Oscars in Agriculture Finding Aid
Collection Overview
Donated By: Department of Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois
Consists of: 9 Boxes
Location: ACDC, Funk ACES Library, University of Illinois (closed stacks)
Arrangement/Scope and Content Note: The Oscars in Agriculture Collection is organized
by date in chronological order starting when the University of Illinois took over the
Oscars in Agriculture Program in 1987. The program went until 2002 and was an award
to recognize premiere agricultural journalism. From 1987-1997, awards were divided into
categories by type of media (newspaper, magazine, radio, or television) and winners were
awarded either Merit or Oscars. After 1997, the structure of the program changed, and
entries were separated into categories of Junior Category, Senior Category, and Career
Contributions in either print or broadcast media. Materials included in this collection are
the winning entries of the programs and administrative files. When known, all
information about a given winner is listed in this finding aid, as well as contents of the
folders (contents listing is not extensive). Some materials have sensitive information, and
there are some audiovisual materials that cannot be viewed at the Center.
Table of Contents (Boxes)
1. Oscars 1986-1987
2. Oscars 1988-1989
3. Oscars 1990
4. Oscars 1991-1992
5. Oscars 1992-1993
6. Oscars 1992-1995
7. Oscars 1994-1996
8. Oscar Files and Winners 1997-2001
9. Oscars 2002 Winners and Historical Files
Box and Folder Listing:
Box: Oscars 1986-1987
 Folder: Ag Communications, Oscars, Historical Records
o Call for entries, correspondence, yearly schedule, drafts, registration lists, 1986
winners, cost of trophies, notes, entries by category, 1985 winners, list of judges,
news releases,
 Folder: Oscars 1986
o Slide transparencies (removed from folder for storage reasons – please ask staff
for access), photos, bios, presentation notes that correlated with slides, list of 1986
winners, call for entries
 Folder: Oscar Winners – 1986 (Magazine)
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o Team Entry (Oscars): “They Made a Difference” – Bonnie Pollard, Charles
Johnson, Thomas Dodge, Elizabeth Curry Williams, Alan Guebert. Farm Journal,
Philadelphia, PA. December 1985, Top Producer. Includes registration form,
introductory letter, winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. They Made a Difference, 2. Willie, 3. One Tough
Lady, 4. Body and Soul, 5. Miracle Man, 6. One on One
o Single Entry (Oscars – non-farm): “The Land: A Once and Future Desert” – Gina
Maranto. Discover Magazine, New York, NY. June 1985. Discover Magazine.
Includes registration form, introductory letter, and winning article.
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Series on Grain Equality” – Dale McDonald. Farm
Journal, Philadelphia, PA. October, December 1985, March, May, June/July
1986. Farm Journal. Includes registration form, cover letter, author’s picture, and
winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Why the World Doesn’t Want Out Grain, 2. The
Clean Grain Campaign Heats Up, 3. Pressure Grows for New Grain
Standards, 4. China Spurns Soybean Shipment
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1986 (Newspaper)
o Team Entry (Oscars, Non-Farm): “Tragedy of Plenty” – Mark Edgar and Steve
Blow. The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX. April 6, 1986. The Dallas Morning
News. Includes registration form, cover letter, and winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Tragedy of Plenty: Bitterness Pervades Midwest, 2.
The Student: Preserving a Family Heritage, 3. The Banker: Lending Savvy
and Sympathy, 4. The Farmer: Working More, Living on Less, 5.
Churches Take to the Fields, 6. Extremists Sow Seeds of Violence, 7.
FmHA Holds Fate of Thousands in its Hands, 8. Farmers to Uncle Sam:
We’re Hooked, 9. Change is on Horizon for Rural Texas, 10. Reality,
Romance of Farm Life Collide, 11. Tragedy of Plenty: Rural Texas Hit
Hard, 12. Clinging to the Land and a Way of Life, 13. Farm Debt Taking
Toll on Texas Banks, 14. To Lend or Not to Lend?, 15. The Last Day on
the Farm
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1986 (Radio)
o Single Entry (Oscars): “McLean County Middlemen” – Art Sechrest. WJBC/Farm
Radio Illinois, Bloomington, IL. November 1985. WJBC/Farm Radio Illinois.
Includes audio cassette, introduction of the program, registration form. The
program contains ten features and each is about three minutes in length.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1986 (TV)
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Dairy Buy-Out, Rescue or Ruin?” – Mike Miller.
KOLN/KGIN-TV, Lincoln, NE. May 12-16, 1986. KOLN-KGIN-TV. Includes Umatic tape, registration form, cover letter.
Folder: Oscars – 1987 Funding
o Notes, correspondence, receipts, survey draft, research reports, annual reports,
potential donor list, draft of letters,
Folder: Oscars 1987 – Awards
o Notes, receipts, correspondence
Folder: Oscars 1987 – Judging
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o 1987 winners, correspondence, notes, receipts, memos, schedules, slide
transparencies
Folder: Oscars 1987 – Presentations
o Photos, correspondence, news releases, list of winners, notes, NAFB convention
information
Folder: 1987 Oscars – trophies, etc.
o List of winners, news releases, receipts, trophy information
Folder: Oscars 1987 Admin.
o Call for entries, expense summary, memos, correspondence, notes
Folder: Oscars 1987 – Announcement
o Call for entries, list of addresses, NFEA membership list, receipts,
correspondence
Folder: Oscars 1987 – Applications
o Correspondence, notes
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1987 (Magazine)
o Single entry (Oscars): “Beware of ‘Alternative’ Crops” – John G. White.
Irrigation Age, St. Paul, MN. April 1987. Irrigation Age. Introduction letter,
article, registration form.
o Single Entry (Oscars – Non-Farm): “The End of the Earth” – Thatcher Freund.
New England Monthly, Haydenville, MA. March 1987. New England Monthly.
Include introduction letter, registration form, March issue of New England
Monthly.
o Team Entry (Oscars): “EPA Gets Tough” – Gregg Hillyear, Stewart Reeve, Karen
Wolfe. Soybean Digest, St. Louis, MO. June/July 1986. Soybean Digest. Includes
cover letter and article.
Folder: Oscars Winners – 1987 (Newspaper)
o Team Entry (Oscars): “Biotechnology: A New Unknown” – Lori Leonrad and
John Peterson. Iowa Farmer Today, Cedar Rapids, IA. August 30, September 6,
13, 1986. Iowa Farmer Today. Includes registration form, cover letter, articles.
 Individual articles: 1.Farmers are Faced with a New Unknown, 2. For
Livestock, Changes Could be Dramatic, 3. Genetics at Work, 4. Are Iowa
Farmers Being Forced into Coming ‘Age of Biology’?, 5. Businesses Race
to be First in Biotechnology, 6. Marketing Stalled for Growth Hormone, 7.
Biotech May Aid ‘ Designer Chemistry’ Age, 8. Getting Profitable
Technology Onto Iowa Farmers is Priority for Extension, 9. Slow Start for
Biotechnology Seen, 10. Biotech Guidelines Studied.
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Farm Wife” – Toby Smith. Albuquerque Journal,
Albuquerque, NM. October 21, 1986. Albuquerque Journal, Impact Magazine.
Includes registration form, cover letter, articles.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1987 (Radio)
o Team Entry (Oscars): “A Question of Quality” – Dan Modlin, Ned Arthur, Harry
Martin. Rural Radio Network, New Palestine, IN. May 25, 26, 27, 1987. Rural
Radio Network. Includes audio cassette, introduction, registration form.
o Single Entry (Oscars): “The Indiana Farmer and Conservation Tillage: Keeping
the Paydirt in Place” – Dan Modlin. Rural Radio Network, New Palestine, IN.
