Scope and Contents Mauch's papers reflect a special interest in vocational education. This collection consists of three unpublished manuscripts. The first, the second draft of a pamphlet entitled "Education and Training", was the fifth in a series of leaflets on "Developing Human Resources for Economic Growth," a publication project that Mauch coordinated at North Carolina State University in 1963. The second manuscript, "Human Development Potentials," was a paper Mauch presented at the Sixth Agricultural...

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...

Scope and Contents The James Bonnen papers include reports and other information that Bonnen collected while serving on the Michigan State University (MSU) President's Select Advisory Committee for University Planning and Priorities Committee. The papers also contain a folder of materials collected by Bonnen on the dispute between the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and Provost David Scott over control of the Cooperative Extension Service in the early 1990s.Also included is...

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This collection consists of a newsletter published by the Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Agriculural Economics. The newsletter includes yearly economic outlooks, commoditity revues, economic trends for agriculture, Michigan farm product prices and ratios, as well as various articles relating to profits, farm management, livestock and tariffs and national agreements affecting agriculture.

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The Open Meetings on Agricultural Policy newsletter was published by the Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Agricultural Economics. The newsletter included topics such as farm programs, trade, prices and similiar topics of interest to farmers. For most topics both pro and con viewpoints were included which may have tried to mimic a public forum where both sides of an issue were discussed.