Wallace L. Kadderly Papers, 1931-1963

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kadderly, Wallace Ladue, 1892-
Title
Wallace L. Kadderly Papers
Dates
1931-1963 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 cubic feet
Collection Number
Consult repository.
Summary
The Kadderly Papers consist of agriculture-related materials produced or collected by Kadderly during his work overseas as a farm broadcaster on the radio.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Languages
English, Spanish
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Wallace Kadderly was born in Portland, Oregon, on July 7, 1892. After he received his degree in agriculture from Oregon Agricultural College in 1916, he began working for the Cooperative Extension Service as a county agent in Multnomah County, Oregon. In 1922 Kadderly was transferred to the central office at Corvallis, where he was in charge of information and exhibits. In 1926 he was appointed program director of KOAC, the college-owned radio station, advancing to manager in 1932. In 1933 Kadderly left KOAC to develop the Western Farm and Home Hour for the United States Department of Agriculture, serving as Radio Program Manager of the West Coast Division, headquartered at San Francisco. From 1937 until 1945 he was chief of radio service for the United States Department of Agriculture's office of information in Washington D.C. Kadderly returned to Oregon in 1945 and became the first farm director for radio station KGW in Portland.

In 1947 Kadderly began his foreign work. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation requested his services as an expert on radio farm broadcasting, and he spent several fact-finding months in Australia and New Zealand, on leave from KGW. From 1950 to 1955 he served as agricultural information specialist with the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) in Paris. This post-war period took him to European countries to observe the progress in recovery under the Marshall Plan. From 1955 to 1958, Kadderly did special contract work under the auspices of the International Cooperation Administration (ICA, successor to the ECA), in agricultural information methods in Japan, Taiwan, and numerous Latin American countries, where he was based in Costa Rica.

In 1958 Kadderly returned to Portland, Oregon and was employed by KUIK Radio in Hillsboro. In 1949, he served as President of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB), an association affiliated with radio broadcasting. In July of 1963 Kadderly received the highest honor given by the American Association of Agricultural Editors, the Rueben Brigham Award, for outstanding contributions to agricultural communications. Kadderly was the first Northwest recipient of this honor.

Kadderly retired in 1969. He was married to the former Alice Cornwall, a 1919 Home Economics graduate of OAC. He later married Ada Jeanette Reed, OAC class of 1918 in Home Economics, who survived him, along with his stepson, Donald Mayne. Kadderly died in Bend on 9 October 1983.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Series I consists of maps, pamphlets,photographs, radio programs on various agricultural subjects, handbooks, notes,and other correspondence from Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and South Wales. Series II contains photographs of agricultural events, agricultural booklets, and workshop reports from several European countries that were part of the recovery program included in the Marshall Plan after World War II. Series III contains books, pamphlets and photographs of agriculture in Japan. Series IV consists of pamphlets relating to agriculture, a map, and two sets of slides about farming in Taiwan, Republic of China. Series V contains final reports of Kadderly's Costa Rica assignment, field trip reports from each country he visited, correspondence, workshop materials, photographs, seminar information on thirteen South American countries, information on Brazilian history and pamphlets published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, both in Spanish and English. Some of the pamphlets were published in Costa Rica. Of special interest are the personal comments Kadderly noted on some of the reports.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Wallace L. Kadderly Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series, divided by the regions of the world in which Kadderly worked.

