The C. H. Kirkman Papers contains pamphlets, instructional guides, training manuals, reports, monthly newsletters, conferences, member communications, and Farmer Cooperatives Service (FCS) information and educational aids, and Cooperative Information Reports (CIR), and other items related to cooperatives and extension services from 1958 to 1985.
Clark Harrison Kirkman (1920-2007) worked in agricultural extension in North Carolina, as director of member relations for Farmers Cooperative Exchange (FCX) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and as a Cooperative Education Specialist with United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. Kirkman taught hundreds of workshops and training sessions on cooperatives across the United States, developed more than 55 publications of unique educational materials on cooperatives, worked with a broad network of professionals and organizations in support of cooperatives, and was instrumental in developing public/private partnerships to document the value of cooperatives in rural and community development.
Clark Harrison Kirkman (1920-2007) worked in agricultural extension in North Carolina, as director of member relations for Farmers Cooperative Exchange (FCX) in Raleigh, North Carolina, and as a Cooperative Education Specialist with United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. Kirkman taught hundreds of workshops and training sessions on cooperatives across the United States, developed more than 55 publications of unique educational materials on cooperatives, worked with a broad network of professionals and organizations in support of cooperatives, and was instrumental in developing public/private partnerships to document the value of cooperatives in rural and community development.
For the first 18 years of his career, Kirkman served as assistant county agent or county extension chair in seven different North Carolina counties, working in rural areas on organizing watersheds, farm planning, farmer education, 4-H club activities including national sheep shearing championship teams, and developing the first integrated budget for the North Carolina State Extension Service at the county level. In 1961, he became director of member relations for Farmers Cooperative Exchange (FCX) in Raleigh, North Carolina and in 1967, he became a Cooperative Education Specialist with United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. until his retirement in 1983.
National recognition of Kirkman's work culminated in 1994 when a partnership of the District of Columbia, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), and the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) established at University of the District of Colombia the C. H. Kirkman, Jr. Resource Library for Cooperatives in his honor. The Library exemplifies Mr. Kirkman’s life philosophy of education, commitment, character and cooperation. He received numerous other special awards and honors in recognition of his achievements, including the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from the State of North Carolina.
Clark Harrison Kirkman (1920-2007) was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, on February 23, 1920. He received his Bachelors in Agriculture at North Carolina State University in 1941 and Masters of Science in 1957. Mr. Kirkman served in the United States Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from 1944 to 1946.Mr. Kirkman died November 7, 2007 at Glenaire Retirement Center in Cary, North Carolina. He was 87 years old.
The C. H. Kirkman Papers contains pamphlets, instructional guides, training manuals, reports, monthly newsletters, conferences, member communications, and Farmer Cooperatives Service (FCS) information and educational aids, and Cooperative Information Reports (CIR), and other items related to cooperatives and extension services from 1958 to 1985.
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[Identification of item], C. H. Kirkman Papers, MC 00385, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Material donated by Adrianna and Benson Kirkman, 2008 (Accession no. 2008-0267)
Processed by: Vivian Phinizy, 2012 August; Finding aid by: Vivian Phinizy, 2012 August
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[Identification of item], C. H. Kirkman Papers, MC 00385, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.