MC 00312 Guide to the Ralph W. Cummings Papers, 1840-2001The collection is divided into three main series: Personal Papers, Photographs, and Professional Papers.The Personal Papers are further divided into three subseries: Cummings Family Papers, Ralph W. Cummings Personal Correspondence,
and Ralph W. Cummings Personal Documents.The Professional Papers are further divided into three subseries: Correspondence, Writing, and Research and Related Papers.
Some correspondence and writing is found in the Research and Related Papers as well.Substantial overlap exists in the subjects and persons found in the Personal and Professional series.
This series contains the personal and legal documents and correspondence of Ralph W. Cummings as well as the extended Cummings
family. A significant portion of the family papers were generated by Ralph W Cummings' brother Robert Cummings and his niece
Gloria Cummings. Also included are legal papers and land deeds dating into the first half of the 19th century. Cummings' personal
correspondence includes letters written to his family as well as friends and work associates. The documents include news clippings
related to his work, travel and family. There are some letters in the documents subseries and there is also some overlap between
the Personal Papers series and the Professional Papers.
Cummings Family Papers,
1840-1995
[Box
1,
Folder
1]
Robert L Cummings letters concerning Gloria Cummings and Frances De Graaff,
1959-1981
[Box
1,
Folder
2]
Robert L Cummings letters to Gloria Cummings and Frances De Graaff,
1959-1981
[Box
1,
Folder
3]
Gloria Cummings letters to Mrs. J Cortada (maternal grandmother),
1960-1962
[Box
1,
Folder
4]
Gloria Cummings report cards,
1947-1954
[Box
1,
Folder
5]
Robert Cummings correspondence with Ralph W Cummings,
1937-1941
[Box
1,
Folder
6]
Robert Cummings family papers, certificates and photographs,
1907-1966
[Box
1,
Folder
7]
Family correspondence concerning estate,
1949-1999
[Box
1,
Folder
8]
William Cummings estate,
1900-1958
[Box
2,
Folder
1]
Extended family correspondence,
1947-1990
[Box
2,
Folder
2]
A. G. and Gladys MacWilliams Estate,
1954-1995
[Box
2,
Folder
3]
Housekeepers accounts for "mother and father,",
1945-1946
[Box
2,
Folder
4]
William Cummings (brother), Rockville Centre, New York,
1938-1939
[Box
2,
Folder
5]
William Cummings (father), Reidsville, North Carolina tax records,
1948-1953
[Box
2,
Folder
6]
William Cummings (father), Reidsville, North Carolina, estate,
1953-1957
[Box
2,
Folder
7]
Gladys MacWilliams estate,
1962-1979
[Box
2,
Folder
8]
"Violets to Greet You" printed book,
circa. 1900
[Box
2,
Folder
9]
William Cummings autograph book,
1988
[Box
2,
Folder
10]
Unidentified photographs,
circa 1890
[Box
73,
Folder
1]
William Cummings estate,
1900-1954
[Flat File
1]
Deeds and legal papers (1 of 2),
1840-1920
[Flat File
2]
Deeds and legal papers (2 of 2),
1840-1920
Ralph W. Cummings Personal Correspondence,
1940-1998
[Box
3,
Folder
1]
Personal correspondence,
1942-1949
[Box
3,
Folder
2]
Personal correspondence,
1954-1955
[Box
3,
Folder
3]
Correspondence,
1954-1969
[Box
3,
Folder
4]
Correspondence - transfer from Peru to India,
1956
[Box
3,
Folder
5]
Cummings correspondence "vol. II",
1956-1957
[Box
3,
Folder
6]
Correspondence,
1960-1984
[Box
3,
Folder
7]
"RWC Personal",
1960-1966
[Box
4,
Folder
1]
Family correspondence,
1961-1965
[Box
4,
Folder
2]
RWC Personal correspondence,
1963-1968
[Box
4,
Folder
3]
Correspondence - Transfer from India to NYC,
1965-1966
[Box
4,
Folder
4]
Correspondence with University of California at Riverside,
1965-1966
[Box
4,
Folder
5]
Personal correspondence,
1967-1971
[Box
4,
Folder
6]
Personal correspondence,
1969 May - December
[Box
4,
Folder
7]
Personal correspondence,
1969 Jan- April
[Box
5,
Folder
1]
Correspondence,
1969
[Box
5,
Folder
2]
Correspondence,
1970
[Box
5,
Folder
3]
Correspondence (1 of 2),
1975-1977
[Box
5,
Folder
4]
Correspondence (2 of 2),
1975-1977
[Box
5,
Folder
5]
Correspondence,
1982-1985
[Box
5,
Folder
6]
Correspondence Golden Wedding Anniversary,
1986
[Box
5,
Folder
7]
Correspondence Bhyravabhotla Radhakrishna Murty,
1986-1989
[Box
5,
Folder
8]
80th Birthday Messages,
1991
[Box
5,
Folder
9]
Personal correspondence,
1998
Ralph W. Cummings Personal Documents,
1926-2001
[Box
5,
Folder
10]
Patti Hardee, Fayetteville Academy Work Project,
1986
[Box
5,
Folder
11]
Family writings William and Ralph Jr,
1966-1969
[Box
6,
Folder
1]
India with family,
1990
[Box
6,
Folder
2]
India mementos cards and pictures,
1977
[Box
6,
Folder
3]
Menus and invitations,
1970-1985
[Box
6,
Folder
4]
Photographs,
1974
[Box
6,
Folder
5]
Testimonials,
1991
[Box
6,
Folder
6]
Mary- favorite quotations,
1950-1989
[Box
6,
Folder
7]
Friends' obituaries,
1982-1992
[Box
6,
Folder
8]
Mary P Cummings - death,
1989
[Box
6,
Folder
9]
Ralph Cummings interview questions and audiotape,
2001
[Box
6,
Folder
10]
Cummings family clippings,
1950-1980
[Box
6,
Folder
11]
Ohio State University graduate school admissions,
1933-1953
[Box
6,
Folder
12]
Certificates and Awards,
1931-1971
[Box
7,
Folder
1]
NCSU Agronomy outstanding alumni award plaque,
1997
[Box
7,
Folder
2]
Ohio State Distinguished Service Award Plaque,
1970
[Box
7,
Folder
3]
Citations,
1938-1970
[Box
7,
Folder
4]
Letters of departure from Rockefeller Foundation assignment in India,
1966
[Box
7,
Folder
5]
Clippings (1 of 3),
1938-1980
[Box
7,
Folder
6]
Clippings (2 of 3),
1938-1980
[Box
8,
Folder
1]
Clippings (3 of 3),
1938-1980
[Box
8,
Folder
2]
Sebastian family Father-Son farm agreement,
1954
[Box
8,
Folder
3]
Jesse Sebastian correspondence from Johnston Youth Center,
1970-1971
[Box
8,
Folder
4]
Residence 812 Rosemont Ave Raleigh, North Carolina,
1960-1974
[Box
8,
Folder
5]
Insurance,
1952-1970
[Box
8,
Folder
6]
Ralph and Eunice Cummings Medical Records (1 of 3),
1998-2000
[Box
8,
Folder
7]
Ralph and Eunice Cummings Medical Records (2 of 3),
1998-2000
[Box
8,
Folder
8]
Ralph and Eunice Cummings Medical Records (3 of 3),
1998-2000
[Box
8,
Folder
9]
Residence 2M 165 West End Avenue New York, NY,
1967-1968
[Box
12,
Folder
1]
Ralph Cummings Jr "The Future of India's Agriculture and Implications of the Green Revolution" (1 of 3),
1971
[Box
12,
Folder
2]
Ralph Cummings Jr "The Future of India's Agriculture and Implications of the Green Revolution" (2 of 3),
1971
[Box
12,
Folder
3]
Ralph Cummings Jr "The Future of India's Agriculture and Implications of the Green Revolution" (3 of 3),
1971
[Box
12,
Folder
4]
Early clippings,
1940-1969
[Box
12,
Folder
5]
Menus - Indonesia,
1969-1970
[Box
12,
Folder
6]
Awards and certificates,
1924-1999
[Box
12,
Folder
7]
RWC tributes,
1953-1991
[Box
12,
Folder
8]
Early academic awards,
1928-1938
[Box
12,
Folder
9]
North Carolina Retired Senior Executives Program,
1982
[Box
8,
Folder
9]
Residence at 110 The Midway, Ithaca, New York,
1941-1943
[Flat File
3]
Awards and certificates, oversized,
1924-1982
The Photographs series consists primarily of color slides taken during Cummings' professional travels. There are images of
conferences, crop research, and professional associates as well as landscape, travel portraits, still objects, personal and
familial subjects. Also included are black and white prints of Cummings and associates in China.