December 8, 9, 10, 1986. Rural Radio Network. Includes audio cassette,
introduction of the program, and registration form.
 Folder: Oscar Winners – 1987 (TV)
Single Entry (Oscars): “The Bardoles – TV8 Farm Family” – Rick Swalwell. KCCI-TV, Des
Moines, IA. 1986. KCCI-TV. U-matic tape, cover letter, registration form
Box: Oscars 1988-1989
 Folder: Oscar Winners – 1988 (Magazine)
o Team Effort (Oscar): “You Say You Want a Revolution” – Dean Houghton,
Karen Brown McMahon, John Russell. Hogs Today, St. Paul, MN, January 1988.
Hogs Today. 1 file folder containing introductory letter, registration form, and
winning articles.
 Individual article title: 1. You Say You Want a Revolution, 2. The Race
for a $100-Million Market, 3. The Promise of PST, 4. How Do You Feed
the PST Pig?, 5. PST and Producers, 6. PST and the Public, 7. What About
PST and PSE?, 8. PST and Profits, 9. Where’s the Meat?
o Single Entry (Merit): “No Mercy from the Multinationals” – Dale McDonald.
Farm Journal, Philadelphia, PA. November 1987, March/April 1988. Top
Producer. 1 file folder including registration form, introductory letter, and
winning articles.
 Individual article title: 1. No Mercy from the Multinationals (November
1987), 2. Can Farmers Beat the Multinationals? (November 1987), 3.
Clean-Grain Crusader (March 1988), 4. The Truth About Blending (April
1988), 5. Export Blending: Case Histories (April 1988).
o Team Effort (Merit): “’Rurban’ Conflict” – Greg Horstmeier, Perry Stambaugh,
John Vogel. HBJ Farm Publications, Camp Hill, PA. October 1987. Pennsylvania
Farmer. 1 folder including registration form, introductory letter, and winning
articles.
 Individual article title: 1. URBANITIS – Coming Soon to a Farm Near
You?, 2. How ‘Rurban’ Pressures Squeeze Farmers, 3. Nightmare on Hog
House Hill, 4. Farmland Preservation – Caught in the Crossfire, 5. Land
Preservation Lessons, 6. Vote ‘YES’ for Ag Preservation Fund.
o Team Effort (Merit): “Would Your Grain Pass this Test?” – Charlene Finck and
Dave Mowitz. Successful Farming, Des Moines, IA. August 1987. Successful
Farming. 1 file folder including registration form, introductory letter, and winning
articles.
 Individual articles title: 1. Would Your Grain Pass This Test?, 2. The Test,
3. Combining, 4. Conveying, 5. Drying, 6. Storage.
o Team Effort (Merit): “Yes, We’re Farmers, But We’re Businessmen First” –
Danita Allen and Gene Johnston. Successful Farming, Des Moines, IA. June
1987. Successful Farming. 1 File Folder including registration form, cover letter,
winning articles, lists of record services and sample of reader’s responses.
 Individual article title: 1. Chores Don’t End in Hog House for Iowa
Brothers, 2. Planning Pays off for Rancher, 3. Green Forage to White Milk
to Green $$$, 4. Their Numbers Said Change Crops, 5. They Profit from
Corn and Beans, 6. They’re Penny Pinchers.
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o Single Entry (Oscar): “Dutch Can’t Farm, But Danny Can” – Bill Eftink.
Successful Farming, Des Moines, IA. January 1988. Successful Farming. 1 file
folder including registration form, cover letter, and winning article.
Folder: Oscars Winners – 1988 (Newspaper)
o Single Entry (Oscar): “Acres of Anguish” – Hank Klibanoff. The Philadelphia
Inquirer, Philadephia, PA. December 6, 1987. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Magazine. 1 folder including registration form, introductory letter, and winning
article.
o Single Entry (Merit): “Changing Lands, Changing Hands” – Tim Franklin.
Chicago Tribune. March 23-31, 1987. Chicago Tribune. 1 folder including
registration form, introductory letter, and winning articles.
 Individual article title: 1. Survivors of the Midwest Farm Crisis Reaping
Rewards (March 27), 2. Tenant Farmers Reaching Partnership with
Investors (March 28), 3. Rising Values Lure Investors: Nonfarmers
Buying Increasing Percentage of Land (March 28), 4. New Breed of
Family Farmer Finding that Bigger is Better (March 29), 5. Land Program
Looks Different to Investors, Farmers (March 30), 6. Erosion threat Rising
with Absentee Ownership (March 31).
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1988 (Radio)
o Single Entry (Oscar): “ASCS: Agency in Crisis” – Jeff Gould. Linder Farm
Network, Willmar, MN. October 5-8, 10, 1987. Linder Farm Network. 1 audio
cassette, 1 page cover letter, 2 pages of comment letters, and registration form.
o Team Effort (Merit): “Nitrozyme: Growth Promoter or Legalized Rip-Off?” –
Heather Frayne and Diane Wreford. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. June 6,
1988. CBW Radio, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1 audio cassette, 1 page of introduction
of the program, and registration form.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1988 (TV)
o Single Entry (Merit): “Yukon Agriculture” – Nigel Simms. Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. November 15, 1987.
CBC-TV Network. 1 VHS video cassette, 1 page introduction, and registration
form.
o Team Effort (Oscar): “Milk Money” – Tom Grant and Chris Cram. WCAX-TV,
Burlington, UT. April 18-22, 1988. WCAX-TV. 1 VHS video cassette,
introductory letter, and registration form.
Folder: Oscars 1988 Administration
o Expenses for 1988 Oscars in Ag Judging, Oscar Information, Activities, 1988
Oscars in Agriculture Program – 1987 winners and 1988 registration form,
Correspondence and notes, News ad in AAEA Byline, 1987 Oscars in Agriculture
Program – 1986 winners and 1987 registration from, Society for Technical
Communication Audiovisual Competition Entry Form (1988)
Folder: Oscars 1988 – Applications
o Expense reports, travel vouchers, accounting information, correspondence,
meeting notes, list of applicants
Folder: Ag Communications – 1988 Oscars Announcements
o Mailing lists, certificate drafts, notes, return address labels, NFEA 1987
membership list, correspondence, news announcements, Biographical sketches
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and profile sheets, 1987 Oscars in Agriculture Winners, 1987 program, 1988
Oscars applicants
Folder: Oscars 1988 Funding
o Accounting info, sponsor logo, proposals, correspondence, memorandums, notes,
FFA award winners 1988
Folder: Oscar Judging 1988
o Panel of Judges – brief bios, schedule (internal and public), judges’ contact info,
directions, correspondence, contracts, notes
Folder: Oscar Media – Contact Lists
o Contact Lists
Folder: Oscars Presentations 1988 (NAFB)
o News releases, Correspondence, Award notifications, notes, Christmas card, Jim
Evans convention registration, preliminary NAFB program, 1988 Oscars winners,
newsletters, 1988 NAFB Annual convention program, NAFM member list, Evans
speech notes
Folder: Oscars Presentations 1988 (AAEA)
o News releases, Evans speech draft, correspondence, AAEA annual meeting
attendees, 1988 Master Writer Program, Schedule, Program, The Byline, receipts,
1988 Oscar applicants,
Folder: Ag Communications Oscar’s – 1988 Presentations
o Correspondence, News release
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1989 (Magazine)
o Single Entry (Merit): “Portraits of Perestroika” – Grant Mangold. Soybean Digest,
Linn Grove, IA. December 1989. Soybean Digest. Registration form, introductory
letter, and winning articles.
