 9 |
Research
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1944-1967 | |
Box 30 |
Research projects
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1947-2001 | |
Box 30 | Folder 1-2 |
Administration and Reports
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1955-82 |
Box 30 | Folder 3 |
Hatch Act and Purnell
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1947-67 |
Box 30 | Folder 4 |
Research Projects
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1947-61 |
Box 30 |
The Town of Richfield - A collection of Local History Articles (pgs. 73-75) written
by Olaf Larson
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1961 | |
Box 30 | Folder 5 |
Research Projects
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1957-67 |
Box 30 | Folder 6 |
Research Projects
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1958-67 |
Box 30 | Folder 7 |
Agricultural Policy Research Committee-Rural Sociological Society
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Box 30 | Folder 8 |
Committee on the Development of Rural Sociology
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Box 30 | Folder 9 |
Richfield Springs Project
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1948, 1958 |
Box 30 | Folder 10 |
Polson, Robert
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1948-1997 |
Box 30 | Folder 11 |
State Project 39 (Taber) Research Review on Comparative Community Project July 5,
1968
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1963-1984 |
Box 30 | Folder 12 |
Levine, Joseph Jonathan
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1967-68 |
Box 30 | Folder 13 |
Black Experience - requests sent for CRIS publications, data
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1976-77 |
Box 30 | Folder 14 |
"The Predominately Black Counties of 1930: A Comparative Analysis of Social-Economics
Change and Agricultural Policy" by Minnie Brown and Olaf Larson
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1982 |
Box 30 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
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1981-86 |
Box 30 | Folder 16 |
Congressional Black Caucus - notes, programs
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1986 |
Box 30 | Folder 17 |
Publicity-Black Experience in Agriculture
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1980s |
Box 30 | Folder 18 |
Papers: "The World Agriculture Society, 1919-1927: The Beginnings of International
Rural Development Organizations" 1989; "Sociology and Government: the Case of Rural
Sociology in the US Dept. of Agriculture, 1919-53" 1992; "Left Undone: Past History,
Future Research" 1996; notes from 1989 presentation
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1989, 1992, 1996 |
Box 30 | Folder 19 |
ASA paper - "Pioneering in the Development and Practice of Sociology by the USDA"
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1990 |
Box 30 | Folder 20 |
ASA- D'Antonio, William
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1988-92 |
Box 30 | Folder 21 |
ASA - Howery, Carla
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1988-90 |
Box 30 | Folder 22 |
Brown, David
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1987-91 |
Box 30 | Folder 23 |
Foster, Arnold
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1987-90 |
Box 30 | Folder 24 |
Hickey, Anthony
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1987-88 |
Box 30 | Folder 25 |
Holik, John
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1988-92 |
Box 30 | Folder 26 |
Johnson, Mrs. Helen
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1973-94 |
Box 30 | Folder 27 |
Loomis, Dr. Charles
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1987-88 |
Box 30 | Folder 28 |
Martin, Margaret E.
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1987 |
Box 30 | Folder 29 |
Moe, Edward
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1987-95 |
Box 30 | Folder 30 |
National Agricultural Library-Special Collections- Correspondence
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1992-01 |
Box 30 | Folder 31 |
Sanders, Irwin
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1992-94 |
Box 30 | Folder 32 |
Taeuber, Conrad
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1986-95 |
Box 30 | Folder 33 |
Wiser, Vivian
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1987-92 |
Box 30 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence - B-W
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1988-96 |
Box 30 | Folder 35 |
Dedication of the Polson Institute for Global Development
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2001 |
Series VIII. University Committees
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Box 8 |
College of Agriculture, Cornell University
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1949-1971 |