Related Materials

The Memorabilia Collection (MC) File of Wallace Kadderly contains news clippings dated 1933 announcing his departure from KOAC. The KOAC records (RG 15) contain annual reports and other materials that Kadderly authored. The Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection (P 120) contains numerous photographs of Kadderly and others taken by him. Other photographs of Kadderly are located in the Extension Service Photograph Collection (P 62) and in Harriet's Collection (#269).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  1947 Australian Area Agricultural Tour Records, 1931-1952Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Travelogues, itineraries
1947
Australia
Box
1
Poems, " Austeritalia" and other poems, by Thomas Johnson
1945
Charters of fictitious clubs, presented to Kadderly in fun by Thomas Johnson
1931-1937:
Box
1
Citizens of Empire
1
The Early Morning Club Un-Ltd
1
The League of Lovely Australia
Maps and tourist informational brochures, Victoria
1938-1946
Box
1
Apollo Bay
1
Beechworth
1
Bendigo the Golden City
1
The Botanic Gardens
1
Castlemaine and Vaugan Springs
1
Geelong
1
Gippsland Lakes
1
Travel in Gippsland
1
The Grampians
1
Melbourne's Parks and Gardens
1
Mildura
1
Toora for the Tourist
1
Warburton and the Upper Yarra Valley
1
Travel in Victoria Australia
1
Interesting Facts about Victoria
Box
1
Pamphlets
1941-1947
Box
1
Adelaide, South Australia
1
Australia's Future
1
A Look at Australia
1
Australia Makes
1
Australia and You
1
Australia Official Handbook
1
Australian Rural Industries
1
Brisbane Illustrated
1
Melbourne Up To-Date
1
South West Pacific Annual
1
The Journal of the Dept. of Agriculture of South Australia
1
The Visitor's Guide
1
Speeches, geographic notes, news releases, news clippings about Victoria, Australia
1947
1
Sunday Telegraph, newspaper in Sydney, Australia, horse racing information
6 April, 1947
Radio Program scripts from Australia and after his return
Box
1
Mr. Kadderly's Visit to Australia
1947
1
Guest of Honour Session by W. Kadderly
3/30/1947
1
Agriculture in Other Lands - Oregon
4/10/1947
1
Country Hour
4/14/1947
1
Poultry Raising in the State of Victoria
4/17/47
1
A Visit to the Farm Owned by Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
4/16/1947
1
National Farm and Home Hour
6/21/1947
1
George Moorad's Program
7/4/1947
1
Kadderly's Trip to Australia
10/28/1947
Maps
Map Case
*
Oceania and Australia, " New War Map..."
ca. 1942
*
Theater of War in the Pacific Ocean, Victoria, Australia
February 1942
Photographs
Box
2
Royal Agricultural Society's Show, including state winners in National Jr. Farmer competition, Australia
44 views
1947
New Zealand
Agricultural pamphlets
1946-1947
Box
1
Canterbury Agricultural College
1
Farming in New Zealand
1
Primary Production in New Zealand
1
Productive New Zealand
1
The Empire's Dairy Farm
Box
1
Tourist booklets
1945-1946, undated
Box
1
Automobile Association Handbook, two editions
1
View of the Hot Lake District Rotorua
1
Speech notes, speeches, poem, brief reports
1947
Maps
Map Case
*
North Island
Sheet 1, North Auckland; Sheet 2, Auckland - Taranaki; Sheet 3, East Coast; Sheet 4, Automobile Association Motor Touring Maps.
undated
*
South Island: Automobile Association Motor Touring Map
undated
*
" A New & Delectable Map of New Zealand..."
undated
*
U.S. Army Map
1942
Tasmania, pamphlets
1946
Box
1
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
1
Production Statistics, 1944-45
1
Power-The Hydro-Electric Commission
1
Tasmania's East Coast
1
Tasmania-Gem of the South
1
Tasmania-Holiday Island
Map Case
*
Map, New South Wales, Department of Conservation, plan showing Water Conservation & Irrigation Works, State Forests, Forest Reserves & Soil Conservation Centres
1946
Box
2
Photographs, views of livestock, fields, crops, trees, farm workers, farms, Hunter and Clarence Rivers, with identification sheet
92 photos
1947

