creator:

Thompson, Louis M. (1914-2009)

title:

Papers

dates:

1925-2009, n.d.

extent:

2.31 linear ft. (5 document boxes and 1 half-document box)

collection number:

RS 9/9/58

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Louis M. Thompson Papers, RS 9/9/58, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical information – autobiographical writings on his life in Throckmorton, at Texas A & M, and in the military, includes passport

1925-1996, n.d.

1

2

Biographical information – biography and photographs (2 2.5x3.5 b/w photographs)

1953-1996

1

3

Biographical information – diploma, Masters of Science

1947

1

4

Biographical information – honors and awards

1964-1997

1

5

Biographical information – news clippings

1950-2009

1

6

Brock Associates' Summer Seminars brochures

1988-1992

1

7

CAED AAC 156 – "Iowa Agriculture, World Food Needs and Educational Response"

1965

1

8

CAED Report 12T – "An Evaluation of Weather Factors in the Production of Corn"

1962

1

9

CAED Report 17 – "Weather and Technology in the Production of Corn and Soybeans"

1963

1

10

CAED Report 20 – "Weather and Our Food Supply"

1964

1

11

CAED Report 20 – correspondence regarding the Seminar on Weather and Our Food Supply

1964

1

12

CAED Report 20 – correspondence regarding the Seminar on Weather and Our Food Supply

1964

1

13

CAED Report 26 – "Weather Variability and the Need for a Food Reserve"

1966

2

1

Correspondence – Bean, Dr. Louis H.

1962-1963

6

5

Correspondence – Butz, Earl L. Secretary of Agriculture

1974, 1988

2

2

Correspondence – general

1973-1996

2

3

Correspondence – H.E. Landsberg and others regarding CAED Reports 12T and 17

1962-1966

2

4

Correspondence – regarding CAED Report 26

1966-1967

2

5

Correspondence – regarding development of the Crop/Weather Model

1961-1974

2

6

Correspondence – regarding the May Crop Seminar at the NASA Johnson Space Center and the Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE)

1978

1

14

Correspondence – requests for CAED AAC 156

1966

2

7

Correspondence – retirement letters (unsolicited)

1983

2

8

Correspondence – Stephens, Richard

1965-1989

2

9

Correspondence – U.S. Army Natick Laboratories

1960-1966

2

10

Correspondence – Willett, Hurd C.

1972-1985

2

11

Foundation for the Study of Cycles – articles and related research materials

1985-1993

2

12

Gamma Sigma Delta – newsletter and programs

1955-1990

2

13

History of Iowa State University – advising undergraduates in farm operation curriculum

1996

2

14

History of Iowa State University – Agriculture 450: 50th celebration programs and writings

1992

2

15

History of Iowa State University – Agronomy Department

1986-1993

2

16

History of Iowa State University – College of Agriculture

1949-1998

2

17

History of Iowa State University – Farm Operation curriculum: writings and pamphlets

1950-1996

2

18

History of Iowa State University – funding for the new Agronomy Building

1978-1988

3

1

Information related to Dr. Louis H. Bean

1994

6

6

List of speeches on climatology

1977

3

2

Lists of speeches presented by Thompson (1976-1995)

1977-1995

3

3

Military experience – commissions

1935-1948

3

4

Military experience – post war reserve duty

1955-1974

3

5

Military experience – special letters

1943-1946

3

6

Military experience – special orders

1935-1945

3

7

Paper – "The 9.2-Year and 18.5-Year Cycles in the Stock Market"

1989

3

8

Paper – "The 18.6-Year and 9.3-Year Lunar Cycles: Their Possible Relation to Agriculture"

1988

3

9

Paper – "The 18.6-Year Cycle in the General Economy"

1989

3

10

Paper – "The 18.6-Year Lunar Cycle: Its Possible Relation to Agriculture"

1989

6

3

Paper – "1935 Cotton Contest Tour"

1935

3

11

Paper – "Accumulation and Mineralization of Microbial Organic Phosphorus in Soil Materials"

1948

3

12

Paper – "Aids to Effective Counseling"

1955

3

13

Paper – "The Boom and Bust Cycle in the Agricultural Economy"

1988

3

14

Paper – "Changes and Trends in Resident Instruction in Colleges of Agriculture"

1964

3

15

Paper – "Charting the Commodity Futures Market"

1965

3

16

Paper – "Climatic Change, Weather Variability, and Corn Production"

1986

3

17

Paper – "Cyclical Weather Patterns in the Middle Latitudes"

1973

3

18

Paper – "The Effect of Temperature on the Mineralization of Soil Organic Phosphorus"

1947

3

19

Paper – "Effects of Changes in Climatic and Weather Variability on the Yields of Corn and Soybeans"

1988

3

20

Paper – "The El Niño Cycle and Grain Production in Midwestern United States"

1992

3

21

Paper – "Energy and the Export Demand for Agricultural Products"

1974-1975

3

22

Paper – "Evaluation of Weather Factors in the Production of Grain Sorghums"

1963

3

23

Paper – "Evaluation of Weather Factors in the Production of Soybeans"