[Box
9,
Folder
1]
Slides - China,
1979
[Box
9,
Folder
2]
Slides - Indonesia,
1969-1970
[Box
9,
Folder
3]
Slides - field problems of tropical rice,
circa. 1970
[Box
9,
Folder
4]
Slides - Rockefeller Foundation Indian Agriculture program slides,
1964-1972
[Box
9,
Folder
5]
Unlabeled slides box 1,
[196?]
[Box
9,
Folder
6]
Unlabeled slides box 2,
1977
[Box
9,
Folder
7]
Unlabeled slides box 3,
[1956-1977?]
[Box
9,
Folder
8]
Loose slides various locations: India, Peru, Indonesia, unknown, crop shots, diagrams,
1954-1977
[Box
9,
Folder
9]
Slides - New York, New England, Canada,
1941
[Box
9,
Folder
10]
Slides- Jamaica,
1951
[Box
9,
Folder
11]
Slides - Europe,
[1950-1977?]
[Box
10,
Folder
1]
Slides - crops, unidentified locations,
[1965-1966
[Box
10,
Folder
2]
Slides - Jerusalem,
[1956-1977?]
[Box
10,
Folder
3]
India game hunting and wedding slides,
1956-1967
[Box
10,
Folder
4]
Slides - Bullfighting, Spain,
1964
[Box
10,
Folder
5]
Slides - Peru (1 of 2),
1956
[Box
10,
Folder
6]
Slides - Peru (2 of 2),
1956
[Box
10,
Folder
7]
Slides - India scenes, Republic Bay, Misc.,
1956
[Box
10,
Folder
8]
Slides - India wheat (1 of 2),
1956
[Box
11,
Folder
1]
Slides - India wheat (2 of 2),
1956
[Box
11,
Folder
2]
Slides - family,
1955
[Box
11,
Folder
3]
Slides - India, ICRISAT, IIRI, Indonesia,
1956-1972
[Box
11,
Folder
4]
Nigeria, Moscow, Peru, Flowers,
[1956-1977?]
[Box
11,
Folder
5]
ILCA Slide Set,
[1956-1980?]
[Box
11,
Folder
6]
Slides - Various International Subjects (1 of 3),
[1950-1980?]
[Box
11,
Folder
7]
Slides - Various International Subjects (2 of 3),
[1950-1980?]
[Box
11,
Folder
8]
Slides - Various International Subjects (3 of 3),
[1950-1980?]
[Box
11,
Folder
9]
Black and White photos from China,
[1970s?]
The Professional Papers series comprises the largest part of the collection, with the bulk of the material falling between
1976 and 1982. The Correspondence subseries contains letters concerning various research projects and administrative issues
as well as planning for conferences and consortia. Correspondence is organized alphabetically in some cases and chronologically
in others. Whenever possible the original order was maintained. Professional Writings contains academic papers, notes, and
speeches written by Cummings over the course of his career. The items in the Research and Related Series contain notes, correspondence,
writings by Cummings as well as other academic and professional researchers working in the fields of agronomy, soil science,
and various other areas of agricultural education. This subseries also contains administrative papers associated with the
numerous organizations with which Cummings was affiliated, including the
Rockefeller Foundation, the
Ford Foundation, the
International Rice Research Institute (IRII), the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the
International Irrigation Management Institute,
Rotary International, and the
Rotary Club of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Professional Correspondence,
1970-1990
[Box
13,
Folder
1]
A,
1970-1980
[Box
13,
Folder
2]
B,
1977-1981
[Box
13,
Folder
3]
C,
1977-1981
[Box
13,
Folder
4]
F,
1977-1981
[Box
13,
Folder
5]
G,
1977-1981
[Box
13,
Folder
6]
G-I,
1980-1982
[Box
13,
Folder
7]
H,
1977-1981
[Box
13,
Folder
8]
I,
1977-1981
[Box
14,
Folder
1]
J-L,
1980-1982
[Box
14,
Folder
2]
J-L,
1978-1992
[Box
14,
Folder
3]
L,
1978-1980
[Box
14,
Folder
4]
M,
1977-1981
[Box
14,
Folder
5]
M-N (1 of 2),
1980-1981
[Box
14,
Folder
6]
M-N (2 of 2),
1980-1981
[Box
14,
Folder
7]
O,
1977-1981
[Box
14,
Folder
8]
P,
1977-1981
[Box
14,
Folder
8]
R,
1977-1981
[Box
15,
Folder
1]
S (1 of 2),
1977-1982
[Box
15,
Folder
2]
S (2 of 2),
1977-1982
[Box
15,
Folder
3]
R-T,
1980-1982
[Box
15,
Folder
4]
U,
1979-1981
[Box
15,
Folder
5]
V,
1977-1981
[Box
15,
Folder
6]
U-W,
1981-1982
[Box
15,
Folder
7]
W,
1977-1981
[Box
15,
Folder
8]
X-Z,
1980-1981
[Box
16,
Folder
1]
Chronological file 1977,
1977
[Box
16,
Folder
2]
Chronological file 1978 (1 of 2),
1978
[Box
16,
Folder
3]
Chronological file 1978 (2 of 2),
1978
[Box
16,
Folder
4]
Chronological file 1979 (1 of 3),
1979
[Box
16,
Folder
5]
Chronological file 1979 (2 of 3),
1979
[Box
16,
Folder
6]
Chronological file 1979 (3 of 3),
1979
[Box
17,
Folder
1]
Chronological file 1980 (1 of 3),
1980
[Box
17,
Folder
2]
Chronological file 1980 (2 of 3),
1980
[Box
17,
Folder
3]
Chronological file 1980 (3 of 3),
1980
[Box
17,
Folder
4]
Chronological file 1981 (1 of 3),
1981
[Box
17,
Folder
5]
Chronological file 1981 (2 of 3),
1981
[Box
17,
Folder
6]
Chronological file 1981 (3 of 3),
1981
[Box
18,
Folder
1]
Chronological file 1982 (1 of 2),
1982
[Box
18,
Folder
2]
Chronological file 1982 (2 of 2),
1982
[Box
18,
Folder
3]
Chronological file 1983 (1 of 2),
1983
[Box
18,
Folder
4]
Chronological file 1983 (2 of 2),
1983
[Box
18,
Folder
5]
Chronological file 1984 (1 of 2),
1984
[Box
18,
Folder
6]
Chronological file 1984 (2 of 2),
1984
[Box
18,
Folder
7]
Chronological file 1985 (1 of 2),
1985
[Box
18,
Folder
8]
Chronological file 1985 (2 of 2),
1985
[Box
19,
Folder
1]
Chronological file 1986 (1 of 3),
1986
[Box
19,
Folder
2]
Chronological file 1986 (2 of 3),
1986
[Box
19,
Folder
3]
Chronological file 1986 (3 of 3),
1986
[Box
19,
Folder
4]
Chronological file 1987 (1 of 2),
1987
[Box
19,
Folder
5]
Chronological file 1987 (2 of 2),
1987
[Box
19,
Folder
6]
Chronological file 1988 (1 of 2),
1988
[Box
19,
Folder
7]
Chronological file 1988 (2 of 2),
1988
[Box
19,
Folder
8]
Chronological file 1989 (1 of 2),
1989
[Box
20,
Folder
1]
Chronological file 1989 (2 of 2),
1989
[Box
20,
Folder
2]
Chronological file 1990 (1 of 2),
1990
[Box
20,
Folder
3]
Chronological file 1990 (2 of 2),
1990
[Box
20,
Folder
4]
Chronological file 1990 (2 of 2),
1990
[Box
20,
Folder
5]
Personal business correspondence,
1973-1976
Professional Writing,
1956-1986
[Box
20,
Folder
6]
Misc Peru (1 of 2),
1956-1982
[Box
20,
Folder
7]
Misc Peru (2 of 2),
1956-1982
[Box
20,
Folder
8]
Indonesia - Alternative Strategies for Agricultural Research Support to Transmigration,
1970-1981
[Box
20,
Folder
9]
Land Tenure and Agricultural Development,
1978
[Box
20,
Folder
10]
Peru Ministry of Agriculture,
1981
[Box
20,
Folder
11]
Indira Gandhi, speeches about,
1971
[Box
20,
Folder
12]
Potential for Cooperative Research and Training between the International Agricultural Research Institute and The Sudan,
1972-1986?
