MS 476 North Central Weed Science Society

MS 476
North Central Weed Science Society
Records, 1944- [ongoing]

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

Descriptive summary

creator:	North Central Weed Science Society
title:	Records
dates:	1944- [ongoing]
extent:	2.98 linear feet (1 records center carton and 4 document boxes)
collection number:	MS 476
repository:	Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	North Central Weed Science Society Records, MS 476, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Historical note

Although similar meetings had been held twice before, the first organized meeting of the North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska in 1944. The Society continues to meet annually.

There are four types of membership: (a) state or provincial, (b) active, (c) sustaining,

(d) honorary. The state and provincial members are: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The North Central Weed Science Society is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Collection Description

The collection contains correspondence, annual meeting materials, and committee records.

Organization

The collection is listed in chronological order.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	19	NCWCC Annual Meetings – programs	1944-1951
3	2	Honorary Members – candidates and honorees	1948-1974
3	23	Paper – "Taking Stock of Weed Research" by Dr. R. M. Salter	1949
1	7	Coordinated Projects for Weed Control Research in the North Central Region	1950
1	8	Recommendations of the Research Committee and Abstracts for Research Report	1950
3	15	Correspondence	1950-1954
1	9	Recommendations of the Research Committee and Abstracts for Research Report	1951
1	10	Minutes of the NCWCC Research Committee Meeting	1951
1	20	8th Annual Meeting program and registration list	1951
3	12	Industry Committee – minutes	1951
3	3	Board of Directors – meeting minutes	1951-1974
1	11	Recommendation of the Research Committee	1952
1	12	9th Annual North Central Weed Control Conference and 6th Annual Western Canadian Weed Control Conference	1952
1	21	Annual Meeting – arrangements	1952
1	2	Amendments in Constitution of NCWCC	1952-1967
1	1	Past Presidents, Officers, Directors, and Honorary Members of the North Central Weed Control Conference (NCWCC)	1952-1972
2	12	Committee assignments	1952-1975
1	13	Recommendations of the Research Committee	1953
3	10	NC-10 Regional Technical Committee – minutes	1953
1	22	NCWCC Annual Meetings – programs	1953-1957
3	6	Committee listings	1953-1974
1	14	Recommendations of the Research Committee	1954
3	1	County awards	1954-1964
1	15	Research Summaries prepared by the NCWCC Research Committee	1958
1	23	NCWCC Annual Meetings – programs	1958-1962
1	16	Summary of New Research Findings Supplement to 1958 Research Summaries	1959
1	17	16th North Central Weed Control Conference and 10th Western Canadian Weed Control Conference – banquet programs	1959
1	18	18th Annual Research Summaries	1961
2	14	19th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1964
3	14	Correspondence	1964-1978
2	1	21st NCWCC Annual Meeting – program outline	1966
2	2	22nd NCWCC Annual Meeting – program, brief Research Report information	1967
3	8	Research Committee – report	1967, 1971
2	3	23rd NCWCC Annual Meeting – program, information on James Whitcomb Riley	1968
3	5	WSSA Representative – report	1971
3	11	Industry Committee – report	1971
2	4	26th & 27th NCWCC Annual Meetings – program, agenda	1971-1972
3	4	Treasurer's Reports	1971-1974
3	9	Public Relations Committee – report	1971-1974
2	5	26th NCWCC Annual Meeting – photographs (12 B/W prints)	1972
2	6	NCWCC procedures for submitting titles and manuscripts	1972
3	7	Committee on the Standardization of Research Reporting – report	1972
1	3	History of NCWCC by E.P. Sylwester	1973
2	7	28th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program, legislative information	1973
2	8	29th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program, presentation guidelines, call for papers, herbicide recommendations	1974
2	9	30th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program, conference data sheet	1975
2	15	31st NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1976
2	10	32nd NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1977
2	16	34th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1979
2	17	35th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1980
2	18	36th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1981
2	19	37th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1982
4	33	Memorandum--Finance, Steering and Policy Committee	1982
4	19	Notebook from Calvin G. Messersmith	1982-1985
2	20	38th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1983
4	17	Notebook from Jerry Miller	1983-1984
4	1	NCWCC Committees	1984
4	14	Correspondence	1984
4	15	Correspondence	1984
4	13	Calvin G. Messersmith correspondence	1984-1985
4	18	Notebook from Jerry Miller	1984-1985
2	21	40th NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1985
4	2	NCWCC – correspondence, minutes, and reports	1985
4	12	General correspondence	1985
4	16	Correspondence and committee reports	1985-1986
2	22	41st NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1986
4	3	NCWCC – correspondence, minutes, and reports	1986
4	10	Correspondence and reports	1986
4	11	Calvin G. Messersmith correspondence	1986
2	23	42nd NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1987
3	18	43rd NCWCC Annual Meeting – program	1988
4	4	NCWCC – correspondence, minutes, and reports	1988
3	19	44th NCWSS Annual Meeting – program	1989
4	5	NCWCC – correspondence, minutes, and reports	1989
2	11	44th North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting – photographs. (11 B/W prints)	1989
4	7	Resident Education Summer Contest	1989-1990
3	20	45th NCWSS Annual Meeting – program	1990
4	6	NCWCC – correspondence, minutes, and reports	1990
4	8	Resident Education Committee	1990
4	9	Resident Education Symposium	1990
4	21	Annual Meeting – proof sets	1990
4	20	Annual Meeting – photographs	1990-1991
3	16	Annual Meeting and Banquet – programs	1991
3	17	Annual Meeting – photographs (13 B/W prints)	1991
3	21	49th NCWSS Annual Meeting – program	1994
4	22	NCWSS News. (Removed for cataloging, January 16, 1996 by BSJ)	1994-1995
4	23	Annual Meeting – photograph of Past Presidents (1 B/W print)	1995
4	26	Annual meeting – photographs of Distinguished achievement Award winders. (4 B/W prints)	1995
4	29	Annual Meeting – photographs of new officers (2 B/W prints)	1995
4	30	Annual Meeting – photographs of the General Session. (3 B/W prints)	1995
4	24	Annual Meeting – photograph of Past Honorary Members. (1 B/W print)	1995
4	25	Annual Meeting – photographs of new Fellow Members. (2 B/W prints)	1995
4	27	Annual Meeting – photographs of President LeRoy Cobia passing the Presidential Rocking Chair to new President Alan Dexter. (1 B/W print)	1995
4	28	Annual Meeting – photograph of Student Paper Winners. (1 B/W print)	1995
3	22	Annual Meeting – program	1995
4	31	Reminiscences of long-time members of the Society, Lyle A. Derscheid and William Lobay. (2 B/W prints)	1995
4	32	Annual Meeting – program and pre-registration form	1996
4	34	Annual meeting – photographs and news releases (26 B&W)	1997
5	1	Summer Weed Contest – photographs (40-4x6 color photographs)	2001
5	2	Annual Banquet – photographs (114-4x6 color photographs)	2003
5	3	Annual Banquet – photographs (1 CD-ROM)	2003
5	4	Summer Weed Contest – photographs (24-4x6 color photographs)	2003
5	5	Annual Banquet – photographs (1 CD-ROM)	2004
Map case	C406 D07	Poster displayed at Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) annual meeting – "62 Years of North Central Weed Science Society History" (see folder for MS 27, WSSA)	2006
1	4	Extension Weed Control Specialists Directory	n.d.
1	5	Mailing list for NCWCC	n.d.
1	6	Metribuzin-Atrazine Interaction Press Release	n.d.
3	13	Finance, Steering and Policy Committee – report	n.d.

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Revised: 07 July 2008.