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Collection Summary
Identifier
UA 53.13
Title
Sherwood O. Berg Papers
Creator
Sherwood O. Berg
Dates
1956-1970
Extent
8.0 linear feet (8 records center boxes) photographs
Language
English
Repository
South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.
Access note
This collection is stored off-site. Requests to view this material must be made at least 24 hours in advance. This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Preferred Citation
Name of item . Sherwood O. Berg Papers. UA 53.13. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M .Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.
Abstract
Sherwood Berg was president of SDSU from 1975-1984. This collection consists of material related to the National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 4, 1965 on which Sherwood O. Berg served as chairperson.
Biographical Note
Sherwood O. Berg was raised on a farm near Hendrum, Minnesota. All of his public schooling was taken at Hendrum where he participated in 4-H Club work for at least 10 years, earning honors in this area. His father died while he was a senior in high school and for a time, Berg took over the management of the home farm.
He attended the School of Agriculture on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota for two years. He entered South Dakota State College [SDSC] the fall of 1940. He choose to come to SDSC because of their agricultural program, the opportunity to place on the basketball team and to work so that he might contribute to paying his college expenses. In 1943, he entered military service where he remained until 1946. While Berg was in military service, he obtained U.S. Army, field infantry experience. During his last year of military service, he was Military Government Food and Agricultural Officer.
In 1946, Berg returned to South Dakota State. In 1947, he was granted the BS degree. In 1948, he was awarded an MS degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. In 1951, the University of Minnesota conferred the PhD degree on him. Following the completion of his work for the PhD, he was agricultural attaché to Yugoslavia from 1951 to 1954 and to Norway and Denmark from 1954 to 1957.
In July 1957, Berg accepted the position of Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Minnesota. He held this position until June 1963. In July 1963, he accepted the position of Dean of the Institute of Agriculture, and Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota. During his tenure as Dean of the Institute of Agriculture, he served as chair of the President's National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber.
From 1973 to 1975, Berg was Director, The Indonesia Project of Midwest Universities Consortium. After his work in Indonesia he returned to the United States and to his Alma Mater, beginning his duties as President of South Dakota State University August 1, 1975. A position he held until 1984.
In 1952, Sherwood O. Berg married Elizabeth Ann Hall. They have two children, Mary Elizabeth and Bradley Joseph.
National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber
President Lyndon B. Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber on November 4, 1965 on which Sherwood O. Berg served as chairperson. President Johnson instructed the Commission to make an appraisal of agricultural and foreign trade policies; to conduct a study of the effects of agricultural policies on the performance of the economy and foreign relations; and to prepare a report, which would serve as a guide for future decisions and policies
The work of the Commission was initially divided into six major areas: 1. Production and consumption trends and potentials in the world, 2. Policies for commercial agriculture, 3. Policies for the non-commercial sector of agriculture, 4. Policies for forestry and natural resources development, 5. Agricultural trade and foreign economic policies; and 6. The role of agriculture in world economic development. Five commissioners with staff and consultants were assigned to each area.
The full time staff was small and included professional economists on leave from universities, from the federal government and from business. They were augmented by a group of consultants and experts from both the public and private sector. The Commissions research and study took many forms. Surveys were conducted; existing information was analyzed; position papers were prepared. The Commission was briefed by leading authorities and experts, and public hearings were held throughout the country.
The full Commission met 13 times over a period of 18 months for two or three days each time. At these meetings, the Commissioners heard testimony from leading authorities and experts and engaged in group discussions. The staff and consultants who later proposed recommendations prepared analyses and materials focusing on specific issues.
The Commission was made up of 31 members who represented agriculture, economics and labor throughout the United States. The chairperson was Sherwood O. Berg, who was Dean of the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota at the time. The remaining members were Harry B. Caldwell, Willard W. Cochrane, C.W. Cook, George C. Cortright, Woodrow W. Diehl, Edmund H. Fallon, Carl C. Farrington, Frank Fernbach, Roscoe G. Haynie, Fred V. Heinkel, Roy Hendrickson, William A. Hewitt, George K. Hislop, J.G. Horsfall, Herbert J. Hughes, D. Gale Johnson, Herman S. Kohlmeyer, Robert Magowan, L.L. Males, Edward F. Mauldin, Paul Miller, W.B. Murphy, Ernest J. Nesius, Leon Schachter, Janice M. Smith, Lauren Soth, Jesse Tapp, Jay Taylor, Herman Wells, and John Wheeler.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into series:
Series 1. National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber
- Sub-series 1. Collected material
- Sub-series 2. Correspondence
- Sub-series 3. General Commission records
- Sub-series 4. Hearing records
- Sub-series 5. Meeting records
- Sub-series 6. Publications
Contents Note
This collection is composed of material related to the National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 4, 1965 on which Sherwood O. Berg served as chairperson.
