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| RS 16/1/11 Marvin A. Anderson, 1913- Papers, 1914-1981 |
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| RS 16/1/11 Marvin A. Anderson, 1913- Papers, 1914-1981 |
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| Descriptive summary | |
| creator: | Marvin A. Anderson, 1913- |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1914-1981 |
| extent: | 0.84 linear feet (2document boxes) |
| collection number : | RS 16/1/11 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
| Administrative information | |
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Marvin A. Anderson, 1913- , Papers 1914-1981, RS 16/1/11, University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
| Biographical note |
| Marvin A. Anderson, B.S. (1939) Iowa State College in
agronomy; M.S. (1949) Iowa State College in soil management; Ph.D. (1955) Iowa State
College in agricultural economics and soil management. Anderson was employed as a Wayne County Iowa 4-H agent from 1939 to 1940, and as a district soils agent at Creston, Iowa, from 1940 to 1942. In 1942 he joined the central staff of the Iowa State Extension Service in Ames, Iowa, as an agronomist. From May 1944 to March 1946 he served in the United States Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant. On July 1, 1952 he was named associate director of the Iowa State Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. All extension work at Iowa State University was reorganized into one administrative unit on March 1, 1966 to form the University Extension Service. Anderson served as dean of extension from March 1, 1966 to July 1, 1974. Anderson received the United States Department of Agriculture Superior Service Award on May 17, 1963 and served as director of the 1976 World Food Conference. |
Collection Description |
| Collection includes biographical materials documenting Marvin Anderson's Iowa State College/Iowa State University related activities; professional correspondence and memoranda from USDA federal extension service to extension directors and subject files. Talks by Anderson to Iowa State College/Iowa State University groups, professional associations, and local groups related to the mission and goals of the national extension service and Iowa State College/Iowa State University extension service, the mission of the Iowa State University college of agriculture, and the continuing education movement in extension are also included. |
Organization |
| The collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Biographical materials |
Description of series / container list
| Series 1 | Biographical materials |
| extent: | 1 folder |
| description: | news clippings and press releases, documenting Marvin Anderson's Iowa State College/Iowa State University related professional activities |
| box 1/1 | news clippings and press releases, 1952-1980 |
| Series 2 | professional correspondence and subject files |
| extent: | 9 folders |
| description: | professional correspondence and memoranda from USDA federal extension service directors and subject files |
| box 1/2 | correspondence, 1955-1974 |
| box 1/3 | memoranda from USDA federal extension service to extension directors, July 1966 - June 1968 |
| box 1/4 | memoranda from USDA federal extension service to extension directors, July 1968 - June 1969 |
| box 1/5 | articles, 1961-1964 |
| box 1/6 | cooperative agreement between the Cooperative Extension Service at Iowa State University and the Science and Education Administration - Extension USDA, 1981 |
| box 1/7 | county extension director record, ca. 1969 |
| box 1/8 | extension history, 1914-1971 |
| box 1/9 | extension objective, 1954-1965 |
| box 1/10 | news clippings, n.d., 1953-1966 |
| Series 3 | Talks by Marvin Anderson to Iowa State College/Iowa State University groups, professional associations and local groups |
| extent: | 10 folders |
| description: | talks related to the mission and goals of the national extension service and Iowa State College/Iowa State University extension service, the mission of the Iowa State University college of agriculture, and the continuing education movement in extension |
| box 1/11 | annual extension conference, 1952-1957 |
| box 1/12 | annual extension conference, 1958-1970, 1973 |
| box 2/1 | north central farm management workshop, May 10, 1967 |
| box 2/2 | college of agriculture convocation, September 1, 1972 |
| box 2/3 | extension, n.d., 1959-1965 |
| box 2/4 | 4-H and youth, April 23, 1960 |
| box 2/5 | "Education by Design", Iowa State University commencement, February 23, 1974 |
| box 2/6 | Missouri Valley adult education association conference, April 25, 1968 |
| box 2/7 | round-table on industry and extension trends, October 18, 1968 |
| box 2/8 | university extension convocation, 1968 |
Comments: tzanish@iastate.edu
Iowa State University Library, Ames, IA 50011
URL: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/rgrp/16-1-11.html
Revised: 28 April 1999.
