Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Pacific Northwest Crop
Improvement Association Records
1956-1975
Cage
375
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association
- Title
- Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association Records
- ID
- Cage 375
- Date [inclusive]
- 1956-1975
- Extent
- 3 containers., 3 linear feet of shelf space., 4700 items.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Correspondence, financial, membership, meeting and subject files of a wheat industry improvement association.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 375, Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Although the Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association was not founded until 1942, a wheat improvement program began on an unofficial basis in the later 1920s. From 1928 to 1940 four conferences were held by millers and various university scientists in an attempt to promote ways to improve wheat varieties. During the early 1940s a number of individuals interested in improving wheat varieties and production in the Northwest actively worked for the formation of some type of association. In December 1941, E.H. Leonard, then president of Preston-Shaffer Milling Company of Walla Walla, called for a meeting of all groups interested in a quality wheat program.
The first association meeting was held on the campus of Washington State University on March 6, 1942 and included representatives of all phases of the wheat industry--millers, chemists, grain dealers, producers, transportation, universities and the federal government. This initial meeting led to the formation of an organizational committee and eventually to the adoption of a constitution on July 31, 1942. Leonard was elected president and is generally credited with being the "father" of the association.
The Crop Improvement Association has worked for the improvement of all phases of the wheat industry. In 1946 the Association sponsored a series of grain grading schools, In 1949-1950 the Association conducted a smut survey; the following year the organization carried on a genetic study. The Association has promoted research, worked for progressive farm legislation, published educational and informative booklets, promoted a regional seed program, conducted production estimates, and sponsored the purchase in the late 1960s of a semi-commercial type mill--the Miga Mill--for the regional wheat testing laboratory.
Owing to financial considerations, during fiscal 1962-1963 the Association went to part-time operations. Under its limited budget, however, the Association continued the publication of its annual wheat variety booklet, promoted annual meetings devoted to all aspects of the wheat industry, and published periodic Bulletins covering subjects of interest to those involved in the wheat industry.
Arrangement
The papers of the Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association have been arranged in five series: correspondence, financial, membership, officers and meetings, and subject file.
The correspondence series is divided into two sub-series: general correspondence and subject correspondence. The general correspondence sub-series includes material from 1963 through 1975 and is arranged chronologically by year. The subject sub-series is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the subject heading.
The financial series includes material from 1959 through 1975 and is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the separate subject headings. This financial series contains bank deposits, bills, cancelled checks and check registers, financial statements, travel expenses, and a ledger for the period 1959 through 1969
The membership series consists of records from 1964 through 1974, arranged chronologically by year. The membership lists include both individual and corporate members as well as the amounts of their contributions.
The officers and meetings series consists primarily of material on association meetings, such as annual meetings, board of directors meetings, executive committee meetings for the period 1964 through 1975. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the subject. Material in this series includes minutes, agendas, reports, and some correspondence. This series also includes the treasurer's file (1963-1964).
The subject file series is arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each of the separate subject headings. This series includes office and organizational material, such as newsletters, publications, historical background and written history, the Miga Mill file, production estimates, seeding surveys,statistics, and documentation of relations with state and federal agencies as well as other crop associations.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
The records of the Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by the organization through Secretary-Treasurer Paul T. DeVore in May 1977 (77-18).
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association--Archives
Personal Name(s)
Donor(s) :
- DeVore, Paul T., donor. WaPS
Subject(s)
- Agriculture--Northwest, Pacific--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
- Wheat--Northwest, Pacific
- Agriculture
- Washington (State)
Bibliography
For a more complete history of the Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association, see the publication: "27 Years of Service to the Wheat Industry" (1970) in folder 118.