The collected material is composed mainly of information collected for use by the Commission in conducting its studies. This material covers a range of topics from cotton and hunger to agriculture and government policies.
Series 1. National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber
Sub-series 1. Collected material. The collected material is composed mainly of information collected for use by the Commission in conducting its studies. This material covers a range of topics from cotton and hunger to agriculture and government policies.
Sub-series 2. Correspondence. The correspondence is composed of communications in the form of memorandums and letters between commission members. Also included are congratulatory letters and reactions to the final report.
Sub-series 3. General Commission records. The general commission records are composed of Commission budget information, clippings, member lists and biographies, daily activities reports, press releases and study group material.
Sub-series 4. Hearing records. The hearings material consists of correspondence statements, transcripts and some chairman's notes for hearing conducted by the Commission throughout the United States. This material is arranged alphabetically by location of the hearing.
Sub-series 5. Meeting records. The meetings material consists of agendas, correspondence and items discussed at the many meetings held by the Commission. This material is arranged alphabetically by location of the meeting.
Sub-series 6. Publications. The publications consists mainly of drafts of the final report to the President of the United States, but also includes background papers, briefing statements, brochures and technical papers produced by the Commission. The report drafts are arranged by chapter with each folder including notes, additions and corrections to the report. The remaining folders are filed alphabetically.
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Key Words
Berg, Sherwood O.
Agriculture
Cotton
Fiber plants
Food
Hunger
South Dakota State University -- Presidents
Textiles
United States. National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber
Container List
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Series | Box | Folder | Description | Date(s) |
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1. Collected material | 1 | 1 | Address by Secretary of Ag. at Federal Land Bank anniversary dinner | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 2 | Agricultural Policy Review | 1968 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 3 | Agriculture's status and potential | undated |
1. Collected material | 1 | 4 | American Freedom from Hunger Foundation | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 5 | Background information: Miscellaneous | 1965-1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 6 | Changes in agriculture in 26 developing nations 1948 to 1963 | 1965 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 7 | Chemistry's role in feeding the world | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 8 | 11 | Clippings | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 8 | Cohort contributions to change in total number of farms | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 9 | Compilation of statutes | 1965 |
1. Collected material | 8 | 12 | Congressman Curtis report on US cotton textile trade policy | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 12 | Dept. of Agriculture and related agencies appropriations bill, 1968 | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 10 | Dept. of Agriculture appropriations for 1967 | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 11 | Economic outlook for U.S. cotton | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 13 | ENOUGH! The tale of our struggle | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 14 | Federal telecommunications system | 1966-1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 15 | Fibers in the United States: A graphic summary | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 16 | Finance and development | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 17 | Food for freedom | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 18 | Food for peace | 1963-1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 19 | Food from farmers to consumer | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 20 | Food Industry newsletter | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 21 | Foreign Assistance Act | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 22 | Human and institutional element in agricultural administration | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 23 | Implications of change in input markets for credit and finance | undated |
1. Collected material | 1 | 24 | Implications of the findings of marketing research | undated |
1. Collected material | 1 | 25 | Industry changes in feed, fertilizer, petroleum, and other chemical | undated |
1. Collected material | 1 | 26 | Issues emerging out of the food commission report | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 27 | Kiplinger newsletters | 1965-1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 28 | Miscellaneous | 1966-1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 29 | National Food Marketing Commission : Issues | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 30 | National Limestone Institute convention highlights | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 31 | Next 15 years in agriculture | 1965 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 32 | Notes on the agricultural economics of 17 European countries | 1956 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 33 | Nutrition Foundation, Inc. 25th anniversary report | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 34 | Organization and structure of producer units of farm products | undated |
1. Collected material | 1 | 35 | Population control | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 36 | President's Science Advisory Committee [PSAC] | 1966-1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 37 | Price merchandising in food retailing: a case study | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 38 | Price, supply, and demand for cotton | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 39 | Public Law 480 [SEE ALSO Food for Peace] | 1965-1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 40 | Public policy and the application of science to agriculture | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 41 | Race between procreation and food production | 1965 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 42 | Report: Limited land in the world food problem | undated |
