Harvey M. Choldin Papers
UA.17.187

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator - Donor
Choldin, Harvey M.
Title
Harvey M. Choldin papers
ID
UA.17.187
Date [inclusive]
1950-1976
Extent
2.25 Cubic feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Born April 3, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, Harvey M. Choldin received his B.A. in 1960, M.A. in 1963, and his Ph.D in 1965 from the University of Chicago. From 1964 to 1965, Choldin worked for the Population Council, Inc. as a demographic analyst. He was stationed at the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development. While there, he met many Michigan State University employees working on the project.

Choldin became an Assistant Professor in Sociology at MSU in September of 1965 and held the position until August 1969. He then became a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois from 1969-1997.

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Scope and Content

The Harvey M. Choldin papers contain reports relating to the Pakistan Academy for Village/Rural Development. There are also materials and reports relating to the Director, Akhter Hameed Khan. There are also reports relating to the Agro-Economic Research Center, East-West Center, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, as well as India and Pakistan.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections September 2010

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Copyright: Michigan State University, except where noted on the publication. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials

See also Harvey M. Choldin papers at the University of Illinois Archives in Urbana, Illinois.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, Comilla.
  • Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.

Genre(s)

  • Annual reports
  • Reports
  • Speeches

Geographic Name(s)

  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Pakistan -- Rural conditions

Personal Name(s)

  • Choldin, Harvey M.
  • Khan, Akhter Hameed

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Pakistan
  • Agriculture -- Pakistan
  • Education
  • Rural development -- International cooperation
  • Rural development -- Pakistan

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Collection Inventory

Agro-Economic Research Centre 

Box Folder

Experiments in Co-operative Farming: A Study in East India Undated 

2646 1

Kashipur West Bengal, 1956-1960: A Report on Resurvey of a Village 1962 

2646 2

Summary Reports on Socio-Economic Surveys, 1956-1957 Four Villages of West Bengal 1963 

2646 3

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Akhter H. Khan 

Box Folder

3rd Annual Report Introduction 1961-1962 

2646 4

Decentralization & Development 1965 

2648 1

The Essence of the Comilla Program 1964 

2646 5

Food & Flood Undated 

2646 6

How the Villagers are Creating Capital 1962 

2646 7

Integration of BD and V-AID 1959 

2646 8

Interview 1961 

2646 9

Islamic Opinions on Contraception 1960 

2646 10

Large Scale Irrigation Project November 29, 1966 

2646 11

My Brother Akhter H. Khan 1958 

2646 12

Note from Mr. Afzar 1959 

2646 13

Personal Data 1962 

2646 14

Progress Report Number 13 1959 

2646 15

Progress Reports 1959-1960 

2646 16

Progress Reports on Co-Ops 1962 

2646 17

Promise of Pakistan July 29, 1958 

2646 18

Redesigning the V-AID Programme 1960 

2646 19

Report on Public Works 1962 

2646 20

The Role of Women in a Country's Development July 1963 

2646 21

Rural Development in East Pakistan Volume 1 1963 

2646 22-23

Rural Development in East Pakistan Volume 2 February 1963 

2646 24-25

Training Officers and Villagers for Rural Development 1963 

2646 26

Speeches 

Box Folder

Education 1950 

2646 27

Rickshaw Pullers 1961 

2646 28

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Bengal 

Box Folder

Peasant Revolution in Bengal 1953 

2646 29

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Bangladesh (East Bengal/East Pakistan) 

Box Folder

Government of East Bengal, The Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1940 (Bengal Act XXI of 1940.) [As Modified up to the 31st of December 1950] 1951 

2646 30

East Pakistan Agricultural Extension- A Review Undated 

2646 31

Government of East Pakistan 

Box Folder

Economic Survey of East Pakistan 1963-1964 

2646 32

Thana Irrigation Programme June 1968 

2646 33

Patterns of Social Organization in Rural East Bengal 

2646 34

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East-West Center 

Box Folder

Communication and Rural Development in Bangladesh 1976 

2646 35

A Theoretical Framework for Comparative Analysis of Community Development 1965 

2646 36

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India 

Box Folder

Aligarh Muslim University-Community Development In India A Critical Evaluation 1964 