[Box
20,
Folder
13]
IARI Post Graduate School Deemed University Proposal,
1963?
[Box
20,
Folder
14]
International Soil Science Congress Edmonton, Canada,
1978
[Box
20,
Folder
15]
Farming Systems of the Dry, Semi-arid and Seasonally Dry Climate Regions and Potentials for Their Development,
1978
Research and Related Materials,
1952-1997
[Box
21,
Folder
6]
Farming Systems,
1976-1979
[Box
21,
Folder
1]
Potential for Cooperative Research and Training between the International Agricultural Research Institute and The Sudan,
1972-1986?
[Box
21,
Folder
2]
Agricultural Research and Research Information in West Africa,
1984
[Box
21,
Folder
3]
World Bank West Africa Agricultural Research (WAAR) Sahel Sector Bently and Oullette (1 of 3),
1986
[Box
21,
Folder
4]
World Bank West Africa Agricultural Research (WAAR) Sahel Sector Bently and Oullette (2 of 3),
1986
[Box
21,
Folder
5]
World Bank West Africa Agricultural Research (WAAR) Sahel Sector by Bently and Oullette (3 of 3),
1986
[Box
21,
Folder
6]
West Africa Tree Crops Green and Watson,
1986
[Box
21,
Folder
7]
West Africa Livestock Preliminary on Strategy by R. E. McDowell,
1986
[Box
21,
Folder
8]
West Africa Research Review Appendices,
1985-1986
[Box
21,
Folder
9]
CGIAR TAC mission to ILCA,
1979-1981
[Box
22,
Folder
1]
ILRAD,
1979-1982
[Box
22,
Folder
2]
India - Agricultural Research Project World Bank (1 of 2),
1975-1978
[Box
22,
Folder
3]
India - Agricultural Research Project, World Bank (2 of 2),
1975-1978
[Box
22,
Folder
4]
Indonesia Project Paper Revision for Agricultural Research Project,
1977-1979
[Box
22,
Folder
5]
International Assistance for Strengthening National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) (1 of 4),
1974-1981
[Box
22,
Folder
6]
International Assistance for Strengthening National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) (2 of 4),
1974-1981
[Box
23,
Folder
1]
International Assistance for Strengthening National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) (3 of 4),
1974-1981
[Box
23,
Folder
2]
International Assistance for Strengthening National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) (4 of 4),
1974-1981
[Box
23,
Folder
3]
International Rice Research Institute,
1975-1981
[Box
33,
Folder
4]
Jamaica Mission,
1951
[Box
23,
Folder
5]
Japan Tsokuba Seminar,
1980
[Box
23,
Folder
6]
Agricultural Development Council,
1971-1979
[Box
23,
Folder
7]
Agricultural Development Council Information Systems Seminar,
1978
[Box
23,
Folder
8]
Asian Development Bank,
1979-1980
[Box
23,
Folder
9]
Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges and Universities (AAACU) Newsletters,
1977-1979
[Box
23,
Folder
10]
Biology Identification and Control of Root-knot Nematodes,
1978
[Box
24,
Folder
1]
NCSU Blue Bulletins,
1977-1979
[Box
24,
Folder
3]
Ecuador- Background Information for Development Projects,
1977
[Box
24,
Folder
4]
Hawaii Resource Systems Institute - East West Center,
1979
[Box
24,
Folder
5]
India Development Service (IDS),
1977-1978?
[Box
24,
Folder
6]
International Foundation for Science,
1981
[Box
24,
Folder
7]
India Agricultural Research Institute (IARI),
1964
[Box
24,
Folder
8]
India Agricultural Research Institute (IARI),
1964 - 1978
[Box
24,
Folder
9]
India Research League of America,
1978
[Box
24,
Folder
10]
The Land Institute,
1980-1982
[Box
24,
Folder
11]
United States Department of Agriculture,
1981
[Box
24,
Folder
12]
Land Tenure Center Newsletters,
1977
[Box
24,
Folder
13]
MacArthur Foundation (1 of 3),
1980-1981
[Box
25,
Folder
1]
MacArthur Foundation (2 of 3),
1980-1981
[Box
25,
Folder
2]
MacArthur Foundation (3 of 3),
1980-1981
[Box
25,
Folder
3]
Marcus Wallberg Prize,
1972
[Box
25,
Folder
4]
IADS Nepal Assignment,
1977
[Box
25,
Folder
5]
Ohio State Agronomy Newsletter,
1984
[Box
25,
Folder
6]
Research Foundation Ohio State University Board of Directors,
1968-1971
[Box
25,
Folder
7]
CGIAR Tac Study on Plant Nutrition (1 of 2),
1981-198?
[Box
25,
Folder
8]
CGIAR Tac Study on Plant Nutrition (2 of 2),
1981-198?
[Box
26,
Folder
1]
Plan Puebla Mexico,
1967-1972
[Box
26,
Folder
2]
CGIAR Statement on Plant Breeders Rights,
1982
[Box
26,
Folder
3]
CGIAR Priorities for International Support to Agricultural Research in Developing Countries (1 of 2),
1973-1979
[Box
26,
Folder
4]
CGIAR Priorities for International Support to Agricultural Research in Developing Countries (2 of 2),
1973-1979
[Box
26,
Folder
5]
North Carolina Agriculture Experiment Station Research Administration Search for Assistant Director,
1953-1954
[Box
26,
Folder
6]
Upland Rice (1 of 2),
1979-1980
[Box
26,
Folder
7]
Upland Rice (2 of 2),
1979-1980
[Box
26,
Folder
8]
Rockefeller Foundation Publication (1 of 2),
1913-1987
[Box
27,
Folder
1]
Rockefeller Foundation Publication (2 of 2),
1913-1987
[Box
27,
Folder
2]
Rockefeller Foundation Correspondence (1 of 2),
1975-1979
[Box
27,
Folder
3]
Rockefeller Foundation Correspondence (2 of 2),
1975-1979
[Box
27,
Folder
4]
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International,
1988
[Box
27,
Folder
5]
Rotary Foundation International Peace Scholarships,
1984-1988
[Box
27,
Folder
6]
Rotary Foundation Freedom from Hunger Scholarships,
1988
[Box
27,
Folder
7]
Rotary International 3H Projects Famine Relief and Water Resources in Ethiopia,
1986-1992
[Box
27,
Folder
8]
Rotary Foundation Printed Materials,
1980-1992
[Box
27,
Folder
9]
Rotary Foundation Correspondence,
1990-1992
[Box
28,
Folder
1]
Rotary Foundation Correspondence,
1952
[Box
28,
Folder
2]
Rotary International Annual Convention Paris, France (1 of 2),
1953
[Box
28,
Folder
3]
Rotary International Annual Convention Paris, France (2 of 2),
1953
[Box
28,
Folder
4]
Rotary Volunteers,
1992-1993
[Box
28,
Folder
5]
Rotary Club of Raleigh, North Carolina,
1984-1993
[Box
28,
Folder
6]
Correspondence with Rotary Chapters,
1982-1985
[Box
28,
Folder
7]
Rotary International Ecuador Agricultural Training,
1983-1985
[Box
29,
Folder
1]
Rotary International Ethiopia (1 of 2),
1980-1993
[Box
29,
Folder
2]
Rotary International Ethiopia (2 of 2),
1980-1993
[Box
29,
Folder
3]
Shastri memorial lecture,
1979
[Box
29,
Folder
4]
International Soybean Institute,
1980?
