Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Agricultural Extension Service Project Summaries 1927-1942
Archives 96
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
- Title
- Agricultural Extension Service Project Summaries
- ID
- Archives 96
- Date [inclusive]
- 1927-1942
- Extent
- approximate 18 items, 4.5 linear feet, 4 containers
- Language
- Collection materials are in English
- Abstract
- Bound volumes of summaries of county extension projects.
Scope and Content
These bound volumes contain “progress reports” on the Agricultural Extension Service’s activities, arranged by county in Washington State. Included in these bound volumes are summaries of outreach programs, descriptions of efforts to improve record keeping on Washington State farms, details on the activities of local agricultural and economic clubs or syndicates, and documentation on efforts at hosting training conferences and seminars. These collected reports detail efforts at encouraging farmers to adopt varieties of cereals suitable to their regions, creating seed banks, maintaining cost records of plowing, harrowing, weeding, seeding, and harvesting, and efforts to improve local agricultural and community infrastructure to ensure irrigation, water supply, and sewage disposal. These bound volumes provide a unique local insight into the activities of the Agricultural Extension Service in the interwar period. They also demonstrate the process whereby Washington State agriculture adopted the key aspects of industrial farming that would later become known as the Green Revolution starting in 1945.
Arrangement
Bound volumes of summaries of county extension projects, arranged by county and year.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
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.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Washington State University. Agriculture Extension Service--Archives
- State College of Washington. Agriculture Extension Service.
- Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service.
Subject(s) :
- Washington State University. Agriculture Extension Service--Records and correspondence
Subject(s)
- Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--Administration--Archives
- Agriculture--Research--Washington (State)--Archives
- Washington (State)
- Colleges and Universities
- Agriculture
Detailed Description of Collection
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Adams 1927-1942; Asotin, 1934-1942; Benton, 1927-1942 1 item |
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Chelan/Clallam 1927-1942; Clark, 1930-1942 1 item |
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Columbia/Cowlitz/Douglas 1927-1942 1 item |
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Ferry 1934-1942 1 item |
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Franklin 1927-1942 1 item |
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Garfield/Grant 1934-1942 1 item |
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Grays Harbor 1927-1942 1 item |
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Island 1934-1942 1 item |
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Jefferson/King 1927-1942 1 item |
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Kitsap/Kittitas 1927-1942; Klickitat, 1934-1942 1 item |
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Lewis 1927-1942; Lincoln, 1932-1942 1 item |
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Mason 1927-1942; Okanogan, 1934-1942; Pacific, 1927-1942 1 item |
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Pend Oreille/Pierce 1927-1942 1 item |
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San Juan/Skagit 1927-1942 1 item |
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Snohomish 1927-1942 1 item |
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Spokane 1927-1942 1 item |
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Skamania/Stevens 1927-1942 1 item |
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Thurston/Wahkiakum 1927-1942 1 item |
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Walla Walla 1927-1942 1 item |
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Whatcom 1927-1942 1 item |
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Whitman, 1930-1942; Yakima, 1927-1942 1 item |
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