Cooperative Extension Service Agronomy Specialist (Morrison) Records 1955-1969
Archives 30

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Cooperative Extension Service Agronomy Specialist (Morrison) Records
ID
Archives 30
Date [inclusive]
1955-1969
Extent
approximate 3200 items,  4 linear feet,  4 containers
Abstract
Consists mainly of the correspondence of Kenneth Morrison, relating to communication with other County Extension agents, as well as home gardeners and farmers.

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Organizational Sketch:

The origin of the Co-operative Extension Service can be traced to a 1913 act by the Washington State Legislature which created the Bureau of Farm Development and provided for agricultural experts to assist farmers. The federal Smith-Lever Act of 1914 lent financial support to the state's program and placed the director of Extension Services directly under the auspices of the land grant college.

In 1917 President E.O. Holland appointed the first agronomy extension specialist whose duties were to act as disseminator of agricultural research data to the county agents and the public. In 1950 the present incumbent, Kenneth J. Morrison, came to Washington State University to fill the position of agronomy extension specialist. Born in 1921, Morrison received his BA in 1948 from Kansas State University, and his MA and PhD from Purdue in 1950 and 1967 respectively.

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Arrangement

The records of the Agronomy Specialist consist almost entirely of the correspondence of Kenneth J. Morrison. Although there are only two series, the first (general correspondence) contains the bulk of the material. Of the two subseries within series one, the first is organized alphabetically by correspondent for each year 1961 through 1969. The second subseries is a subject file of correspondence and memoranda arranged alphabetically by topic which spans the years 1955 through 1969. The second series, consisting of correspondence between Morrison and county agents throughout Washington State, is arranged by county within annual groupings from 1961 through 1968. Correspondents, while including media and industry representatives, county agents, and agricultural specialists, consist principally of home gardeners and farmers concerned with plant identification and extension publications.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Washington State University Extension Agronomy Specialist were placed in the Washington State University Libraries by Kenneth J. Morrison in June 1978 (UA 78-17).

Processing Information

The collection was processed in March 1979 by Pat Graham Pidcock.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service. Agronomy Specialist--Archives
  • Washington State University. Extension Service.
  • State College of Washington. Extension Service.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service. Agronomy Specialist--Records and correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Morrison, Kenneth J.--Archives

Subject(s)

  • Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Agriculture--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Agriculture

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Detailed Description of Collection

1 General Correspondence  

box folder

A-Z  1962  365 items

1 1-23

A-Z  1963  225 items

1 24-46

A-Z  1964  230 items

1 47-70

A-Z  1965-1966  480 items

2 71-92

A-Z  1967-1968  530 items

2 93-116

A-Z  1969  255 items

3 117-138

Bertramson, B.R.  1965-1967  25 items

3 139

Correspondence  1967-1969  10 items

3 140

Cosgriffe, H.A.  1964-1966  12 items

3 141

Cytogenetics  1955  1 item

3 142

Duplicates  1963-1964  55 items

3 143-144

Fertilizer Conference  1963  1 item

3 145

Genetics  1958-1963  15 items

3 146

Herbicide Advisory Council  1963  2 items

3 147

Isotopes  1959-1960  3 items

3 148

Land File  1963-1964  5 items

3 149

Memoranda  1962-1963  15 items

3 150-151

Memoranda to Agents  1965-1969  80 items

3 152-155

Outlying Testing- Central Washington  1963  5 items

3 156

Outlying Testing- Western Washington  1963  10 items

3 157

Plant Materials Center  1963  2 items

3 158

Seed House  1963  5 items

3 159

Storage Space  1963  5 items

3 160

Scholarships  1963  25 items

3 161

Soil Improvement Committee  1963  25 items

3 162-163

Tri-State Wheat Researchers Conference  1963  1 item

3 164

Washington State Crop Improvement Association  1963  5 items

3 165

Wheat Plotland Exemptions  1962-1963  15 items

3 166

Wheat Quality  1963  10 items

3 167

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2 County Agent Correspondence (by county)  

box folder

 1962  185 items

3 168-201

 1963  160 items

4 202-239

 1964  175 items

4 236-266

 1965-1966  215 items

4 267-297

 1967-1968  235 items

4 298-323

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