Preliminary Guide to the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Project (CSRP) Collection

Preliminary Guide to the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Project (CSRP) Collection, 1981-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program
Title: Preliminary Guide to the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Project (CSRP) Collection
Dates: 1981-2007 (inclusive)
19812007
Quantity: 4 linear feet, (4 boxes.)
Collection Number: MS.2017.21
Summary: Collection of materials related to a USAID-funded research project for dry bean research in East Africa. Primarily printed materials, including proceedings of bean research workshops, research reports, conference programs, bibliographies, monographs, and staff papers. Also includes correspondence, collected theses and dissertations, and audiovisual media.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection of materials related to a USAID-funded research project for dry bean research in East Africa. Primarily printed materials, including proceedings of bean research workshops, research reports, conference programs, bibliographies, monographs, and staff papers. Also includes correspondence, collected theses and dissertations, and audiovisual media.

Preliminary inventory:

Box 1. Proceedings of bean research workshops, 1984-1994, including issues of Bean Research (volumes 1-9); Bean/Cowpea CSRP reports; conference programs; various reports; bibliographies; monographs, staff papers, and other CSRP publications; directory.

Boxes 2-3. Miscellaneous papers: journal articles, manuscripts (unsorted), correspondence; collected publications, including annual report of Bean Improvement Cooperative (1992-2007); workshop proceedings, Netowrk on Bean Research in Africa (1987-1995); unsorted publications.

Box 4. Unsorted publications (continued from box 3); collected theses and dissertations (Kambewa, Mduruma, Magayane, Rweyemamu, Mkenda, Mtenga, Silomba); media (compact discs containing various files, VHS recordings).

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Project was the second CSRP to receive funding from USAID. The original planning for the project took place at Michigan State University, for projects in Latin America and Africa, and the projects were collaborations between United States investigators at research universities and host country scientists. Washington State University was part of the project for 25 years, until 2007 when the project was discontinued. Carol Miles was the principal investigator for the project from 2000 to 2007. Most of the materials in this collection are from a WSU-directed project in East Africa. The main objectives of the project were cultivar development, student training, and research.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Location of Collection

(MASC staff use) 2-14-19-5.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from Carol Miles at the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center (Mount Vernon).

Processing Note

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or prelilminary sorting performed by staff.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agriculture--Africa
Beans
Cowpea

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