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Left Breathless” – Karen Brown McMahon. Hogs Today,
St. Paul, MN. October 1988. Hogs Today. Registration form, introductory letter,
and winning articles.
 Individual article title: 1. Left Breathless, 2. Dust Does Damage – Wear a
Mask, 3. Be Aware.
o Team Entry (Oscar): “Safer Farms” – Karen Freiburg, Clair Urbain, Pam
Henderson, Karen Brown McMahon, Darrell Smith, Meg Gaige, Larry
Reichenberger. Farm Journal, Philadelphia, PA. September 1988. Farm Journal.
Registration form, introductory letter, and winning articles.
 Individual article title: 1. The Deadliest Profession, 2. A Family Deals
with Death, 3. One Farmer’s Message: You’re Not Indispensable, 4. Kids
at Risk. 5. Bright Lights for Broad Tools, 6. Farming in Silence, 7. Sound
Levels of Typical Farming Situations, 8. The Push is on for Healthier
Farms, 9. The Farm Safety Paradox, 10. The Fading Fate of SMVs, 11.
Chemical Handling in the Comfort Zone, 12. Laundry Tips for Pesticide
Contamination, 13. Experience is the Best Teacher, 14. Save the Children,
15. They’re Not ‘Just Kids’, 16. How Farm Children Died in 1987, 17.
The Day Jason Died, 18. Skin Cancer and Farmers, 19. Of Life.
o Team Entry (Oscar): “Hog Heaven or Hell?” – Sally Schuff and Christine
Anderson. Colorado Rancher & Farmer, Denver, CO. September/October 1988,
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January/April/June 1989. Colorado Rancher & Farmer. Cover letter, registration
form, original articles.
 Individual article titles: 1. Hog Heaven or Hell? (April 1, 1989), 2.
Howdy, Neighbor! (January 1, 1989), 3. Colorado Comment (September
1, 1988), 4. Heading for the Future (October 1, 1988), 5. Is Corporate
Farm Legislation on the Agenda for Colorado? (April 1, 1989), 6. Failed
Acres – What to do Next? (June 1, 1989)
o Team Effort (Merit): “The Heat is On” – Earl Ainsworth, Linda Smith, Laura
Sands. Farm Journal, Philadelphia, PA. August 1988. Farm Journal. Introductory
letter, winning articles, and registration form.
 Individual article titles: 1. The Heat is On, 2. Short Crops Have Long tails,
3.Selling on a Short Crop, 4. Drought Aid Comes Home, 5. Payments
Make This a Nearly Normal Year, 6. Figure Your Own Disaster Payments,
7. Congress Freezes Their Milk Money, 8. Confusion Reigns Over
Drought Aid, 9. No Breaks for South, 10. Too Little, Too Late for Cows,
11. How to Calculate Drought Aid.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1989 (Newspaper)
o Single Entry (Merit): “Drought Along the Mississippi” – Laura Colman. The
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN. June 26 – July 3, 1988. The Commercial
Appeal. Registration form, nomination letter, winning articles.
 Individual article titles: 1. Minnesota Astir in Dust of Drought (June 26,
1988), 2. History Repeats Saga of Arid Land (June 27, 1988), 3. Upper
Mississippi Area Sags Under Umbrella of Misery (June 28, 1988), 4.
Town in Illinois Desperately Dry (June 30, 1988), 5. Drought Twists and
Tugs at Lives (July 3, 1988).
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1989 (Radio)
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Agriculture: America’s Most Wanted Killer” – Pam
Geppert. WOWO Radio, Fort Wayne, IN. May 22-26, 1989. WOWO Radio. 1
audio cassette and registration form.
o Single Entry (Merit): “Audrain, Knox, Sullivan Counties in Missouri” – Jim
Coyle. KRES, Moberly, MO. May 22-24, 1989. KRES. Introductory letter,
registration form, and three audio cassette tapes.
o Single Entry (Merit): “A Voice Speaks Out on Animal Rights” – Kathy – Patton.
WIBW, Topeka, KS. November 10, 1988. WIBW 580 Radio. 1 audio cassette, 1
page description of the program, and registration form.
o Team Entry (Oscars): “Lifeline to the Farm: The Economic Crisis in Indiana’s
Rural Hospitals” – Dan Modlin, Ned Arthur, Steve Hill. Rural Radio Network,
New Palestine, IN. May 22-26, 1989. Rural Radio Network. 1 audio cassette, 1
page description of the program, and registration form.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1989 (TV)
o Team Entry (Merit): “The Bottom Line: American Agriculture gets Down to
Business” – Gary Truitt and Lew Middleton. Agri-Business Network,
Indianapolis, IN. Spring 1989. Agri-Business Network. Registration form, 1 VHS
video cassette (58 min. 20 sec.), and introductory letter.
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o Single Entry (Oscars): “A Return to Russia” – Wade Wagner. KGAN-TV, Cedar
Rapids, IA. December 1988. KGAN-TV. 1 U-matic video cassette (30 min.
documentary), registration form, and cover letter.
Folder: 1989 Misc.
o Certificate awardees, memos, certificate draft, catalog, notes, correspondence
Folder: Oscars Winners 1989
o Correspondence, receipts, list of winners, notes, news release, newspaper article
Folder: Media releases and correspondence
o Media releases, correspondence, AAEA Communications Clinic Registration list,
NAFB 1989 Annual Convention schedule, notes, blank certificates
Folder: Oscars Admin 1989
o 1989 Oscars info (w. 1988 winners), judging schedule, notes, 1988 judges
Folder: Oscars 1989 Announcement
o Correspondence, notes, photos
Folder: 1989 Misc.
o Correspondence, notes, list of winners
Folder: 1989 Accounting
o Receipts, Receiving Reports/Purchasing Orders, Accounting Info
Folder: Judges and Banquet info
o Correspondence, Jumer Hotel banquet info, judges schedule, Sheraton info
Box: Oscars 1990
 Folder: Oscar Winners – 1990 (Magazine)
o Single Entry (Oscars): “American Agricultural Policy” – Karl Zinsmeister.
Reason Magazine, Santa Monica, CA. October 1989 – January 1990. Reason
Magazine. Includes registration form and winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Plowing Under Subsidies (October 1989), 2. Bitter
Harvest (November 1989), 3. Technology, Ecology, and the American
Farmer (December 1989), 4. Cultivating Independence (January 1990)
o Team Entry (Oscars): “Country Schools at the Crosswords” – Des Keller, Nancy
Dorman-Hickson, Boyd Kidwell. Progressive Farmer, Birmingham, AL.
September-December 1989, January 1990. Progressive Farmer. Includes
registration form, description, and winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Country Schools at the Crosswords (September
1989), 2. United Parents Save the Divide (September 1989), 3. Dollars
Making Sense in Rural Education (October1989), 4. Deer Creek Taps Big
City Resources (October 1989), 5. Dishing up Knowledge to Rural
Schoolchildren (November 1989), 6. BioPrep: Preparing for College
(November 1989), 7. Great Teachers: Still Out There But Needing Our
Help (December 1989), 8. HOPE Races Through Small Mississippi Town
(January 1990).
o Single Entry (Merit): “All in the Family” – Pamela Cole Henderson. Top
Producer, Ellisville, MO. March 1990. Top Producer. Includes registration form,
description, and winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. All in the Family, 2. Bad Blood, 3. Dad Plans to
Retire.
