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WSU-AID Contract (Pakistan Project)
Records, 1952-1972

Number of Containers 108
Linear feet of Shelf Space 54
Approximate Number of Items 50,000

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Washington State University’s Pakistan Project was one of over seventy similar projects which were carried out throughout the world by American land-grant colleges under contract to the United States Agency for International Development, its predecessor agencies, and the various host countries. One of the longest running, the WSU project first came under consideration in 1952, was contracted for and implemented in 1954 and continued active under several successive contracts until 1972. Initially the project consisted of a series of broad ranging advisory services to the University of the Punjab at Lahore; after 1961 the emphasis changed to the development of the new West Pakistan Agricultural University at Lyallpur. With the completion of the Lyallpur project in 1969, a new contract was negotiated to continue certain technical projects at WPAU until 1971 after which the project was terminated.

The organization and methods of the WSU Pakistan Project changed considerably between 1954 and 1971 as experience brought about increasing sophistication. What was at the beginning essentially an educational “exchange” program eventually was to become a concerted effort to apply subtle theories of public administration and economic development. Evolving from this experience was an arrangement which structured the project into several sub-projects, such as agricultural economics, plant pathology, genetics and rural sociology. Lead by various staff members from WSU and other American universities, these sub- projects brought together students, equipment, literature and staff at the two Pakistani nationals at various American universities with the intention of their returning to control these sub-projects. The over-all project was headed in Pakistan by a Chief of Party who was the executive officer for the entire project. In the United States, the contract was administered by the Office of Campus Coordinator essentially serving a staff office, preparing budgets, keeping records, making reports and overseeing the Pakistani participants attending American universities. Some evaluation of the workings success and shortcomings of the program can be found in Theodore E. Doty’s Washington State University in West Pakistan 1954-1969: An Evaluation of Technical Assistance to Higher Education for Agricultural and Economic Development, a WSU doctoral dissertation in Agricultural Economics written by one-time Campus Coordinator of the Pakistan Project (1971).

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

As the WSU Pakistan Project had administrative offices in both Pakistan and the Unites States, underwent considerable changes in emphasis over time and was generally administered through coordination of persons; its papers, of necessity, were not filed according to strict organizational arrangement. Instead the working order most often used was a dossier type of arrangement. With the closing of the files, this material has been combined into an arrangement of three series (and nine sub- series), which substantially follow functional lines and which are described below in the series description. The arrangement of individual folders within the various series is described in the container list.


SERIES DESCRIPTION

Box Series 1. Financial and Administrative A. Audits, Budgets and Contracts 1. Budgets 1-4 2. FOA/ICA/AID Contracts 5 3. Audits, 1960-1967 6 B. Procurement and Expenditure 1. Subprojects, 1954-1962 7-9 2. Correspondence 10 3. Requisitions, purchase orders, etc. 10-17 C. Reports 1. Materials and drafts 18-22 2. Quarterly & Semi-Annual Reports 23-24 3. Special Reports 25-29 4. Trip Reports 30-31 Series 2. Personnel A. General Rules 1. AID Personnel Manual 32-33 2. Rules and Regulations 34 3. Effort Reports & Annual Reviews 35 B. Correspondence to Campus Coordinator 1. Chief of Party, 1954-1972 36-40 2. General, 1953-1972 41-44 3. Field Staff, 1954-1966 44-45 C. Field Staff Personnel 1. Correspondence re: Positions 46-47 2. Staff Members 48-56 3. Cancellations 101 4. Non-AID Students 102 Series 3. Public Relations A. Organizations and Press 1. Colleges & Universities 103 2. Cooperating Agencies 104-106 3. Press Releases & Promotional Literature 107 B. Printed Material 108-109 * Addendum


