1 Arrangement: Series 1: Career and Professional Documents Series 2: Publications Complete Finding Aid: http://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=11345 Box list created 2015-11-09 Repository: University Archives University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://archives.library.illinois.edu/ Series 1: Career and Professional Documents, 1960-2005 Consists of Robert G.F. Spitze s awards, curriculum vitae, professional correspondence, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Agriculture Economics teaching materials, arranged alphabetically. 1. Agriculture economics department group photo, ca. 1960 2. Awards (1 of 5), 1964-1981 3. Awards (2 of 5), College of Agriculture faculty awards, 1990-1992 4. Awards (3 of 5), University of Arkansas College of Agriculture and Home Economics Outstanding Co-Alumni Award, 1994 5. Awards (4 of 5), UIUC Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching nomination materials, 1977 6. Awards (5 of 5), AAEA Distinguished Policy Contribution Award nomination, 1981 7. Curriculum vitae, ca. 2004 8. Grad committees, 1957-1990 9. Newspaper articles, 1985-2005 10. Personnel memos (biographical data and publication lists) (1 of 2), 1961-1990 11. Personnel memos (biographical data and publication lists) (2 of 2), 1961-1990 12. Professional correspondence (1 of 2), 1963-1995 13. Professional correspondence (2 of 2), 1963-1995 14. Teaching materials (Agriculture Economics 305), 1963-1994 Consists of books, journal articles, reports, conference proceedings, and reviews authored, co-authored, and edited by Robert G.F. Spitze, arranged chronologically with journal articles listed first, books second, and the Policy Research Notes newsletter (editor) third. 15. Articles, 1950-1959 Agricultural Public Policies of the United Kingdom and United States A Comparative Study (1950) (With F.M. DeFriese). Agricultural Price Supports, Tennessee Farm Economics Bulletins No.5 (September 1954) Problems of Economic Power in Development of Agricultural Policy in Proceedings of the Marketing Section of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers Annual Convention in Louisville, KY, pp. 57-69 (February 7-9, 1955)
2 With R.J. Bevins). The Agricultural Representative Program in Commercial Banks in Tennessee. University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 289 (August 1958) Can the South Finance the Business of Agriculture? Marketing Section of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers in Memphis, TN, (February 2, 1959) 16. Articles, 1960-1969 (With H.D. Guither). Food and Agriculture: A Discussion Leader s Reference Handbook with Supporting Facts, University of Illinois Department of Agriculture (January 1962) (With J.T. Romans). Knowledge of Credit by Tennessee Farmers and Its Effects upon Financial Practices. University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 339 (February 1962) (H.D. Guither). Food in Our Society. Illinois Agricultural Extension Circular 854 (August 1962) Agricultural Economics Teaching and Our Domestic Problems in Journal of Farm Economics, Vol. XLIV: 13339-49 (December 1962) Illinois Farmers and Their Property Taxes, Illinois Agricultural Economics (University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station), 3: 13-19 (January 1963) How do we Measure the Importance of Agriculture? Illinois Research (Illinois Agricultural Experimental Station) 5: 14 (Winter 1963) (With W.H. Heneberry). Burden of Property Taxes on Illinois Agriculture. Report of the Commission on Revenue pp. 492-505 (1964) Reflections on the Twelfth IAAE Conference, Viewpoints 1026-1029 (1964) Agricultural Economics-Predictive or Prescriptive, Journal of Farm Economics, 47: 852-854 (August 1965) How Agricultural Policy is developed. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Town and County Church Institute, pp. 40-45 (January 30-February 1, 1967) Economic Redirections in Recent US Agricultural Policy, J. Agr. Econ. (Brit), 19: 327-338 (September 1968) The Forgotten Hero on Rural Route 2. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, 33: 37-42 (April 1969) 17. Articles, 1970-1974 Agricultural Economics Teaching and Our Domestic Problems, (ca. 1970s) (With A.G. Mueller, H.D. Guither, H.J. Schweitzer). Economic Relationships for Understanding National Farm Policy, University of Illinois EQ-3 (September 1970) (With A.L. Frederick). The Future of Farm Price and Income-Support Programs, The Farm and Food System in Transition Emerging Policy Issue 11 (1970) Logical Relations between Economic Institutions and Public Policy (1970) Chapter 10: Problems of Adequacy in Rural Human Resource Development Concepts and Accomplishments. In Benefits and Burdens of Rural Development: Some Public Policy Viewpoints pp.197-218 (Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1970) Economic Questions for Illinois Agriculture, University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service (January 1971) A Critique of the 1970 Agricultural Act in Illinois Business Review, 28: 6-8 (May 1971) Economics Implications of the 1970 Agricultural Act. Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, 35: 9-14 (October 1971)
