A.P. Giannini and the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics

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

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