Preliminary Inventory for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Peru Project Records, 1953 - 1995

Collection Number UA 100.053

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Collection Information
Abstract:

The Peru Project Records are comprised of 17 linear feet of correspondence, reports, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other documents created and collected during the course of the project. This collection was formerly numbered UA 100.27, and it has not been processed. Many materials were transferred from the Graduate School Records (UA 115) in April 2003.

The Peru Project was a foreign assistance program in the South American country of Peru. It was North Carolina State College’s first major international activity. In 1953 the U.S. State Department invited the college’s School of Agriculture to explore the development of a program to provide technical assistance to the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture and one of the Peruvian colleges. The program officially began in January 1955 when R. W. Cummings headed a six-member team to the country. Cummings was succeeded by Jack Rigney. The project was renewed after the initial three-year period, and it was greatly expanded during the 1960s. By the time the project’s mission ended in 1973, 81 faculty members had worked in the country and 200 Peruvians had been trained in the United States. In 1982 the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences was invited back to Peru to assist with agricultural research and extension.

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

Creator

North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Title

Preliminary Inventory for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Peru Project Records, 1953 - 1995

Call Number

UA 100.053

Extent

17 linear feet, 33 records storage boxes

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language of Material

English and Portuguese

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Peru Project Records, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Historical Note


The Peru Project was a foreign assistance program in the South American country of Peru. It was North Carolina State College’s first major international activity. In 1953 the U.S. State Department invited the college’s School of Agriculture to explore the development of a program to provide technical assistance to the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture and one of the Peruvian colleges. The program officially began in January 1955 when R. W. Cummings headed a six-member team to the country. Cummings was succeeded by Jack Rigney. The project was renewed after the initial three-year period, and it was greatly expanded during the 1960s. By the time the project’s mission ended in 1973, 81 faculty members had worked in the country and 200 Peruvians had been trained in the United States. In 1982 the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences was invited back to Peru to assist with agricultural research and extension.

Scope and Content Note


The Peru Project Records are comprised of 17 linear feet of correspondence, reports, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other documents created and collected during the course of the project. This collection was formerly numbered UA 100.27, and it has not been processed. Many materials were transferred from the Graduate School Records (UA 115) in April 2003.

Organization of the Collection


The collection is currently arranged into one series, containing both paper records and bound volumes. Boxes 6 through 10 contain the bound volumes.

Online Catalog Terms

  • Agricultural Extension Work -- Peru

Related Materials

[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Records, UA 100
[HTML] North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Annual Reports, UA 100.002
[HTML] North Carolina State University Agricultural Research Service, Associate Dean and Director's Office Records, UA 101.001

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • General Records, 1953 - 1995