3 Current United States Public Agricultural Price and Income Policy Comparisons and Implications, University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service (1971) Economics of the Agricultural Act of 1970, Illinois Research 13: 16-17 (1971) (With R.J. Hanson). Off-Farm Employment Earnings by Farmers with Low Farm Incomes, Illinois Research 14: 16-17 (1972) The Proposed Split-up of USDA: A Critique, Illinois Research 13: 18 (1971) An Interpretive Analysis of the Proposed Reorganization of the Federal Executive Branch with Implication for USDA, Illinois Agricultural Economics, 12: 8-11 (Jan. 1972) (With R.J. Hanson). More Farm Operators Are Supplementing Their Income with Off-Farm Earnings, Illinois Research 14: 16-17 (1972) (With R.J. Hanson). Off-Farm Employment Earnings by Farmers with Low Farm Incomes, Illinois Research 14: 16-17 (1972) Who Will Control Agriculture: Control by Government, Increasing Understanding of Pubic Problems and Policies, (Farm Foundation, 1972) How Agriculture could be Controlled, Who Will Control US Agriculture? Proceedings of the Fifteenth Rural Policy Forum, (January 31-February 1, 1973) (with H.G. Halcrow, F. Dovring, A. Eith, F.J. Reiss, J.t. Scott, W.D. Seitz), School Tax Options Affecting Illinois Agriculture, University of Illinois Agricultural Experimental Station Bulletin 744 ( April 1973) (With R.J. Hanson). Off-Farm Income as a Factor in the Improvement of Low-Farm- Income Farmers (1973) Status of Farm Price and Income Policy if Agricultural Act of 1970 Expired, 1973 United States Food and Agricultural Choices under Conditions of Scarcity, Choices for Future Food Policy: Plenty or Scarcity: Sixteenth Agricultural Industries and Rural Policy Forum, (March 18-19, 1974) (With RJ. Hanson). Part-Time Farming as a Part of Rural Development Concepts and Concerns in Rural Community and Regional Development and perspectives and Prospects: A Seminar Series, spring semester 1972-1973. Department of Agricultural Economics (June 1974) (With R.J. Hanson). Off-Farm Jobs Boost Farm Family Income, Illinois Research 16: 4 (fall 1974) 18. Articles, 1975-1979 Research Priorities for Public Price and Income Policy A Task Force View, Illinois Agricultural Economics (January 1975) Views on Policy Research and the Economic Research Service, Commodity Economics Division (CED) Working Paper, Economic Research Services of the US Department of Agriculture (July 1975) Collective Bargaining for Farmers critique (1975) Current Issues and Illinois Agriculture critique (1975) Farm Programs of the US Government (price, income, marketing, production control) critique (1975) Foreign Trade and Illinois Agriculture critique (1975) The US Federal Budget and Agriculture critique (1975)
4 (With RJ Hanson), an Economic Analysis of Off-Farm Income in the Improvement of Illinois Farm Family Income, Department of Agricultural Economics/Agricultural Experimental State (January 1976) Policy Workers List: Professional Agricultural Economists and Economists of the United States working in the Area of Public Agricultural and Food Price an Income Policy (July 1976) Agricultural and Food Policy Issues and the Public Decision Making Environment in Agricultural and Food Price and Income Policy: Alterative Directions for the United States and Implications for Research, University of Illinois Agricultural Experimental Station special publication 43 (August 1976) The 1977 Food and Agriculture Act, Illinois Research 19: 12-13 (Fall 1977) (With RA Hinton). Summary and Interpretations of Food and Agricultural Act of 1977 and Crop Production and Marketing Plans for 1987, Illinois Agricultural Economics Staff Paper #77 E-28 (December 1977) (With WD Seitz). Soil Erosion Control Policies: Institutional Alternatives and Costs. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 33: 118-125 (May-June 1978) The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977: Issues and Decisions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 60: 225-35 (May 1978) The Evolution of a Public Agricultural and Food Policy. Illinois Research 20: 3-4 (Winter 1978) (With WD Seitz, CR Taylor, C Osteen, and MC Nelson). Economic Impacts of Soil Erosion Control, Land Economics 55: 28-42 (February 1979) Agricultural and Food Policy Education for Graduate Students Performance and Alternatives, Illinois Agricultural Economics Staff Paper #70 E-89 (July 1979) (With HD Gruither). Future National Policies and Illinois Agriculture. Agriculture in Illinois: Alternative Futures for the 1980s (September 1979) (With HG Halcrow, F. Dovring, HD Guither, and FJ Reiss). Illinois Farm Property Taxes. Agriculture in Illinois: Alternative Futures for the 1980s (September 1979) 19. Articles, 1980-1984 (With Marshall A. Martin). Analysis of Food and Agricultural Policies for the Eighties, North Central Regional Research Publications No. 271, Illinois Bulletin 764, Agricultural Experiment Station (November 1980) Future Agricultural and Food Policy. