Alexander (William H.) Papers

(Mss. 4456)

Container List

Box 1:

Biographical Information

Correspondence, 1950's

Correspondence, 1976-79

Class notes; 1951, n.d.

     Economics 202 History of Economic Thought Notebook (2  folders)

     Agricultural Policy Notes, University of Illinois, 1952

     Norton's Marketing Notes, n.d.

Materials related to his doctoral exams and thesis

     PhD exams for w/&a

     Rough Draft of PhD Thesis, Illinois, 1952

     Market Structure and Competitive Behavior in the Fluid Milk

          Distribution Industry, Doctoral thesis, University of Illinois, 1961

Teaching Materials (some teaching material is also in Box 3)

     Economics 217:  Value and Distribution

     Materials for Agricultural Economics 4052 taught by Alexander

     Teacher Evaluations (2 folders)

Expense forms, 1969-70

Expense forms, 1971-72

Expenses re. consulting work

Louisiana Farm Bureau Dairy Division

Proceedings Eighth Annual Southwest Milk Marketing Conference

Information about the American Agricultural Economics  Association's 75th Anniversary

Louisiana-Mississippi Milk Producers Association Advisory Com.

Printed items and papers by Alexander (some are co-authored)

about Latin American countries and agriculture

     Problemas Contemporaneos De La Industria Lactea

     Agricultural Education in Venezuela

     A Study of Agricultural Marketing Problems and Potentials

          in Nicaragua

     Un Estudio De Los Problemas Y El Potencial De Mercadeo 

          Agricola En Nicaragua

     Regulaciones Propuestas Para La Industria Lactea De Nicaragua

     Marketing Beef Cattle in Nicaragua, questionnaires

     A Preliminary Summary of a Study of Agricultural Marketing 

          In Nicaragua

     Structure and Financial Status of the Dairy Industry in 

          Nicaragua 1971, preliminary draft

     Nicaragua's Dairy Industry

     Latin American Studies

Alexander's flight information to Nicaragua

Oficina Coordinadora De La Industria Lactea "La Finca"

Data ve Dairy Industry Nicaragua

Papers by Alexander (some are co-authored)

     United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture

          Marketing Service, Dairy Division, Study (2 folders)

     [Dr. Alexander]

     A Profile of the Consumer of the Seventies

     Report to the Price Evaluation Team Dairymen, Inc.

     Marketing Orders for Poultry

     Dairy Marketing Research in Louisiana 

     Alternative Approaches to Pricing Fluid Milk

     Are Unfair Trade Laws, Minimum Mark-Up Laws, or State Milk

          Controls the Answer to Destructive Price Competition?

     Background of Consumer Price Fixing in Louisiana

     Surplus Disposal: An Alternative Method

     Probable Impact of Marketing Quotas on the Dairy Industry

     A Comparison of the Price and Value of Milk Containing 3.8%

          and 3.5% Butterfat During 1972

     Louisiana Equal Health Standard Milk Sanitation Senate Bill

          No. 5 of 1976 Legislature

     Information Contracted by Cooperative Extension Service of 

          Mississippi

Box 2:

(papers by Alexander, continued)

     Market Base Plan for Adjusting Milk Supply to Market Needs

     Dairy Farmers Continue to Abandon Production

     Some Implications of Marketing Quotas for the Dairy Industry

     The Dairy Industry Status and Outlook, Kentwood LA, Oct 27, 

          1973

     High Food Prices - Fact or Fiction?

     Milk Pricing in an Uncertain Economy

     The Cooperative Structure and Its Ability to Provide Funds 

          For Market Development Activities

     Operating a Class I Base Plan in Milk Pooling and Interstate

          Movement of Milk

     Operating a Class I Base Plan in Milk Pooling and Interstate

          Movement of Milk (a different version)

     Market Decisions For the Seventies

     Milk Pricing in Louisiana

     The Economic Impact of Imports and Exports on the American

          Dairy Industry

     Milk Equivalents

     Proposed Base-Excess Plan for Greater Louisiana

     The Whys and the Hows of Stabilizing Milk Production Over a

          Twelve Month Period

     Milk Pricing Problems: A Report For Discussion

     Milk Pricing in an Uncertain Economy

     Will Present Milk Pricing Policies Permit Survival

     Formula Indexes

 Long Range Price Outlook for Milk and Dairy Products

     Implications For the Future of the Dairy Industry (in the 

          South)

     Milk Distribution and Production Patterns of the Future

     Chronological Development Leading to the Proposed Orderly 

          Milk Marketing Act

     Production Controls for Dairymen

     Dairy Marketing - Present and Future

     Changes in Structure of Milk Producer Marketing Association

     Trends and Projection in Milk Cow Numbers and Average Milk

          Production per Cow, United States and Louisiana

     Louisiana Dairy Industry; an Experience in Dual Regulation

     Comments with Respect to Consolidation of Dairy Cooperatives

          in the Southeastern United States

     Class I Base Plans Today

     Economic Outlook for the Dairy Industry 

     Implications of Marketing Changes for the future of the 

          Dairy Industry, 6/2/66

     Implications of Marketing Changes for the future of the

          Dairy Industry, 8/25/66

     Milk Pricing

     Introduction [?]