[Box
29,
Folder
5]
Dr. Leslie Swindale honorary degree,
1990
[Box
29,
Folder
6]
Rotary Club of Raleigh (1 of 2),
1951-1953
[Box
29,
Folder
7]
Rotary Club of Raleigh (2 of 2),
1951-1953
[Box
29,
Folder
8]
Rotary Club Committee Plan Handbook "Mr. President This Is Your Year',
1953-1954
[Box
29,
Folder
9]
Rotary Club of Raleigh meeting minutes,
1953-1954
[Box
30,
Folder
1]
CGIAR TAC secretariat 29 July,
1977
[Box
30,
Folder
2]
CGIAR TAC 23rd Meeting Manila 30 October,
1980
[Box
30,
Folder
3]
CGIAR TAC 24th Meeting (1 of 2),
1980
[Box
30,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC 24th Meeting (2 of 2),
1980
[Box
30,
Folder
5]
CGIAR TAC 25th Meeting,
1981
[Box
30,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC meeting/ secretariats 1-10,
1971-1975
[Box
30,
Folder
7]
CGIAR TAC meeting 13,
1976
[Box
30,
Folder
8]
CGIAR TAC meeting 14,
1976
[Box
30,
Folder
8]
CGIAR TAC meeting 14,
1976
[Box
30,
Folder
9]
CGIAR TAC meeting 15,
1977
[Box
31,
Folder
1]
CGIAR TAC meeting 16,
1977
[Box
31,
Folder
2]
CGIAR TAC meeting 17 (1 of 2),
1977
[Box
31,
Folder
3]
CGIAR TAC meeting 17 (2 of 2),
1977
[Box
31,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC meeting 19,
1978
[Box
31,
Folder
5]
CGIAR TAC Summations (1 of 2),
1978-1981
[Box
31,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC Summations (2 of 2),
1978-1981
[Box
31,
Folder
7]
CGIAR TAC Stripe Analysis of the Off-Campus Activities of the International agricultural Research Center,
1980
[Box
31,
Folder
8]
CGIAR TAC Role and Working Procedures,
1979
[Box
31,
Folder
9]
Furtick, William R. - Taro Problems and Potentials,
1978
[Box
32,
Folder
1]
Turkey-Wheat Research Proposal Rockefeller Center,
1968
[Box
32,
Folder
2]
Vegetable research,
1977-1978
[Box
32,
Folder
3]
Vietnam,
1972
[Box
32,
Folder
4]
Ohio State University Research Foundation,
1970-1972
[Box
32,
Folder
5]
American Society of Agronomy (1 of 2),
1970-1971
[Box
32,
Folder
6]
American Society of Agronomy (2 of 2),
1970-1971
[Box
32,
Folder
7]
American Chemical Society,
1969
[Box
32,
Folder
8]
Alpha Zeta Alumni,
1971
[Box
32,
Folder
9]
Ford Foundation,
1969-1971
[Box
32,
Folder
10]
WARDA Quinquennial review,
1977-1979
[Box
32,
Folder
11]
WARDA,
1979-1980
[Box
33,
Folder
1]
ICRAF 10th Anniversary Program (1 of 2),
1987
[Box
33,
Folder
2]
ICRAF 10th Anniversary Program (1 of 2),
1987
[Box
33,
Folder
3]
ISNAR Board of Trustees 1st Meeting,
1979
[Box
33,
Folder
4]
ICRAF Board manual,
1989-1991
[Box
33,
Folder
5]
IIMI 8th Internal Program (1 of 2),
1992
[Box
33,
Folder
6]
IIMI 8th Internal Program (2 of 2),
1992
[Box
33,
Folder
7]
ICRISAT Housing,
1976-1977
[Box
33,
Folder
8]
"India Folder",
1968
[Box
33,
Folder
9]
ICRISAT correspondence,
1975-1977
[Box
34,
Folder
1]
ICRISAT agenda notes,
1977-1978
[Box
34,
Folder
2]
Visit to South Korea - Rice and Wheat production notes and draft,
1968
[Box
34,
Folder
3]
Rockefeller Foundation correspondence,
1964-1971
[Box
34,
Folder
4]
Indonesia-travels and discussion with joint team IRRI and Ford Foundation,
1970
[Box
34,
Folder
6]
IMMI System wide initiative for water management,
1988-1998?
[Box
34,
Folder
7]
IMMI Governing Board correspondence,
1983-1984
[Box
34,
Folder
8]
IMMI Governing Board meetings,
1983-1984
[Box
34,
Folder
9]
IMMI Governing Board meeting minutes,
1983-1986
[Box
34,
Folder
10]
India,
1966-1968
[Box
35,
Folder
1]
CGIAR 18th TAC meeting, Rome (1 of 2),
1978
[Box
35,
Folder
2]
CGIAR 18th TAC meeting, Rome (2 of 2),
1978
[Box
35,
Folder
3]
CGIAR TAC 17th meeting/ quinquennial review (1 of 2),
1977
[Box
35,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC 17th meeting/ quinquennial review (2 of 2),
1977
[Box
35,
Folder
5]
CGIAR TAC 20th meeting (1 of 2),
1978
[Box
35,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC 20th meeting (2 of 2),
1978
[Box
35,
Folder
7]
CGIAR TAC correspondence,
1979-1980
[Box
36,
Folder
1]
Water Buffalo research (1 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
36,
Folder
2]
Water Buffalo research (2 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
36,
Folder
3]
World Bank correspondence,
1984-1986
[Box
36,
Folder
4]
World Bank travel expense records,
1984-1987
[Box
36,
Folder
5]
World Bank professional service accounts,
1984-1987
[Box
36,
Folder
6]
World Bank communication secretarial,
1985-1987
[Box
36,
Folder
7]
World Bank consultancy appointments,
1985-1987
[Box
36,
Folder
8]
Winged Bean (1 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
36,
Folder
9]
Winged Bean (2 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
36,
Folder
10]
Mayaguez Institute of Tropical Agriculture (MITA) trip report,
1979
[Box
37,
Folder
1]
North Carolina State University correspondence,
1977-1978
[Box
37,
Folder
2]
North Carolina State University correspondence,
1979-1981
[Box
37,
Folder
3]
North Carolina State University Sea Grant College Program,
1976
[Box
37,
Folder
4]
North Carolina State University Patent Policy,
1976
[Box
37,
Folder
5]
North Carolina State University directory,
1969-1970
[Box
37,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC appointment,
1982
[Box
37,
Folder
7]
emeritus professorship,
1977
[Box
37,
Folder
9]
India trip correspondence,
1978
[Box
37,
Folder
10]
Rotary Club correspondence,
1977-1978
[Box
37,
Folder
11]
CGIAR TAC chairmanship,
1982
[Box
37,
Folder
12]
CGIAR TAC membership (1 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
37,
Folder
13]
CGIAR TAC membership (2 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
37,
Folder
14]
Asian Institute for Rural Development correspondence,
1981
[Box
38,
Folder
1]
Asian Institute for Rural Development publications,
1981
[Box
38,
Folder
2]
memorandum for record of telephone conversation with Reed Hertford, the Ford Foundation,
1979
[Box
38,
Folder
3]
Marquis "Who's Who in the South and Southwest" application,
1981
[Box
38,
Folder
4]
Development assistance committee,
1981
[Box
38,
Folder
5]
World Bank West Africa Research Review (1 of 2),
1985-1986
[Box
38,
Folder
6]
World Bank West Africa Research Review (2 of 2),
1985-1986
[Box
38,
Folder
7]
West Africa Agricultural Research Study by Burton E. Swanson and Wade H Reeves (1 of 2),
1985
[Box
38,
Folder
8]
