MS 431
Southern Weed Science Society
Records, 1947-[ongoing]

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140


Descriptive summary

creator:

Southern Weed Science Society

title:

Records

dates:

1947-[ongoing]

extent:

16.0 linear feet (12 record center cartons and 1 document box)

collection number:

MS 431

repository

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Southern Weed Science Society Records, MS 431, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.



Historical note


The formation of the Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) began in 1948 when a group of scientists met at the Delta Branch Experiment Station in Stoneville, Mississippi, to present papers and discuss research in the field of weed control. During the following year, a constitution and bylaws were adopted establishing the Southern Weed Conference. In 1969, the name was changed to the Southern Weed Science Society in order to remain consistent with the national organization, the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), of which SWSS is an associate member society.

According to its website, the function of the Society is “to bring together those persons from any state, area, institution or agency, who are directly interested in weed control within the Society area through research, education, regulation, manufacturing or merchandising.” Through these efforts the Society seeks to better coordinate efforts in weed research and control by federal, state, and local public and private agencies. The states included in the Society area are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
 

 

Collection Description


The collection (1947-[ongoing)] consists primarily of meeting minutes, annual meeting programs, committee records, correspondence, and presidential records relating to the activities of the SWSS.  Also included are materials related to the Society’s interactions with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), comprised mostly of correspondence, programs and reports.

 

Organization


The collection is arranged chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Correspondence: The Effect of 2,4D on Cotton

1947, 1972

1

2

Program, Proceedings and List of Attendants

1948

1

3

Photographs of Officers (4- 8x10 b/w photographs)

1953-1957

1

4

Annual Meeting: Programs (6th, 12th-13th, 15th-19th)

1953-1963

12

42

Photographs and New Clippings (12- 5x7 b/w photographs)

1954, n.d.

12

1-2

Correspondence

1958-1992, n.d.

3

52

Luncheon Program

1960-1981, n.d.

1

6-7

Executive Board Minutes

1961-1979

1

5

Annual Meeting: Programs (17th-20th)

1964-1967

1

13

Financial Records

1964-1974

1

8

Executive Board: Weed Conference Minutes

1966

1

9

Executive Board Meeting

1967

1

11

Incorporation Papers

1967-1969

1

10

Representative to WSSA: Reports

1967-1973

1

12

Executive Board Meeting

1968

1

16

Budget

1968-1969

1

17

Financial Records

1968-1971

1

14

Annual Meeting: Programs (21st-27th)

1968-1974

8

25

Past Presidents of the SWSS

1968-1987, n.d.

1

18

Terminology Committee

1970

1

20

Terminology Report & Graduate Student Contest

1970-1972

1

19

Information and Lists of SWSS Committee Chairmen, Sections, Titles, etc.

1970-1982

1

21

Annual Meeting: Correspondence

1971

1

28

Table Displays: WSSA

1971

1

22

Committees: Graduate Student

1971-1973

1

32

Committees: Constitutional Study

1971-1973, n.d.

1

36

Financial Records

1971-1974

1

23

Correspondence and Hotel Information

1971-1975

3

12

Correspondence: Harold R. Hurst, WSSA Representative

1971-1980

1

27

Committees: Legislative

1972

1

25

Publications: Manual of Operating Procedures

1972

1

29-31

Research Methods in Weed Science

1972, 1977

1

26

Committees: Nominating

1972-1973

1

34

Committees: Public Relations

1972-1973

1

40

Committees: Research

1972-1973

1

24

Correspondence: Publications

1972-1973

1

33

Resolutions

1972-1973

1

35

Committees: Terminology

1972-1974

4

32

Arrangements of Annual Meeting

1972-1979

1

39

Correspondence: A. F. Wiese, President

1973

1

38

Correspondence: Outside

1973

1

37

Placement Service

1973

1

41

Correspondence: R. E. Talbert, Treasurer

1973-1974

2

27

Committees: Local Arrangements

1973-1979, n.d.

1

42

Committees: Auditing

1974

1

43

Executive Board Meeting

1974-1975

1

44

Financial Statement

1975, 1978

2

23

Committees: Public Relations

1975-1979, n.d.

2

38

Finance Committee Report

1975-1982, n.d.

1

15

Annual Meeting: Programs (28th-33rd, 35th-36th)

1975-1983

1

46

Meeting Site

1976

1

47

Committees: Finance

1976-1977

1

66

Materials Mailed to Members

1976-1977, n.d.