     Statement with Respect to Proposed Legislation Affecting the

          Dairy Support Program and Supply Adjustment in Federal

          Milk Orders

     Why Milk Prices Vary within a Given Mark

     Preliminary Report on the Financial Results of the Operation

          of Raw Sugar Mills in Louisiana, 1943 and 1944

     The Distribution of Fluid Milk in New Orleans

     An Analysis of Milk Prices under the Federal-State Milk 

          Marketing Order for the New Orleans Area and of the 

          Effect of Certain Proposed Changes in the Order on 

          Milk Prices in the Area

     Louisiana Dairy Industry Statistics - work copy

     An Economic Formula to Price Fluid Milk Products at 

          Wholesale - corrected and discussion copies

     Brief Interpretation of the Major Provisions of Federal

          Milk Marketing Orders

     How Imports Affect the American Dairy Industry

     The Quiet Revolution on Farms in the United States

     Multiple Containers and their Impact on Marketing, rough 

          draft

     Some Economic Factors Involved in Handling Bulk Milk

     The World Food Problem

Agricultural economic research

Printed items by Alexander (some are co-authored):

     Formula Pricing of Class I Milk in the New Orleans          

     Milkshed, Mimeograph Circular No. 89, Department of Agricultural 

          Economics, Louisiana State University, February 1949.

     An Economic Analysis of a Base Rating Plan for Pricing Milk

          in the New Orleans Milkshed, Mimeograph Circular No. 

          96, July 1949.

     Milk Marketing in the North Louisiana Upland Cotton Area,

          Louisiana Bulletin # 443, June 1950

     An Appraisal and Recommendations with Respect to the 

          Proposed Federal Order for the Shreveport Marketing 

          Area, Mimeograph Circular No. 162, June 1954.

     An Analysis of Proposed Amendments to Federal Order

          Regulating the Handling of Milk in the New Orleans 

          Marketing Area, Mimeograph Circular No. 177, April 

          1955.

     An Analysis of Proposed Amendments to Federal Order

          Regulating the Handling of Milk in the Shreveport

          Marketing Area, Mimeograph Circular No. 183, December 

          1955.

     "The Louisiana Milk Audit Law," in Louisiana Rural 

          Economist, Vol. 18, No. 2, May 1956.

     The Influence of Selected Factors on Milk Consumption in

          New Orleans, DAE Circular No. 212, August 1957.

     Operation of Base-Excess Plans Under State and Federal

          Regulation in Louisiana, Mimeograph Circular No. 245, 

          June 1959.

     Basic Data for Pricing Class I Milk in Louisiana Markets,

          DAE Circular No. 273, April 1060.

     Optimum Distribution of Producer Milk Among Markets and

          Class Uses in Louisiana, Bulletin No. 544, June 1961.

     "A Proposed Market Base for Milk Supply Adjustment," in

          Louisiana Rural Economist, Vol. 25, No.1, February 

          1963.

     A Stochastic Analysis of Size Distribution of Firms in

          Fluid Milk Markets in Louisiana, Bulletin No. 578, 

          December 1963.

     Growth Patterns and Survival Tendencies of Firms in the

          Louisiana Dairy Industry, Bulletin No. 593, March 

          1965.

     Adjustment in Plant Capacity Utilization to Compensate for

          Changes in Market Organizations of the Louisiana Dairy

          Industry, DAE Research Report No. 390, February 1969.

     Merger Study for Great Lakes-Southern Milk,Inc., November

          1970

     The Association Reserve Standby Pool Cooperative, March 9, 

          1973

     An Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Federal Order

          Regulating the Handling of Milk in the New Orleans

          Marketing Area, Mimeograph Circular No. 177, April 

          1975.

     Interpretation of Major Provisions of Federal Milk Marketing

          Orders, DAE Research Report No. 521, August 1977.

     An Economic Formula for Pricing Class I Milk to Dairy

          Farmers, DAE Research Report No. 478, August 1978.

     A Recommended Formula for Pricing Class I Milk in San

          Antonio Texas Marketing Area, n.d.

     Selected Reading Material Related to Bulk Tank Operatives on

          Dairy Farms, n.d.     

     Agriculture, Culture, and Social Policy: Perspectives on 

          Global Development, n.d.

Speeches by Alexander (3 folders)

Box 3:

Speeches by Alexander (5 folders)

Oil and Gas Leasing Work

     Oil and Gas Land Management, 1982-83

     Oil and Gas leasing work

     J. Bennett Johnston's letters

     Copies of Bills

     William H. Alexander

     Jamie Fair Bill

     Land Owners and Oil and Gas Leasing

Committee for 100% pay for life and hospital insurance for state 

     employees and retirees (2 folders)

Federal Milk Order Study

     Federal Orders

     Article - supply plants

     Federal Milk Order study material (2 folders)

A Report of the Dairy Marketing Advisory Committee 

     Part I   An Evaluation of the level and alignment of federal

               order milk prices for the area of associated 

               Dairymen as of 1965 (4 folders)

     Part II  Appendix Number four  additional notes and data

               on Economic Type Formulas (4 folders)

Teaching Materials (2 folders)

Miscellaneous (2 folders)

Clippings