AHJ_ah07889 Inventory of the National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) records, 1866-1981 National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) records Processed by Emily Christopherson The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid has been made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2011

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Emily Christopherson September 2011 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) records 1866-1981 07889 228.41 cubic ft. (426 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The records of the National Wool Growers Association (U.S.), the first national livestock organization in the United States. History of the National Wool Growers Association (U.S.)

The National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) was established in 1865, and was the first national livestock organization in the United States. In 1989, it merged with the American Sheep Producers Council (established in 1955) to form the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI). The National Wool Growers Association (NWGA) was concerned with all aspects of the production, distribution, and marketing of lamb and wool.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains records of the National Wool Growers Association, as well as some records for related and affiliated organizations such as the American Wool Council and other industrial and state organizations concerning livestock. Records include correspondence, organization minutes and by-laws, financial records, subject files, government and legal documents, and various publicity materials (including copies of “The National Wool Grower”). The collection also contains audiotapes of meetings, photographs, and film reels related to the topic of sheep and livestock. A large number of books relating to sheep and other livestock related issues are also present.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from the National Wool Growers Association in 1981.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in September 2011.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms American Sheep Industry Association. American Sheep Producers Council. Sheep--United States. Sheep--Breeding--United States. Sheep industry--United States. Wool--United States. Wool industry--United States. Wool--Marketing. Lamb (Meat)--United States. Lamb meat industry--United States. Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranching Politics, Government, and Law Clubs and Societies Container List Series I. Administrative files 1866-1981

Series arranged alphabetically by file name. Includes correspondence, record books, financial information, policies and by-laws, convention proceedings, and other administrative files.

 288 Agendas 1946-1963 353 Airline timetables 1963-1966 2 Certificate of amendment 1965 2 Certificate of patents 1927-1949 2 Certificate of renewal 1928 215 Committee meeting minutes undated 6 Constitution and by-laws - American Wool Council, Inc. 1941-1974 6 Constitution and by-laws - Arizona Wool Growers Association 1945 6 Constitution and by-laws - California Wool Growers Association 1924 6 Constitution and by-laws - Colorado State Wool Growers Association undated 6 Constitution and by-laws - Inter-American Confederation of Cattlemen 1966 6 Constitution and by-laws - Joint Livestock Committee 1949 6 Constitution and by-laws - Montana Wool Growers Association undated 6 Constitution and by-laws - National Livestock and Meat Board 1955 6 Constitution and by-laws - Oregon Wool Growers Association undated 6 Constitution and by-laws - Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, Inc. 1948 6 Constitution and by-laws - Wool Bureau, Inc. 1949 6 Correspondence - general 1912-1957 7 Correspondence - general 1958-1966 8 Correspondence - general 1967-1981, undated 175 Correspondence - Department of Agriculture undated 175 Correspondence - Department of Interior undated 174 Correspondence - general undated 175 Correspondence - guest speakers 1961 175 Correspondence - Menger Inn undated 175 Correspondence - rayon blankets undated 175 Correspondence - U.S. Representatives undated 175 Correspondence - U.S. Senators undated 9 Directory - American Agricultural Editors' Association 1954 9 Directory - American Association of Advertising Agencies 