1. Collected material | 1 | 43 | Requested policy papers | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 44 | Research recommendations of "The World Food Problem" | 1968 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 45 | Reserves of agricultural commodities | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 46 | Rural society in transition | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 8 | 13 | Southwestern Miller, The | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 47 | Synthetics and substitutes for agricultural commodities | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 48 | Ten years of cotton textiles | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 49 | United Nations Review | 1964 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 50 | US Food and Fiber System in a Changing World Environment | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 51 | War on hunger | 1966-1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 52 | Washington Farmletter | 1965-1967 |
1. Collected material | 1 | 53 | Western Europe agricultural situation | 1965 |
1. Collected material | 2 | 1 | Working papers: Commodity programs for agriculture | 1966 |
1. Collected material | 2 | 2 | World food crisis | 1965-1966 |
1. Collected material | 2 | 3 | World food needs | 1962 |
1. Collected material | 2 | 4 | World Food Study and Coordination Commission | 1967 |
1. Collected material | 2 | 5 | World population and food crisis | 1965 |
1. Collected material | 2 | 6 | World war on hunger [Hearing before Committee on Agriculture] | 1966 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 7 | Comments given on draft of report | 1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 8 | Comments of staff reactions to report | 1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 9 | Commission members A-G | 1966-1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 10 | Commission members H-L | 1965-1969 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 11 | Commission members M-Z | 1965-1969 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 12 | Congratulatory letters A-M | 1965-1966 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 13 | Congratulatory letters N-Z | 1965-1966 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 14 | General operations | 1965-1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 15 | Halvorson memorandums | 1965-1966 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 16 | Hillman memorandums | 1966-1968 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 17 | Miscellaneous A-C | 1965-1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 18 | Miscellaneous D-F | 1965-1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 19 | Miscellaneous G-H | 1965-1967 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 20 | Miscellaneous I-O | 1965-1968 |
2. Correspondence | 2 | 21 | Miscellaneous P-Z | 1965-1969 |
2. Correspondence | 3 | 1 | Outside response to final report | 1967-1968 |
2. Correspondence | 3 | 2 | President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President H.H. Humphrey | 1965-1967 |
2. Correspondence | 3 | 3 | Requests for Food and Fiber Report and address list | 1966-1970 |
2. Correspondence | 3 | 4 | Response to report | 1967-1968 |
2. Correspondence | 3 | 5 | Technical papers | 1967-1968 |
2. Correspondence | 3 | 6 | US cotton policy | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 7 | Budget | 1966-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 8 | Clippings : after release of report | 1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 9 | Clippings : Commission personnel | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 10 | Clippings : miscellaneous | 1965-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 11 | Commission members biographies | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 12 | Commission members lists | 1965-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 13 | Committee information | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 14 | Consultants | 1965 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 15 | Daily activities report | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 16 | Don Lerch file | 1966-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 17 | Engagements and discussions on report | 1967-1968 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 18 | Executive order | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 19 | Goals | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 20 | James App file | 1966-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 21 | LaVern Freeh diary of events | 1965-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 22 | List of files | 1967-1968 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 23 | List of statements submitted | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 24 | Plan of action | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 25 | Press releases : final report | 1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 26 | Press releases : membership | 1965-1966 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 27 | Press releases : miscellaneous | 1965-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 28 | Press releases : staff news | 1966-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 29 | Reception : report release | 1967 |
3. General Commission records | 3 | 30 | Robert E. Olson file | 1966-1968 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 1 | Staff organization | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 2 | Study Group I | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 3 | Study Group II | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 4 | Study Group III | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 5 | Study Group IV | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 6 | Study Group V | 1966 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 7 | Study Group VI | 1965-1967 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 8 | Television series | 1967-1968 |