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o Single Entry (Merit): “Staying Alive…The Struggle to Save Farm Accident
Victims” – Cheryl Tevis. Successful Farming Magazine, Des Moines, IA. March
1990. Successful Farming. Includes registration form, memo to judges, winning
articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Staying Alive…The Struggle to Save Farm Accident
Victims, 2. I Saved My Stepfather but we Lost our Farm, 3. Measure Your
Farm Accident IQ, 4. Family Rescue Plans Come First, 5. Communities to
the Rescue, 6. It’s a Miracle I’m Alive, 7. Preparing Rescue Workers for
the Worst, 8. Six Ideas to Sharpen Rescue Skills.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1990 (Newspaper)
o Single Entry (Merit): “Old Trees, New Ways: The Forestry Revolution” – Trask
Tapperson. The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, WA. May 27-29, 1990. The
Bellingham Herald. Includes registration, introduction, winning articles.
 Individual Articles: 1. Timber Crisis Spurs New School of Logging, 2.
Natural Path to Harvest Leaves Forest Canopy, Biology Intact, 3. Oregon
Research Forest Springs From Obscurity into Limelight, 4.Owl, Jobs: New
Forestry a Two-Edged Sword, 5. Land for Test Forests Won’t Come
Easily, 6. Fear and Uncertainty Shadow New Forestry’s Shining Star, 7.
New Forestry Methods are Being used
o Single Entry (Oscars): “South America: Iowa’s Agricultural Battlefield” – Bert
Kreitlow. Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA. February 18, 1990. Cedar
Rapids Gazette. Includes registration form, cover letter, and winning articles.
 Individual articles: 1. South America: Iowa’s Agricultural battlefield, 2.
Farmers Fight Global ‘War’, 3. Iowa’s Lead Over Argentina at End?, 4.
Competitors are Customers Too, 5. Farming Boom Moves On, Life Slows
Down in Village, 6. Farm Engine Sputtering in Brazil, 7. Government is
Hindrance, Says Farmer, 8. Lots of Reasons for Anxiety on Small Farm, 9.
Landless Poor Growing Political Force in Brazil, 10. American
Mennonites like Brazil for Farms, Families, 11. Soybeans are King in
Argentina 12. Export Taxes are Big Problem, 13. Wheeling, Dealing with
Inflation, 14. U.S. Needs Quick Action to Survive, 15. Farmers Say
Policies Help Corn, Hurt beans, 16. Big GATT Impact on Farm Trade, 17.
Perspectives on Farm Policies, 18. Big Trade Boots Seen After E. Europe
Stabilizes.
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Country Living in China” – Don Muhm. Des Moines
Register, Des Moines, IA. May 21-28, 1989. Des Moines Register. Includes
registration form, news release, cover letter, news clippings.
 Individual articles: 1. China: The World’s Greatest Food Market, 2. China:
World’s Best Food Market, 3. China: Land of Tiny Farms, 4. Chinese
Court Foreign Investors, 5. Nebraskans, Chinese in Hog Venture, 6.
China’s Hottest Market: Hungry, Busy Hong Kong, 7. Farming in China a
World Away from the Techniques Used in Iowa, 8. Little Threat Seen to
Business Ventures in China, 9. China’s ‘Flying Cow’ Home to 660
Milkers, 10. China’s Homely Swine Snapped Up by Breeders.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1990 (Radio)
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o Single Entry (Merit): “Animal Agriculture: Fighting Back” – Stephen Dingels.
KLGR Radio/Magnet Radio, Redwood Falls, MN. February 19-23, 1990.
Minnesota Ag Radio. Includes registration form, cover letter, audio cassette.
o Team Entry (Oscars): “President bush Visits the Heartland” – Bob Quinn, Keith
Kirkpatrick, Lee Kline, Al Setka, The WHO Radio News Department. WHO
Radio, Des Moines, IA. December 8, 1989. WHO Radio. Includes introduction of
the program, news announcement, registration form, audio cassette.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1990 (TV)
o Team Entry (Oscars): “The Home Place” – Maureen Reeder and Rod Wermager.
KMSP-TV, Minneapolis, MN. KMSP-TV. Includes cover letter, registration form,
reviews, letters from audience, U-matic tape (48 minutes)
o Team Entry: “Harvest of Pain” – Steve Goodspeed and Rod Wermager. KMSPTV, Edina, MN. October 24, 25, 1989. KMSP-TV Channel 9. Includes registration
form, cover letter, and U-matic case (no tape).
o Team Entry (Oscars): “Hazardous Waste” – Heather Frayne and Ustun Reinart.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. February 25,
1990. Includes description, registration form, VHS tape Length: 11:37.
Folder: 1990 Oscars – Admin.
o Directory of Journalism Awards and Fellowships info, list of winners, expenses
Folder: Oscars – 1990
o Expenses, addresses
Folder: 1990 Oscars – Misc.
o Notes, memos, fax cover sheets, correspondence, address list, returned mail
Folder: Oscar Samples
o Floppy disk/data disk, correspondence, news releases
Folder: Oscar Judging Sites
o Correspondence, maps, hotel information, restaurant guide, notes
Folder: 1990 Oscar Presentations – Newspaper
o Correspondence, news releases, newspaper clips, notes
Folder: 1990 Oscar Presentations (NAFB)
o News releases, photos, correspondence, notes, film negatives and contact sheet,
NAFB schedule, list of convention registrants, memos
Folder: 1990 Oscars Presentations (AAEA)
o News releases, photos, correspondence, notes, Master Registration List, member
survey, schedule
Folder: 1990 Oscars Winners – General Release
o Call for entries, address list, news releases
Folder: Oscars – Announcement 1990
o Schedule, notes, correspondence, newsletters, directory of awards
Folder: 1990 Oscars – Announcement
o Call for entries, schedule, addresses
Folder: 1990 Oscars Judging
o Address list of winners, notes, Maureen Reeder CV, correspondence
Folder: 1990 Winners
o List of winners
Folder: 1990 Oscars – Evaluation
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o Notes, correspondence, drafts
Folder: Oscar Awards
o Certificate drafts, trophy info
Folder: Oscars expenditures 1990
o Expenses, accounting forms (invoices)
Folder: 1990 Winners
o News releases, correspondence, news releases
Folder: 1990 Oscar Awards
o Call for entries, correspondence about awards
Folder: 1990 Oscars – Funding
o Expenses, correspondence, notes
Box: Oscars 1991-1992
 Folder: Oscars Survey – 1991
o Comments/perspectives on awards program, draft, analysis of participation
 Folder: Drafts and Notes
o Judging, plaques, Oscars study, notes, memos, correspondence
 Folder: AAEA – Memphis
o News releases, 1991 Oscar winners, speech draft
 Folder: NAFB – November 13-17, 1991
o Convention schedule, speech draft, NAFB registration list, convention booth
listing, correspondence, news releases, list of number of entries
 Folder: Oscars - Expenses
o Correspondence, expenses, accounting materials, invoices, receipts
 Folder: 1991 Oscars Inquiries
o Correspondence, letters, notes
 Folder: 1991 Oscars Judging
o Correspondence, notes, list of judges
 Folder: 1991 Announcement File
o Call for entries brochure, returned mail (news releases), mailing list, news
releases, correspondence, list of winners, notes, floppy disk – mailing list for
news releases, directory of journalism awards
 Folder: 1991 Oscars Labels
o Notes, memos, mailing lists
 Folder: 1991 Oscars Awards Presentation
o Oscars and Merit Award Winners, correspondence, certificate samples, NAFB
convention info, AAEA meeting info, mailing lists, news releases, list of winners
 Folder: Oscar Winners – 1991 (Magazine)
o Single entry (Merit): “Changing of the Guard” (two part series: “Gunfight at
Texas Corral” and “The Man from Texas”) – Joe Dan Boyd. Farm Journal
Publishing, Richardson, TX. March and April 1991. Top Producer (Gunfight) and
Cotton Today (Man from Texas). Includes introductory letter, winning articles,
registration form.