1961-1962 9 Directory - American Corriedale Association, Inc. 1953 9 Directory - American Express Card 1970 9 Directory - American Southdown Breeders' Association 1949 9 Directory - American Veterinary Medical Association 1960 9 Directory - Boston Wool Trade 1956 9 Directory - Columbia Sheep Breeders' Association of America 1965-1966 9 Directory - Committees in the 86th Congress 1959 9 Directory - County Agents 1961 9 Directory - Farmers Education and Co-operative Union of America 1971 9 Directory - Iowa Purebred Sheep Breeders 1949 9 Directory - Livestock and Related Industry Organizations 1961-1966 9 Directory - Livestock Shipping Guide and Directory 1956 9 Directory - National Grange 1962 9 Directory - National Livestock and Meat Board 1968-1969 9 Directory - National Trade and Professional Associations 1971 9 Directory - State and Territory Sanitary Officials undated 9 Directory - Trade and Professional Association Members 1963, 1966 9 Directory - Trustees and Committees, American Institute of Cooperation 1971 9 Directory - Wool Board and other Organizations in the New Zealand Wool Industry 1962 215 Employees security benefit plan undated 425 Fabric samples undated 3 Financial files - cancelled checks 1972-1975 152-154 Financial files - financial records 1916-1980 186 Financial files - financial statements undated 265 Financial files - futures market reports 1970-1971 191 Financial files - income tax returns undated 393 Financial files - ledgers 1914-1961 394 Financial files - ledgers 1941-1965 395 Financial files - ledgers 1926-1958 426 Financial files - ledgers 1954-1961 392 Financial files - ledgers 1934-1969 326 Financial files - receipt books - National Ram Sale 1942-1971 327-331 Financial files - receipt books - National Wool Growers Association Company 1960-1981 287 First Day of Issue envelopes and stamps - American Wool Industry 450th Anniversary 1971 287 Forms and handbooks 1935-1964 215 History undated 10 Legal files - dockets - North Pacific Coast Freight Bureau and Pacific South-Coast Freight Bureau 1962-1965 10 Legal files - dockets - Pacific Southwest Freight Bureau 1962 10 Legal files - dockets - Trans-Continental Freight Bureau 1959-1968 10 Legal files - dockets - Western Trunk Line Committee 1958-1971 151 Legal files - excerpts 1930-1967 344 Legal files - resolutions 1947-1974 215 Meeting 1961 270 Memoranda 1940-1980 274 Minutes - Women's Auxiliary 1949-1965 273 Minutes - Wool Promotion Committee 1941 273-274 Minutes from other wool, sheep, and livestock organizations 1932-1979 273 Minutes 1905-1930 287-288 Miscellaneous 1946-1971 277 Notebooks and reports 1929-1967 396-397 Notebooks and reports 1929-1967 287 Notes and regulations circa 1930-1956 278 Notices 1924-1974 278 Outlines 1944-1965 315 Plans 1940-1979 407 Proceedings - annual conventions 1904-1910 408 Proceedings - annual conventions 1911, 1914 409 Proceedings - annual conventions 1916-1918 410 Proceedings - annual conventions 1920-1923 411 Proceedings - annual conventions 1924-1927 412 Proceedings - annual conventions 1928-1930 413 Proceedings - annual conventions 1932-1936 414 Proceedings - annual conventions 1937-1942 415 Proceedings - annual conventions 1943-1950 416 Proceedings - annual conventions 1951-1954 417 Proceedings - annual conventions 1956-1959 419 Proceedings - annual conventions 1960-1963 420 Proceedings - annual conventions 1964-1966 418 Proceedings - Executive Committee Meetings 1908-1946 418 Proceedings - Grazing Fee Conference 1927 316-317 Proceedings of other sheep and livestock organizations 1915-1979 414 Proceedings - annual conventions 1937-1942 215 Prospective membership files undated 324 Proposals 1942-1975 422 Record books - minutes, agenda, financial statements, etc. 1940-1955 387 Record books - articles of incorporation, minutes, agenda, financial statements, etc. 1866-1936 286 Record books - articles of incorporation, minutes, agenda, financial statements, etc. 1913-1921 423 Record books - minutes, agenda, financial statements, etc. 1922-1969 424 Record books - minutes, agenda, financial statements, etc. 1950-1957 386 Record books - minutes, agenda, financial statements, etc. 1957-1968 287 Speech transcripts 1920-1963 346-352 Statements (speeches, addresses, comments, testimony, and written statements of policy) circa 1920-1970 353 Tables 1925-1972 Series II. Public relations 1911-1980

