Addresses-Miscellaneous companies, 1958-1961

Subseries 100b contains the correspondence and administrative papers of the Office of Provost for Agriculture which became, in 1972, the office of the Vice President for Agricultural Affairs. This material documents the administrations of Provosts J. Wayne Reitz, 1949-1956, (see also Subseries 100a) and William M. Fifield, 1956-1964. The array of subject matter represented in this subseries is indicative of the expansion of the University's role in the state's rapidly growing agricultural sector which itself was becoming increasingly diverse and complex during the decades of the 1950s and 1960s. Much of the record reflects the older concerns of the post-war era. For example, one finds files on the tung industry, ramie, hog cholera eradication, and soil conservation. On the other hand many contemporary issues and problems are represented and even some harbingers of future concerns such as air pollution, atomic energy, irradiation, the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, and frozen foods technology.

There is much material on the citrus industry as well as vegetables and cattle. Many of Florida's lesser agricultural activities are represented, as well. Information on agricultural production and on the changing structure of the industry can be gleaned from the files of the many trade organizations with which the College of Agriculture maintained a running correspondence.

This subseries also documents the College's international programs, the principal one being the STICA program in Costa Rica (see also Subseries 100a and100c for earlier and later developments and a more complete record of the Costa Rican program). The domestic Rural Development Programs designed to run pilot demonstrations for the improvement of socioeconomic conditions in some of the rural counties of North Florida are also documented.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.