2646 37

Committee for Co-Operative Training Bibliography on Co-operation 1963 

2646 38

Committee on Plan Projects - India 

Report of the Team for the Study Of Community Projects and National Extension Service 

Box Folder

Vol. 1 November 1957 

2646 39

Vol. 2 November 1957 

2646 40

Vol. 3 November 1957 

2646 41
Box Folder

Cultural Foundations of Indian Democracy 1955 

2646 42

Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula 1959 

2646 43

Housing Conditions in Calcutta 1958 

2646 44

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Pakistan 

Box Folder

American Assistance to Developing Countries of Asia with Special Reference to Pakistan 

2646 45

Government of Pakistan Planning Commission Agriculture Section 

Box Folder

Papers Pertaining To Preparation Of Second 5-Year Plan In Agriculture Sector Volume 8 Village Aid & Community Development November 1961 

2646 46

Report of the Commission on National Education January-August 1959 

2646 47

Rural Development in Pakistan April 1959 

2646 48

Village Aid November 1958 

2646 49

Village Aid (Deharti Zarae Aur Senaati Taraqqi) 1959 

2646 50
Box Folder

Kotwali Thana Council, Comilla Monthly Report August 1964 

2646 51

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Pakistan Academy for Village/Rural Development - Comilla 

Box Folder

The Academy at Comilla: An Introduction April 1963 

2646 52

An Action Diary of A Development Program August 1965 

2646 53-54

Adoption of Improved Methods of Paddy Cultivation in Comila Development Area II (Aus 1960) 1961 

2646 55

Adoption of Improved Methods of Paddy Cultivation in Comila Development Area III (Amon, 1960) 1961 

2646 56

Adult Education Centres in Comilla Development Area 1961 

2646 57

An Analysis of the Working of Basic Democracy Institutions in East Pakistan 1963 

2646 58

Annual Reports 

Box Folder

2nd Annual Report, Chapter 1 

2646 59

3rd Annual Report June 1961-May 1962 

2647 1

4th Annual Report June 1962-May 1963 

2647 2

6th Annual Report June 1964-May 1965 

2647 3
Box Folder

Annual Research Plan for 1970-1971 

2647 4

Basic Democracies at the Grass Roots: A Study of Three Union Councils Of Kotwali, Thana, Comilla March 1962 

2647 5

Behavioural Survey Series Report 1, Farmers' Opinion on Selected Topics 

2647 6

College Students' Camp 1960 

2647 7

The Comilla District Development Project May 1964 

2647 8

The Comilla Pilot Project In family Planning, 4th Progress Report June 1965-May 1966 

2647 9

The Comilla Pilot Project in Irrigation and Rural Electrification August 1964 

2647 10

The Comilla Rural Administration Experiment History and Annual Report 1962-1963 

2647 11

The Comilla Rural Administration Experiment Annual Report for 1963-1964 

2648 8

A Comparative Study of Improved and County Methods Of Paddy Cultivation 1959 

2647 12

Communication and Personal Influence in An East Pakistan Village 1965 

2647 13

Co-operation as a Remedy for Rural Poverty 1963 

2647 14

The Cooperative Project of the Pakistan Academy for Village/Rural Development, Comilla, East Pakistan 1963 

2647 15

Cost & Return: A Study of Irrigated Crops In Comilla Villages 1965 

2647 16

Development Seminar for Additional District Magistrates, Comilla 1960 

2647 17

Diffusion and Adoption of Agricultural Practices: A Study In A Village In East Pakistan 1963 

2647 18

An Evaluation of the Rural Public Works Programme, East Pakistan 1962-1963 

2647 19

An Evaluation of the Rural Public Works Programme, East Pakistan 1963-1964 

2647 20

Factors of Limited Growth of Co-ops and of Membership 1965 

2647 21

Factors Related To Knowledge and Practice of family Planning in East Pakistani Villages Undated 