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Series includes copies of “The National Wool Grower,” newspaper clippings, news releases, and programs for events related to the National Wool Growers Association.

 425 Awards 1956-1958 4 Clippings - Congressional Record 1947-1979 4-5 Clippings - Federal Register 1951-1979 5 Clippings - miscellaneous undated 345 Clippings (scrapbooks) 1947-1955 387 Clippings (scrapbooks) circa 1944-1968 272 Las Vegas Stamp Ceremony and 1971 National Ram Sale 1971 426 Layouts, galleys, and proofs from "National Wool Grower" 100th Anniversary edition 1965 267 Layouts, galleys, and proofs from "National Wool Grower" 100th Anniversary edition 1965 271-272 "National Wool Grower" magazine, volumes 1-69 (microfilm) 1911-1979 398 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1917-1922 399 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1923-1926 400 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1929-1934 401 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1935-1939 402 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1940-1946 403 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1947-1952 404 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1953-1963 405 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1964-1972 406 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1973-1980 421 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1912-1916 421 "National Wool Grower" magazine 1927-1928 375 "National Wool Grower" magazine (bound) 1955-1960 286 News releases - Joint Livestock Committee undated 286 News releases - National Renderers Association 1947-1949 276 News releases 1942-1975 360 News releases circa 1947-1949 276 Newspapers 1939-1970 315 Printers ink plates and mattes undated 318 Programs - American Wool Industry 1971 318 Programs - National Wool Growers Association annual convention 1927-1980 318 Programs - National Wool Growers Association annual convention - Women's Auxiliary 1959 318 Programs - National Livestock and Meat Board 1945 318 Programs - California Fashions 1947 318 Programs - Conference on Food and People (USDA) 1962 318 Programs - Conference on the Future for Sheep 1964 318 Programs - Western Resources Conference 1963 318 Programs - National Pasture-Forage-Livestock Conference 1949 318 Programs - Golden Spike National Livestock Show 1962 318 Programs - Grand National Livestock Exposition 1962-1963 318 Programs - National Wool Growers Association and National Lamb Feeders Association 1975-1977 318 Programs - American Wool Council - Make It Yourself With Wool Fashion Show 1949-1971 318 Programs - Midwest Wool's annual meeting 1968 318 Programs - National Lamb Show 1968 318 Programs - National Miss Wool Pageant 1958-1967 319-321 Programs - National Ram Sale 1918-1980 321 Programs - New Faces in Woolknits 1962 321 Programs - Annual Sheep Day 1965 321 Programs - Ohio Wool Growers Annual Meeting 1967 321-322 Programs - National Wool Growers Association Annual Convention platform and program 1930-1977 323-324 Promotional materials on wool and other livestock industries 1953-1970, undated 332 Recipes undated 325 Questionnaires sent to readers of "National Wool Grower" magazine 1948, 1980 Series III. Research and analysis 1878-1981