CONTAINER LIST


 
Box Description
Series 1. Financial and Administrative Papers
Budgets and Budgetary Papers
1   1954-1956
2   1957-1961
3   1962-1967
4   1968-1971
5 Records Copies of FOA/ICA/AID Contracts, 1954-1971
6 Audits, 1960-1967
Procurement Correspondence
7   Equipment Costing over $500., 1955-1956
  Animal Husbandry project, 1955-1961
  Chemical Engineering project, 1956-1958
  Curriculum Planning project, 1955-1961
  Dairy Technology project, 1956-1962
  Economics and Business project, 1956-1962
8   Educational Guidance project, 1956-1957
  Equipment Technology project, 1955-1958
  Food Technology project, 1955-1958
9   Genetics and Crop Improvement project, 1961
  Home and Social Science project, 1955-1960
  Mechanical Engineering project, 1955-1960
  Poultry project, proposed, 1957
  Soils project, 1955-1961
  Veterinary Science project, 1955-1961
  General
Requisitions and Purchase Orders
10   1954-1955
11   1955-1957
12   1957-1960
13   1960-1963
14   1963-1965 (with payroll, 1963-1967)
15   1966-1970
16   1971-1972
  Requisition number list
17   Budget control and expenditure printout, 1967-1972
  Quarterly Reports: notes, materials and drafts
18   Numbers 1-15, 1955-1958
Semi-Annual Reports: notes, materials and drafts
18   Numbers 1-2, 1958-1959
19   Numbers 3-8, 1959-1962
20   Numbers 9-15, 1962-1965
21   Numbers 16-21, 1966-1969
22 Terminal Report: notes, materials and drafts
Quarterly and Semi-Annual Reports (Printed)
23   1954-1963
24   1962-1969
Special Reports
25 Annual Reports of the Pakistan Association for the Advancement of Science, 1953
Report on the Proposal of an Inter-college Exchange Program Between the University of the Punjab and Affiliated Colleges (Swenson and Spielman) 1954
Report: The Agricultural Economy of Pakistan (Spielman) 1954
Report: Requirements (Shaw) 1955
Evaluations of Pakistan Program, 1956
Reports from Pakistan Officials on WSU Staff, 1956
Program for the next two years (FY 57 & 58) (Swenson) 1956
Report: Meeting of the ICA evaluation committee, 1956
Report on visit to Dacca (Beisler) 1956
Report: on visits to various institutions (Buchanan) 1957
Remarks: Pakistan's problem in education (Buchanan) 1957
How the public schools may assist in the problem of increasing food production (Bachanan) 1957
Staff evaluations on ICX activities, 1957
Proposal: A new rural university for Pakistan, 1957
Comments on some problems in public administration in Pakistan (Beckett) 1958
Staff reports outlining project support necessary from the Government of Pakistan, 1958
Progress Report, 1954-1958: University of the Punjab-WSC Intercollege Exchange Program, 1958
Report on the Education Conference, Karachi, 1958
Summaries of discussions on problems and solutions in foreign agricultural training, from the 8th Conference on Agricultural Services to Foreign Areas, ICA, USDA & Land-Grant Colleges, 1958
Questionnaire: Commission on National Education, Pakistan and response of WSU staff, 1959
Report: Major success on WSC/ICX program with the University of the Punjab and affiliated colleges from 1954 to 1959, 1959
26 Proceedings of the first all-mission conference, 1959
Reports: Staff evaluations on ICX Program, 1959
Report: Special report on ICX program presented to French (Swenson) 1959
Proceedings of the 2nd Pakistan All-Mission Conference, 1960
Report: fifth anniversary of WSU/ICX program, suggestions and criticism, 1960
Reports 1 though 5 on WPAU (Swenson) 1960
Statement on WPAU (Swenson) 1960
Report: Scheme for establishment of the West Pakistan Agricultural University, 1960
Comments on WPAU committee and sub-committee deliberations to date (Swenson) 1960
Report: Progress on WPAU Committee, 1960
Address: "Education's role in the Process of Growth" (J.A. Killen) 1960
Working copy of proposed basic course for first and second year students at WPAU (Swenson) 1961
Pakistan Law Department Notification: The WPAU Ordinance, 1961
Material and Correspondence: Organizational plan and staffing pattern for WPAU, 1961
Report: Education and scientific reforms affecting agricultural research and education in Pakistan (Swenson) 1962
Summary: WSU/ICX Participant program, 1956-1962, 1962
Discussion draft of a research and development proposal for Pakistan (Slocum) 1962
List: Personnel who have served or who are serving in Pakistan, 1962
27 Manual: general information (Cameron) 1963
Article: "Educational and scientific reforms affecting agricultural education and research in Pakistan" (Swenson) 1963
List: AID-financed university contracts, 1964
*Report: Technical assistance project history and analysis (Shaw) 1965
Report: Strengthening Agricultural Extension in West Pakistan (Svinth) 1965
Survey of Participant Living Costs (Swenson) 1966
Summary of Participants in WSU Contract program in Pakistan from 1954 to 1966, 1966
Report to F.M. Ayub Khan, "Agricultural universities and crop research in East and West Pakistan" (Hill and Borlaug) 1968
28 Attitude scale for Pakistan project evaluation (Doty) 1968
*Final report-Individual WSU, Subproject Report, 1964
Special Reports
Attitude scale for Pakistan project evaluation (Doty) 1968
Report: Study of institutional maturity of West Pakistan Agricultural University (Roskelly and Rigney) 1969
Historical summary and evaluation of WSU Intercollege
Exchange Program to West Pakistan, 1954-1969 (French) 1969
29 Notes on Quarterly and Semi-Annual Reports to 1969 (Doty) 1969
Material for Terminal Report figures and Contract renewal, 1969
Activities on Research project #296, 1971
Terminal Report, 1972
Filing guide, 1972
  Reports on Executive Trips to Pakistan
30   1954-1965
31   1966-1968
 