3. General Commission records | 4 | 9 | Travel records | 1966-1967 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 10 | Atlanta: correspondence | 1966-1967 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 11 | Atlanta: statements | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 12 | Atlanta: transcript | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 13 | Dallas : chairman's notes | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 14 | Dallas : correspondence | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 15 | Dallas : transcript | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 16 | Dallas : unedited transcript | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 4 | 17 | Minneapolis : correspondence | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 1 | Minneapolis : statements | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 2 | Minneapolis : transcript | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 3 | New York : correspondence | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 4 | New York : private hearing | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 5 | New York : statements | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 6 | New York : transcript | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 7 | San Francisco : transcript | 1967 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 8 | St. Louis : correspondence | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 9 | St. Louis : statements | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 10 | St. Louis : transcript | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 8 | 14 | Statements | undated |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 11 | Tucson : correspondence | 1966-1967 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 12 | Tucson : statements | 1966 |
4. Hearing records | 5 | 13 | Tucson : transcript | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 5 | 14 | Atlanta : November 9-10, 1966 | 1966-1967 |
5. Meeting records | 5 | 15 | Dallas : April 14-15, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 5 | 16 | Des Moines : August 16, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 5 | 17 | Minneapolis : September 13-14, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 5 | 18 | Miscellaneous | 1966-1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 1 | New Orleans : May 3-5, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 2 | New York : July 14-15, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 3 | San Francisco : January 12, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 4 | St, Louis : October 11, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 5 | St. Paul : February 12, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 17 | Unknown location | undated |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 9 | Washington, D.C. : August 31, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 12 | Washington, D.C. : February 22, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 11 | Washington, D.C. : February 8-9, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 6 | Washington, D.C. : January 11-13, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 8 | Washington, D.C. : June 22-23, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 16 | Washington, D.C. : June 23-24, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 13 | Washington, D.C. : March 2-3, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 7 | Washington, D.C. : March 24-25, 1966 | 1966 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 14 | Washington, D.C. : March 30-31, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 15 | Washington, D.C. : May 21-22, 1967 | 1967 |
5. Meeting records | 6 | 10 | Washington, D.C. : November 15, 1966 | 1966 |
6. Publications | 7 | 1 | Agriculture in the U.S. | 1966 |
6. Publications | 7 | 2 | Background paper : Technological front in the food and fiber economy | 1968 |
6. Publications | 7 | 3 | Briefing statements | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 4 | Brochure : Food and Fiber Policy for the Future | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 5 | Brochure : layout | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 6 | First interim report | 1966 |
6. Publications | 7 | 7 | Report : draft - Appendices | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 8 | Report : draft - Chapter 1 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 17 | Report : draft - Chapter 10 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 18 | Report : draft - Chapter 11 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 19 | Report : draft - Chapter 12 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 20 | Report : draft - Chapter 13 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 21 | Report : draft - Chapter 14 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 22 | Report : draft - Chapter 15 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 23 | Report : draft - Chapter 16 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 24 | Report : draft - Chapter 17 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 25 | Report : draft - Chapter 18 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 9 | Report : draft - Chapter 2 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 10 | Report : draft - Chapter 3 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 11 | Report : draft - Chapter 4 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 12 | Report : draft - Chapter 5 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 13 | Report : draft - Chapter 6 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 14 | Report : draft - Chapter 7 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 15 | Report : draft - Chapter 8 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 16 | Report : draft - Chapter 9 | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 26 | Report : draft - Introduction | 1966-1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 27 | Report : draft - Part "A" | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 28 | Report : draft - Part "B" | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 29 | Report : draft - Part "C" | 1967 |
6. Publications | 7 | 30 | Report : draft - Part "D" | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 1 | Report : draft - Summary and conclusions | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 2 | Report : Food and Fiber for the Future [Final] | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 3 | Report : footnotes | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 4 | Report : Japanese edition | 1967-1968 |
6. Publications | 8 | 5 | Report : Memoranda of comment, reservation or dissent | undated |
6. Publications | 8 | 6 | Report : miscellaneous drafts | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 7 | Report : outline | 1966 |
6. Publications | 8 | 8 | Report : summary of commission's recommendations | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 9 | Technical papers : Agriculture and foreign economic development | 1967 |
6. Publications | 8 | 10 | Technical papers : Foreign trade and agricultural policy | 1967 |
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