Aftosa International Roundup collection, 1955-1990

Summary

Creator:
Aftosa International Roundup
Physical description:
0.50 Linear Feet, 1.00 Box
Language:
English
Latin

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes typewritten reminiscences of Aftosa International Roundup members, a membership roster, the 1990 roundup schedule of events, and two photocopied news clippings from the Laredo Morning Times relating to the 1990 roundup. It also includes four photocopied books which were reproduced for members of the society with the permission of the publishers:
Come Down Some Time [Memoir]. Anna Jane Holbrook (1955)
Doctor, Spare My Cow! [Memoir]. James A. Porter, Jr. (1956)
Wait for the New Grass [Novel]. Henry Birne (1961)
An Industry in Crisis: Mexican-US Cooperation in the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease. Manuel A. Machado, Jr. (1968)

Biographical / historical:

The Aftosa International/Internacional Roundup is a 501(c)(7) nonprofit organization formed by surviving members of the 1946-1954 joint U.S.-Mexican aftosa eradication campaign (the Commission Mexico-Americana para la Erradication de la Fiebre Aftosa), which worked to eliminate aftosa fever (also known as foot and mouth disease, FMD, or hoof and mouth disease, HMD) in livestock. Annual roundup reunions were held starting in 1984, and continued until at least 2004.
An additional archive of papers relating to their activities is held at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.

Acquisition information:
Acqusition Source: Earl W. Hupp Acqusition Method: Donation. Acqusition Date: 19901023
Processing information:

Finding Aid Author: Patrick C. Dittamo
Processing Info: Patrick C. Dittamo, graduate student at Kansas State University, processed the collection in July 2017.
Publication Date: 2017-08-02

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in one series, consisting of three folders and four plastic spiral-bound photocopied books.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Published

Dacs citation:

[Item title], [item date], Aftosa International Roundup collection, Box 1, Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

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Subjects:
Agriculture and rural life

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