Series II:  Agricultural Information Assignment in Europe Records, 1947-1960Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Job description for Wallace L. Kadderly, Agricultural Information Specialist, Marshall Plan, based in Paris, France
1950-1955
1
Mission statements, memos, personnel correspondence
1949-1953
Reports
Box
1
Agricultural Information Program, reports, correspondence, lists of films, notes
1950
1
Himebaugh-Webster Report, ECA Agricultural Information
1950
1
European Productivity Agency reports from Austria, Western Europe, France, The Netherlands, England & Wales, United States (University of Missouri), Germany
1953-1955
1
Agricultural Information field trip reports from Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Portugal
1950-1955
1
Participants' reports on European Agricultural Seminar Trip to Germany, Italy, France and Austria, written by American agricultural information personnel from farm publications
1950
1
Home Economics in Europe, separate reports for Norway, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Turkey, Greece, and Germany; summary report for 10 European countries, by Dr. Katherine Holtzclaw
1950-1953
1
Home Economics Extension Reports in Europe, by Mena Hogan
1951
Box
1
List of Agricultural bulletins sent to each ECA country
1950
Lists of agricultural films used in European Cooperation
Box
1
Administration-Mutual Security Administration-Foreign Operations
1
Administration (ECA-MSA-FOA) Program
1950-1954
Food and Agriculture Technology Information Service (FATIS)
Box
1
Resolutions, reports, conferences
1953-1957
1
Memorandum, brochure, correspondence
1953
3
The FATIS Review, publication of European Productivity Agency, seventeen issues
1954-1957
2
Photographs, " Meeting of FATIS Liaison Officers OEEC"
48 photos
March 1954
Box
2
Slides, Grassland in Europe, with script
444 color slides, 2 sets
ca. 1950
2
Film strips, " Better Grassland, The Key to Better Farming" , Europe
6 film strips
ca. 1950
Books and other publications
Box
3
The Production and Marketing of Eggs and Poultry
1954
3
The Mechanisation of Small Farms
1954
3
The Use of Radio in Farm Advisory Work and Farmer Education
1954
3
The Effective Use of Modern Pesticides and Herbicides
1954
3
The Control of Poultry Diseases
1953
3
Production and Marketing of High Quality Milk
1954
3
Grassland Management - including the Establishment of Pastures and the Conservation of Grass
1954
3
The Preparation and Implementation of Special Farm Productivity Campaigns
1954
3
Conference Report on Extension Experiences Around the World
1949
3
Farm Planning and Budgeting Services in Farm Management Advisory Work
1954
3
Agricultural Advisory Services in European Countries
1950
3
The Written Word in Agricultural Advisory Work
1956
3
The Control of Livestock Diseases in European Countries
1952
3
Development of the Agricultural Advisory Services in Europe since1950
1954
3
European Productivity Agency 1954-1955
1954
3
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
1954
3
The Ohio Farmer, publication containing reports on Agricultural Information trip to Austria and Italy
1952
Information by Country
Austria
Box
3
Itinerary for Visit of the American ECA Commission to Bavaria, includes maps, photographs and other visitor information
1952
3
Workshop, " Preparing Radio Programs" , Austria, examples, suggestions, reports
1952
3
Agricultural information, 4-H brochures, news article, Austria
1952-1953
3
Farm photographs in album, Austria
ca. 1950
3
U.S. Information Services in Austria, tourist brochures
ca. 1950
Photographs
Box
4
" Baby Chicks in Austria" , 200,000 baby chicks flown to Hoesching, Austria from United States, May 1952 (8 photos)
4
" Extension Training Workshop in Austria"
5 photos
1953
4
" Farm Broadcasters and Journalists in Austria" , group touring and natives welcoming them
61 photos
1952)
4
Workshop photographs taken by Dr. Ernest Nesius, Austria
11 photos
1952
Sound Recordings
Box
5
4-H Club Work in Austria, two radio broadcasts, no script; first one- " The Baby Chick Project" ; second one - general story about Ivan Yankoff and Rosa Rumpfhuber on the Rumpfhuber farm near Wels (?)
2 phonograph records
ca. 1952
5
4-H Interviews from Vienna, three radio broadcasts with script
3 phonograph records
ca. 1952
Box
3
Luxembourg & Belgium, agricultural information
1951
3
Britain, agricultural information, brochures, monograph
1949-1950
3
Denmark, agricultural information, letters, brochures, 4-H information
1947-1951
France
Box
3
Farm Press visit, agricultural information used
1952
3
European Visual Aids Workshop, Paris
1953:
Box
3
Report, summary of workshop ideas
4
Photographs, Participants and activities
42 views
Germany
Box
3
Agricultural information, North Rhine/Westphalia, (West Germany)
1952
3
Summary of the Food and Agriculture Situation, Federal Republic of Germany, tour information
1952
3
Itineraries and Briefings - trip to Rhineland by Secretary of Agriculture Brennan
1951
3
Agricultural information, brochures, monographs, West Germany
1951-1960
3
Information Bulletin, monthly magazine for the Office of US High Commissioner for Germany, eight issues
1951-1952
4
Photographs, ECA assignment to Germany by Mr. Franke, photographs
37 photos
1950
Box
4
Greece
Photographs
Box
4
" Extension Conference in Greece"
3 photos
1951
4
" Forage or Grassland" , slide series with identification sheet, by D.R. Dodd
63 slides
1953
3
Agricultural information, brochures, monographs
1950-1953
3
Holland (The Netherlands): agricultural information, monographs, brochures
1948-1954
3
Ireland: agricultural information, brochures
1950-1954
Italy
Box
6
Agricultural information, brochures, monographs
1950-1952
6
" Casa Per Il Mezzogiorno Program" , restoration program for Italy
1950-1952
6
" Reclamation under the Marshall Plan in Italy" , monograph, with maps
1950-1951
6
Itinerary for U.S. Farm & Press Representatives
1952
6
Press briefing
1952
Map Case
*
Maps
ca. 1950
Box
6
Norway: agricultural information, monograph, brochures
1950-1952
6
Portugal: background information, identification of photograph (no photograph)
ca. 1950
Sweden
Box
6
Book of agricultural information, Lapland and the Lapps
1953
6
Report, " Use of Agricultural Press" , workshop at Sanga-Saby, sponsored by Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), includes description of Swedish farms and Swedish Ag. Press and Ag. Press in neighboring countries
1954
4
Photographs, " Use of Farm Press" , workshop at Sanga-Saby, Sweden
10 photos
1954
Turkey
Box
5
Sound Recording, Agricultural Report in Turkey, by Dick Driscoll
February 1951
6
Radio programs, transcriptions sent back to Nebraska
1950
6
Historical facts about Turkey
1950

