African Agricultural Mechanization Study Records
UA.2.9.5.14

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Michigan State University. African Agricultural Mechanization Study.
Title
African Agricultural Mechanization Study records
ID
UA.2.9.5.14
Date [inclusive]
1962-1971
Extent
14.0 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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Historical Note

The African Agricultural Mechanization Study (circa 1967-1969) was a study of agricultural technology in several African countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Tanzania.

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Scope and Contents note

The African Agricultural Mechanization Study records contain administrative and accounting records, correspondence, and progress and final reports. Technical records consist primarily of information on hydraulic systems, also some on agriculture and various African countries. Also includes a few workshop and colloquium records, and records for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

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

Revision Description

  January 2014

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Copyright: Michigan State University. 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.

Custodial History

A gift of Bill Stout.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • United States. Agency for International Development.

Genre(s)

  • Contracts
  • Course materials
  • Financial records
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Photographs
  • Reports

Geographic Name(s)

  • Cote d'Ivoire -- Agriculture
  • Ethiopia -- Agriculture
  • Gambia -- Agriculture
  • Ghana -- Agriculture
  • Kenya -- Agriculture
  • Nigeria -- Agriculture
  • Senegal -- Agriculture
  • Tanzania -- Agriculture

Subject(s)

  • Agricultural machinery
  • Agriculture -- Africa
  • Hydraulic engineering

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Collection Inventory

AID 

Box Folder

Contract and Amendments (AFR-459) 1967-1970 

244 1
Box Folder

 February 6, 1967 

244 1

 1967-1969 

244 2

 1967-1970 

244 3

Budget (AFR-459) 1967-1970 

Box Folder

 1967-1969 

244 4

 1967-1969 

244 5

 1968 

244 6-9

 1969 

244 10-11

 1969-1971 

244 12

Communications (AFR-459) 1967-1971 

Box Folder

 1967 

244 13

 1967-1968 

244 14

 1968 

244 15-24

 1968-1969 

244 25

 1969 

244 26-28

 1968, 1970 

244 29

 1970 

244 30

 1970-1971 

244 31

General Files 

Box Folder

Handbook 1967-1969 

244 32

AMS Book: Contract, Budget, Authorization 1967-1970 

244 33

Correspondence 1967-1970 

Box Folder

 February 1, 1967 

244 34

 February 6, 1967 

244 35

 March 1967 

244 36

 April 1967 

244 37

 May 1967 

244 38

 June 1967 

244 39

 July 1967 

244 40-41

 August-October 1967 

244 42

 November 1967 

244 43-44

 December 1967-January 1968 

244 45

 February-June 1968 

244 46

 July-December 1968 

244 47

 February 1968 

244 48-49

 February-July 1969 

244 50

 August 1969 

244 51

 July-August 1969 

244 52

 August-September 1969 

244 53

 September 1969 

244 54

 September-October 1969 

244 55

 October 1969 

244 56-58

 November 1969 

244 59

 December 1969 

244 60-61

 January 1970 

244 62-64

 January 1970 

244 66

 February 1970 

244 65

 February 1970 

244 67

 March 1970 

244 68
Box Folder

Clerical Staff 1969-1970 

244 69

D.A.G. Green. General 1969 

244 70

C.K. Kline 1967-1970 

244 71-72

R.L. Donohue 1967-1969 

244 73

Travel 

Box Folder

B.A. Stout 1967-1969 

244 74-83

C.F. Doane, Jr. 1968-1969 

244 84

R.E. Lucas 1967-1968 

244 85

C.K. Kline 1967-1969 

244 86-93

R.L. Donohue 1967-1970 

244 94-100

D.A.G. Green 1968-1969 

244 101-104
Box Folder

Leave Reports 1968-1969 

244 105

Pending Charges. 71-2008 1969-1970 

244 106-108

Unvouchered Expenses 1967-1969 

244 109

Fund Ledger Sheets. 71-2008 1968-1970 

244 110-113

Invoice-Vouchers 1967-1970 

244 114-122

Lithocrafters 1969-1970 

