Agricultural extension work
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Herbert A. Berg papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.93
Scope and Content
This collections contains publications about the history of Michigan Agricultural College, the impact the U.S. Civil War had on agricultural extension in Michigan, the Morrill Land Grant College Act and life of Bela Hubbard, an Michigan pioneer. Also included in the Berg collection are the articles of incorporation and by-laws and some correspondence of the Michigan State University chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary extension fraternity. There is a newspaper plate from the...
Dates:
1930 - 1969
Keats K. Vining papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.48
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks containing magazine articles about agriculture, many of which were authored by Vining. The articles in the scrapbooks date from May 1952 to September 1970. The collection also contains separate photographs of a dedication plaque and agricultural activities.
Dates:
1952 - 1970
Land-Grant Mission, The: Remembering Who We Are, 1986-08-29
Item — Box 6A for Accession UA.06368, Cassette: UA-V000172
Series Description
From the Record Group:
News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...
Dates:
1986-08-29
Lee Roy Walker papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.49
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two letters written to Frank N. Elliott from Lee Roy Walker describing Walker’s work as a county extension agent in Marquette County from 1915-1945.
Dates:
1960
Publications (Cooperative Extension Service) UA 16.34
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00588
Dates:
1957 - 1990
Ray A. Turner papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.136
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the newsletter from the U.S. Agriculture Director of Extension Work that announces Ray A. Turner’s retirement in 1951. There are photos of Turner receiving awards, the building named in his honor, in Washington D.C. and of the Marine Corp band. It also contains the booklet “From a Dream to Reality: A History of the National 4-H Service Committee 1921-1971.There are three bound volumes of letters of congratulations on Turner’s retirement from his...
Dates:
1924 - 1985
Robert L. Christensen papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00572
Scope and Contents
The papers of Robert L. Christensen consist of "The Third Leg of the Stool Kenyon Butterfield and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914" by Robert L. Christensen and computer printouts of a photo of the S.S. Kenyon Butterfield and a brief history of the ship."The Third Leg of the Stool Kenyon Butterfield and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914" follows Kenyon L. Butterfield's career in the promotion of agriculture extension. Also included is information on Seaman Knapp who also advocated...
Dates:
1995, undated