Edited by Warren E. Johnston and Alex F. McCalla.

Introduction

• A.P. Giannini and the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, Colin A. Carter, Director
• Editors' Introduction and Acknowledgments, Warren E. Johnston and Alex F. McCalla

I. Origins and Accomplishments

The Gift

Giannini – A Retrospective

• A.P. Giannini: His Legacy to California Agriculture, Alex F. McCalla and Warren E. Johnston
• The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics: Origins and Changing Focus over Time, Warren E. Johnston, Grace Dote, and Alex F. McCalla

Roundtable: A Retrospective on A.P. Giannini and the Giannini Foundation

• Introductory Comments, Cornelius Gallagher
• Retrospective Comments about A.P. Giannini, A.W. "Tom" Clausen
• Reflections on the Giannini Foundation, Kenneth R. Farrell
• A.P. Giannini: Character in Action, Duncan Knowles
• Retrospective on A.P. Giannini and the Giannini Foundation, Len Richardson

Distinguished Speaker’s Address

• The Culture of California Agriculture and the Giannini Foundation: Prophetic Patterns in California Development, Kevin Starr

Contributions of the Giannini Foundation to the Changing Context of California Agriculture

• Introduction: A Historical Note on the Activities of the Foundation, Alex F. McCalla
• Giannini Foundation Contributions to Agricultural Marketing Studies, Julian M. Alston and Richard J. Sexton
• The Giannini Foundation and the Economics of Collective Action in the Marketing of California Farm Products, Richard J. Sexton and Julian M. Alston
• Economics and Agricultural Supply in California: The Activities and Role of the Giannini Foundation, Daniel A. Sumner
• The Giannini Foundation and the Welfare of California Agriculturists in a Changing State, Nation, and World, Gordon C. Rausser
• Alumni Discussions: C. Richard Shumway–Davis, 1969; Nicole Ballenger–Davis, 1984; Richard E. Just–Berkeley, 1972; Peter Thor – Davis, 1980

II. Annals

• Founding Members of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
• History of the Giannini Foundation
• Current Members and Associate Members
• Giannini Foundation Leadership 1928–2009
• Emeriti of the Foundation
• Chronology of Faculty and Specialist Appointments
• American Association of Agricultural Economics Honors and Awards
• Western Agricultural Economics Association Honors and Awards
• Ph.D. Recipients and Dissertation Titles
• Giannini Foundation Publications

III. Archival Material

Collected Archival Materials for the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, Warren E. Johnston

Agricultural Economics in California

• Introduction
• Economic Research of Interest to Agriculture
  • Foreward, Robert Sproul–1951
  • Comments on Foundation Contributions to Economic Research of Interest to Agriculture, Harry R. Wellman–1951
• The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, Regents’ Minutes (Loy L. Sammet)–April 22, 1966
• Agricultural Economics in the University of California, Berkeley, Loy L. Sammet–March 1985
• Agricultural Economics at the University of California, Davis, Warren E. Johnston–March 1985
• Department History: Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, Colin A. Carter–1999

Early History and Reflections in Abridged Oral Histories

• Introduction
• The Origin of the Giannini Foundation, From the Oral History of Frank T. Swett, Henry E. Erdman, and Claude B. Hutchison
• Early Recollections about A.P. Giannini and the Organization of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, From the Oral History of Claude B. Hutchison
• Changes in Organizational Structure, From the Oral History of Harry R. Wellman and James B. Kendrick, J
• References to Members, Administrators, and Others Associated with the Giannini Foundation

Member Biographies

• Introduction
• University of California In Memoriam
• Fellows of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 1957–2009

Chronology of Appointments

• Academic and Specialist Appointments of Foundation Members to the University of California, 1929–2009
• Introduction
• Berkeley
• Davis
• Los Angeles
• Riverside

Miscellaneous Historical Documents and News Clips