Series III:  Japanese Agricultural Tour Records, 1957-1959Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Books
Box
6
Agriculture in Japan, Japan FAE Association
1958
6
Agriculture in Japan, Japan 4-H Association
1959
6
An Introduction to Agriculture of Japan, Seiichi Tobata
1958
6
A Portrait of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
1957
6
Far East Agricultural Extension and Information Workshop, Ching Hua Press, Co. Ltd.
1959
6
Japan's Agriculture and Forestry White Paper, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
1957
6
Japan Farm Machinery, Japan Farm Machinery Manufacturers Association
1958
6
Statistical Abstracts of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
1958
Pamphlets
Box
6
The Economy of Hokkaido
6
Erosion Control
6
Forest Research
6
Guide Book for Productivity Drive
6
Guide Book for Visiting Places
6
Far East Rural Youth Conference
1957
6
Guide Book for Delegates, The Second Far East Rural Youth Workshop
1957
6
Industry of Shizuoka
1958
6
Japan Broadcasting Corporation - Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
1957
7
The Raw Silk Industry of Japan
ca. 1957
7
The Raw Silk Industry of Japan, by The Japan Silk Association, Tokyo
1953
Agricultural Development Series, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Productivity Conference
Box
7
#1 Agricultural Extension Work in Japan
7
#2 Land Reform in Japan
7
#3 Land Development and Improvement Projects in Japan
7
#5 Agricultural Credit System in Japan
7
#6 Agricultural Cooperative Associations in Japan
7
#7 Staple Food Control in Japan
7
#8 Agriculture and Forestry Budget in Japan
7
#9 Agricultural Administration in Japan after the War
7
#10 Agricultural Machinery and Implements in Japan
7
#11 Growing Rice in Japan
7
#12 Land Utilization in Japan
7
#13 Farm Household Economy Survey in Japan
7
#14 Marketing of Agricultural Products in Japan
7
#15 Statistical Surveys on Agriculture in Japan
Reports
Box
7
ICA Assignment report on Japan by Kadderly
1959
7
Information Activities report, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
1959
7
Radio talks recorded in Japan
1959
7
The Second Far East Seed Improvement Workshop, Guide Book for Delegates
1958
Box
4
Photographs, delegates and participants, with identification sheets
8 photos
1958

