mums031 New England Agricultural Economics Council Collection Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by I. Eliot Wentworth. Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, UMass Amherst 2015

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 Finding aid encoded in MSWord 2015-07-31 Finding aid written in English New England Agricultural Economics Council New England Agricultural Economics Council Collection 1955-1966 MS 040 2 boxes (1 linear feet) Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries After dissolution of the New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Supply in 1955, a group of agricultural economists from the six state universities in New England formed the New England Agricultural Economics Council to carry on with the mission of promoting education and research on economics and the social problems relating to the production, marketing, and consumption of agricultural products. Concentrated on the first ten years of the NEAEC, the collection include organizational materials, correspondence, minutes and proceedings, financial records, and newsletters. English

The New England Research Council on Milk Marketing and Food Supply was established in 1922 as a vehicle for interstate communication and coordination on issues surrounding agricultural products. Having made significant contributions to assisting farmers in navigating the exigencies of the great Depression, the Council began to decline after passage of the federal Research and Marketing Act of 1946, which shifted the focus of support for marketing research in agricultural products away from the regional level.

When the Council was formally dissolved in 1955, a group of agricultural economists from the six state universities in New England felt the need to maintain a regional focus and reorganized as the New England Agricultural Economics Council. Through its annual conferences, proceedings, and newsletter, the NEAEC promoted education and research on agricultural economics and on the social problems surrounding the production, marketing, and consumption of agricultural products. Milk, New England's major agricultural product, remained a particular focal point.

Concentrated on the first ten years of its operations, the NEAEC Collection includes a sampling of organizational materials, correspondence, minutes and proceedings, financial records, and newsletters.

The collection is open for research.

Cite as: New England Agricultural Economics Council Collection (MS 031). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

Provenance unrecorded.

 Agricultural education New England

Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, July 2015.

 New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Supply Agricultural economics--New England Dairy products--New England Food--Marketing--New England Food industry and trade--New England Newsletters 11 Constitution and by-laws 1956-1964 12 Histories of the New England Agricultural Economics Council 1949-1962 40th anniversary of the New England Agricultural Economics Council 1962 Major topics discussed at meetings of the New England Agricultural Economics Council -- 1956 to 1960 1960 Report on New England Research Activities in Agricultural Economics 1952 Report to the directors and the steering committee of the New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Supply 1949 13 New England Agricultural Economics Council, Executive Committee minutes 1956-1966 14 Correspondence 1955-1957 15 Correspondence 1958-1961 16 Correspondence 1962 17 Correspondence 1963 18 Correspondence 1964 19 Correspondence 1965 21 Membership applications 1955-1965 22 Membership lists 1955-1963 23 New England Agricultural Economics Council, Treasurer's records 1956-1963 24-5 New England Agricultural Economics Council News 1956-1964

Lacking issues for 1959-1961, 1963.

 26-20 New England Agricultural Economics Council Proceedings 1956-1964

Lacking issues for 1961, 1962.