Contains three sub-series: Government documents, Subject files, and Resource files. Includes reports, reference materials, and market research relating to the wool and lamb industries.

 Sub-series 1. Government documents 1886-1981

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Sub-series includes government documents, bills, and reports relating to issues important to the National Wool Growers Association. Includes many documents from the Department of Agriculture, as well as others from the Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior, and the United States Tariff Commission.

 11 American Historical Association annual reports 1918-1920 11 Civilian Production Administration news releases 1946 11 Commission on Foreign Economic Policy reports to Congress 1954 11 Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government reports 1949 11 Committee on the Conservation and Administration of the Public Domain report 1931 12-13 Congressional Acts, Bills, and Amendments 1932-1973 13-14 Congressional Committee Prints 1947-1969 374-375 Congressional Directory 1960-1974 12 Congressional Record 1930-1967 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Adjustment Administration 1933-1938 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Agricultural Marketing," 1960-1963 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Agricultural Prices," 1960-1961 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Demand and Price Situation," 1960-1961 28 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Farm Income Situation," 1960-1961 28 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Farm Labor," 1959-1961 28 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Livestock and Meat Situation," 1955-1961 28 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Livestock and Poultry Inventory," 1956-1961 28-31 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Market News," 1960-1977 31 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Marketing and Transportation Situation," 1960-1961 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Meat Animals," 1957-1960 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Mohair Production and Value," 1958-1961 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "National Food Situation," 1960-1961 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Packers and Stockyard Resume," 1963-1976 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Shorn Wool Production," 1958-1960 35 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Wool Production and Value," 1958-1961 35 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - "Wool Situation," 1960-1961 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - Agricultural handbooks, manuals, and guides 1955-1960 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - Agriculture Information Bulletin 1954-1960 27 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - AMS Series 1956-1964 31 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - Marketing Bulletin 1960 32 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - Marketing Research Report 1955-1964 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - miscellaneous publications 1941-1961 35-36 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - other 1940-1969 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - P & S docket 1941, 1961 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - PA Series 1963, 1969 33 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - service and regulatory announcements 1939, 1955 34-35 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Service - statistical bulletins 1954-1964 38 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - "Agricultural Outlook," 1959-1963 38 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - "Agricultural Research," 1968-1969 38 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - Agricultural Information Bulletin 1956-1968 38 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - annual reports of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry 1912-1953 36-37 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - ARS Series 1956-1969 38 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - handbooks, manuals, and guides 1953-1960 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - leaflets 1959-1960 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - miscellaneous publications 1958-1963 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - other 1933-1970 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - PA Series 1948-1965 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - Production Research Report 1960-1962 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - regulations, rules, and laws 1930-1964 39 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service - technical bulletins 1961-1968 40 Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 1954-1971 41 Department of Agriculture - Animal and Animal Products Research Advisory Committee 1964-1968 41-42 Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Economics 1924-1955 43 Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Biological Survey 1920-1939 43 Department of Agriculture - Centennial Committee 1961-1962 43-44 Department of Agriculture - Commodity Exchange Authority 1941-1973 44-45 Department of Agriculture - Commodity Stabilization Service 1943-1961 45-49 Department of Agriculture - Consumer Marketing Service 1927-1972 49 Department of Agriculture - Cooperative Extension Service 1957-1970 50 Department of Agriculture - Cooperative State Research Service 1964-1967 50 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Agricultural Economic Report," 1963-1977 51 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Costs and Returns," 1962-1972 51 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Cotton and Wool Situation," 1975-1977 52 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Demand and Price Situation," 1961-1975 53-55 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Farm Income Situation," 1961-1974 55 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Farm Index," 1965-1971 56 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Foreign Agricultural Trade in the U.S.," 1961-1967 58-59 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Livestock and Meat Situation," 1961-1977 60 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Marketing and Transportation Situation," 1961-1975 61-62 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "National Food Situation," 1961-1977 64-65 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - "Wool Situation," 1961-1973 51 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - Agricultural Information Bulletin 1961-1969 53 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - ERS - Foreign Series 1962-1969 53 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - ERS Series 1961-1970 56 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - Foreign Agricultural Trade Report 1961-1967 57 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - handbooks 1963-1977 59 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - Marketing Bulletin 1961, 1965 59 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - Marketing Research Report 1961-1970 61 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - miscellaneous publications 1963-1970 65 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - other 1963-1972 62-64 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - Statistical bulletins 1962-1976 64 Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service - technical bulletins 1961-1962 66 Department of Agriculture - Economics, Statistics, and Cooperative Service 1978-1979 66-67 Department of Agriculture - Extension Service 1944-1976 67-68 Department of Agriculture - Farm Credit Administration 1933-1970 68-70 Department of Agriculture - Farmer Cooperative Service 1954-1970 70 Department of Agriculture - Farmers' Home Administration 1949, 1965 70 Department of Agriculture - Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 1947-1965 70 Department of Agriculture - Federal Extension Service 1954-1964 70 Department of Agriculture - Federal-State Market News Service 1960-1967 71 Department of