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 13: 12-19 (July 1981) Future Challenges in Teaching Agricultural and Food Policy. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 81 E-194 (July 1981) Update: 1981 Food and Farm Bill. Illinois Research 23, 3/4, Summer/Fall 1981. Policy Research Perspectives, Process: Comments. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 81 E-195 (October 1981) Policy Research Perspectives, Process: Further Comments from Proceedings from Perspectives on Food and Agricultural Research Workshop (Oak Brook, IL), Farm Foundation ( May 1982) Analysis of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981. Illinois Research 24: 24-27 (Winter 1982) Comments for the Panel in Farm and Food Policy: Critical Issues for Southern Agriculture. Proceedings of a Symposium, Clemson University, pp. 237-240 (June 2-3, 1983)
5 Agriculture and Food Act of 1981: Continued Policy Evolution. North Central Journal of Agricultural Economics 5: 65-75 (July 1983) Update: A Unique Policy Opportunity. Illinois Research pp. 20-21 (August 1983) A Framework for Evaluating Future Agricultural Price and Income Policy. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 83 E-270 (October 1983) National Leaders Views on 1985 Agricultural and Food Policy: Summary of Research Findings. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 84 E-305, (December 1984) (With H.D. Guither, B.F. Jones, M.A. Martin). U.S. Farmers Views on Agricultural and Food Policy: A Seventeen State Composite Report, Farm Foundation, (December 1984) Public Policy Formation (1984) What Agricultural and Food Policy is Preferred for 1985? Department of Agricultural Economics brochure (1985) News from Cast, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology 12: 1-3 (May/June 1985) Farm Program Outlays Declining as Percentage of Total Budget, University of Illinois College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service (July 1985) (With J.A. Brewer). Treasury Costs of U.S. Agricultural and Food Policy: A Perspective, Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 85 E-318 (July 1985) Perspective on US Agricultural and Food Policies (1985) (With H.D. Guither). 1985 Agricultural and Food Policy Comparisons between Evolving Decision and Participant Preferences (1985) 20. Articles, 1986-1989 1985 Food and Agriculture Policy in Perspective. American Agricultural Economics Association Choices (Premier Edition) pp.46-47(1985) Evaluating Costs of Government Food and Agricultural Policies, Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 86 E-353 (May 1986) Food Security Act of 1985 Implications for Agricultural and Food Policy Research, Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 86 E-359 (July 1986) Determinants of Agricultural and Food Policy Decisions in the U.S., Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 85 E-362 (August 1986) Economist Terms 88 Ag Budget Proposal Familiar Refrain, News, University of Illinois College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service (January 1987) U.S. Trade Update Yields Mixed Blessings to Agriculture, News, University of Illinois College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, (July 1987) The Evolution and Implications of the U.S. Food Security Act of 1985. Agricultural Economics 1: 175-190 (1987) Agricultural Policy in International Relations, International Agriculture Update, 5-6, (1987). (With R.K. Mahoney). Evolving Dimensions of Dual Employment of Illinois Farm Families. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 88 E-407 (May 1988) A Look Halfway Through the 1985 Act. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 88 E-410 (June 1988) Halfway Point Reached in 1985 Farm Bill. News, University of Illinois College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service (July 1988) (With H.D. Guither, S.E. Offutt, and S.C. Schmidt). Policy Concerns for the 1985 Agricultural and Food Policy 67-76 (1988)
