G. Edward Schuh papers

The collection documents the professional career of Dr. G. Edward Schuh, noted agricultural economist and professor at the University of Minnesota.

The collection came to University Archives in five accessions between 2000 and 2009. Four of the five accessions contained materials from the entire span of Schuh's forty-three year career in higher education and public service. Three of the accessions had been organized to some degree, with presentations and talks identified in each at the folder level. However, the largest of these collections had not been described or arranged. The collections were processed separately and minimally merged after physical processing. Because Schuh's career was to a great extent divided into and defined by affiliations with three institutions—Purdue University, The University of Minnesota and the World Bank, the collection is arranged into four series encompassing the periods of time Schuh worked at each one, as well as a series representing his work as an undergraduate and graduate student.

Each of the four series (with the exception of Series 1) is divided into two subseries, Talks and Writings and Subjects. Materials in the collection are primarily in English, with some materials in Portuguese and Spanish. The collection consists of professional and personal correspondence, talks and writings, notes, draft and final reports and minutes from the numerous professional organizations Schuh was involved with and course-related material.

Series 1. Pre-professional materials, 1950-1961,includes course notes and lectures, and covers the years between 1950, when Schuh entered Purdue University as an undergraduate, to 1961, when he completed his dissertation in Economics at the University of Chicago.

Series 2. Purdue University, 1961-1978, covers the period of time Schuh served on the faculty of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University in LaFayette, Indiana. During this period, Schuh periodically took extended leave from the University to serve in other capacities, including Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (February 1978-June 1979); Senior Staff Economist with the President's Council of Academic Advisors (September 1974-August 1975); Program Advisor to the Ford Foundation (1966-1972; shared with duties at Purdue) and Research Associate, Development Advisory Service at Harvard University (1968-1969; on leave from Purdue). The Talks and Writings subseries contains drafts and final copies of speeches and conference, colloquia, and symposia presentations from this period. The Subject subseries contains correspondence, memos, reports, travel information, and course materials for graduate level classes including lecture notes and interagency materials. Of particular interest are materials concerning Purdue University, the Ford Foundation, and the establishment of graduate-level programs in agriculture at the Federal University of Vicosa in Brazil.

Series 3, World Bank, 1984-1987,covers the period during which Schuh served as the director of the Department of Agricultural and Rural Development at the World Bank in Washington DC. The Subject subseries includes correspondence, meeting notes, program information, and reports from the period..

Series 4, University of Minnesota, 1979-2007,contains materials generated by Schuh during the three periods he served as a faculty member and administrator at the University of Minnesota—first, as head of the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics (1979-1984), then as Dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (1987-1997), and finally as Regents Professor of International Economic Policy at the Orville and Jane Freeman Center for International Trade and Investment Policy at the Humphrey Institute (1998-2007.) The Subject subseries contains correspondence between Schuh and several organizations he played a major role in, including international food and development organizations such as BIFAD (Board For Food and International Development), BANR (Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources), CIP (The International Potato Center), CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Research), and Future Harvest; national organizations such as the AAEA (Agriculture and Applied Economics Association); and regional organizations, in particular the RDC (Rural Development Council.) These files also include reports and annual reviews of organizations on whose board Schuh served. This subseries also contains course materials for classes Schuh taught while in the department of Agriculture and Applied Economics and the Humphrey Institute

The entire collection has been weeded for duplicate and out of scope materials, such as routine travel information, most routine correspondence and, student records. Researchers may find some duplication of talks and writings in the collection, as many of the subject files originally contained papers Schuh wrote on those subjects.