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o Single Entry (Merit): “The Price of Leadership” – Jim Patricio. Freelance for Top
Producer and Farm Journal, Plattsburg, MO. January 1991. Top Producer.
Includes statement of purpose, winning article, and registration form.
 Individual article titles: 1. The Price of Leadership, 2. Farm Groups Face
Leadership Shortage.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1991 (Newspaper)
o Single Entry (Merit): “Dust to Dust: The Crisis of Irrigation” – Russell Clemings.
The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA. December 2-6, 1990. The Fresno Bee. Includes
cover letter, introductory letter, winning articles (originals and clippings),
registration form
 Individual article titles: 1. Land and Dreams Wither, 2. How Irrigation
Can Destroy the Soil, 3. Kesterson: How a Deathtrap was Found, 4. Seeds
of Ruin for Valley, 5. Mistakes were Made – and Prediction, 6. Bureau a
Slow Learner When it Comes to Drainage, 7. Water Diversion Drained
Life Out of Wildlife Refuge, 8. Taming the Colorado River Released
Torrent of Problems, 9. If We’d Only Practiced What Powell Preached,
10. Mexicali Valley: Field of Dreams Soured in Mexico, 11. Desalting
Plans Didn’t Live Up to Dream of Blooming Desert, 12. Other Nations
Find Unpleasant Side Effects, 13. Tragowel Plains: Australian Fields
Dying with Salinity, 14. Negev Desert: Necessity Pays Off in Israel, 15.
Success Blooms in Arizona Valley, 16. Science Holds Key to Saving
Desert Farms, 17. Is the Wave of Farming’s Future a Slow Drip?
o Single Entry (Oscars): “Harvest of Change” – William S. Ellis. National
Geographic Magazine, Washington D.C., February 1991. National Geographic
Magazine. Includes cover letter, article, and registration form.
o Team Effort (Oscars): “The Plains: New Visions on the Old Frontier”. Dallas
Morning News, Dallas, TX. April 28, 1991. The Dallas Morning News. Includes
winning articles, cover letter, and registration form.
 Individual articles: 1. The Plains: New Visions on the Old Frontier, 2. The
Isolated Plains, 3. Pioneer Traits Surge Forward to Attack Crisis, 4. Life
on the Plains: Selected Historical Events (1500s-1990s), 5. Returning to a
Tradition: Endangered Farms, Resurrected Hopes, 6. Rural Schools Test
Cutting Edge, 7. One-Classroom School Closes Era in Kansas, 8.
Retooling Rural Health Care, 9. The Fight to Conserve Water, 10.
Hopelessness Marks a Saga of Fading Town, 11. Reflections of a Dying
Community, 12. Corporation Resurrects Town’s Spirit, 13. Town Finds
Keys to Survival in Own Initiative, 14. A Traveling Preacher Mans South
Dakota Churches, 15. Theories of Dissension, 16. Scrambling for a New
Stake.
Folder: 1992 Oscars Awards Presentation
o News clippings, correspondence, news releases, notes, list of winners, drafts
Folder: 1992 Oscar Problems
o Writing contest article
Folder: Oscar Winners 1992 (Magazine)
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o Single Entry: “Farmers: No More High on the Hog” – Ronald Henkoff. Fortune,
New York, NY. December 2, 1991. Fortune. Includes registration, introductory
letter, cover letter, and article.
o Team Entry: “Rural Health’s Vital Signs” – Dan Miller, Des Keller, Kim Allen,
Del Deterling, Nancy Dorman-Hickson. Progressive Farmer, Birmingham, AL.
August/September 1991. Progressive Farmer. Includes registration form, cover
letter, articles
 Individual articles: 1. The Doctors: Hard to Get, Harder to Keep, 2.The
Doctor Substitutes, Taking Up the Slack, 3. The Hospitals, Survival of the
Fittest, 4. Health Insurance Sticker Shock, 5. Care for the Elderly, On
Community’s Solutions.
o Single Entry: “Letting the Dust Settle” – Jim Patricio. Farm Journal/Top
Producer, Philadelphia, PA. February 1992, Top Producer. Registration Form,
cover letter, and article.
o Team Entry: “Next Target for Animal Rights: Your Farm?” – Cherry Brieser
Stout, John Pocock, Gary Reynolds, Michael Wilson. Prairie Farm, Decatur, IL.
Mary 1992. Prairie Farmer. Includes registration form, cover letter, articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Countering animal rights absurdities, 2. Will
Rifkin’s Fairy Tale take a Bite out of Beef Consumption?, 3. Animal
Rights Activists: Out to Get You?, 4. On Farm Family Defends Against
Animal Rights, 5. A Battle for the Classroom, 6. Young, Bright, - and
Vegetarian, 7. Practices Animal Welfarists Love to Hate, 8. Purdue
Pioneers First Animal Welfare Program, 9. Farmers on the Frontline, 10.
In Legal Standoff, 11. The Top Five Groups to Watch.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1992 (Newspaper)
o Tem Entry: “Rural Communities” – Malinda Miller,s Mike Williams, Jane
Messenger, Gene Lucht, Bob Davis. Iowa Farmer Today, Cedar Rapids, IA. June
8, 15, 22, 1991. Iowa Farmer Today. Includes registration form, cover letter,
articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Tenacity of Small Town Iowa, 2. Demand High for
Modern-Day Country Doctors, 3. Rural Hospitals Must Change with the
Times, 4. Positive Changes Seen for Rural Areas, 5. More Miles Between
Doctors, 6. What’s Next for What Cheer?, 7. Town Accentuates Positives,
8. Survival of Small Towns in Iowa Means Never Say Die: Sociologist, 9.
Medicare Reimbursement “Poor” in Iowa, 10. Small Towns Big on Spirit,
Resilience, 11. Allison Grapples with Change to Create a Future, 12. State
Programs Helping Iowa Towns, 13. Rural Hunt for Doctors
o Single Entry: “Benlate” – William Levesque. The Ledger, Lakeland, FL. February
9, September 18, 26, November 19, December 12, 1991, January 23, 26, March 5,
April 8, 22, May 1, 7, 8, 9, 19, 1992. Includes registration form, cover letter,
articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Pesticide Plague a Mystery, 2. Benlate a Headache,
but No real Threat to Du Pont, 3. Bad Fungicide Cripples Workshop, 4.
Fungicide Payments at $60 million 5. Crawford Keeps Pressure on Du
Pont, 6. Du Pont to pay Long-term Taint Claims, 7. UF: Benlate’s Effect
May Linger in Soil, 8. Tainted Fungicide’s Effects Puzzle Scientists, 9.
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State to Check Benlate Health Risk, 10. Mystery of Benlate Damage May
Be Over, 11. EPA Joins Benlate Investigation, 12. Workshop Settles with
Du Pont, 13. Du Pont to Stop Selling Five Pesticides, 14. Benlate Damage
Long Term for Some, 15. UF Challenging Du Pont Claims, Panel Finds
Few Answers in Benlate Query, 16. Scientists Disagree on Benlate Theory
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1992 (TV)
o Team Effort: “Working in the R.A. Brown Ranch” – Don Teague (Reporter) and
Ricky Scruggs (Photographer). KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX. August 12-16,
1991, KFDX-TV. Includes registration form, cover letter, and U-matic tape.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1992 (Radio)
o Single Entry: “Farm Safety” – Kim Dlouhy. WOW AM/FM Radio, Omaha, NE.
