Records of the Great Plains Agricultural Council

Collection

Identifier: AGPA

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Records of the Great Plains Agricultural Council consists of documents dated 1938-1996. The collection includes correspondence, committee reports, minutes and publications. A complete run of proceedings of the annual meetings is included, as are various other publications from conferences and research supported by the Council and its committees, including those dealing with such topics as water, wildlife, range and livestock management, range plants, drought, evapotranspiration, irrigation, and the Russian wheat aphid.

Dates

Creation: 1938-1996

Creator

Great Plains Agricultural Council (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection. However, the collection is stored off-site, so advance notice is required.

Restrictions on Use

Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.

History

The Great Plains Agricultural Council was founded in 1946, merging the earlier Northern Great Plains Regional Agricultural Council (1938) and the Southern Great Plains Regional Agricultural Council (1939). Its purpose was to provide an organization for cooperation and coordination in dealing with key issues in Great Plains agriculture. Members included representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the experiment stations and the land grant colleges and their extension services in the Great Plains states (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming). The Council sought to identify and evaluate critical issues, encourage and develop research and action on them, and represent Great Plains agriculture in the region and the nation. To address the stated purpose of the Council it formed numerous committees and task forces, cooperated in the organization of workshops and conferences, and supported research in key areas over the years. Supported in large part by federal funds along with membership dollars, the Council voted to disband in 1995 when such federal support was lacking. Some final work to terminate the Council continued into 1996.

Extent

36.5 linear feet (23 record cartons, 2 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

The collection consists of six series in twenty-three record cartons and two document cases:

Series 1: Prior organizations, 1938-1954

Subseries 1.1: Southern Great Plains, 1942-1954

Subseries 1.2: Northern Great Plains, 1938-1954

Subseries 1.3: Joint Northern and Southern Great Plains, 1940-1947

Series 2: Organizational files, 1938-1995

Subseries 2.1: Administrative records, 1945-1995

Subseries 2.2: History, 1938-1985

Subseries 2.3: Membership, 1960-1995

Subseries 2.4: Speeches, 1950-1988

Series 3: Correspondence, 1945-1996

Subseries 3.1: Chronological correspondence, 1955-1996

Subseries 3.2: Topical correspondence, 1945-1994

Series 4: Meetings, 1948-1995

Series 5: Committees, task forces, conferences, 1939-1996

Subseries 5.1: Committees, general, 1981-1995

Subseries 5.2: Executive Committee, 1957-1996

Subseries 5.3: Standing committees, 1950-1996

Subseries 5.4: Coordinating committees, 1967-1996

Subseries 5.5: Technical committees, 1958-1984

Subseries 5.6: Other committees, 1939-1995

Subseries 5.7: Task forces, 1969-1995

Subseries 5.8: Conferences, 1955-1995

Series 6: Printed materials, 1947-1995

Acquisition

The Records of the Great Plains Agricultural Council was received from the Colorado Agricultural Archives in February 2004. The Colorado Agricultural Archives received the materials from Melvin Skold, Colorado State University, in 1996.

Online Materials

Some materials have been scanned and are available through the Colorado State University Libraries website. In the electronic version of this document, direct links appear in context.

Processing

Processing of the collection was completed in June 2008. Paper clips and other clips were removed and materials were inserted in acid-free folders and reboxed.

Inventory Note

Note: Title information supplied by the archivist is bracketed. Two identical copiesof the same item are generally indicated by the phrase "2 copies" at the end of theentry.