Agriculture - Food Distribution Administration 1943 74 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - "Foreign Agricultural Circular," 1949-1976 71 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - "Foreign Agricultural Trade," 1956 71-73 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - "Foreign Agriculture," 1964-1976 75-77 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - "Foreign Crops and Markets," 1958-1961 77 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - "New Zealand's Livestock and Meat Industry," 1959-1970 77-79 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - "World Agricultural Production and Trade," 1963-1975 79-80 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - other 1950-1972 77 Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service - Prospects in Foreign Trade 1958-1963 80-84 Department of Agriculture - Forest Service 1922-1971 85 Department of Agriculture - Grain and Forage Crops Research Advisory Committee 1966 85 Department of Agriculture - Inter-Agency Wool Study Group 1953 85 Department of Agriculture - Inter-Bureau and Regional Committee on Post-War Programs 1943-1944 85 Department of Agriculture - International Agricultural Development Service 1965-1967 85 Department of Agriculture - Livestock Research and Marketing Advisory Committee 1955 85 Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Advisory Committee 1964 85 Department of Agriculture - Office of Information 1932-1973 86 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - Agricultural Handbook 1951-1964 85 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - Agricultural Information Bulletin 1952-1967 86 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - agricultural statistics 1951-1960 86 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - department bulletin and circular 1918-1952 87 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - Farmers' Bulletin 1917-1977 87 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - leaflets 1928-1963 87 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - legal proceedings 1926-1970 88 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - miscellaneous publications 1929-1968 88 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - news releases 1933-1971 89 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - other 1920-1969 89 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - PA Series 1957-1965 89 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - Report of the Secretary of Agriculture 1932-1969 89 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - technical bulletins 1928-1957 89 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - telephone directory 1959 380-382 Department of Agriculture - Office of the Secretary - Yearbook of Agriculture 1911-1966 90 Department of Agriculture - Plant Science and Entomology Research Advisory Committee 1966 90 Department of Agriculture - Presidential documents 1912-1968 90-92 Department of Agriculture - Production and Marketing Administration 1941-1960 92 Department of Agriculture - Rural Electrification Administration 1964 92 Department of Agriculture - Science and Education Administration 1964-1980 92 Department of Agriculture - Sheep and Wool Research and Marketing Advisory Committee 1959-1966 93 Department of Agriculture - Soil Conservation Service 1944-1965 93-102 Department of Agriculture - Statistical Reporting Service 1960-1977 102-104 Department of Agriculture - Wool Advisory Committee 1886-1980 104 Department of Commerce - "Commerce News," 1969-1971 104 Department of Commerce - "Current Industrial Reports," 1960-1971 104 Department of Commerce - Commercial Standard 1932-1944 105 Department of Commerce - facts for industry 1957-1960 113 Department of Commerce - other 1928-1969 383-385 Department of Commerce - Statistical Abstract of the United States 1924-1972 388-389 Department of Commerce - Statistical Abstract of the United States 1924-1972 105 Department of Commerce - statistical classification of commodities imported into the U.S. 1924-1972 105-107 Department of Commerce - United States census of agriculture 1925-1964 107 Department of Commerce - United States exports of domestic and foreign merchandise 1944 108 Department of Commerce - United States general imports 1944-1945 108 Department of Commerce - United States imports of merchandise for consumption 1959-1960 109-111 Department of Commerce - United States imports of merchandise for consumption 1961-1964 112 Department of Commerce - Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin 1972-1974 114 Department of Health , Education, and Welfare 1950-1970 122 Department of Justice 1941 122 Department of Labor 1922-1971 122 Department of Post Office 1962 123-124 Department of State 1935-1967 114-116 Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management 1934-1979 117-119 Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service 1931-1981 120 Department of the Interior - General Land Office 1915-1930 120 Department of the Interior - Geological Survey 1916-1946 120 Department of the Interior - Grazing Service 1941-1942 121 Department of the Interior - miscellaneous 1926-1978 120 Department of the Interior - National Park Service 1952-1965 121 Department of the Interior - Office of the Secretary 1925-1966 121 Department of the Interior - press releases 1962-1969 121 Department of the Interior - yearbooks 1965-1966 124-125 Department of the Treasury 1886-1968 125 Federal Communications Commission 1963 125 Federal Farm Board 1930 125 Federal Reserve Board 1919 125 Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 1936 125 Federal Trade Commission 1918-1969 148 Foreign Government - Australia 1932-1966 148 Foreign Government - Portugal 1961 126-127 General Services Administration 1950-1967 14 House documents 1898-1962 14-19 House hearings 1896-1974 20 House reports 1935-1972 127-130 Interstate Commerce Commission 1913-1970 130 Judiciary 1936-1960 131-133 Laws 1914-1972 26 miscellaneous Congressional documents 1934-1965 145 miscellaneous 1943-1972 133 National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber 1967 134 National Commission on Food Marketing 1966-1967 135 National Labor Relations Board 1951 135 National Resources Board 1935 135 Office for Emergency Management 1942 135 Office of Defense Transportation 1942-1943 135 Office of Price Administration 1942 135 Office of Price Stabilization 1951-1952 135 Office of Production Management 1942 135 Office of Special Representative for Trade Negotiations 1963-1967 136 Office of War Information 1943-1944 136 Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Committee 1962 136 Presidential Advisory Committee on Transport Policy and Organization 1962 136 President's Advisory Committee on Labor Management Policy 1962 136 President's Committee on Migratory Labor 1959-1962 136 Price Decontrol Board 1946 136 Public Land Law Review Commission 1965-1970 136 Selective Service System 1941-1943 20 Senate documents 1910-1957 21-25 Senate hearings 1925-1972 26 Senate reports 1934-1971 146 State Government - Arizona undated 146 State Government - California 1953-1967 146 State Government - Colorado 1961-1972 146 State Government - Idaho 1966-1979 148 State Government - miscellaneous undated 146 State Government - Montana 1975-1980 146 State Government - Nevada 1949-1977 146 State Government - New York 1965 146 State Government - North Dakota 1952 146 State Government - Oregon 1972 146 State Government - South Dakota 1955 147-148 State Government - Texas 1968-1977 148 State Government - Utah 1951-1978 148 State Government - Wyoming 1928-1942 376 United States Code Titles 1952 377-379 United States Codes and supplements - Judiciary Committee 1952 137 United States Tariff Commission 1920-1949 138 United States Tariff Commission 1950-1955 139 United States Tariff Commission 1956-1959 140 United States Tariff Commission 1960 141 United States Tariff Commission 1961-1962 142 United States Tariff Commission 1963-1967 143 United States Tariff Commission 1968 144 United States Tariff Commission 1969-1970 145 United States Tariff Commission 1971 145 War Department 1947 145 War Production Board 1941-1945 Sub-series 2. Subject files 1926-1981, undated