Series 2. Personnel
Aid Manual
32   Current orders
33   Superseded orders
34 Standardized Government Regulations
Staff Rules and Regulations
Memos from Campus Coordinator
35 Time Spent in Pakistan by Outside People
Effort Report AID Contract
Annual Reviews of Personnel, 1955-1967
Correspondence to Campus Coordinator
36   1954-1957, Chief of Party
37   1958-1959, Chief of Party
38   1960-1961, Chief of Party
39   1962-1965, Chief of Party
40   1966-1972, Chief of Party
41   1953-1958, General
42   1959-1963, General
43   1964-1967, General
44   1968-1972, General
  1954-1957, Field Staff
45   1958-1966, Field Staff
46 Correspondence, Field Staff, 1954-1965, re: positions, recruitment and application
Correspondence concerning individual positions
  Miscellaneous positions in Pakistan
  Agricultural economist position
47   Agricultural Education position
  Agricultural Engineering position
  Cereal Technology position
  Parasitology position
  Soil science position
Insurance, Pakistan Personnel, 1955-1957
Staff Members
48   Anerson-Beisler
49   Boyd-Clark
50   Clower-Erickson
51   Friberg-Harston
52   Harwood-Manus
53   Martin-Saldin
54   Schneider-Shaw
55   Slocum-Steinke
56   Stone-Thonson
57   Wallace-Wilson
  Applicants who did not accept offer
Pakistani Participants
58   Abdussalam-Ahmad
59   Ahmad-Ahmad
60   Akhtar-Akram
61   Ali-Amin
62   Ansari-Asif
63   Aslam-Barya
64   Bashir-Bhatti
65   Bhatti-Bokhari
66   Butt-Chaudhry
67   Chaudhry-Chaudhry
68   Chaudhry-Chawdhry
69   Chemma-Dar
70   Dar-Fayyaz
71   Gardezi-Haider
72   Haider-Hashmi
73   Hashmi-Hayat
74   Hussain-Khan
75   Khan-Khan
76   Khan-Khan
77   Khan-Khan
78   Khan-Khan
79   Latif-Majeed
80   Malik-Malik
81   Malik-Maun
82   Memon-Mian
83   Mian-Mir
84   Mirza-Naseem
85   Nasir-ud-din—Pasha
86   Pervez-Qureshi
87   Qureshi-Rai
88   Rashid-Raza
89   Rizwani-Shah
90   Shah-Shami
91   Shani-Sheikh
92   Sheikh-Syed
93   Syed-Waheed
94   Wahla-Wakil
95   Yaqub-Zaibi
96   Zahman-Zia
Participant correspondence and papers
97   1954-1962
98   1963-1966
99   1967-1972
  List of monthly subsistence payments, 1961-1972
  Term reports correspondence
  Grade Reports, 1957-1972
100   Monthly reports on arrivals, 1957-1971
  Return ticket information
  Visa renewals
  Sample forms
101 Cancellations, 1954-1971
102 Pakistanis who applied to WSU, Non-ICA prior to 1958
Foreign Students, 1958-1961, Non-ICA
Non-ICA Students
Summaries (addresses, etc., of Pakistani Students in USA)
 