244 123-125

Purchase Orders 1967-1969 

244 126

Direct Payment Vouchers 1967-1969 

245 1-5

College Travel 1967-1969 

245 6-12

Account 71-2008 

Box Folder

 1967 

245 13-16

 1968 

245 17-21

 1969 

245 22-23
Box Folder

Reimbursement Vouchers 1967-1969 

245 24-43

Overseas Differential PMTs 1967-1969 

245 44-45

Lansing Storage Company 

245 46

Jeep 1967-1968 

245 47-49

Ethiopian Imprest Cash Fund 1968 

245 50-51

Bank Statements 

Box Folder

First National Bank of East Lansing 1967-1969 

245 52

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia 1968-1969 

245 53-54
Box Folder

Financial Reports 1967-1969 

245 55-61

Quarterly Expenditure Reports 1968-1969 

245 62-64

Advisory Committee Meeting (July) 1967 

245 65

Office Supplies 1967-1969 

245 66

IBM 1967-1969 

245 67

Correspondence 

Box Folder

Phase I 1967 

245 69-72

Vol. I 1965-1967 

245 73-91

Vol. II 1966-1968 

245 92-110

Vol. III 1968 

245 111-124

Vol. IV 1968-1969 

246 1-21

HSR 

Box Folder

Hydraulic System References. AE 816 1965 

246 22-36

Fundamentals of Hydraulic Equipment Design 1966 

246 37

AE 816 

Box Folder

General 1965 

246 38-45

Problems 1961-1965 

246 46-51

Exams 1965 

246 52

Lectures I – IX 1962-1963 

246 53-61

Lab 1963 

246 62

Hydraulic Pump Test 1963 

246 63

Lab: Hydraulic Circuit 1965 

246 64

Lab: Hydraulic Components 1965 

246 65-68
Box Folder

Accumulators undated 

246 69

Boosters undated 

246 70

Central Hydraulic System undated 

246 71-72

Computers undated 

246 73

Hydraulic Controls undated 

246 74-79

Cooling Hydraulic System undated 

246 80

Cylinders undated 

246 81

Electrohydraulic Analogies undated 

246 82

Fittings, Tubes and Hoses undated 

246 83

Hydraulics Fundamentals undated 

246 84

Flow Meters undated 

246 85

High Pressure Hydraulics undated 

246 86

Hydraulic Lines, Hoses, and Fittings undated 

246 87-90

Fluids undated 

246 91-93

Farmers' Week – Hydrostatic Transmissions undated 

246 94-121

Hydrostatic Transmissions undated 

247 1-5

JIC undated 

247 6

O-rings undated 

247 7-8

Power Steering undated 

247 9-10

Pressure Gauges, Thermometers undated 

247 11-12

Pumps, Motors undated 

247 13-19

Servo Mechanisms undated 

247 20-22

Hydraulic Test Instruments undated 

247 23
Box Folder

Workshop IV 1970 

247 24-59

Workshop IV 1970 

248 1-41

Chronological File 

Box Folder

Volume I 1967-1970 

248 42-43

Volume II 1967-1970 

248 44-45

Volume III 1967-1970 

248 46-47

Volume IV 1967-1970 

248 48-49

To Africa 1967-1970 

248 50-52

From Africa 1967-1970 

248 53
Box Folder

Colloquium on Agricultural Manpower 1969 

248 54-61

Colloquium on Agricultural Manpower 1969 

249 1-20

Miscellaneous Expense Receipts 1968-1969 

249 21

Correspondence 

Box Folder

Kline and Fox 1964 

249 22-26

 1967-1970 

249 27-39

Ethiopia 1967-1970 

249 40-61
Box Folder

Bank Statement 1967-1969 

249 62

Progress Report Distribution Lists 1967-1970 

249 63-64

Communications Related to Distribution Lists 1967-1970 

249 65-69

Work Plan 1967 

249 70-83

Progress Report 

Box Folder

Number 1 1967 

249 84-87
Drawer Folder

Number 2 Report of Survey Trip 1967 

F.D. 1
Box Folder

Number 2 1967 

249 88-89

Number 2 1967 

250 1-4

Number 3 1967 

250 5-15

Number 4 1967 

250 16-18

Number 5 1968 

250 19-21

Number 5 appendix 1968 

250 22-24

Number 6 1968 

250 25-35

Number 6 appendix 1968 

250 36-47

Number 7 1968 

250 48-56

Number 7 1968 

251 1-2

Number 7 appendix 1968 

251 3-20

Number 8 1968 

250 21-31

Number 8 appendix 1968 

250 32-42

Number 9 1969 

250 43-46

Number 9 appendix 1969 

250 47-54

Quarterly Report- Progress Report 

Drawer Folder

Number 8 1968 

F.D. 2

Number 9 1968 

F.D. 3
Box Folder

Summary Statement 1967 

251 55

Figures Used in Published Report 1969 

252 1-7

Case Studies 

Box Folder

Ethiopia 1967-1969 

252 8-13

Ghana 1967-1969 

252 14-16

Kenya 1967-1969 

252 17-22

Nigeria 1967-1969 

252 23-24

Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gambia 1967-1969 