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Sub-series includes subject files relating to sheep and other livestock-related issues.

 155 Administration Trade Proposal 1962 155 Advertising in state papers undated 155 Agriculture Department undated 155 American Cattlemen's Association undated 155 American Farm Bureau opposition to Wool Act undated 156 American Sheep Producers Council undated 156 American Tariff League undated 156 American Textile Manufacturers Institute (National Association Wool Manufacturers) undated 156 American Wool Council undated 155 American undated 157 Animal health undated 157 Animal morbidity undated 157 Animal waste control undated 157 Annual statements undated 157 Antibiotics undated 158 Arizona Wool Growers Association undated 157 Arizona 1948 158 Articles undated 155 ASPC Lamb Advisory Committee Labeling Regulation (spring or genuine) undated 158 Assignment of incentive payments undated 159-166 Association and company vouchers undated 166 Auxiliary "Make It Yourself With Wool" contest undated 166 Auxiliary undated 155 AWC ledger sheets 1944 167 Background and program undated 167 Basic laws undated 168 Beard (Irving) case 1950 168 Big game 1926-1949 168 Blue Ribbon Task Force undated 168 Blue Tongue undated 168 Board of Appeals undated 168 Breeder advertising in "National Wool Grower," 1968-1970 168 Brochure undated 168 Brucellosis undated 169 Calf crop undated 169 California Range Association undated 169 California Wool Growers Association undated 169 California undated 169 Carpet Institute proposal undated 169 Carpet wastes - H.R. 8099 1938 170 Carpet wool investigations undated 170 Cartoons and pictures undated 170 Cash income in 13 Western states undated 170 Cattle on feed undated 170 Centennial Convention scrapbook undated 170 Centennial edition letters undated 171 Chairmen and division leaders on the program undated 171 Chambers of Commerce undated 171 Chicago undated 171 Chronological happenings relative to the efforts of the wool growing industry to secure representation in OPS undated 171 Clippings - general undated 171 Clippings - history of war controls 1942-1945 171 Clippings - National Wool Growers Association differences undated 171 Clippings - referendum and American Sheep Producers Council undated 171 Clippings - tariff undated 171 Colorado magazine undated 171 Colorado Wool Growers Association undated 171 Commensurate property standards undated 171 Commission on Food and Fiber undated 172 Committees undated 172 Company IRS audits undated 172 Conferences 1960-1961 172 Congressional directory clippings on Wool Bill 1947 172 Congressional hearings undated 173 Consumption undated 173 Contributions undated 173 Conventions undated 173 Copies, releases, etcetera undated 176 Cost data undated 176 Costs - South Africa 1929-1930 176 Costs of production undated 176 Counterveiling duties undated 177 Country sales - lamb and wool undated 178 Court decisions undated 178 Cutability studies information needs undated 178 Dawson, Quinn, Riddell, Taylor, and Davis undated 178 Decisions undated 178 Denver market undated 178 Denver predator control meeting undated 179 Docket 909 undated 179 Dog laws undated 179 Drafts - proposals from an Act undated 179 Dues deductions undated 180 Employment undated 180 Environmental groups undated 180 Environmental Protection Agency undated 180 Epididymitis undated 180 Executive Committee undated 180 Expenses undated 181 Extension of National Wool Act 1958-1965 182-184 Federal lands undated 184 Federal Trade Commission undated 184 Federation of Western American States undated 185 Fees and costs undated 186 Final report - conference undated 186 Foot and mouth disease undated 186 Foot rot undated 187 Forest grazing undated 187 Forest Omnibus Bill - H.R. 5839 1950 187 Form letters undated 187 Fort Worth undated 187 Fortune magazine article undated 187 Franklin, Robert undated 187 Freight rates Ex Parte #259 1968 188 Government - miscellaneous undated 188 Government exhibits on sheep undated 188 Government predator control undated 188 Grading - inspection - labeling undated 188-189 Grazing undated 189 Great Lakes Wool Growers Association undated 189 History of predator control undated 189 Hogs and pigs undated 190 Idaho Wool Growers Association undated 190 Incentive level undated 191 Incentive payments - first wool bill undated 192 Indiana Sheepbreeders Association undated 192 Indiana Wool Planning Committee undated 192 Industry-Wide Lamb Planning Committee undated 192-193 Industry-Wide Wool Planning Committee undated 193 Information requests undated 193 Information Steering Committee 1960 193 Insurance program (predator loss) undated 193 Inter-Industry Committee undated 193 Invitations undated 194 Joint Livestock Committee undated 194 Jones, J.M. 1954 194 Josendal, Harold undated 194 Kansas Sheep Association undated 195 L & W Conference undated 195 Labeling legislation undated 195 Labor and wages undated 199 Lamb advertising study undated 196-198 Lamb and mutton undated 199 Lamb and Wool Conference 1961-1962 199 Lamb crop undated 199 Lamb decontrol undated 199-200 Lamb grading undated 200 Lamb imports undated 200 Lamb Industry Committee undated 201 Lamb Promotion Coordinating Committee undated 201 Lamb situation report undated 201 Land legislation proposals undated 201-202 Legislation undated 202 Letter to sponsors undated 202 Lists undated 202 Livestock Conservation, Inc. undated 202 Livestock range utilization undated 203 Mailing addresses undated 203 Marketing undated 203 Marsh, E.E. undated 203 Masche (Im) material undated 203 Material for conventions undated 203 Matheson (R.S.) letters undated 203 Meat undated 203 Meeting in Washington, D.C. 1964 203 Meeting with Assistant Secretary of Commerce regarding wool textile problem 1962 203 Meetings - general undated 203 Memorandum undated 203 Merrill Lynch undated 203 Metcalfe, Penrose B. undated 203 Midwest Wool Marketing Cooperative, Inc. undated 203-204 Mid-Year statements undated 204 Minutes and Committee reports undated 257-264 Miscellaneous undated 204 Mohair referendum