West Africa Agricultural Research Study by Burton E. Swanson and Wade H Reeves (2 of 2),
1985
[Box
39,
Folder
1]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume II Summaries of National Reports,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
2]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III Cape Verde,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
3]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III Chad,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
4]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III The Gambia,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
5]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III Mali,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
6]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III Mauritania,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
7]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III Niger,
1984
[Box
39,
Folder
8]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III Upper Volta,
1984
[Box
40,
Folder
1]
Institut du Sahel (Sahel Institute) Assessment of Agricultural Research in the Sahel Volume III The Senegal,
1984
[Box
40,
Folder
2]
West Africa Research Review (WARR) peer review correspondence (1 of 4),
1984-1986
[Box
40,
Folder
3]
West Africa Research Review (WARR) peer review correspondence (2 of 4),
1984-1986
[Box
40,
Folder
4]
West Africa Research Review (WARR) peer review correspondence (3 of 4),
1984-1986
[Box
40,
Folder
5]
West Africa Research Review (WARR) peer review correspondence (4 of 4),
1984-1986
[Box
40,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC review of priorities and future strategies,
1985
[Box
40,
Folder
7]
CGIAR TAC priorities for international support to agricultural research in developing countries,
1976
[Box
40,
Folder
8]
CGIAR TAC priorities for international support to agricultural research in developing countries,
1979
[Box
41,
Folder
1]
Assessment of Agricultural Research Resources in the Sahel VI,
1984
[Box
41,
Folder
2]
West Africa forestry research (1 of 2),
1986
[Box
41,
Folder
3]
West Africa forestry research (2 of 2),
1986
[Box
41,
Folder
4]
World Bank Study Agricultural Research for West Africa (1 of 3),
1986
[Box
41,
Folder
5]
World Bank Study Agricultural Research for West Africa (2 of 3),
1986
[Box
41,
Folder
6]
World Bank Study Agricultural Research for West Africa (3 of 3),
1986
[Box
41,
Folder
7]
Plan for Supporting Agricultural Research and Faculties of Agriculture in West Africa - draft for discussion,
1985
[Box
42,
Folder
1]
Senegal Agricultural Research Project 5th Mission,
1985
[Box
42,
Folder
2]
Impact of Agricultural Research in tropical Africa by H. E. Jahnke, D. Kirschke and j Lageman,
1985
[Box
42,
Folder
3]
World Bank Review Report C. Fred Bentley 1 of 2,
1986
[Box
42,
Folder
4]
World Bank Review Report C. Fred Bentley 2 of 2,
1986
[Box
42,
Folder
5]
"Agricultural Research in the West-African Coastal Zone" - German report,
1983
[Box
42,
Folder
6]
West Africa - Status of Research and Technology" presentation visuals and notes,
1983?-1986?
[Box
42,
Folder
7]
World Bank WAARR Livestock Research,
1985
[Box
42,
Folder
8]
World Bank WAARR Livestock Research,
1986
[Box
42,
Folder
9]
Report on national Agricultural Research in West Africa by Peter Oram, IFPRI,
1986
[Box
42,
Folder
10]
World Bank Contonov Workshop Program Notes with Bel Abbai,
1987
[Box
43,
Folder
1]
West Africa Agriculture Research Review (WAARR) Chapter 6 Historical Perspectives,
1986
[Box
43,
Folder
2]
West Africa Bellagio conference,
1986
[Box
43,
Folder
3]
WAARR Anglophone Sahel Countries,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
4]
WAARR Francophone Coastal Countries,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
5]
Nigeria National Programs,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
6]
Sierra Leone Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
7]
Ghana National Program,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
8]
Zaire Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
9]
Togo Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
10]
Ivory Coast Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
11]
Guinea Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
12]
Benin Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
13]
Congo Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
14]
Cameroon Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
15]
Liberia Country Report,
1985
[Box
43,
Folder
16]
International Council for Research in Agroforestry - background papers (1 of 3),
1979-1984
[Box
43,
Folder
17]
International Council for Research in Agroforestry - background papers (2 of 3),
1979-1984
[Box
44,
Folder
1]
International Council for Research in Agroforestry - background papers (3 of 3),
1979-1984
[Box
44,
Folder
2]
WAARR Anglophone Countries Report by Leonard Shebeski and Cooenraad ter Kuile (1 of 2),
1986
[Box
44,
Folder
3]
WAARR Anglophone Countries Report by Leonard Shebeski and Cooenraad ter Kuile (2 of 2),
1986
[Box
44,
Folder
5]
Tree Crops Institute - proposal draft by John F Greenwood,
1986
[Box
44,
Folder
6]
WAARR Chapter 6 Section C - Tree Crops revised,
1986
[Box
44,
Folder
7]
West African Livestock - preliminary on strategy by R.E. McDowell,
1986
[Box
45,
Folder
1]
West African Research Review Appendices,
1985-1986
[Box
45,
Folder
2]
National Agricultural Research West Africa Sahelian Countries,
1985-1986
[Box
45,
Folder
3]
WAARR Chapter 6 Section E Livestock - draft,
1987
[Box
45,
Folder
4]
Forestry Research in Eastern and Southern Africa - report to World Bank,
1986
[Box
45,
Folder
5]
WAARR draft review comments by Howard Elliot,
[1986?]
[Box
45,
Folder
6]
ISNAR - - Special Program for African Agricultural Research (SPAARS) guidelines for strengthening National Agriculture Research
Systems (NARS) - draft,
1986
[Box
45,
Folder
7]
Tree Crops - Ollinger Report,
1985
[Box
45,
Folder
8]
National Agricultural Research West Africa Coastal Francophone Countries by Francis Lebeau and Miles Wedeman (1 of 2),
[1985?]
[Box
46,
Folder
1]
National Agricultural Research West Africa Coastal Francophone Countries by Francis Lebeau and Miles Wedeman (2 of 2),
[1985?]
