Wilbur D. Buddemeier Papers, 1963-1975 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Wilbur D. Buddemeier (1912-81), B.S. '33, M.S. '41, Ph.D. '52, professor of Agricultural Economics (1939-43, 1947-59) & Farm Management (1959-78), assistant director of International Agricultural Programs (1969-78) & associate dean of the College of Agriculture (1970-78), containing general correspondence on establishment of agricultural colleges in Nepal & Sierra Leone, including agendas of meetings, announcements, bills, bulletins, invoices, journals, letter, lists, maps, memoranda, publications, proceedings, programs, proposals, receipts, releases, reports, reprints, requests, requisitions, schedules, studies, summaries & surveys received from or sent to administrators & deans Bentley & McCowen; consultants Miller & Howard; faculty advisors Barrow & Griffith; foundation officials with Midwest University Consortium for International Activities - Axinn, Pompa & West; government officials at Dept. of State - Anderson, Fort, O'Brien & Rees & USAID - Grader, Ide, Moulton, Newbry & Parker; survey team members Gardner, Jugenheimer, Kastelic, McCowen, Odell, Rajbhandary, Russell, Thompson & Thorne; Univ. of Illinois officials in International Agricultural Programs - Buddemeier & Leng; private & public corporation officials Sterne & Wood concerning Nepal & Sierra Leone; biographies of team members; budgets & final reports; building programs & physical plants; committees; conceptual models; conferences; contracts; curriculum; faculty; faculty salaries; foundation grants; funding; living conditions; manpower needs; non-academic personnel & office administration; payment of bills; persons visited by survey teams; National Education System plans; recommendations for relationship with Tribhuvan University; security clearances; site selection; student unrest; travel & purchasing.