undated 204 Montana Wool Growers Association undated 205 N.F.O. strike undated 205 N.F.U. proposal 1963 205 N.L. and W.I.C. meeting 1960 205 National Advisory Board Council undated 205 National agricultural library cards undated 205 National convention undated 205 National Lamb Feeders Association undated 205 National Livestock and Meat Board undated 205 National Livestock Tax Committee undated 171 National Ram Sale - Columbia undated 176 National Ram Sale - Corriedale undated 189 National Ram Sale - Hampshire undated 219 National Ram Sale - Panama undated 224 National Ram Sale - Rambouillet undated 224 National Ram Sale - Rambouillet-Columbia undated 240 National Ram Sale - Suffolk undated 240 National Ram Sale - Suffolk-Hampshire undated 242 National Ram Sale - Targhees undated 205-212 National Ram Sale 1968-1974 212-214 National Wool Act 1954-1965 215 National Wool Growers Association - Women's Auxiliary Ecology Committee undated 215 National Wool Marketing Corporation undated 215 National Wool Show 1962 215 Nationwide Committee on import - export policy circa 1955 216 Nevada Wool Growers Association undated 216 New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. undated 216 New standards for wool grades undated 216 New Zealand Meat Producers Board undated 216 News and mailing report undated 216 North Central Wool Marketing Corporation undated 217 Office of Aircraft Services 1981 217 Office of Price Administration undated 217 Office policy undated 218 Official agreements undated 218 Ohio Wool Growers Association undated 218 Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Producers, Inc. undated 218 Omaha undated 218 Opinions, suggestions, and criticisms of the Federal Land Bill undated 218 Oregon Sheep Growers Association undated 218 Organizational set-up including by-laws undated 218 Organizations 1943-1964 218 P & S Livestock Committee 1963 218-219 Packers and Stockyards undated 219 Parity undated 219 Personal undated 219 Pesticides undated 219 Pictures - predator kills undated 219 Pioneer-Pacific Woolen Mills, Inc. undated 220 Plans for extension of National Wool Act undated 220 Policy undated 220 Politics undated 220 Predator control undated 216 Predators - newspaper clippings undated 221 Prices undated 221 Production costs undated 221 Promotion lamb undated 221 Proposal, Section 15 undated 221 Proposed National Wool Act undated 222 Public Lands Council undated 222 Public relations undated 222-223 Publicity undated 223 Pulled wool study undated 223 Rabies in predatory animals undated 223 Railroads undated 223-224 Ram Sale 1969-1971 224 Range management chapters of Forest Service manual undated 224 Readers' Digest undated 224 Reciprocal trade agreements undated 225-227 Referendums 1959-1971 227 Registrations undated 227 Regulations undated 228 Releases undated 228 Reorganization undated 228 Reports undated 228 Requests for materials undated 229 Reseeding undated 229 Reservations undated 229 Retirement and investment fund undated 229 Rich, R.C., President of the American Wool Council, Inc. undated 230 Roll calls undated 230 Rules and regulations undated 231 Sales and shares undated 231 San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau undated 231 Scabies undated 231 Secretary's reports and releases undated 232 Self-help meat promotion legislation undated 232 Senate undated 233 Shearing undated 233 Sheep and lamb on feed undated 233 Sheep bulletins undated 233-234 Sheep diseases undated 235 Sheep Industry Development Program undated 235 Sheep Industry Foundation undated 235 Sheep losses to predators undated 236 Sheep raising undated 236 Sheep shearers undated 236 Sheep shows and sales - Miss Wool undated 236 Siddoway, R.K. (President of National Wool Growers Association in 1973) undated 236 Smith, M.A. undated 237 Soil bank undated 237 Special Ram Sale information and memoranda 1952 237 Special releases undated 238 Sports Illustrated undated 231 St. Joseph Stockyards Co. undated 238 State Ram Sales 1968-1971 239 Statistics undated 239 Steering Committee minutes 1960 239 Stockman's Grazing Committee 1953-1954 240 Stockyards and Commission Firms undated 240 Story for Anniversary edition of "National Wool Grower," undated 240 Suggestions undated 241 Summer meeting 1974-1975 242-244 Tariffs undated 244 Task Force undated 244 Tax matters undated 244 Telephone calls undated 244 Tentative programs - Lamb and Wool Conference undated 244 Texas labor problems undated 244 Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association undated 244 Time Lag Bill undated 244 Today Show undated 245 Transfer of Packer transactions undated 245 Transportation undated 246 Trespass Chapter of Forest Service manual undated 246 U.S. imports data undated 246 U.S. Wool Service Corporation undated 246 University bulletins on sheep undated 246 Utah Wool Growers Association undated 246 Utah undated 246-247 Vibrionic abortion undated 247-249 Vibriosis undated 249 Virginia Sheep Federation undated 249 Wash materials undated 249-250 Washington undated 250 Weekly press releases undated 250 Western Range Association undated 250 Western Section undated 250 Western South Dakota Sheep Growers Association undated 250 Western States Meat Packers releases and bulletins undated 250 Wichita Convention undated 250 Wilderness Area undated 250 Wildlife and predators undated 251 "The Wolf Man" NBS broadcast undated 251 Wool Act undated 252 Wool and Lamb Conference undated 252 Wool and mohair undated 252 Wool Bill undated 252 Wool bulletins undated 253 Wool Bureau undated 253 Wool clippings 1954-1955 253 Wool fabric tariff quota undated 254 Wool handlers agreement undated 254 Wool loans undated 254 Wool Merchandising Advisory Committee 1955 254 Wool prices, Army purchase undated 254 Wool shrinkage undated 254 Wool situation report undated 255 Wool tariffs and reciprocal trade undated 255 Wool textile matters undated 255 Wool top futures market investigation undated 251 Wool undated 249 WPB undated 256 Wyoming Wool Growers Association undated 256 Yearly reports undated Sub-series 3. Resource files 1878-1980

