Agricultural Development Council records, Record Group 1, 1953-1980
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Agricultural Development Council
- Extent:
- 47.14 Cubic Feet 128 containers and 14 bound volumes
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains meeting minutes, personnel files, grant information, printed material, and photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Agricultural Development Council, Inc., was founded in 1953 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd as the Council on Economic and Cultural Affairs, Inc. It was incorporated as a private, nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of New York.
In 1963 the name was changed, but the purposes remained unchanged from those stated in the original Certificate of Incorporation. In broad terms, the Council's purposes were "charitable, scientific, and educational" and were "designed to stimulate and support economic and related activities important to human welfare."
From it's beginning, the Council committed a major part of its resources and staff to training and research activities in social science fields. These activities followed both formal and informal patterns. The single aim was to strengthen professional capacity to deal with the economic and human problems of agricultural and rural development in Asia.
In 1985 the Agricultural Development Council, Inc., merged with two other Rockefeller family-related organizations, the International Agricultural Development Service and the Winrock International Livestock Research and Training Center, to create Winrock International.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged in five series:
Series 1 - General Series 2 - American Universities Research Program Series 3 - Research and Training Network Series 4 - Training Materials Project Series 5 - Agricultural Development Council Annual Reports Series 1032 - Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
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Open for research with select materials restricted are noted. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC.
RAC is unable to provide access to obsolete media and original digital media. In addition separated media may not yet have undergone stabilization procedures. When feasible, a digital surrogate may be created via special order. All applicable charges will apply.
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