Aftosa International Roundup collection

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Reference code

US US kmk P1990.10

Level of description

Collection

Title

Aftosa International Roundup collection

Date(s)

  • 1955-1990 (Creation)

Extent

0.50 Linear Feet, 1.00 Box

Name of creator

(1984-)

Administrative history

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.

Content and structure elements

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)

System of arrangement

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

Conditions of access and use elements

Conditions governing access

All materials are open for research.

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Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

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Finding aids

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

It received accession number P1990.10.

Immediate source of acquisition

Acqusition Source: Earl W. Hupp
Acqusition Method: Donation.
Acqusition Date: 19901023

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Specialized notes

  • 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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Archon Collection ID

296

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Rules or conventions

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Archivist's note

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

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