1962

3

24

Paper – "Evaluation of Weather Factors in the Production of Wheat"

1962

3

25

Paper – "Expanding Opportunities in Agricultural Science"

1963

3

26

Paper – "The Feed-Livestock Situation"

1958

3

27

Paper – "How a College Administrator Views Vocational Agriculture"

1962

3

28

Paper – "The Image of Agronomy in High Schools and Colleges"

1961-1963

3

29

Paper – "Impact of Global Warming and Cooling on Midwestern Agriculture"

1990

3

30

Paper – "Impact of Global Warming and Cooling on U.S. Corn Production"

1993

3

31

Paper – "Impact of World Food Needs on American Agriculture"

1968

6

1

Paper – "Impact of World Food Needs on the Grain and Poultry Industries"

1966

3

32

Paper – "The Impression High School Students Should Have of Agronomy"

1961

3

33

Paper – "The Mineralization of Organic Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Carbon in Clarion and Webster Soils"

1950

3

34

Paper – "Occurrence and Mineralization of Organic Phosphorus in Soils, with Particular Reference to Associations with Nitrogen, Carbon, and pH"

1953

3

35

Paper – "Opportunities in College Teaching in the Field of Agronomy"

1955

6

2

Paper – "Our Recent High Yields – How Much Due to Weather?"

1963

3

36

Paper – "Recruitment of Students in Animal Science"

1964

3

37

Paper – "Relationship of the El Niño Cycle to Droughts in the U.S. Corn Belt"

1990

3

38

Paper – "Sunspots and Lunar Cycles: Their Possible Relation to Weather Cycles"

1989

3

39

Paper – "Teaching – Evaluation and Reward"

1964

3

40

Paper – "Trends in Soybean Production and Their Relation to Weather"

1962

3

41

Paper – "Vocational Agriculture as Preparation for College"

1963

3

42

Paper – "Weather and Crops ... Trends in U.S.A. Corn Production"

1970

3

43

Paper – "Weather and Technology in the Production of Corn in the U.S. Corn Belt"

1969

3

44

Paper – "Weather and Technology in the Production of Soybeans in the Central United States"

1970

3

45

Paper – "Weather and Technology in the Production of Wheat in the United States"

1969

3

46

Paper – "Weather and Technology Trend in Corn Yields"

1982

3

47

Paper – "Weather Variability, Climatic Change, and Grain Production"

1975

3

48

Paper – "Weather Variability, Climatic Change, and Soybean Production"

1985

6

4

Paper on climate change – "Guest Editorial: The End of the Present Interglacial" by G. J. Kukla

1972-1973

3

49

Phi Kappa Phi – correspondence, newsletter, and writings

1962-1998

4

1

Proceedings – American Society of Agronomy and the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies: World Food Supply In Changing Climate conference paper, "The World Food Situation – As Related to Weather Variability and Grain Production"

1973-1974

4

2

Proceedings – The Century Ahead: The Proceedings of a Seminar on Agricultural Administration in the Land-Grant System

1963

4

3

Proceedings – The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations: The Politics of Food conference paper, "Climate Change and World Grain Production"

1980

4

4

Proceedings – The Institute of Ecology: Impact of Climatic Fluctuation on Major North American Food Crops

1976

4

5

Proceedings – Science Council of Canada: Living with Climate Change

1975-1977

4

6

Proceedings – Wright-Ingraham Institute: Query Into the Quarter Century

1975

4

7

Proceedings – York University Faculty of Science: Prospects for Man: Climate Change conference paper, "Climate Change and World Grain Production"

1980

4

8

Publication – Advisors in Agriculture Handbook

1964

4

9

Publication – Climate Change in the Year 2000 reports and correspondence

1975-1983

5

1

Publication – Iowans Who Made a Difference, by Don Muhm and Virginia Wadsley

1996

5

2

Publication – Iowans Who Made a Difference; correspondence with authors

1996-1997

5

3

Publication – Professional Hedging Handbook

1975

5

4

Publication – Soils and Soil Fertility, by Louis M. Thompson

1950

5

5

Publication – Soils and Soil Fertility, by Louis M. Thompson; related correspondence

1951-1952

5

6

Purdue Top Farmer Workshop – publications

1968

5

7

Research – agricultural enrollment trends

1968-1993

5

8

Seminar on Weather and Our Food Supply – biographical sketches and photographs of participants (5 4x5 b/w, 2 5x7 b/w, 2 8x10 b/w photographs)

1964

5

9

Speech – "Climbing Life's Ladder"

1961

5

10

Speech – "Impact of World Food Needs on American Agriculture"

1964-1967

5

11

Speech – "Make the Most of Your Abilities"

1962

5

12

The Influence of Weather and Climate on United States Grain Yields: Bumper Crops or Droughts – related reports, writings, and papers

1973-1990

5

13

Wallace Award – letters of endorsement and congratulations

1982

5

14

Writings – "How I Became a Climatologist"

1962-1996

6

7

Writings – "My Experiences at Iowa State University"

n.d.

5

15

Writings – "The Story of Richard A. Stephens"

2001