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Correspondence |
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General Correspondence 1963-1975 450 |
1 | 1-10 | ||
Subject Correspondence: |
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Breland (President) 1964-1965 20 |
1 | 11 | ||
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Requests 1963-1964 10 |
1 | 12 | ||
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Research--Proposed Budget Cuts 1965-1966 100 |
1 | 13 | ||
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Tucker (President) 1965-1966 15 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Updating PNWCIA 1967-1968 80 |
1 | 15 | ||
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Series 2: Financial |
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Bank Deposits 1968 1970-1975 110 |
1 | 16-20 | ||
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Bills--Paid 1964-1975 340 |
1 | 21-31 | ||
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Budget 1969-1970 1 |
1 | 32 | ||
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Cancelled Checks 1965-1967 1970-1975 115 |
1 | 33-39 | ||
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Cash Disbursements 1964-1965 15 |
1 | 40 | ||
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Check Registers 1961-1964 1967-1971 3 |
1 | 41-43 | ||
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Deposit Slips 1968-1971 4 |
1 | 44 | ||
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Executive Secretary Fees and Travel Expenses 1968 10 |
1 | 45 | ||
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Financial Statements 1963-1964 1967-1969 1972 65 |
1 | 46-49 | ||
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Ledger 1959-1969 1 |
1 | 50 | ||
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Manhattan Project--Expenses 1965-1966 30 |
1 | 51 | ||
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Series 3: Membership |
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| box | folder | |||
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Membership 1964-1966 1968-1974 1220 |
2 | 52-67 | ||
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Series 4: Officers and Meetings |
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| box | folder | |||
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Annual Meetings 1964-1970 1972-1975 665 |
2 | 68-78 | ||
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Board of Directors 1964-1965 1967-1970 1972-1975 245 |
2 | 79-90 | ||
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Executive Committee 1964 1966 1968-1971 115 |
2 | 91-95 | ||
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Treasurer's File 1963-1964 15 |
2 | 96 | ||
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Series 5: Subject File |
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Annual Reports 1966-1971 30 |
2 | 97-100 | ||
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Cereal Chemists 1968 4 |
2 | 101 | ||
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Cereal Field Day, WSU 1968-1969 10 |
2 | 102 | ||
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Collaborative Tests--First Annual Report 1971 1 |
2 | 103 | ||
Committees: |
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| box | folder | |||
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Advisory Comittee 1968-1969 6 |
2 | 104 | ||
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Grain Standards and Quality Committee 1969-1974 17 |
2 | 105-106 | ||
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Conference-Workshop, Grain Sanitation 1968 5 |
2 | 107 | ||
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Constitution (adopted 1942) 4 |
2 | 108 | ||
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Contributions 1973 10 |
3 | 109 | ||
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Crop Improvement Associations--State/County 1968-1970 20 |
3 | 110 | ||
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Crop Quality Council 1963 1 |
3 | 111 | ||
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Dayball Duplicating Service 1967-1970 15 |
3 | 112 | ||
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Durum Wheat Project 1965 1968 25 |
3 | 113-114 | ||
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Grain Dealers Associations, Pacific Northwest 1964 1968-1969 10 |
3 | 115-116 | ||
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Historical Background Material 1962-1972 30 |
3 | 117 | ||
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History of the PNWCIA 1970 1 |
3 | 118 | ||
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Miga Mill 1967-1970 305 |
3 | 119-125 | ||
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Newsletter (Bulletin) 1962-1966 1968-1974 180 |
3 | 126-131 | ||
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Plant Diseases 1963 2 |
3 | 132 | ||
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Production Estimates by Variation 1956-1963 1965-1974 155 |
3 | 133-137 | ||
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Publication--Quality Wheats for the Northwest 1959 1968 2 |
3 | 138 | ||
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Publications by Various Crop Organizations 1963-1964 30 |
3 | 139 | ||
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Publicity 1968-1970 45 |
3 | 140-141 | ||
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Research 1962-1963 1965-1968 50 |
3 | 142-144 | ||
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Statistics 1967 1969 6 |
3 | 145-146 | ||
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Survey--Fall Seeding 1963-1965 65 |
3 | 147-153 | ||
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Washington Department of Agriculture 1963-1964 7 |
3 | 154 | ||
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Washington State Cereal Testing System undated 1 |
3 | 155 | ||
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Washington State University Agronomy Dept. 1963-1964 20 |
3 | 156 | ||
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Western Wheat Quality Laboratory 1963-1964 7 |
3 | 157-158 | ||
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Wheat Quality Survey Handbook undated 1 |
3 | 159 | ||
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Wheat Variety Recommendations 1963 8 |
3 | 160 | ||
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