Mondays during Harvest 1991. WOW AM/FM. Includes registration form, cover
letter, audio cassette.
o Single Entry: “McClenning Foreclosure” – Todd Gleason. WILL Radio AM 580,
Urbana, IL. May 5, 1992. WILL Radio AM 580. Includes registration form, cover
letter, audio cassette (Time: 7:40).
o Team/Corporate Entry: “The Charlettetown Charlatan: the Story of Randy Pitre”
– Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC Radiom Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
December 16, 1991. CBC Halifax. Includes registration form, cover letter, audio
cassette.
o Audio Cassette: 1992 “Oscars in Agriculture” Radio Winner and Honorable
Mention, NAFB Professional Improvement
Box: Oscars 1992-1993
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Administration
o Expense reports, committee notes, correspondence, missing winning entries list,
memos, news release
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Announcement File
o Notes, brochures, news releases, correspondence, Newsletter snippets, 1992
Journalism Awards & Fellowships Directory, mailing lists, edition of The Quill
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Awards
o Memos, news releases, correspondence, notes, award template, blank certificates,
photo
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Entries
o Correspondence, notes
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Expenditures
o Correspondence, receipts, list of winners, list of judges, invoices
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Funding
o List of expenses for judging, correspondence, Report of Gift Received, notes,
Survey of purpose of Oscars Program, news releases
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Inquiries
o Note
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Judging
o Judges address list, correspondence, Oscars entry list, notes, editorial, 1992 call
for entries, panel of judges – bios, memos, drafts
 Folder: 1992 Oscars Judging Sites
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o Brochures, check lists, notes
Folder: 1992 Oscars Labels
o Correspondence, address labels
Folder: 1992 Oscars Minutes
o Correspondence, typed meeting minutes and notes
Folder: Oscars – AAEA 1992
o News releases, correspondence, certificate winners, newsletters, brochures,
schedules (AAEA/IFAJ annual meeting)
Folder: Oscars Presentations – NAFB 1992
o News releases, correspondence, photos, 1992 NAFB annual meeting schedule,
registration list, notes,
Folder: Oscar Winners - 1993 (Magazine)
o Team Effort: “The Workers’ Comp Crunch – Jim Patricio and Charles Johnson.
Top Producer/Farm Journal, Philadelphia, PA. April 1993 Top Producer. Includes
registration form, cover letter, and article
o Team Effort: “Beef’s Quality Revolution” – Greg Henderson, Julie Mettenburg,
Kim Watson, Mike Smith, and Ward Byers. Drovers Journal, Overland Park, KS.
October 1992 - March 1993. Drover’s Journal. Includes registration form, cover
letter and journal articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Total Quality Management – key to Industry’s
Competiveness, 2. Today’s Sermon is Quality, 3. Learning from a
Frightening Example, 4.Beef’s Defects Must Be Eliminated, 5. Putting
TQM to work for You, 6.Expanding Your Profit Opportunities, 7. Take
the Thrill Out of the Deal, 8. Time to Put the Customer First, 9. Where are
you Going?, 10. Finding Out What Your Customer Wants, 11.Do the
Right Thing the Right Way, 12.Converting Customer Needs into Quality
Goals, 13. Put a Cowboy in Charge of Quality, 14. Keep Employees
Committed to You, 15. What’s a Quality Job?, 16. Where Profit Can Slip
Away, 17. Getting What You’re Paying For? 18. So you Know About
TQM: Now What?
o Single Entry: “Thank God for Country Boys” – Larry Van Dyne. Washingtonian,
Washington D.C. August 1992. Washingtonian. Includes registration form,
introduction, and article.
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1993 (Newspaper)
o Single Entry: “Where Tobacco is King, Taxes are Nasty Subjects” – James
Harney. USA Today, Arlington, VA. April 14, 1993. USA Today. Includes
registration form, cover letter, article.
o Single Entry: “The Future of Dairy Farming” – Fran O’Leary. The Fond du Lac
Reporter, Fond du Lac, WI. June 21-24, 1992. The Reporter. Includes registration
form, cover letter, articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Are Wisconsin Dairy Farms Running Dry? 2. Fond
du Lac Farm Couple Close Door on Dairy Business, 3. All in a Day’s
Work, 4. Will Wisconsin Lose the Title?/Dairy: Wisconsin Falling to No.
2?, 5. State Trends Mean Fewer Dairy Plants.
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o Single Entry: “Their Soul is in the Soil” – Sharon Schmickle. Star Tribune,
Minneapolis, MN. April 8, 1993. Star Tribune. Includes registration form, cover
letter, article.
o Single Entry: “Colorado Agriculture: Roots, Rifts, and Shifts” – Deborah Frazier.
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO. June 7, 1992, October 10, 1992, November
25, 1992, January 18, 1993, March 25, 1993. Rocky Mountain News. Includes
registration, cover letter, articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Change on the Range, 2. Humans Soon to
Outnumber Livestock, 3. Thanksgiving on the Plains, 4. Gleaners
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1993 (Radio)
o Single Entry: “The Fleecer Phenomenon – Stewards of the High Country” –
Taylor Brown. Northern Ag Network, Billings, MT. January 16, 23, 30, 1993.
Northern Ag Network. Includes registration, cover letter, and audio cassette
(approx. 24 minutes)
o Team Entry: “Presidential AG Forum” – Bob Quinn, Lee Kline, Sue Danielson.
WHO Radio, Des Moines, IA. May 12-13, 1993. WHO AM. Includes registration
form, cover letter, and audio cassette (approx. 120 minutes)
o Single Entry: “Texas Water: A View from the Country” – Bob Cockrum. Texas
Agribusiness Network, Dallas, TX. January 7 and 9, 1993. Texas Agribusiness
Network. Includes registration form, cover letter, and audio cassette.
o Single Entry: “Ag Issues from ‘A’ to ‘Z’” – Kathy Patton. KS. Ag net/WIBW,
Topeka, KS. June 1, September 15, October 12, November 18, December 2, 15,
21, 28, 1992 and January 7, May 3, 6, 31 1993. KAN/WIBW. Includes registration
form, cover letter, and two audio cassette tapes (“Ag Issues with Calls” – 30 min.,
“Ag Issues 5 min. Excerpts” – 55 min.)
Folder: Oscar Winners – 1993 (TV)
o Single Entry: “Your Safety…A Family Matter” – Max Armstrong. WGN/U.S.
Farm Report, Chicago, IL. September 19-20, 1992. Tribune Entertainment,
Chicago. Includes registration form, cover letter, and VHS tape (3 minutes).
o Single Entry: “Land Reform: The Beef Over What the Government Charges
Ranchers and Miners” – Ian Hunter. Wall Street Journal Television, New York,
NY. March 21, 1992. Wall Street Journal Report. Includes registration, cover
letter, and VHS tape.
o Team Entry: “Living off the Land” – H. Wayne Wilson, David Thompson.
WTVP-TV, Peoria, IL. January 28, 1993. WTVP-TV. Includes registration, cover
letter, and VHS tape (30 minutes).
