Daniel G. Sisler papers, 1929-1995
Collection Number: 21-1-2825
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Daniel G. Sisler papers, 1929-1995
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-1-2825
Abstract:
Correspondence, subject files, clippings, photographs, honors and awards, memorabilia,
academic writing, and other papers pertaining to the personal life and professional
career of Daniel Sisler.
Creator:
Sisler, Daniel Gene.
Quanitities:
4.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of Agricultural Resources and Managerial Economics, New York State College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Correspondence, subject files, clippings, photographs, honors and awards, memorabilia,
academic writing, and other papers pertaining to the personal life and professional
career of Daniel Sisler.
Related collections: Carol Sisler papers, #4925, http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMM04925.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Daniel G. Sisler papers, #21-1-2825. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- : Faculty.
Subjects:
Agricultural economics -- Study and teaching.
Agricultural resources -- Study and teaching.
Agriculture -- Study and teaching.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Personal files
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Childhood to graduate studies
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Dan's Baby Book
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1929 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
High School
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1947-1955 |
Scope and Contents
Includes, diplomas, certificates, clippings and yearbooks.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Dan - Scouts
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1942-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Includes scouting merit badges.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Dan's Family
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1951-1988 |
Scope and Contents
Includes letters between family members.1
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
USAF and Reunion
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1950-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Includes reunion book, correspondence and photo; also disability correspondence incl.
"Line of Duty Investigation".
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
USAF Japan and Korea
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1952 |
Scope and Contents
Includes many black and white photos, postcards, memorabilia; letter of appreciation;
maps.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
USAF Survival Training
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1951 |
Scope and Contents
Includes black and white photos (Colorado), personal notebook, instructions, clippings.
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
USAF
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1951-1956 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Veterans Admin about disability/blindness, and graduate
agricultural studies.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Cornell and Purdue
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1961-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence about finding jobs with blindness, Cornell alumni newsletters,
clippings.
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Adulthood to retirement
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Letters from Dan's friends and students
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1985-1994 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Dan Fishing
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
Includes article in Cornell Alumni News.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Dan - Friends
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1950-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Includes wedding photo, various letters and pamphlets.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Grandchildren
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes one card.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Photographs
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1929-1977 |
Scope and Contents
Includes family photographs throughout lifetime.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Memorabilia (1)
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1982-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Includes humor, articles, Edgerton Career Teaching Award, dept. newsletters
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Memorabilia (2)
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1993-1995 |
Scope and Contents
Includes 1993 Teaching Award, reunion booklet, dept. correspondence, newsletters.
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Humor
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1976 |
Scope and Contents
Includes collection of humorous articles and anecdotes.
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Letters to Blind Student
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence to encourage blind student in Argentina.
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Ag Econ Fellowship
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Setting up fund to finance grad assistantship.
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Daily Sun Articles
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1982-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Includes 1982 front page article and 1989 commemorative issue recounting 1969 student
dissent.
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Box 1 |
Purdue Braille Notebook
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Undated | |
Scope and Contents
Looseleaf notebook in binder with Braille graphs produced by Dr. Sisler and used to
learn fundamental, economic principles.
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Box 6 |
Photographs, correspondence, and personal materials
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1970-2016 | |
Teaching and advising
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Course Outlines, materials and exams
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
First Prelim Ag Ec 100, 1962-1992
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1962-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Includes prelims and notes for Ag Ec 50, 100, 150.
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Final Exams 1965-1992
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1965-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Final exams for Ag Ec 100, Ag Ec 150.
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Ag Ec 150 - Great Plains Wheat Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Ag Ec 150 - The Corn Belt Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Ag Ec 150 - Cotton Belt Master
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1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Ag Ec 150 - The Northeast Master
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1981-1984 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Ag Ec 150 - Rural NY State's Ag Districts Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Ag Ec 150 - Ag of the Empire Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Ag Ec 150 - Regions of the US Master
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Undated |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Ag Ec 150 - California Grape Growers Story Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Ag Ec 150 - Cesar Chavez Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Ag Ec 150 - Grazing and Irrigated Crops Crops Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Ag Ec 150 - Pacific Coast Master
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Ag Ec 150 - Agriculture in the Communist Giants
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1981 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Ag Ec 100 - Full Year Sample Lectures (1)
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1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Ag Ec 100 - Full Year Sample Lectures (2)
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1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Ag Ec 100 Course Syllabus and Materials
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1993-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Includes Intro to Global Economic Issues syllabus; course packet; comparative advantage
problem set.
