The North Carolina State University 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 (College) of Agriculture and Life Sciences was invited back to Peru to assist with agricultural research and extension.
The North Carolina State Univeristy Peru Project records are comprised of correspondence, reports, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other documents created and collected during the course of the project. Materials range in date from 1953 to 1995.
About half of the materials in the collection are in English and half are in Spanish.
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 Universidad Agraria. 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. It was partially funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation. 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 (College) of Agriculture and Life Sciences was invited back to Peru to assist with agricultural research and extension.
The North Carolina State Univeristy Peru Project records are comprised of correspondence, reports, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and other documents created and collected during the course of the project. Materials range in date from 1953 to 1995.
The records of the North Carolina State University Peru Project are arranged in three series: Program Records, Reports and Office Records. The Program Records series begin alphabetically with bound files but finish in the original order. The Reports and Office Records were processed according to original order as most of it came in labeled folders.
This collection is organized into three series: 1. Program Records, 2. Reports and 3. Office Records
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Peru Program Records, UA 100.053, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Processed by: Laura Abraham, 2009 July; machine-readable finding aid created by: Pat Webber; Finding aid updated by Laura Abraham, 2009 July; Additional Processing by: Meaghan Lanier, 2013 February
The collection is organized into three principal series:
The Program Records series contains files pertaining to the various agricultural programs led during the Peru Project. The majority of these files are bounded reports on the programs, which document findings and results from the studies conducted.
The Program Records series is arranged alphabetically by file title.
The Reports series contains files with reports composed by participants in the Peru Project. Many of these reports are bounded final reports although there are also annual reports and other supporting documentation.
The Reports series is arranged in the order discovered when processing. There was an attempt to keep like items together, but it was not feasible to construct an alphabetical or chronological order without losing original order.
The Office Records series contains items such as correspondence, trip records and promotional materials like brochures. There are also research papers that were produced by participants in the Peru Project.
The Office Records series is arranged in the order discovered when processing. There was an attempt to keep like items together, but it was not feasible to construct an alphabetical or chronological order without losing original order.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Peru Program Records, UA 100.053, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.