Series IV:  Agricultural Information About Taiwan, Republic of China, 1956-1959Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Pamphlets
Box
7
Farm Extension in Free China
7
Land Reform in Taiwan
7
Land-to-the-Tiller
7
Report on the Accomplishments of Agricultural Extension Education Work in Taiwan During 1958
7
Selected Statistics of Rural Taiwan
7
A Decade of Rural Progress
7
Agricultural Communications in the Republic of China
Map Case
*
Map of Taiwan
August 1956
Box
4
" Information Activities in Free China" , slide series about Taiwan with script
28 slides
ca. 1958
4
" The Blessed Land" , slide set about farming in Taiwan, slide series with script
57 slides
ca. 1958

Series V:  Latin American Assignments Records, 1940-1963Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
7
Brazil - pamphlets showing history, geography and resources of the area
1955-1957
7
Field trip reports, British Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru
1955-1958
7
Extension Information Seminar, Peru, guidebooks
1957
7
USDA and Extension Service resource pamphlets
1940-1958
Oregon Extension Service training resources
Box
7
" The Oregon Extension Service and Program Planning"
1951
Resources written by Kadderly
Box
7
" Methods for Studying Readability and Farmer Reaction"
1954
7
" An Outline for Training Extension Workers in Preparation and Use of Visual Aids"
1959
7
Constitution and By laws of Central American Association of Agriculture Information
1957
7
Extension Training materials, in Spanish
1957-1963
7
Reports, Agricultural case studies, used as training resources
1954
Costa Rica
Box
7
Contract with U.S. Missions
1946
7
News article from Prairie Farmer regarding Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences
1956
7
Final reports from Costa Rica assignment
1956-1957
7
Extension en las Americas, publication of Extension work from Costa Rica, 12 issues in Spanish with English translations inserted
1956-1962
7
" Workshop for Agricultural Press and Radio" , discussions, conclusions, and documents
1956
8
Oversize photographs, " Farm Press-Radio Workshop" , Turrialba, participants including Wallace Kadderly
apx 12x17 in.
2 photos
March 1956
Photographs
Box
4
" Visual Aids Training by Enrique Sanchez, El Salvador"
5 photos
February 13-20, 1957
4
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences building, Turrialba
one photo
1956
4
" General American Extension Information Seminar" , participants in seminar
22 photos
1957

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Agricultural extension work--Australia.
  • Agricultural extension work--Europe.
  • Agricultural extension work--Japan.
  • Agricultural extension work--Latin America.
  • Agricultural extension work--Taiwan.
  • Agriculture--Economic aspects--Europe.
  • Agriculture--Europe.
  • Agriculture--Japan.
  • Radio programs.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Maps.
  • Photographs.
  • Radio scripts.
  • Sound recordings.
  • Tourist maps.