2647 22

Farkunda, A Sample Survey of Winter Crops 1965 

2647 23

Five Years of A Workmen's Co-Operative: A Case Study of the Kashinathpur-Balarampur Deeder Sramir Samabaya Samity Ltd., Comilla 1965 

2647 24

Five Years of a Workmen's Co-operative: A Case Study of the Kashinathpur-Balarampur Deeder Sramir Samabaya Samity Ltd., Comilla 1965 

2648 2

The Ford Foundation-Pakistan Project of MSU and the Pakistan Academies for Village Development Paper 

2647 25

Impact of Comilla Programme 

2648 3

Introduction to Collection of Speeches 

2647 26

Introduction of Tractors in a Subsistence Farm Economy 1962 

2647 27

A Manual for Rural Public Works August 1962 

2647 28

MSU Department of Agricultural Economics-Institutional Change & Agricultural Development (Comilla) 1967 

2647 29

Monthly Reports 

Box Folder

 November 1963 

2647 30

 September 1964 

2647 31

 October 1964 

2647 32

 November 1964 

2647 33

Integrated Rural Development Projects E.P.A.D.C. October 1970 

2647 34
Box Folder

The Origin & Nature of the Pakistan Academies for Village Development 1964 

2647 35

Pilot Project in Family Planning Progress Report May 1963 

2647 36

A Preliminary Report on the Evaluation Study of the Thana Irrigation Programme in East Pakistan (1969-1970) 1970 

2648 4

Primary Teachers Camp 1959 

2647 37

Report of the Family Planning Seminar February 2-4, 1966 

2647 38

Report on a Rural Public Works Programme in Comilla Kotwali Thana June 1962 

2647 39

Resume of Integrated Cooperative Rural Development Programme for East Pakistan 

2647 40

Review of Annual Plan for Training and Research August 1968 

2647 41

Rural Cooperative Pilot Experiment - A New Rural Co-Operative System for Comilla Thana 

Box Folder

1st Annual Report 1961 

2647 42

2nd Annual Report 1962 

2647 43

3rd Annual Report 1963 

2647 44

4th Annual Report 1964 

2647 45

5th Annual Report 1965 

2647 46
Box Folder

School Works Programme Comilla Thana in Its Launching State 1964 

2647 47

School Works Programme Comilla Kotwali Thanta 1964-1965 

2647 48

Schuler's Book Outline 

2647 49

Special Co-Operative by Night 1965 

2647 50

Special Report on Introducing Farm Mechanization In The Comilla Co-Operative Project 1962 

2647 51

Study of a Drainage Problem 1960 

2647 52

Syllabus for One Year Course of Training for Development Officers, V-AID Programme October 1959 

2647 53

Teachers' School Club Manual 1964 

2647 54

Thana Family Planning Action Programme Training Manual November 1964 

2647 55

Theory of Agricultural Development and Comilla April 27, 1966 

2647 56

V-AID Workers Camp 1959 

2647 57

Village Artists Camp 1960 

2647 58

Village Dhaniswar-Three Generations of Man-Land Adjustment in an East Pakistan Village 1960 

2647 59

Voluntary Group Adoption of Power Pump Irrigation in Five East Pakistan Villages 1961 

2647 60

Women's Education and Home Development Program 2nd Report April 1963-June 1963 

2647 61

Youth Work At Comilla Backgrounds and Annual Report 1963-1964 

2647 62

Seminar on Human Factor in the Growth of Rural Economy Rabindranath Tagore Birth Centenary Celebrations Volume XII 

2647 63

Survey of Tabulating and Computing Services Available In East Pakistan 

2648 5

Publication: Not In English 

2647 64

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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics 

Box Folder

The Economics of Irrigation In East Pakistan: A Case Study November 1964 

2648 6

The Fertility of East Pakistani Married Women: A Study Based On 1961 Census May 1966 

2648 7

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