6 A Look Halfway Through the 1985 Act. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 88 E-407, (June 1988) Economic Trend Data Relevant to Public Agricultural and Food Policy, University of Illinois Department of Agricultural Economics, AET 6-89 (September 1989) US Farmers Preferences for Agricultural and Food Policy in the 1990s, North Central Regional Extension Publication 361, North Central Regional Research Publication 321, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 787 (November 1989) Box 2 1. Articles, 1990-1997 (With HS Baumes, Jr.). Current U.S. Economic Environment for Agricultural and Food Policy Development, Agricultural and Food Policy Issues for the 1990s 1 (April 1990) A Familiar Policy Agenda for the 1990s: With a difference, Choices First Quarter (1990) Searching for the Educator s Role with Public Economics Policy (1990) Agriculture. 1990 Illinois Economic Outlook pp. 6-7 (1990) A Continuing Evolution in U.S. Agricultural and Food Policy The 1990 Act. Agricultural Economics 77: 125-139 (1992) (With R.K. Mahoney). Chapter 9: Evolving Dimensions of Dual Employment of Illinois Farm Families in Multiple Job-holding Among Farm Families, M.C. Hallberg, J.L. Findeis, and D.A. Lass, Ames: Iowa State University Press pp. 163-180 (1991) Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990-Implications for Agricultural and Food Policy Research. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 91 E-467 (August 1991) (With R.J. Hildreth). Comparisons and Contrasts of the Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies Background and Opener. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 91 E-468 (August 1991) Agriculture and International Trade Negotiation pp. 12-15 (1992) A Continuing Evolution in U.S. Agricultural and Food Policy The 1990 Act. Agricultural Economics 77: 125-139 (1992) What Does Economic Policy Theory Suggest for Economists about the Approaching 1995 Policy. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 92 E-477 (July 1992) Election Signals for Future Agricultural and Food Policy, Choices, 12: 34-35 (First Quarter 1993) Future Agricultural and Food Policy from the View of Public Policy Theory. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 93 E-483 (July 1993) Agricultural Certainties and Uncertainties. Illinois Business Review 50: 30-34 (Winter 1993) The Agricultural Sector and Public Policy pp. 14-19 (1993) Evolution of Agriculture and Its Policies.. Illinois Business Review 51: 26-30 (Winter 1994) (With B.L. Flinchbaugh). Chapter 3: Evolution of U.S. Food and Agricultural Policy: 1970s to 1990s in Food, Agriculture, and Rural Policy into the Twenty-First Century. (Westview Press, 1994)
7 Box 2 Articles, 1990-1997 continued Contributions of Institutional Concepts to Agricultural and Food Policy. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 95 E-489 (July 1995) 1995 Agricultural Policy from the Perspective of the Evolutionary Theory of Policy. Illinois Economics Staff Paper No. 95 E-490 (July 1995) The Search for a 1995 Agricultural and Food Policy. Illinois Business Review 52: 4: 23-25 (Winter 1995) Evolution of Food and Agricultural Policy to 1995. Presented to the Symposium on Economists Contributions to the 1995 Food and Agricultural Policy Debate at the American Agricultural Economics Association, (August 10, 1994) The 1995 Agricultural and Food Policy Revolution or Evolution, (ca. 1995) What did the 1996 Policies Do and Not Do Research and Education Challenges Presented at American Agricultural Economics Association and Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society ( July 1997) Books 2. An Analysis of the Act as an Economic Phenomenon: The Concept of Economic Power and the Problems of Agriculture, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin (1954) 3. Editor. Agricultural and Food Price and Income Policy: Alternative Directions for the United States and Implications for Research, Report of a Policy Research Workshop, Farm Foundation (January 15-16, 1976) 4. Editor, Preface, Chapter 1 and Chapter 14 in Preface in Agriculture and Food Policy Issues and Alternatives for the 1990s: Papers presented at the National Agricultural and Food Policy Workshop (November 16-17, 1989) 5. Editor. Food and Agricultural Policy Economics and Politics. McGraw-Hill Series in Agricultural Economics, second edition (1994) 6. Editor. Food, Agriculture, and Rural Policy into the Twenty-First Century (Westview Press, 1994) Policy Research Notes newsletter (Editor) 7. Policy Research Notes issues 1-6, (1975-1978) 8. Policy Research Notes issues 7-12, (1979-1987) 9. Policy Research Notes issues 13-16, 1982-1983) 10. Policy Research Notes issues 17-18, (1984) 11. Policy Research Notes issues 19-20, (1985) 12. Policy Research Notes issues 21-22, (1986) 13. Policy Research Notes issues 23-24, (1987) 14. Policy Research Notes issues 25-26, (1988) Processing Notes: All duplicate publications were weeded. Loose materials, materials in hanging folders or binders were re-foldered and labeled; [] indicate added titles. All other titles are original titles.