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Ag Ec 100 "Take Note" Lecture Notes
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Includes syllabus and "Take Note" lecture notes for each week of semester.
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Processing Information
Was removed from original binder.
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Box 2 |
Introduction to Global Issues of Agricultural Economics
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Undated | |
Scope and Contents
Prof. Sisler's book of readings for Ag Ec 100
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Sample Questions PhD Exam
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1968-1989 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:1 Course Outline
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
Research Methods in Ag Economics.
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Processing Information
All of the following Ag 717 folders were taped together originally.
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Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:2 List of Important References and Topics
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:3 Exercise 1
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:4 Exercise 3
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:5 What is Science?
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Ag EC 717 - 83:6 Definitions of Experiment
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:7 Excerpts from Ferber and Verdorn
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:8 The All Too Human Enterprise Called Science.
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Ag Ec 717 - Philosophy and Scientific Methods
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 23 |
Ag Ec 717 -83:9 Some Important Concepts
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 24 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:10 Analyzing an Argument
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:12 Abstract from MS Thesis in Ag Econ
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 26 |
Ag Ec 717 - AJAE Abstracts
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1983 |
Scope and Contents
"Award winning theses"
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Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Ag Ec 717 - Basic Economic Concepts and their Measurement
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Ag Ec 717 - 83:14 Exercise 1 Examples
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 29 |
Ag Ec 717 Problem Set #2
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 30 |
Ag Ec 717 Sampling Concepts and Methods
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 31 |
Ag Ec 717 Impacts of Investment
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 32 |
Ag Ec 717 Simulation
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1983 |
Box 4 | Folder 33 |
Ag Ec 717 Tomek AJAE Article, Waugh Article
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1983 |
Advising
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Carlos Roja, Advisee
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1988 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence before and during Mr Rojas time at Cornell under Prof Sisler.
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Faculty Advising Handbook
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1994-1995 |
Processing Information
Was removed from original binder
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Ashraf, Khalid
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1964-1972 |
Scope and Contents
Includes dept. correspondence about Prof Sisler's advisee, plus PhD of Mr. Ashraf.
Note on folder says: "First graduate student Dr. Sisler had!"
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Jan Low (1)
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1985-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Prof Sisler and Jan Low, dept. info regarding PhD
status. Note on folder says: "Typical Sisler PhD".
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Jan Low (2)
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1990-1994 |
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Prof Sisler and Jan Low, dept. info regarding PhD
status. Note on folder says: "Typical Sisler PhD".
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Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Untitled Cassette Tape
TR-15916 |
1987-11-02 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
Acknowledgements
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Undated"> |
Scope and Contents
Student acknowledgements of Dr. Sisler in theses.
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Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Student Correspondence (1)
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1979-1988 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
Student Correspondence (2)
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1974-1985 |
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
Student Correspondence (3)
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1972-1981 |
Scope and Contents
Includes much international correspondence.
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Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Student Correspondence (4)
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1972-1981 |
Scope and Contents
Includes much international correspondence.
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Undergraduate - general
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Undergraduate teaching - quality
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1965-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Includes review of reward system for teachers; several reports on instruction - evaluation,
recognition, professionalism.
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Publications
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Authored by Sisler
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Publications (1)
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1959-1984 |
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, book chapters, reports written by Daniel G. Sisler.
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Publications (2)
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1959-1984 |
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, book chapters, reports written by Daniel G. Sisler.
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Publications (3)
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1971-1980 |
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, book chapters, reports written by Daniel G. Sisler.
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Publications (4)
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1970-1976 |
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, book chapters, reports written by Daniel G. Sisler.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Publications (5)
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1975-1984 |
Scope and Contents
Includes articles, book chapters, reports written by Daniel G. Sisler.