1

45

Executive Board Meeting

1976-1978

1

67

Annual Meeting: Program (30th) and Brochure

1977

1

69

Committees: Auditing

1977

1

65

Committees: Constitution and Operating Procedures

1977

1

50

Committees: Display

1977

1

49

Committees: Growth Regulator Relationships to Herbicides

1977

1

63

Committees: Historical

1977

1

64

Committees: Legislative

1977

1

62

Committees: Local Arrangements

1977

1

60

Committees: Placement

1977

1

58

Committees: Publications

1977

1

57

Committees: Research

1977

1

52

Committees: State Weed Organizations

1977

1

54

Committees: Sustaining Membership

1977

1

53

Committees: Terminology

1977

1

61

Publications: Research Methods in Weed Science

1977

1

55

Committees: Resolutions and Necrology

1977, n.d.

1

68

Awards

1977-1978

1

72

Committees: Membership

1977-1978

1

59

Committees: Nominating

1977-1978

1

71

Committees: Program

1977-1978

1

70

Committees: Public Relations

1977-1978

2

21-22

Committees: Resolutions and Necrology

1977-1978

1

56

Committees: Student Interest

1977-1978

1

51

Committees: Weed Identification

1977-1978

2

7

Correspondence: J. R. Abernathy, Secretary-Treasurer

1977-1978

1

73

Miscellaneous Correspondence

1977-1978

2

31

Committees: Display

1977-1979

1

48

Correspondence: G. A. Buchanan, President

1977-1979

1

74

Correspondence, Meetings, and Membership Survey

1977-1979, n.d.

2

39

Committees: Site Selection

1977-1980, n.d.

1

75

Annual Meeting: Program Information

1977-1981

2

2

Committees: Sustaining Membership

1977-1982

3

41

Manual of Operating Procedures, Correspondence, and Finances

1977-1982

2

1

Sustaining Membership and Awards

1977-1982

4

34

Committees: Local Arrangements

1977-1982, n.d.

4

35

Committees: Sustaining Membership

1977-1982, n.d.

2

4

Committees: Local Arrangements

1977-1983

2

3

Annual Meeting: Programs (30th-33rd, 35th-39th)

1977-1986

2

17

Committees: Nominating

1978

2

12

Correspondence: C. E. Moore, Vice President

1978

2

13

Correspondence: C. G. Parris, President

1978

2

16

Correspondence: CAST

1978

2

14

Correspondence: G. A. Buchanan, Past President

1978

2

15

Correspondence: Harold R. Hurst, WSSA Representative

1978

2

6

Financial Records: Editor’s Account

1978

2

20

Committees: Research

1978, n.d.

2

5

Correspondence and Newsletter

1978, n.d.

2

33

Annual Meeting: Program (32nd) and Correspondence

1978-1979

2

26

Committees: Auditing

1978-1979

2

34

Committees: Awards

1978-1979

2

11

Committees: Constitution and Operating Procedures

1978-1979

2

36

Committees: Historical

1978-1979

2

29

Committees: Membership

1978-1979

2

28

Committees: Placement

1978-1979

2

24

Committees: Program

1978-1979

2

8

Committees: Publications

1978-1979

2

32

Committees: Registration

1978-1979

2

19

Committees: State Weed Organizations

1978-1979

2

30

Committees: Student Interest

1978-1979

2

9

Committees: Sustaining Membership

1978-1979

2

10

Committees: Terminology

1978-1979

2

18

Committees: Weed Identification

1978-1979

2

25

Bryan Truelove, Editor: Correspondence and Report

1978-1979, n.d.

2

35

Committees: Financial

1978-1979, n.d.

2

37

Correspondence, Minutes, and Agreement for Services

1978-1981

3

34-35

Committees: Constitution and Operating Procedures

1978-1981, n.d.

3

50-51

Committees: Program

1978-1981, n.d.

2

40

Committees: Legislative

1979

2

42

Correspondence: 1980 (33rd) Annual Meeting

1979, n.d.

2

49

Board of Directors Meeting

1979-1980

3

5

Committees: Standing

1979-1980

3

1

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Registration, Treflan

1979-1980

3

8

Research Report

1979-1980, n.d.

2

47-48

Correspondence: Presidential

1979-1981

4

1

John E. Gallagher, Vice-President and Program Chair for 1981 Annual Meeting

1979-1981, n.d.

4