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Western Agricultural Economics Research Council Records, 1947-1974

By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.

Collection Overview

Title: Western Agricultural Economics Research Council Records, 1947-1974

ID: MSS WAERC

Primary Creator: Western Agricultural Economics Research Council

Extent: 0.05 cubic feet

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

The Western Agricultural Economics Research Council (WAERC) Records document the activities of the Council which was established in 1947 for the purpose of cultivating research relationships in the field of agricultural economics with particular focus on issues facing western states.

Scope and Content Notes

These records include allocations and authorizations, budgets, committee records, correspondence, and minutes.

An addition to the Western Agricultural Economics Research Council Records (Accession 2007:045) consists of materials from the 1974 meeting in Reno, Nevada. In addition to meeting minutes and an agenda, this accession consists of correspondence, conference papers, and speeches delivered at the meeting.

Biographical / Historical Notes

The Western Agricultural Economics Research Council (WAERC) was organized in 1947 under a memorandum of agreement between the agricultural experiment stations of the eleven western states and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture. The general purpose of the Council was to facilitate, strengthen, and integrate "research relationships in the field of agricultural economics, with particular reference to those economic and marketing problems of special concern to the western states."

During the early years, the council concentrated its efforts on evaluating research projects and making recommendations for funding of regional projects. In the late 1970s or early 1980s several changes occurred: The name was changed to the Western Agricultural Economics Council (WAERC). The Council ceased to be sanctioned and supported by the Western Directors of Experiment Stations, but department chairs met under their own auspices. The Council addressed questions of research, teaching, and extension in agricultural economics as well as support for agricultural economics work and overall departmental organization and management.

Administrative Information

Statement on Access: Collection open for research.

Related Materials: See the College of Agricultural Sciences Records (RG 158) for additional materials pertaining to WAERC.

Preferred Citation: Western Agricultural Economics Research Council Records (MSS WAERC), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before Decemeber 11, 2015.

Creators

Western Agricultural Economics Research Council
United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Western Agricultural Economics Council

People, Places, and Topics

Agriculture--Economic aspects--West (U.S.)
Agriculture and state--West (U.S.)
Natural Resources
Western Agricultural Economics Research Council


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