252 25-26

Tanzania 1967-1969 

252 27-28
Box Folder

Terminal Report. D.A.G. Green 1969 

252 29-32

Preliminary Report. C.K. Kline 1967 

252 33-34

Terminal Report. C.K. Kline (Part I) 1969 

252 35-43

Terminal Report. C.K. Kline (Part II) 1969 

252 44-59

Final Report 

Box Folder

First Draft 1969 

252 60-84

Draft 1969 

252 85-90

Preliminary Draft, Volume I 1969 

252 91-92

Preliminary Draft, Volume II 1969 

253 1-4

Draft, Incomplete, Volume II 1969 

253 5-6

Draft, Incomplete, Volume II 1969 

253 7

Draft, Complete, Volume II 1969 

253 8-10

Preliminary Draft 

Box Folder

Volume I, Copy 1 1969 

253 11-13

Volume II, Copy 1 1969 

253 14-16

Volume I, Copy 2 1969 

253 17-19

Volume II, Copy 2 1969 

253 20-22

Volume I, Copy 3 1969 

254 1-3

Volume II, Copy 3 1969 

254 4-6

Volume I, Copy 4 1969 

254 7-9

Volume II, Copy 4 1969 

254 10-12

Volume I, Copy 5 1969 

254 13-15

Volume II, Copy 5 1969 

254 16-18
Box Folder

Consolidated Draft for Editing and Review 1969 

254 19-23

Consolidated Draft for Editing and Review 1969 

255 1

Final Draft 1969 

255 2-5
Box Folder

"Points for Consideration in Developing an Agricultural Mechanization Education Program for Developing Countries" 1967 

255 6

Report on Engines undated 

255 7

Reports on Mechanization 1968-1969 

255 8

"Determination of Competencies Needed by Agricultural Mechanization Technicians as Applied to Iran" undated 

255 9

Mounir A. Marcos Report 1969 

255 10

Reports 1969 

255 11

"The Cooperative Approach to Agricultural Mechanization" 1969 

255 12

"Estudio de la Occupation del Tractorista Calificado" 1966 

255 13

Miscellaneous Mimeographed Reports various dates 

255 14-37

International Reports on Agriculture various dates 

255 38-52

International Reports on Agriculture various dates 

256 1-9

Terminal Report, Roy L. Donohue 1969 

256 10

Terminal Report, Roy L. Donohue. Appendices 1969 

256 11

Special Report 

Box Folder

68-8. Bornu Complete Tillage Machine 1968 

256 12

64-5. Comparison of Hand and Machine Cultivation Costs 1964 

256 13

67-4. Clarkson Ox-Yoke 1967 

256 14

68-4. Summary of the Developments in Progressive Mechanization for the Hand and Mixed Farmers in the Savannah Zone of North Nigeria 1968 

256 15

68-9. Mechanization Assistance to Hand Farming 1968 

256 16
Box Folder

Army Training Manual for Engineer Equipment Assistant undated 

256 17-18

Final Report, Printer's Copy (Pictures Removed) 1969 

256 19-29
Drawer Folder

Itinerary 1968 

F.D. 4

Reference materials used for background information by members of the study project 

Box Folder

Miscellaneous Mimeographed Reports various dates 

256 30

Miscellaneous Mimeographed Reports various dates 

257 1-7

International Reports on Agriculture various dates 

257 8-21

Materials on Developing Countries various dates 

257 22-25

Reports on Agriculture in Africa various dates 

257 26-32

Reports on Agriculture in Africa various dates 

258 1-5

Machinery Information various dates 

258 6-12

Information on Ghana various dates 

258 13-15

Information on Nigeria various dates 

258 16

Information on Ethiopia various dates 

258 17-20

Miscellaneous Pamphlets various dates 

258 21-25

Miscellaneous journals and articles various dates 

258 26-35

Photographs 

Drawer
Department Photos

Agriculture. 

Crops. 

Cultivating. 

Discing. 

Harvesting. 

Implements. Hand Hoes. 

Irrigation. Pumps. 

Machinery. 

Cultivators. 

Discs. 

Groundnut Sheller. 

Harrows. 

Harvesters. 

Ox Carts. 

Plows. 

Seeders. 

Tool Bars. 

Tractors. 

Planting. 

Plowing. 

Soils Research. 

Spraying. 

Animals. 

Camels 

Donkeys. 

Oxen. 

People. Groups. Unidentified. 

Pictorial Progress Reports. 

Ethiopia. (4 folders) 

Ghana. (2 folders) 

Ivory Coast. (3 folders) 

Kenya. 

Nigeria. 

Senegal. 

Scenes. 

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Serials 

#816: Overseas Project - Africa - Progress Report 

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