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Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association Records, 1956-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association
Title
Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association Records
Dates
1956-1975 (inclusive)
Quantity
3 containers., (3 linear feet of shelf space.), (4700 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 375
Summary
Correspondence, financial, membership, meeting and subject files of a wheat industry improvement association.
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 for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

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.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 375, Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

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.

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).

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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Series 1: Correspondence

  • Series 2: Financial

    • Description: Bank Deposits
      110
      Dates: 1968; 1970-1975
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16-20
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Bills--Paid
      340
      Dates: 1964-1975
      Container: Box 1, Folder 21-31
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Budget
      1
      Dates: 1969-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 32
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Cancelled Checks
      115
      Dates: 1965-1967; 1970-1975
      Container: Box 1, Folder 33-39
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Cash Disbursements
      15
      Dates: 1964-1965
      Container: Box 1, Folder 40
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Check Registers
      3
      Dates: 1961-1964; 1967-1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 41-43
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Deposit Slips
      4
      Dates: 1968-1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 44
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Executive Secretary Fees and Travel Expenses
      10
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 1, Folder 45
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Financial Statements
      65
      Dates: 1963-1964; 1967-1969; 1972
      Container: Box 1, Folder 46-49
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Ledger
      1
      Dates: 1959-1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 50
      Location: Series 2: Financial
    • Description: Manhattan Project--Expenses
      30
      Dates: 1965-1966
      Container: Box 1, Folder 51
      Location: Series 2: Financial

  • Series 3: Membership

    • Description: Membership
      1220
      Dates: 1964-1966; 1968-1974
      Container: Box 2, Folder 52-67
      Location: Series 3: Membership

  • Series 4: Officers and Meetings

  • Series 5: Subject File

    • Description: Annual Reports
      30
      Dates: 1966-1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 97-100
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Cereal Chemists
      4
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 2, Folder 101
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Cereal Field Day, WSU
      10
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 2, Folder 102
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Collaborative Tests--First Annual Report
      1
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 103
      Location: Series 5: Subject File

    • Committees:

    • Description: Conference-Workshop, Grain Sanitation
      5
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 2, Folder 107
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Constitution (adopted 1942)
      4
      Container: Box 2, Folder 108
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Contributions
      10
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 3, Folder 109
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Crop Improvement Associations--State/County
      20
      Dates: 1968-1970
      Container: Box 3, Folder 110
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Crop Quality Council
      1
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 3, Folder 111
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Dayball Duplicating Service
      15
      Dates: 1967-1970
      Container: Box 3, Folder 112
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Durum Wheat Project
      25
      Dates: 1965; 1968
      Container: Box 3, Folder 113-114
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Grain Dealers Associations, Pacific Northwest
      10
      Dates: 1964; 1968-1969
      Container: Box 3, Folder 115-116
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Historical Background Material
      30
      Dates: 1962-1972
      Container: Box 3, Folder 117
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: History of the PNWCIA
      1
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 3, Folder 118
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Miga Mill
      305
      Dates: 1967-1970
      Container: Box 3, Folder 119-125
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Newsletter (Bulletin)
      180
      Dates: 1962-1966; 1968-1974
      Container: Box 3, Folder 126-131
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Plant Diseases
      2
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 3, Folder 132
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Production Estimates by Variation
      155
      Dates: 1956-1963; 1965-1974
      Container: Box 3, Folder 133-137
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Publication--Quality Wheats for the Northwest
      2
      Dates: 1959; 1968
      Container: Box 3, Folder 138
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Publications by Various Crop Organizations
      30
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box 3, Folder 139
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Publicity
      45
      Dates: 1968-1970
      Container: Box 3, Folder 140-141
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Research
      50
      Dates: 1962-1963; 1965-1968
      Container: Box 3, Folder 142-144
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Statistics
      6
      Dates: 1967; 1969
      Container: Box 3, Folder 145-146
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Survey--Fall Seeding
      65
      Dates: 1963-1965
      Container: Box 3, Folder 147-153
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Washington Department of Agriculture
      7
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box 3, Folder 154
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Washington State Cereal Testing System
      1
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 155
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Washington State University Agronomy Dept.
      20
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box 3, Folder 156
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Western Wheat Quality Laboratory
      7
      Dates: 1963-1964
      Container: Box 3, Folder 157-158
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Wheat Quality Survey Handbook
      1
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 3, Folder 159
      Location: Series 5: Subject File
    • Description: Wheat Variety Recommendations
      8
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 3, Folder 160
      Location: Series 5: Subject File

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Subject Terms

  • Agriculture--Northwest, Pacific--Societies, etc.--Records and correspondence
  • Wheat--Northwest, Pacific

Personal Names

  • DeVore, Paul T., donor. WaPS (donor)

Corporate Names

  • Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association--Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Stephen E. Balzarini
2012

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