Box: Oscars 1992-1995
 Folder: 1992 Oscars
o Call for entries, list of winners in each category, news releases, receipts,
correspondence
 Folder: 1993 Oscars Awards Presentations
o Call for entries, news releases, newsletter excerpts, correspondence
 Folder: 1993 Oscars Presentations AAEA
o Correspondence, speech, news releases
 Folder: NAFB – 1993 Oscars Presentations
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o Speech, news releases, correspondence, schedule, photos,
Folder: 1993 Oscars Judging
o Memos, list of entries, photos, list of judges, transportation/hotel info,
correspondence
Folder: 1993 Oscars Expenditures
o Invoices, vouchers
Folder: 1993 Oscars Entries
Folder: 1993 Oscars Funding
o Correspondence, invoices, gift received
Folder: 1993 Oscar Announcement File
o Meeting minutes and planning, news releases, correspondence/memos
Folder: 1993 Oscars Administration
o Notes, correspondence
Folder: 1994 Oscars Judging
o List of entries, correspondence, photos
Folder: 1994 Oscars Judging
o Notes, correspondence, hotel info, receipts, list of entries
Folder: 1994 Oscars Funding
o Gift received reports, correspondence, news releases, list of expenses
Folder: 1994 Oscar Entries
Folder: 1994 Oscars Announcement
o News releases, correspondence, general media list, notes, call for entries, awards
directories, magazines
Folder: 1994 Oscars Expenditures
o List of expenses, correspondence, requisition, invoices
Folder: 1994 Oscars Presentation
o Newsletter excerpts, correspondence, list of winners, receipts
Folder: Media Lists for Winner Releases
Folder: Newspaper Releases (2)
Folder: General Releases
Folder: Mag Release 1994
Folder: Media List – Ag Com Newsletters
Folder: 1994 Oscar Judging Sites,
o AAEA speech, hotel information, correspondence
Folder: 1995 Oscars Expenditures
o Correspondence, invoices, plaque info, list of expenses
Folder: 1995 Oscars Label
o Notes, Changes of Address
Folder: 1995 Oscars Funding
o Correspondence, Gift Received
Folder: 1995 Oscars Releases
Folder: 1995 Oscars Inquiries
Folder: 1995 Oscars Awards Presentations
Folder: 1995 Oscars Planning
Folder: 1995 Oscars Minutes
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o News releases, notes, correspondence
Folder: Masthead – Oscars
o List of Entries
Folder: Admin 1995
o Memos, list of judges, notes, hotel info, judge’s schedule
Box: Oscars 1994-1996
 Folder: Mailing envelope
o U-matic tape, “Horicon Marsh,” WITI-TV, Length: 8:40.
 Folder: Oscars – 94 Winners
o 1994 Program, speech draft, correspondence, news releases, winner list
 Folder: Oscars – 94 AAEA Presentation
o Winner list, photos, correspondence, notes, schedules
 Folder: Oscars – 94 NAFB Presentation
o Photo negatives, contact sheet, correspondence, schedule, notes, receipts, winner
list, memos
 Folder: Oscars – 94 Awards Presentation
o Speech draft, list of plaque/certificate winners, notes, correspondence
 Folder: Oscars – 94 Ag. Balance Sheets
o Report of transactions
 Folder: Oscars – Data disks
o Five floppy disks
 Folder: Oscars – Winners 1995
o Letter drafts, list and summary of winners
 Folder: Oscars – Presentations 1995
o Schedule, memo, photo, correspondence, copy of speech, notes
 Folder: Oscars – Promotion 1995
o Correspondence, advertisements, receipts, advertising sections
 Folder: Oscars – Entry Lists 1995
o List of entrants in each category
 Folder: 1995 Winner Announcement Letters
 Folder: Oscars – Arrangements 1995
o Correspondence, notes, schedule of announcement activities, receipts, judges
 Folder: Oscars – Accounts 1995
o Account statements, record of transactions
 Envelope: Newspaper
o “Boss Hog: North Carolina’s Pork Revolution,” The News & Observer, Raleigh,
NC, February 19-26, 1995
 Blue Binder (Newspaper entry)
o Team Entry: “Fair Play” – Suzanne Steel, Steve Stephens, Mike Lafferty. The
Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH. October 30, 31, November 1, 2, 1994.
Includes registration form, cover letter, and newspaper articles.
 Maroon Binder (Magazine entry)
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o Team Entry: “What Makes the Next Generation Tick?” – Marcia Zarley Taylor,
Libby Powers, Bob Coffman, Pam Henderson. Top Producer, Philadelphia, PA.
April 1995. Includes registration form, cover letter, articles.
Folder: 1995 Radio and TV
o Team Entry (TV): “Horicon Marsh” – Boyd Huppert, Jim Wilson. WITI-TV,
Milwaukee, WI. December 21, 24 1994. Includes registration, cover letter, and Umatic tape (in front of box)
o Single Entry (Radio): “The Law of the Land” – Gary R. Truitt. AgriAmerica
Network, Indianapolis, IN. November 21-24, 1994. Includes registration form,
cover letter, audio cassette.
Maroon Folder: 1996 Oscar (Newspaper)
o Single Entry: “The National Character: Agriculture’s ‘90s Crisis” – Steven H.
Lee. The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX. June 25 – December 24, 1995.
Includes registration, cover letter, and newspaper articles.
Folder: Oscars – Winners 1996
o News releases, list of winners, list of entries
Folder: AAEA – 96. Mag/Minn.
o Registration, schedule, call for entries
Folder: NAFB-96. R/TV-KC(mo)
o Schedule, newsletter
Folder: Oscars – Arrangements 1996
o List of winners for plaque and certificates, correspondence
Folder: Oscars -96 Entries
o List of entrants in each category
Folder: Oscars – 96 Procedures
Folder: Oscars – 96 Promotion
o Call for entries, news releases, fax cover sheets,
Folder: Oscars – response to entries (letter draft)
Folder: Mailing List Order Info
Folder: Oscars – 96 Mailing Labels Info
Folder: Oscars – 96 Expenses/Awards
Folder: Oscars – 96 Add to List
Folder: Oscars – Accounts 1996
o Receipts and correspondence
Folder: 96 – Oscars Expenses/Awards
o Correspondence, account statements, notes, receipts
Envelope: Magazine 1996 Oscar
o Single Entry: “A Bend in the River” – Jim Patrico. January 1996. Top Producer.
Includes registration form, statement of purpose, article
Envelope: Radio 6
o Single Entry: “The Wolf and the Soul of the West” – Sandy Tolan. Living on
Earth, Cambridge, MA. October 27, 1995. Includes registration form,
introductory letter, audio cassette (length: 16:48)
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o Team Entry: “Decoster Egg Farm” – Christine Young, John Pertel. WMTW-TV,
Auburn, ME. March 17, 18, 29, May 8, July 12, 19. Includes registration form,
cover letter, U-matic tape
Blue Folder (Newspaper)
o Team Entry: “ADM Coverage” – Thomas Burton, Scott Kilman, Richard Gibson.
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY. Various dates throughout July 10October 27, 1995. Includes registration form, cover letter, articles
Box: Oscars Files and Winners 1997-2001 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 contain social security
numbers on registration form - access limited)
 Folder: 1998 Radio (Junior Category)
o “It’s Not Just Farming” – Andrew McCrea. KFEQ Radio and the Brownfield
Network, St. Joseph, MO. Includes registration form, introductory letter, and
audio cassette.
 Folder: “DeCoster” Egg Farm” – Christine Young and John Pertel. WMTX-TV, Auburn,
ME. July 12, 1996-April 2, 1997. Includes registration form and VHS tape.
 Folder: 1997 Television
o “Swiss Fmaily Farms: A Look at Life on Swiss Farms/Govt Policies, Culture,
Scenery” – Wade Wagner, KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA. September 1996.