[Box
46,
Folder
2]
WAARR Full Report for review at Cotonou Workshop (1 of 3),
1986
[Box
46,
Folder
3]
WAARR Full Report for review at Cotonou Workshop (2 of 3),
1986
[Box
46,
Folder
4]
WAARR Full Report for review at Cotonou Workshop (3 of 3),
1986
[Box
46,
Folder
5]
African Swine Fever (1 of 2),
1978-1980
[Box
46,
Folder
6]
African Swine Fever (2 of 2),
1978-1980
[Box
47,
Folder
1]
Agricultural Water Resources,
1981
[Box
47,
Folder
2]
American Association of State Colleges and Universities,
1980
[Box
47,
Folder
3]
American Society of Agronomy,
1950-1951
[Box
47,
Folder
4]
Animal Agriculture Symposium,
1988
[Box
47,
Folder
5]
Asian Agricultural Universities,
1971
[Box
47,
Folder
6]
Asian Development Bank,
1979-1980
[Box
47,
Folder
7]
Asian Institute for Rural Development (AID) (1 of 2),
1948-1994
[Box
47,
Folder
8]
Asian Institute for Rural Development (AID) (2 of 2),
1948-1994
[Box
47,
Folder
9]
King Baudouin International Development Prize to the CGIAR,
1980
[Box
47,
Folder
10]
Cassava,
1976-1979
[Box
47,
Folder
11]
CGIAR (1 of 2),
1979-1985
[Box
47,
Folder
12]
CGIAR (1 of 2),
1979-1985
[Box
48,
Folder
1]
China Agricultural Research Institute,
1979
[Box
48,
Folder
2]
New Delhi Union Church,
1962-1966
[Box
48,
Folder
3]
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center,
1977
[Box
48,
Folder
4]
International Potato Center - Lima, Peru,
1976-1980
[Box
48,
Folder
5]
Farmers Welfare Trust Dinner,
1976
[Box
48,
Folder
6]
Ford Foundation,
1966-1991
[Box
48,
Folder
7]
Ford Foundation correspondence,
1971-1983
[Box
48,
Folder
8]
Freeman, Wayne H (1 of 2),
1981
[Box
48,
Folder
9]
Freeman, Wayne H (2 of 2),
1981
[Box
49,
Folder
1]
Farming Systems,
1976-1979
[Box
49,
Folder
2]
Gamma Alphan - fraternity newsletter,
1984-1985
[Box
49,
Folder
3]
Plant Genetic Resources,
1977-1979
[Box
49,
Folder
4]
International Agriculture Development Systems,
1980-1981
[Box
49,
Folder
5]
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources,
1981-1982
[Box
49,
Folder
6]
Conferences and Symposia - International Conference Bellagio, Italy,
1977
[Box
49,
Folder
7]
Conferences and Symposia - Canada and world Food - Ottowa,
1977
[Box
49,
Folder
8]
Conferences and Symposia - CRIA Maros, South Sulawesi,
1977
[Box
49,
Folder
9]
Conferences and Symposia - 6th International Cereal and bread Congress, Winnipeg,
1978
[Box
49,
Folder
10]
Conferences and Symposia - "The Role of International Studies: The University and the Community" NCSU Faculty Club,
1977
[Box
49,
Folder
11]
Conferences and Symposia -Pullman Kellogg Ammonia Client Meeting,
1978
[Box
49,
Folder
12]
Conferences and Symposia - Adaptive Production Systems Meeting - The East West Center, Honolulu,
1979
[Box
50,
Folder
1]
International Board for Soil Research Management (IBSRM) 1 of 2,
1979-1991
[Box
50,
Folder
2]
International Board for Soil Research Management (IBSRM) 2 of 2,
1979-1991
[Box
50,
Folder
3]
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources,
1979-1981
[Box
50,
Folder
4]
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),
1979-1981
[Box
50,
Folder
5]
International Center for Mountain Development (1 of 2),
1982--1987
[Box
50,
Folder
6]
International Center for Mountain Development (2 of 2),
1982--1987
[Box
50,
Folder
7]
International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (1 of 2),
1977-1982
[Box
50,
Folder
8]
International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (2 of 2),
1977-1982
[Box
50,
Folder
9]
International Council for Research Agroforestry,
[1982?]
[Box
51,
Folder
1]
International Crops Research Institute (ICRISAT),
1978-1980
[Box
51,
Folder
2]
International Food Policy Research Institute (1 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
51,
Folder
3]
International Food Policy Research Institute (2 of 2),
1977-1981
[Box
51,
Folder
4]
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,
1979-1981
[Box
51,
Folder
5]
International Fertilizer Development Center,
1975-1979
[Box
51,
Folder
6]
International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) Agreements (1 of 2),
1972-1983
[Box
51,
Folder
7]
International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) Agreements (2 of 2),
1972-1983
[Box
51,
Folder
8]
IIMI Budgets,
1981-1986
[Box
51,
Folder
9]
IIMI Computers,
1984-1985
[Box
51,
Folder
10]
IIMI Liaisons for office prospects,
1984
[Box
51,
Folder
11]
IIMI Employment,
1984
[Box
52,
Folder
1]
IIMI Funding,
1982-1984
[Box
52,
Folder
2]
IIMI Headquarters New Kandy Sri Lanka (1 of 2),
1983-1984
[Box
52,
Folder
3]
IIMI Headquarters New Kandy Sri Lanka (2 of 2),
1983-1984
[Box
52,
Folder
4]
IIMI Legal Counsel,
1984
[Box
52,
Folder
5]
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) Nairobi, Kenya (1 of 3),
1979-1982
[Box
52,
Folder
6]
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) Nairobi, Kenya (2 of 3),
1979-1982
[Box
52,
Folder
7]
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) Nairobi, Kenya (3 of 3),
1979-1982
[Box
52,
Folder
8]
ILRAD Correspondence,
1978-1982
[Box
52,
Folder
9]
International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA),
1979-1981
[Box
53,
Folder
1]
CGIAR Integrative Reports (1 of 3),
1976-1981
[Box
53,
Folder
2]
CGIAR Integrative Reports (2 of 3),
1976-1981
[Box
53,
Folder
3]
CGIAR Integrative Reports (3 of 3),
1976-1981
[Box
53,
Folder
4]
CGIAR Quinquennial Reviews (1 of 3),
1979
[Box
53,
Folder
5]
CGIAR Quinquennial Reviews (2 of 3),
1979
[Box
53,
Folder
6]
CGIAR Quinquennial Reviews (3 of 3),
1979
[Box
53,
Folder
7]
West African Tree Crops Research - draft (1 of 4),
1986
[Box
54,
Folder
1]
West African Tree Crops Research - draft (2 of 4),
1986
[Box
54,
Folder
2]
West African Tree Crops Research - draft (3 of 4),
1986
[Box
54,
Folder
3]
West African Tree Crops Research - draft (4 of 4),
1986
[Box
54,
Folder
4]
WAAR - working group memos and correspondence,
1984-1985
[Box
54,
Folder
5]
WAAR - workshop materials and notes,
1984-1986
[Box
54,
Folder
6]
WAAR - workshop Conotou Agreements,
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
1]
WAAR - workshop Conotou Funding and Budgets,
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
2]
WAAR - workshop Conotou Participants,
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
3]
WAAR - workshop Conotou Agenda,
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
4]
WAAR - workshop Conotou follow-up,
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
5]
WAARR Research Papers (1 of 2),
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
6]
WAARR Research Papers (2 of 2),
1986
[Box
55,
Folder
7]
IARC correspondence about WAARR report content,
1986
[Box
56,
Folder
1]
ILCA Internal Publications (1 of 5),
1991-1992
[Box
56,
Folder
2]
ILCA Internal Publications (2 of 5),
1991-1992
[Box
56,
Folder
3]
ILCA Internal Publications (3 of 5),
1991-1992
[Box
56,
Folder
4]
ILCA Internal Publications (4 of 5),
1991-1992
[Box
56,
Folder
5]
ILCA Internal Publications (5 of 5),
1991-1992
[Box
57,
Folder
1]
ILCA Annual Report,
1989
[Box
57,
Folder
2]
Eastern and Southern Africa Agricultural Research Review World Bank,
1985-1986
[Box
57,
Folder
3]
West Africa Crops Research Review Mission Peer Review Work (1 of 2),
1985
[Box
57,
Folder
4]
West Africa Crops Research Review Mission Peer Review Work (2 of 2),
1985
[Box
57,
Folder
5]
ILCA Correspondence (1 of 2),
1989
[Box
57,
Folder
6]
ILCA Correspondence (2 of 2),
1989
[Box
57,
Folder
7]
Tree crops Report - Draft with notes (1 of 2),
1986
[Box
58,
Folder
1]
Tree crops Report - Draft with notes (2 of 2),
1986
[Box
58,
Folder
2]
ICRAF - An Introduction to Agroforestry Diagnostics and Design,
[198?]