    • Contracts, 1967-1972 [UA 100.053 Box 1]
    • Correspondence I, 1966-1968 [UA 100.053 Box 1]
    • Correspondence II, 1969-1970 [UA 100.053 Box 1]
    • Correspondence III, 1971-1977 [UA 100.053 Box 1]
    • Report, “The Development of Agricultural Research in Peru,” 1971 [UA 100.053 Box 1]
    • Report, “Evaluation of Peruvian Agriculture Relative to USAID Assistance,” 1971 [UA 100.053 Box 1]
    • Report, “Implemenation Evaluation of Peruvian Agriculture,” draft, n.d. [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Guidebook, “Ley Organica da la universidad Peruana,” 1969 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • News Clippings, 1970-1974 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Notes (J.A. Rigney), 1957-1958 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Newsletter, “Peruvian Patter,” 1967-1968 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Photographs [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Report, “The Preliminary Self-Evaluation by the North Carolina State University AID Mission to Peru,” 1971 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Report, “Programa Cooperativo de Experimentacion Agropecuaria-Puno,” (photo report), 1958-1959 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Project Proposals and Evaluations, 1965-1977 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Report, “Report of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Mission to Peru,” 1968 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Report, “Situation Statement on International Activities at NCSU in the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences,” 1970 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Spring Review of AID’s Experience in Developing Agricultural Research Competence, 1971 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Spring Review, Accounts, 1971 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Technical Proposal, 1981 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • Trip, May 4 – June 1, 1968 [UA 100.053 Box 2]
    • CIP: Report, Annual Reports, 1971-1973 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Background and Planning, 1970-1972 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Board of Trustees, 1972-1977 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Budget and Finances, 1975-1976 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: By-Laws and Statutes, 1968-1974 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Correspondence, 1972-1978 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Report, “The International Potato Center (overview),” 1972 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Outreach Program, 1972-1974 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Ministerio de Agricultura (Peru): “Plan Nacional De Expermentacion,” July 1957 [UA 100.053 Box 3]
    • CIP: Report, “Profile International Potato Center, 1970-1995,” ca. 1980 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • CIP: Report, Progress Reports, 1972-1977 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • CIP: Report, “Proposal for Creating an International Center for Research and Training with Potatoes,” 1970 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • CIP: Report, “Proposal for Planning and Coordination for the Development of a Worldwide Center for Potato Research and Training Headquartered in Peru,” April 1970 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • CIP: Report, “Prospectus for an International Center for Research and Training with Potatoes,” 1970 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • CIP: Seminar, “Socio-Economic Research and Training in Agriculture,” 1973 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • CIP: Staff, 1971-1978 [UA 100.053 Box 4]
    • Final Reports, 1955-1972 [UA 100.053 Box 5]
    • Bean Program, 1968-1972 [UA 100.053 Carton 6]
    • Credit Program, 1966, 1971 [UA 100.053 Carton 6]
    • Economics, 1964-1965 [UA 100.053 Carton 6]
    • Agreement for Scientific Cooperation between the Government of Peru and North Carolina State University, 1971 [UA 100.053 Carton 6]
    • Photographs, newsclippings, and other documents regarding the agreement between Peru and North Carolina State University, 1971 [UA 100.053 Carton 6]
    • Economics, 1965-1968 [UA 100.053 Box 7]
    • Forage Program, 1967-1972 [UA 100.053 Box 7]
    • Fruit Program, 1968-1971 [UA 100.053 Box 7]
    • Potato Program, 1967-1971 [UA 100.053 Box 8]
    • Final Reports, 100-123, 200-253, 1961-1966 [UA 100.053 Box 8]
    • Final Reports, 254A-390 + unnumbered, 1963-1972 [UA 100.053 Box 9]
    • Rice Program, 1968-1972 [UA 100.053 Box 10]
    • Miscellaneous Manuals and Reports. [UA 100.053 Box 11-12]
    • Annual Reports, 1956-1971 [UA 100.053 Box 13]
    • Miscellaneous Manuals and Reports. [UA 100.053 Box 14]
    • Subject Files (not arranged alphabetically), 1953-1975 [UA 100.053 Box 15-23]
    • Subject Files (not arranged alphabetically) and Miscellaneous Manuals [UA 100.053 Box 24]
    • Miscellaneous Manuals and Reports. [UA 100.053 Box 25-27]
    • Correspondence, reports, publications, ca. 1968-1988
      [from Dolores Williams, Univ. Contact Office for Foreign Visitors, 5-29-96]
      		 [UA 100.053 Box 28]
    • Correspondence, reports #1-18, 1982-1990
      [from Dolores Williams, 5-29-96]
      		 [UA 100.053 Box 29]
    • Publications (9), 1964-1970 [UA 100.053 Box 30]
    • Reports, publications, correspondence, proposals, 1954-81 [UA 100.053 Box 31]
    • Reports, correspondence, annual reports, publications, / Apple, Lawrence1965-1972
      [Dr. Lawrence Apple files, 3-26-92]
      		 [UA 100.053 Box 32]
    • Annual reports, proposals, 1963-1970 [UA 100.053 Box 33]

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