Manuscript Collections - John L. Wann Papers

JOHN L. WANN PAPERS, 1918-1989
2 linear feet, 8 linear inches (6 LGA-S boxes)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

John L. Wann, agricultural economist for the United States Department of Agriculture, was born February 9, 1895. Wann earned his BS from Purdue University in 1921, an MSA from the University of Florida in 1932, and continued his education at the University of California and the Brookings Institute. His areas of expertise were price controls, surplus management, and international marketing. His career with the USDA spanned thirty years into the 1960s. Wann also worked in developing nations, serving as wheat coordinator in West Pakistan and as agricultural credit advisor in Thailand. After retireming Wann wrote several reminiscences.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The papers primarily document Wann’s work with the United States Department of Agriculture and stories written after retirement. The collection is arranged in two series:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FILES and PERSONAL FILES.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FILES
This series best documents Wann’s work in the emerging markets of Pakistan and Thailand from 1954 to 1963.

PERSONAL FILES

Professional-USDA, 1934-1963 and Personal, 1918-1989. The Professional-USDA series consists of 1.5 linear feet of material arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic. The Personal series totals 1 linear foot of correspondence, education materials, and writings. The writings, largely reminiscences, form the bulk of this series.

FOLDER LIST

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FILES, 1934-1963

Box      Contents

1          Bulletins
                     Foreign Weights and Measures, 1944-1959
                     Part-Time Farming, 1934-1935
            Classification of Provisions, 1935-1936
            Conference of Produce Market Managers, 1957
            Daily Diary, 1943-1944
            Diaries, 1945-1946
            Farmers’ Market, Birmingham, Alabama, 1949
            Indices of Agricultural Production, World Wide, 1957-1958
            Japanese Agricultural Policy Team Visit, 1955-56
            Marketing Agreements Division, 1936-1937

2          Mission to Pakistan, 1953-1954
            Pakistan
                     Booklets, 1951-1954
                     Printed Materials, 1953
                     Wheat, 1953-1954 (3 folders)
            Price Controls, 1941-1942
            Rice, 1946-1953

3          Thailand
                     Application for Employment, 1958
                     Diary, 1958-1963 (5 folders)
                     End of Tour Report, 1963
                     Home Leave, 1961
                     International Cooperation, 1958-1960
                     Printed Information, 1958-1959

4                   Reports, 1958-1959 (3 folders)
                     Speeches and Writing, undated
                     Training School, 1968
                     Transfer to Washington, D.C., 1964
                     Trip Reports, 1959-1963

PERSONAL FILES, 1918-1989
            Award Certificates, 1956-1960
            Correspondence, 1959-1989 (2 folders)
?          Death of First Wife, 1960
            Education
?                   Brookings Institute Course, 1935
?                   Graduate Work: University of Florida, 1931-1934

?5        The Fossils, An Organization of Retired Men, 1947-1989
            National Association of Produce Market Managers, 1965-1966
            Navy Service, 1918-1919
?          Photographs, 1931-1947
            Retirement, 1963-1969
            Work History, 1914-1963
            Writing
                     Lists of Titles, 1970-1971
                     Stories
                              1966-1971 (3 folders)
                                      
6                            Bob Wann – Pioneer, 1965-1969
                              The Circular Pond of Buffalo Wallow, 1962
                              Festival of Cooperation, 1967
                              Romance On A Pulpit Committee, 1967
                     Writers’ School, Three Year Course, 1967-1969 (5 folders)