Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 476
North Central Weed Science Society
Records, 1944-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator: North Central Weed Science Society
title: Records
dates: 1944-[ongoing]
extent: 2.98 linear feet (1 records center carton and 4 document boxes)
collection number: MS 476
repository: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access: Open for research
publication rights: Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation: North Central Weed Science Society Records, MS 476, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

Although similar meetings had been held twice before, the first organized meeting of the North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS) was held in Omaha, Nebraska in 1944. The Society continues to meet annually.

There are four types of membership: (a) state or provincial, (b) active, (c) sustaining,
(d) honorary. The state and provincial members are: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The North Central Weed Science Society is based in Champaign, Illinois.

 

Collection description

The collection (1944-[ongoing]) contains correspondence, annual meeting materials, and committee records.

 

Organization

The collection is listed in chronological order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

19

NCWCC Annual Meetings: programs

1944-1951

3

2

Honorary Members: candidates and honorees

1948-1974

3

23

Paper: "Taking Stock of Weed Research" by Dr. R. M. Salter

1949

1

7

Coordinated Projects for Weed Control Research in the North Central Region

1950

1

8

Recommendations of the Research Committee and Abstracts for Research Report

1950

3

15

Correspondence

1950-1954

1

9

Recommendations of the Research Committee and Abstracts for Research Report

1951

1

10

Minutes of the NCWCC Research Committee Meeting

1951

1

20

8th Annual Meeting program and registration list

1951

3

12

Industry Committee: minutes

1951

3

3

Board of Directors: meeting minutes

1951-1974

1

11

Recommendation of the Research Committee

1952

1

12

9th Annual North Central Weed Control Conference and 6th Annual Western Canadian Weed Control Conference

1952

1

21

Annual Meeting: arrangements

1952

1

2

Amendments in Constitution of NCWCC

1952-1967

1

1

Past Presidents, Officers, Directors, and Honorary Members of the North Central Weed Control Conference (NCWCC)

1952-1972

2

12

Committee assignments

1952-1975

1

13

Recommendations of the Research Committee

1953

3

10

NC-10 Regional Technical Committee: minutes

1953

1

22

NCWCC Annual Meetings: programs

1953-1957

3

6

Committee listings

1953-1974

1

14

Recommendations of the Research Committee

1954

3

1

County awards

1954-1964

1

15

Research Summaries prepared by the NCWCC Research Committee

1958

1

23

NCWCC Annual Meetings: programs

1958-1962

1

16

Summary of New Research Findings Supplement to 1958 Research Summaries

1959

1

17

16th North Central Weed Control Conference and 10th Western Canadian Weed Control Conference: banquet programs

1959

1

18

18th Annual Research Summaries

1961

2

14

19th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1964

3

14

Correspondence

1964-1978

2

1

21st NCWCC Annual Meeting: program outline

1966

2

2

22nd NCWCC Annual Meeting: program, brief Research Report information

1967

5

6

NCWCC Proceedings, "What's New from Industry"

1967

3

8

Research Committee: report

1967, 1971

2

3

23rd NCWCC Annual Meeting: program, information on James Whitcomb Riley

1968

3

5

WSSA Representative: report

1971

3

11

Industry Committee: report

1971

2

4

26th & 27th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program, agenda

1971-1972

3

4

Treasurer's Reports

1971-1974

3

9

Public Relations Committee: report

1971-1974

2

5

26th NCWCC Annual Meeting: photographs (12 B/W prints)

1972

2

6

NCWCC procedures for submitting titles and manuscripts

1972

3

7

Committee on the Standardization of Research Reporting: report

1972

1

3

History of NCWCC by E.P. Sylwester

1973

2

7

28th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program, legislative information

1973

2

8

29th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program, presentation guidelines, call for papers, herbicide recommendations

1974

2

9

30th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program, conference data sheet

1975

2

15

31st NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1976

2

10

32nd NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1977

2

16

34th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1979

2

17

35th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1980

2

18

36th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1981

2

19

37th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1982

4

33

Memorandum--Finance, Steering and Policy Committee

1982

4

19

Notebook from Calvin G. Messersmith

1982-1985

2

20

38th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1983

4

17

Notebook from Jerry Miller

1983-1984

4

1

NCWCC Committees

1984

4

14

Correspondence

1984

4

15

Correspondence

1984

4

13

Calvin G. Messersmith correspondence

1984-1985

4

18

Notebook from Jerry Miller

1984-1985

2

21

40th NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1985

4

2

NCWCC: correspondence, minutes, and reports

1985

4

12

General correspondence

1985

4

16

Correspondence and committee reports

1985-1986

2

22

41st NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1986

4

3

NCWCC: correspondence, minutes, and reports

1986

4

10

Correspondence and reports

1986

4

11

Calvin G. Messersmith correspondence

1986

2

23

42nd NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1987

3

18

43rd NCWCC Annual Meeting: program

1988

4

4

NCWCC: correspondence, minutes, and reports

1988

3

19

44th NCWSS Annual Meeting: program

1989

4

5

NCWCC: correspondence, minutes, and reports

1989

2

11

44th North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting: photographs. (11 B/W prints)

1989

4

7

Resident Education Summer Contest

1989-1990

3

20

45th NCWSS Annual Meeting: program

1990

4

6

NCWCC: correspondence, minutes, and reports

1990

4

8

Resident Education Committee

1990

4

9

Resident Education Symposium

1990

4

21

Annual Meeting: proof sets

1990

4

20

Annual Meeting: photographs

1990-1991

3

16

Annual Meeting and Banquet: programs

1991

3

17

Annual Meeting: photographs (13 B/W prints)

1991

3

21

49th NCWSS Annual Meeting: program

1994

4

22

NCWSS News. (Removed for cataloging, January 16, 1996 by BSJ)

1994-1995

4

23

Annual Meeting: photograph of Past Presidents (1 B/W print)

1995

4

26

Annual meeting: photographs of Distinguished achievement Award winners. (4 B/W prints)

1995

4

29

Annual Meeting: photographs of new officers (2 B/W prints)

1995

4

30

Annual Meeting: photographs of the General Session. (3 B/W prints)

1995

4

24

Annual Meeting: photograph of Past Honorary Members. (1 B/W print)

1995

4

25

Annual Meeting: photographs of new Fellow Members. (2 B/W prints)

1995

4

27

Annual Meeting: photographs of President LeRoy Cobia passing the Presidential Rocking Chair to new President Alan Dexter. (1 B/W print)

1995

4

28

Annual Meeting: photograph of Student Paper Winners. (1 B/W print)

1995

3

22

Annual Meeting: program

1995

4

31

Reminiscences of long-time members of the Society, Lyle A. Derscheid and William Lobay. (2 B/W prints)

1995

4

32

Annual Meeting: program and pre-registration form

1996

4

34

Annual meeting: photographs and news releases (26 B&W)

1997

5

1

Summer Weed Contest: photographs (40-4x6 color photographs)

2001

5

2

Annual Banquet: photographs (114-4x6 color photographs)

2003

5

3

Annual Banquet: photographs (1 CD-ROM)

2003

5

4

Summer Weed Contest: photographs (24-4x6 color photographs)

2003

5

5

Annual Banquet: photographs (1 CD-ROM)

2004

Map case

C406 D07

Poster displayed at Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) annual meeting: "62 Years of North Central Weed Science Society History" (see folder for MS 27, WSSA)

2006

1

4

Extension Weed Control Specialists Directory

undated

1

5

Mailing list for NCWCC

undated

1

6

Metribuzin-Atrazine Interaction Press Release

undated

3

13

Finance, Steering and Policy Committee: report

undated