Series 3. Public Relations
College and Universities
103   Correspondence with universities re: ICA
  Pakistan Government College of Engineering and Technology
  Hailey College of Commerce
  Pakistan Academy for Village Development
  University Academy for Village Development
  Scholarships for University of the Punjab
  Colorado State College and Colorado A & M College
  Texas A & M College
  Other Universities
Cooperating agencies
104   Miscellaneous AID reports and correspondence
  CIC-AID Rural Development Projects
  International Rural Development
  Stanford and Hoover Institute Program
  American Council on Education
105   12th Conference on International Agricultural Training Affairs
  United Nations
  Association of Rocky Mountain Universities
  Commission on International Education
  Education and World Affairs-questionnaire material
  Pakistan-India conflict (Government of Pakistan)
  Pakistan Reports (Government of Pakistan)
106   Pakistan clothing drive, 1955-1956
  General Information on Living in Pakistan
  War-On-Hunger
  MONA Project
Press and Publicity
107   WPAU visa application forms
  FOA Press Releases
  News Releases
  Hospitality
  Speakers Bureau
  News Clippings
  Chinook, 1963-1964
  Pakistan Brochure
  Pakistan Brochure (1952)
Printed Materials
108   Central Training College, Lahore, WSU, et al. Proceedings of the Normal Schools Workshop (1961)
  Schools for West Pakistan. Final Report of the Educational Buildings Design Center - Lahore. (1963)
  Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute. Golden Jubliee 1909-1959 [two variant editions] (1959)
  West Pakistan Agricultural University. First Year (1963), Second Year (1964), Third Year (1965), Fourth Year (1966)
  WPAU. Orientation Program (1964)
  WPAU. Orientation Week, n.d.
  WPAU. Addresses. 3 reprints, 1962-1964
  WPAU. Report, Part I. (1961)
  WPAU. Vice Chancellor's Report on the Visit to Indian Agricultural University (1962)
  WPAU. Analysis of University Project and Progress of Implementation (1962)
  WPAU. Research proposal on Gram Wilt (1970)
  WPAU. Research proposal on Mung viruses (1970)
  Government of West Pakistan. Prospectus of the Punjab Agricultural College (1961)
  The Punjab Gazette. Legislation Re: Punjab University Act of 1954 (1955)
109   *WPAU. Campus Master Plan (1963)
Addenda:
  *WPAU. Teaching in the Middle Stage-Secondary School Conditions, Barriers and Attitudes (1964)
  WPAU. History of Agricultural Education in Pakistan (n.d.)
  WPAU. A Program for Instruction in Agriculture or the Secondary School of West Pakistan (1963)
  WPAU. General Institute of Teacher Training, Extension and Short Courses (1963-1964)