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Sub-series includes articles and papers, pamphlets, reports, periodicals, and books on topics relating to sheep and other livestock-related issues.

 343-344 Articles and papers 1923-1967 286 Articles and papers 1949 268-269 Articles and papers undated 300-303 Articles and papers undated 363-373 Books on sheep and other livestock-related subjects circa 1878-1966 288 Building plans undated 390-391 Congressional indexes 1967-1974 149-151 Documents - legal - on sheep and livestock issues 1920-1971 151 Fact sheets 1959-1970 266 Graphs representing wool costs and production 1910-1976 266 Guides (non-wool related) 1954-1973 268 Lists 1944-1975 269 Maps 1950-1971 275-276 News releases from various organizations 1940-1972 275 Newsletters from various organizations 1955-1968 278 Outlines 1945-1965 278-285 Pamphlets 1919-1980 294-300 Pamphlets 1919-1980 286 Pamphlets 1920-1969 304-313 Periodicals 1910-1974 403 Periodicals 1910-1974 286 Periodicals 1970 288 "Predator Control and the Sheep-Raising Industry" by Randall Evanson (dissertation) 1967 324 Proposals 1942-1975 333 Reports - American Breeders' Association 1912 333 Reports - American Sheep Producers Council 1960-1974 333 Reports - American Tariff League 1944 333 Reports - Armour and Company 1954-1964 333 Reports - Australian Meat Board 1960-1967 334-335 Reports - Blaine, Calvin L. 1933-1966 336 Reports - Bo-Peeps, California Wool Growers Auxiliary undated 336 Reports - Boston Wool Trade Association 1969 336 Reports - Botany Worsted Mills 1946 336 Reports - British Wool Marketing Board 1954-1955 336 Reports - Cooperative Regional Project 1956-1966 336 Reports - Denver Union Stockyard Company 1958 336 Reports - European Free Trade Association 1964-1966 336 Reports - Inter-American Confederation of Livestock Producers 1965-1966 336 Reports - Kansas City Stockyards 1963 336 Reports - Livestock Conservation, Inc. 1950-1951 286 Reports - miscellaneous 1944-1969 337-343 Reports - miscellaneous 1905-1974 336 Reports - National Animal Disease Laboratory 1962-1964 336 Reports - National Land-Use Planning Committee 1933 336 Reports - National Livestock and Meat Board 1930-1970 336 Reports - National Livestock Loss Prevention Board 1949 336 Reports - National Milk Producers Federation 1964 336 Reports - National Society of Livestock Record Associations 1968-1970 336 Reports - New Zealand Meat Producers Board 1959-1966 336 Reports - New Zealand Wool Board 1963-1965 336 Reports - Peace Corps circa 1960 336 Reports - Production Credit Association 1964-1966 337 Reports - Resources for the Future, Inc. 1967-1970 337 Reports - St. Joseph Stockyards 1960-1962 337 Reports - Swift & Company 1961 337 Reports - Textile Research Institute 1965 337 Reports - Union Bank and Trust Company 1966 337 Reports - Wilson & Company 1966 336 Reports (National Wool Growers Association) 1903-1976 344 Resolutions 1947-1974 352 Summaries 1920-1980 354 United Nations publications 1948-1967 355-357 University publications 1924-1980 290-293 University publications 1924-1980 289 Yearbooks from various organizations 1913-1976 Series IV. Photographs circa 1960, undated

Arranged alphabetically. Includes photographs and slides of National Wool Grower Association events and issues.

 314 Advertisements for wool carpets and clothing undated 314 Destructive evidence of the predator undated 345 Evidence of predator damage (color slides) undated 314 Miss Wyoming Wool (Anita Simon) and chef Leo Bashara 1960 314 Predator damage to sheep (album) undated 314 Various individuals circa 1960 Series V. Audio and film 1966-1981, undated

Series includes audio tapes and film reels.

 Sub-series 1. Audiotapes 1966-1981

Arranged alphabetically by title. Sub-series primarily includes audiotapes (both reel-to-reel and cassette) of conventions and meetings of the National Wool Growers Association.

 2 Cavett Robert - Oklahoma City Sales Market Executives Rally speech (reel-to-reel) undated 1 General sessions (4 cassettes) 1981 1-2 NWGA annual conventions (40 reels) 1966-1973 1 NWGA business meeting (cassette) 1981 1 NWGA business session (cassette) 1977 1 NWGA executive meeting (cassette) 1976 1 NWGA Lamb Committee (3 cassettes) 1970-1971 2 Sheepmen's referendum (reel-to-reel) undated 2 Vern Vivion - speech calling for passage of nationwide referendum on lamb and wool promotion (2 reels) undated Sub-series 2. Film undated

Arranged alphabetically by title. Sub-series contains film on topics relating to sheep and other livestock matters.

 358 American Loomed Wool on Parade undated 358 Black Scour Worm undated 362 Blowfly Menace undated 358 Branding undated 358 Control of Worms undated 358 Designs on You undated 358 Distemper in Dogs undated 359 Drought Feeding undated 359 Fences undated 359 Foot Rot and Foot Abscess undated 360 Good Money in Lamb undated 360 Hydations undated 360 It's Lamb Time undated 362 Lamb on Display undated 360 Large Stomach Worm undated 362 Mineral Deficiencies undated 360 Mules and Tail Operation undated 360 Pulpy Kidney undated 360 Scabby Mouth undated 359 Shearing Hygiene undated 359 Shearing Techniques undated 361 Unidentified undated 361 Vaccines and Vaccinations undated