Includes registration form, introduction, VHS tape
 Folder: 1997-98 List of winners and Entries
 Folder: 1997 Oscars Administration
 Folder: Oscars – 97 Advertising
 Folder: 1998 Entries and Planning
 Folder: 1998 – magazine (Distinguished Service)
o Sonja Hillgren. Farm Journal Publishing. Includes registration form, letters of
endorsement, writing samples.
 Folder: 1998 Radio (Distinguished Service)
o Don Wick. WCCO Radio. Includes registration form, introduction letter, and
audio cassette
 Folder: 1998 (Senior Category) – Radio
o “The ’98 Drought” – Tony Purcell. Texas State Networks. Includes registration
form, introduction letter, audio cassette, and table of contents for cassette.
 Folder: 1998 – Junior Category (Newspaper)
o Dan Painter. The Oklahoma. (Wheat Series). Includes registration form,
introduction letter, copies of articles.
 Folder: 1998 – Distinguished Service (Magazine)
o Dan Looker. Successful Farming. Includes registration form, letters of
endorsement, and writing samples.
 Folder: 1998 – Distinguished Service (Magazine)
o Cheryl Tevis. Successful Farming. Includes registration form, letters of
endorsement, writing samples.
 Folder: 1998 – Senior Category (Newspaper)
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o “From Farm to Fork” – Henry Cordes, Paul Hammel, David Hendee, Jake
Thompson. Omaha World-Herald. Includes registration form, introduction,
articles.
Folder: 1999 – List of Winners and Announcements
Folder: 1999 – Junior Category (Newspaper)
o “Harvest Journal” – Bryan Painter. The Daily Oklahoman. Includes registration
form, introduction, and clippings of articles.
Folder: 1999 Career Contributions (Magazine)
o Joe Dan Boyd. Farm Journal Publishing. Includes registration form, introduction,
letters of endorsement, and writing samples.
Folder: 1999 – Senior Category (Magazine)
o “Golden Grains” – Gregg Hillyer, Dan Miller, Jim Patrico, Jim Phillips.
Progressive Farmer. Includes registration form, introduction, and articles.
Folder: 1999 – Senior Category (Radio)
o “The Pork Checkoff Battle” – Don Wick. WCCO Radio. Menneapolis, MN.
Includes registration, cover letter, and audio cassette.
Folder: 1999 – Junior Category (Radio)
o “Agriculture on the Front Lines” – Andrew McCrea. KFEQ and the Brownfield
Network. Maysville, MO. Includes registration form, introduction, and audio
cassette.
Folder: 1999 – Career Contributions (Radio)
o Ron Hays. Oklahoma Agrinet. Includes registration form, introduction, letters of
endorsement, audio cassette with examples of work
Folder: Career Contributions (Winner), Magazine
o Marcia Zarley Taylor. Top Producer. Includes registration form, introduction,
letters of recommendation, writing samples.
Folder: Oscars 2000
o Call for entries, news releases, invoices,
Folder: 2000 – Junior Category
o Beef Pricing Series - Jason Gerke. Drovers. Includes registration form,
introduction, and articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Back to the Base, 2. Bid the Grid, 3. Futures Based
Pricing
o “Efficiency” – Jason Gerke. Drovers. Includes registration form, introduction, and
article.
Binder: 1999 Career Contributions
o Sara Wyant. Farm Progress Companies. Includes registration, introduction, letters
of recommendation, writing samples
o Joe Dan Boyd. Farm Journal. Includes registration, letters of recommendation,
introduction, writing samples.
Folder: 2000 – Junior Category
o “Farming That’s Out of this World” – Andrew McCrea. Includes registration,
introduction, and audio cassette
Folder: 2000 – Senior Category (Radio)
o Bovine Tuberculosis, Michigan Farm Network – Pat Driscoll, Karen Wilson, and
Angela Bunn. Includes introduction, registration form, transcripts, and CD.
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Individual titles: MFRN Morning and Noon Reports, Daily Dairy Update,
and Ag Focus.
Folder: 2001 (Radio/TV)
o “Foot & Mouth Disease: Great Britain’s Epidemic…America’s Wake Up Call” –
Max Armstrong. WGN Radio and U.S. Farm Report. Includes introduction, VHS
tape, and CD.
Folder: Oscars 2001
o List of winners, news releases, receipts/invoices,
Folder: 2001- Senior Category (Magazine)
o Divide and Profit Article series – Andrew Burchett, Greg D. Horstmeier, Pan
Henderson, Dan Anderson, Laura Sands, Patricia Klintberg. Farm Journal.
Includes registration form, introduction, and articles.
 Individual article titles: 1. The Great Divide, 2. Sanitize Your Harvest, 3.
Put to the Test, 4. Contract Quest, 5. Analysis (Taco Mess Soils Us All), 6.
Does Identity Pay?, 7. Ready…Set…ISO, 8. What Gridlock.
Folder: 2001- Junior Category (Magazine)
o Kindra Gordan. American Ag Editor’s Association. Includes registration form and
article samples
Folder: 2001 – Career Contribution (Magazine)
o Joe Dan Boyd. Includes registration form, overview, letters of recommendation,
writing samples.
Folder: 2001 Entry Television
o “Harvest of Beauty” – Erica Gross. AgDay Television. Includes cover letter and
VHS tape.
Folder: 2001 Entry – Television
o Career Contributions: Larry Steckline. National Association of Farm
Broadcasters. Mid America Ag Network. Includes registration form, letters of
nominations, an unmarked floppy disk, and three VHS tapes (“Communism to
Capitalism,” “Larry Steckline Interviews Ann Veneman,” and “Larry Steckline in
the Far East.”
Box: Oscar 2002 Winners and Files (some with social security numbers – access limited)
 Folder: Oscars 2002
o Notes, correspondence, list of winners, invoices
 Folder: 2002 Senior Entry (Print Winner)
o “Brazilian Cerrado” – Marcia Taylor. Top Producer. March 1998-June/July 2001.
Includes introduction letter and articles.
 Individual articles: 1. Farming the Last Frontier, 2. Brazil’s Quiet
Conquistador, 3. The Iowa of the Tropics, 4. Brazil: The Competitor You
Can’t Ignore.
 Folder: 2002 Junior Entry (Print Winner)
o “Johne’s Disease: A Series” – Brad Parker. Angus Journal. August, September,
and October 2001. Includes introduction letter and article.
 Individual articles: 1. The Cattle Industry’s Next Big Test, 2. Means to an
End, 3. Prepare for Battle.
 Folder: 2002 Career Contributions (Print)
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o Loren Kruse. Includes introduction letter, letters of endorsement, and articles.
Folder: 2002 Senior Entry (Broadcast Winner)
o Andrew McCrea. Includes CD.
Folder: 2002 Junior Entry (Broadcast winner)
o “Africa Series: Four Parts” – Erica Goss, Mike Byers, Phil VanDuick. Farm
Journal Electronic Media. Includes VHS tape.
Binder: 2002 Career Contributions (Broadcast)
o Jerry Lackey. VSA Radio Network. Includes registration form, introductory letter,
letters of endorsement, list of recent radio interviews.
Folder: 2001 Career Contribution (Broadcast)
o Jerry Lackey. Texas Agriculture Television Network. Includes registration form,
letters of introduction, introduction, examples of work (newspaper and VHS tape)
Folder: Full set of Oscars Announcement brochures
Folder: Oscars Program Brochures
o Includes list of all winners from 1961-1994
Folder: Oscars – Historical
o Photo from first Oscars in 1961
Folder: Oscar Certificates