[Box
58,
Folder
3]
ILCA Board of Trustees Administrative Literature and Notes,
1989
[Box
58,
Folder
4]
John Dillon Board Papers,
1987-1988
[Box
58,
Folder
5]
ILCA Board of Trustees Nominations Committee,
1992
[Box
58,
Folder
6]
Board of Directors General Literature Various Authors (1 of 2),
1979-1984
[Box
58,
Folder
7]
Board of Directors General Literature Various Authors (2 of 2),
1979-1984
[Box
58,
Folder
8]
ICRAF Board Meeting,
1986
[Box
59,
Folder
1]
CGIAR and ICRAF joint board meeting (1 of 2),
1987
[Box
59,
Folder
2]
CGIAR and ICRAF joint board meeting (2 of 2),
1987
[Box
59,
Folder
3]
ICRAF 15th board meeting Nairobi (1 of 3),
1988
[Box
59,
Folder
4]
ICRAF 15th board meeting Nairobi (2 of 3),
1988
[Box
59,
Folder
5]
ICRAF 15th board meeting Nairobi (3 of 3),
1988
[Box
59,
Folder
6]
ICRAF 16th board meeting (1 of 3),
1989
[Box
60,
Folder
1]
ICRAF 16th board meeting (2 of 3),
1989
[Box
60,
Folder
2]
ICRAF 16th board meeting (3 of 3),
1989
[Box
60,
Folder
3]
ICAR reorganization mid 1960s notes and papers,
[196?]
[Box
60,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC meetings 1-4,
1971-1972
[Box
60,
Folder
5]
CGIAR TAC meetings 5-7,
1973-1974
[Box
60,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC meetings 8-10,
1974-1975
[Box
60,
Folder
7]
CGIAR TAC meetings 11-12,
1975-1976
[Box
61,
Folder
1]
CGIAR TAC meetings 13-15,
1976-1977
[Box
61,
Folder
2]
CGIAR TAC meetings 22-24,
1979-1980
[Box
61,
Folder
3]
CGIAR TAC meetings 25-27,
1981-1982
[Box
61,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC meetings 28-30,
1982-1983
[Box
61,
Folder
5]
CGIAR TAC meetings 31-32,
1983-1984
[Box
61,
Folder
6]
CGIAR TAC meetings 33-35,
1984-1985
[Box
61,
Folder
7]
CGIAR TAC meetings 37-38 and 41-42,
1985-1987
[Box
61,
Folder
8]
CGIAR TAC meetings 43, 44, 45 and 47,
1987-1989
[Box
62,
Folder
1]
CGIAR TAC meetings 48-52,
1989-1990
[Box
62,
Folder
2]
CGIAR TAC meetings 53, 57, 58 and 60,
1991-1993
[Box
62,
Folder
3]
CGIAR TAC 15th meeting agenda notebook (1 of 2),
1977
[Box
62,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC 15th meeting agenda notebook (2 of 2),
1977
[Box
62,
Folder
5]
ICRAF Financial Nairobi,
1990-1991
[Box
62,
Folder
6]
ICRAF 2nd draft program of work for 1984 with projections for 1985-1987 (1 of 2),
1984
[Box
62,
Folder
7]
ICRAF 2nd draft program of work for 1984 with projections for 1985-1987 (2 of 2),
1984
[Box
63,
Folder
1]
ICRAF Directors Progress Report,
1984-1987
[Box
63,
Folder
2]
ICRAF Directors Progress Report,
1987-1989
[Box
63,
Folder
3]
ICRAF correspondence,
1987-1991
[Box
63,
Folder
4]
ICRAF staff policy manual drafts,
1986-1987
[Box
63,
Folder
5]
ICRAF professional staff list,
1990
[Box
63,
Folder
6]
ICRAF annual accounts reports,
1986-1989
[Box
63,
Folder
7]
ICRAF Price Waterhouse board reports,
1985-1989
[Box
63,
Folder
8]
ICRAF Budgets,
1987-1993
[Box
63,
Folder
9]
ICRAF meeting minutes,
1985-1986
[Box
64,
Folder
1]
ICRAF meeting minutes,
1986-1989
[Box
64,
Folder
2]
ICRAF meeting minutes,
1989-1991
[Box
64,
Folder
3]
ICRAF field station papers Machakos, Kenya,
1984
[Box
64,
Folder
4]
ICRAF charter and mission writing,
[1978?]
[Box
64,
Folder
5]
ICRAF programs and projections,
1981-1983
[Box
64,
Folder
6]
ICRAF publications bibliographies,
1978-1984
[Box
64,
Folder
7]
Ford Foundation Employment,
1972-1976
[Box
64,
Folder
8]
World Food Prize Nomination,
1987
[Box
65,
Folder
1]
Rockefeller Foundation New Delhi,
1969-1971
[Box
65,
Folder
2]
North Carolina State University Alumni Association Award,
1991
[Box
65,
Folder
3]
North Carolina State University Alumni Forever Club (1 of 2),
1987-1997
[Box
65,
Folder
4]
North Carolina State University Alumni Forever Club (2 of 2),
1987-1997
[Box
65,
Folder
5]
Ohio State University Alumni Award,
1986-1996
[Box
65,
Folder
6]
Ohio State University Alumni Award correspondence,
1991-1997
[Box
65,
Folder
7]
Punjab Agricultural University Honorary Degree,
1970
[Box
65,
Folder
8]
Presidential End Hunger Awards,
1988
[Box
66,
Folder
1]
Soil Science Society of America Distinguished Service Award,
1993
[Box
66,
Folder
2]
NCSU Honorary Degree,
1968
[Box
66,
Folder
3]
"Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Non-industrial Countries" by Lloyd Slater,
1980
[Box
66,
Folder
4]
CGIAR 25th Anniversary,
1996
[Box
66,
Folder
5]
Pakistan wheat study (1 of 2),
1977-1983
[Box
66,
Folder
6]
Pakistan wheat study (2 of 2),
1977-1983
[Box
66,
Folder
7]
ILCA correspondence (1 of 3),
1986-1992
[Box
66,
Folder
8]
ILCA correspondence (2 of 3),
1986-1992
[Box
67,
Folder
1]
ILCA correspondence (3 of 3),
1986-1992
[Box
67,
Folder
2]
Ford Foundation Consultancy IIMI,
1982-1984
[Box
67,
Folder
3]
Proposal for International Crops research Institute (ICRISAT) manuscript with edits,
1971
[Box
67,
Folder
4]
Ernest Nunn Ph.D. Thesis, "Organization and Management for the Support of Agricultural Research at the Research Institute
Level",
1983
[Box
67,
Folder
4]
Ernest Nunn PhD. Thesis "Organization and Management for the Support of Agricultural Research at the Research Institute Level",
1983
[Box
67,
Folder
5]
CGIAR 18th TAC Meeting Report (1 of 2),
1978
[Box
67,
Folder
6]
CGIAR 18th TAC Meeting Report (2 of 2),
1978
[Box
67,
Folder
7]
Academic Publications,
1968
[Box
68,
Folder
1]
Conference Papers and Talks (1 of 2),
1967-1979
[Box
68,
Folder
2]
Conference Papers and Talks (2 of 2),
1967-1979
[Box
68,
Folder
3]
Ralph W. Cummings Jr. Academic Writing (1 of 3),
1965-1979
[Box
68,
Folder
4]
Ralph W. Cummings Jr. Academic Writing (2 of 3),
1965-1979
[Box
68,
Folder
5]
Ralph W. Cummings Jr. Academic Writing (3 of 3),
1965-1979
[Box
68,
Folder
6]
Aquaculture Aid Projects (1 of 2),
1983
[Box
68,
Folder
7]
Aquaculture Aid Projects (2 of 2),
1983
[Box
69,
Folder
1]
Asian Association of Agricultural Universities (AAAU) correspondence,
1971
[Box
69,
Folder
2]
ICRISAT origins and structure,
1976
[Box
69,
Folder
3]
ICARDA Aleppo Syria Research Station,
unknown
[Box
69,
Folder
4]
Aquaculture notes and correspondence,
1978-1980
[Box
69,
Folder
5]
Group Photographs,
[195?-1991]
[Box
69,
Folder
6]
Speeches and Talks published,
1967-1974
[Box
69,
Folder
7]
Speeches and Talks,
1967-1975
[Box
69,
Folder
8]
Speeches and Talks typescripts,
1975-1980
[Box
69,
Folder
9]
Agricultural Universities in India (1 of 2),
1962-1963
[Box
70,
Folder
1]
Agricultural Universities in India (2 of 2),
1962-1963
[Box
70,
Folder
2]
The Madras Agricultural Journal,
1961
[Box
70,
Folder
3]
Soil Science Society of America,
1992
[Box
70,
Folder
4]
Watauga Medal Awarded,
1995
[Box
70,
Folder
5]
Watauga Medal nomination,
1984
[Box
70,
Folder
6]
ICRISAT proposal for research of groundnuts,
1974
[Box
70,
Folder
7]
ICRISAT Expectations for Future Developments in Sorghum Millets and Legumes,
1976
[Box
70,
Folder
8]
ICRISAT "Address on the Passing Out Function',
1976
[Box
70,
Folder
9]
ICRISAT correspondence,
1979-1981
[Box
70,
Folder
10]
"Overseas Mission" radio show transcripts and photo,
1975
[Box
70,
Folder
11]
North Carolina State University Employment Papers,
1966-1971
[Box
70,
Folder
12]
