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Size: 30 cubic feet
Contents: The records include correspondence, conference proceedings,
financial materials, annual reports, fellowship material, officers diaries
and personnel records.
Arrangement: The material is arranged in two subseries:
- General Office Files, 1943-1965
- Experimental Camp Files, 1943-1965
Photograph collection: Yes. Photographs from these files are located in the Rockefeller Foundation photograph collection.
Organizational History: In 1943, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican
government established a cooperative program to improve Mexican food crop
production. The program had a dual nature: the qualitative/quantitative
betterment of the basic food crops of Mexico, and a parallel
teaching/outreach program designed to broaden local and national
agricultural education. As a result the RF and Mexican government agencies
and universities sponsored dozens of joint projects that stressed inter-
American agricultural cooperation. Crop improvement programs for maize,
wheat, and rice were included as well as weed control and fisheries
projects.
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