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Ag Policy, Econ Development and Nutritional Status of Children in Nepal
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Includes completed manuscript of research paper.
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
The Whole Food Situation - What is the US Role?
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1978 |
Scope and Contents
Includes completed manuscript and graphs.
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Rubber or Rice? The Dilemma of Many Developing Nations
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
Includes completed article manuscript. Co-authored with David Blandford.
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Alternative Sources of Economic Growth
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1964 |
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript for symposium paper. Co-authored with Barclay G. Jones.
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Box 4 |
Thesis: Direct Production Payments in the Feed-Grain-Livestock Sector of American
Agriculture
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1962 | |
Scope and Contents
Bound thesis.
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CIIFAD (Cornell Institute for International Food and Agricultural Development)
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Expenses 1989-90 CIIFAD
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1988-1990 |
Scope and Contents
Includes trip expenses and correspondence for CIIFAD.
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
CIIFAD Background Papers
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1989-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Includes proposal to establish and fund CIIFAD, draft of mission statement, related
research and correspondence about seminars.
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
CIIFAD Uganda Trip
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1989 |
Scope and Contents
Includes travel preparations, correspondence, program proposals and trip report for
Uganda trip.
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Awards and memorabilia
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Physical awards
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Box 3 | MU-1869 |
Friends of Cornell Hockey
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque: "Dan and Carol Sisler Pacesetter".
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Box 3 | MU-1870 |
Purdue University honorary doctorate
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1989-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Fold out presentation case, one side describing Dr. Sisler's achievements, the other
containing honorary Doctor of Agriculture.
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Box 3 | MU-1871 |
1993 Northeast Regional Award
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1993 |
Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque, "Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food
and Agricultural Sciences."
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Box 3 | MU-1872 |
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
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1987-07-01 |
Scope and Contents
Award mounted in glass and wood.
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Box 3 | MU-1873 |
Professor of the Year Award
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1982-07-13 |
Scope and Contents
Certificate, Cornell, awarded by Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
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Processing Information
Housed in 2 overlapping folders for protection.
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Box 3 | MU-1874 |
Outstanding Professor Award
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1963-1964 |
Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque awarded by College of Agriculture.
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Box 3 | MU-1875 |
Service to American/World Agriculture
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1989-07-31 |
Scope and Contents
Wooden plaque: "In Appreciation for Service to American/World Agriculture. National
Association of County Agricultural Agents, Somerset NJ."
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Box 3 | MU-1876 |
Edgerton Career Teaching Award
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1992 |
Scope and Contents
Award mounted in glass and wood, in brown box: "In recognition of a career of dedicated
teaching and counseling of students" in CALS.
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Memorabilia
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Box 3 |
Program for the Visit of Professors to the Republic of China
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1990-05-17-1990-05-23 | |
Scope and Contents
"Program for the visit of Professors of Cornell University to the Republic of China
for the Inauguration of the 8th President and Vice President of the Republic of China."
Spiral bound pamphlet, 4 x 6".
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Box 3 |
Guest Book
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1989-12-15 | |
Scope and Contents
Brown guest book housed in a Hallmark box; inscribed "Guests of Dan Sisler". No occasion
noted.
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Box 3 |
Book: Distinguished Teachers on Effective Teaching
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1986 | |
Scope and Contents
Editor, Peter G. Beidler.
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence About Awards (1)
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1967-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Includes official awards correspondence, letters of congratulations, invitations to
lecture, personal correspondence.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence About Awards (2)
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1967-1992 |
Scope and Contents
Includes official awards correspondence, letters of congratulations, invitations to
lecture, personal correspondence.
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Purdue
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1977-1989 |
Scope and Contents
Includes 1977 "Old MastersProgram" correspondence, schedule. Also, Honorary Doctorate
Commencement booklets; official CU photo.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Material for Awards (1)
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1976-1982 |
Scope and Contents
Includes CV, biographical info, photo, authored reports.
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Material for Awards (2)
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1976-1982 |
Scope and Contents
Includes CV, biographical info, photo, authored reports.
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