ILCA Administrative Papers,
1987
[Box
71,
Folder
1]
ISNAR review - Pakistan,
1982
[Box
71,
Folder
2]
CGIAR 16th TAC meeting report (1 of 3),
1977
[Box
71,
Folder
3]
CGIAR 16th TAC meeting report (2 of 3),
1977
[Box
71,
Folder
4]
CGIAR 16th TAC meeting report (3 of 3),
1977
[Box
71,
Folder
5]
ICRISAT correspondence,
1982
[Box
71,
Folder
6]
Peer Clippings,
[1952-1996?]
[Box
71,
Folder
7]
Speeches,
1968-1983
[Box
72,
Folder
1]
Printed Speeches (1 of 3),
1968-1984
[Box
72,
Folder
2]
Printed Speeches (2 of 3),
1968-1984
[Box
72,
Folder
3]
Printed Speeches (3 of 3),
1968-1984
[Box
72,
Folder
4]
CGIAR TAC secretariat 19th program draft commentaries (1 of 2),
1979
[Box
72,
Folder
5]
CGIAR TAC secretariat 19th program draft commentaries (2 of 2),
1979
[Box
72,
Folder
6]
Ford Foundation UK Visit,
1972
[Box
72,
Folder
7]
Rockefeller Foundation Correspondence,
1957-1963
[Box
72,
Folder
8]
Ralph W Cummings Jr. World Hunger Report,
1981
[Box
72,
Folder
9]
International Society of Soil Science,
1950
[Box
73,
Folder
2]
"RF" Newsletters,
1984-1985
[Box
73,
Folder
3]
Pakistan wheat study, oversized documents,
1977-1983
[Flat File
4]
International maps and newspapers,
[1970-1989?]
Quantity39.0 Linear feet General Physical Description note72 archival boxes, 1 legal sized archival box, 4 flat files LocationFor current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center
Reference Staff LanguageEnglish Acquisitions InformationGift of Ralph Cummings Jr. and Eunice Cummings in 2001 (Accn. no. 2001-0015) ProcessingProcessed by: Dani Nation;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dani Nation Scope and Content NoteThe Ralph W. Cummings Papers document the personal and professional life of Ralph W. Cummings. The primary focus of the collection is Cummings' career as a professor, researcher and administrator working in the fields of Soil science and agronomy during the course of which he was as a member and director of several international foundations and organizations concerned with agricultural research and the advancement of agricultural education around the globe such as the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and World Bank. Specific areas of research interest were aquaculture, tree crops, plant genetics and agroforestry. Cummings carried out his work in many different locations outside the United States, among them: India, Africa, Peru, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Also included are Cummings family papers which include a number of land deeds and legal documents dating from 1840 until 2001, as well as the personal papers of Cummings' brother, Robert L. Cummings, and Robert Cummings' daughter, Gloria Cummings. These family papers also include correspondence with Gloria Cummings' associate, Francis De Graaff, a professor of Russian who taught at Reed College, Welles College, Black Mountain College, Harvard University, and Bryn Mawr College. The Photograph series consists primarily of color slides taken during Ralph W. Cummings' professional international travels. Biographical NoteRalph W. Cummings (1911-2001) was born in Reidsville, North Carolina, on 13 December 1911. He was the son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Huffhines Cummings. He graduated from Reidsville High School in 1928 and went on to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1933. He earned a Ph.D. in Soil Science from Ohio State University in 1938. Cummings worked as an assistant and associate professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from 1937 until 1942. He joined the faculty at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering in 1942 as the head of the Agronomy Department, a position he held until 1947. He held positions at North Carolina State College as first Associate Director, then Director, of the North Carolina Agricultural Experimental Station from 1948 until 1954, the head of the North Carolina Agricultural Mission to Peru from 1955 to 1956, the Administrative Dean for Research from 1969 to 1971, and finally, as an Emeritus Professor of Soil Science from 1977 until 1991. Cummings was professionally involved in agricultural research and development for a number of other academic and private organizations as well. From 1956 until 1957 he was the field director and principal representative of the Rockefeller Foundation in India. From 1963 to 1968, Cummings served as Associate Director for Agricultural Sciences for the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. He was the Ford Foundation's Agricultural Program Adviser for Asia and the Pacific from 1971 to 1972. He served as the Director of the International Rice Research Institute (IRII) in Manila, Philippines, in 1972; the Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India, from 1972 until 1977; the Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) from 1977 until 1982, and acting Director General of the International Irrigation Management Institute headquartered in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 1984. Cummings was the recipient of the Ohio State University Distinguished Service Award in 1970, the Presidential End Hunger Award in 1988, the North Carolina State University Alumni Association Award in 1991, the Soil Science Society of America Distinguished Service Award in 1993,and the North Carolina State Outstanding Alumni Award in 1997. He received Honorary Degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University (Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India) in 1967, North Carolina State University in 1968, Punjab Agricultural University (Ludhiana, Punjab, India) in 1970, the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India) in 1971, and Ohio State University in 1992. He was awarded the Watauga Medal by North Carolina State University in 1995. The Cereal Research Lab at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute was renamed Cummings Laboratory in his honor. Cummings was a member of the American Society of Agronomy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences,and Rotary International. He served as the vice president of the Rotary Club of Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1952 to 1954 and the president from 1953 to 1954. Cummings married Mary Parrish (1913-1989) of Reidsville, North Carolina, in 1936 and they had four children: Ralph Waldo, Walter B., William K., Mary Ann Hardee. Cummings married Eunice Perkinson in 1993. He died 25 June 2001. Controlled Terms
Access to CollectionThis collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice. For more information contact us via mail, phone, fax, or our web form. Special Collections Research Center Telephone(919) 515-2273 Fax(919) 513-1787 Preferred Citation[Identification of item], Ralph W. Cummings Papers, MC 312, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC Access to CollectionThe nature of the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NCSU 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. |
