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Gardner, M. E. (Monroe Evans)
Size: 3.75 linear feet (6 archival boxes, 1 archival legal box) Collection ID: MC 00167
Includes correspondence, newspaper articles, typewritten manuscripts, printed publications, photographs and ephemera that belonged to North Carolina State University Professor Emeritus M. E. Gardner. The collection spans Gardner's academic, professional and retirement years. The material dates from 1910 to 1975.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Size: 11.5 linear feet (1 legal box, 2 albums, 1 halfbox, 1 drawings box) Collection ID: MC 00243
The Monticello Architectural Records contain architectural and archaeological data pertaining to the restoration and preservation of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Included are copies of publications; microfilm of field notes and drawings of Milton L. Grigg, restoration architect; ...
MoreThe Monticello Architectural Records contain architectural and archaeological data pertaining to the restoration and preservation of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Included are copies of publications; microfilm of field notes and drawings of Milton L. Grigg, restoration architect; photographs, slides and drawings of grounds, buildings, and furnishings. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation was incorporated in 1923. In that year, the Foundation purchased Monticello and strove to restore and preserve the historic home. Now known as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the group operates the house, the gardens, the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, a museum shop, the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, and the Monticello Visitors Center. Monticello is located on 5,000 acres in Charlottesville, Virginia. Construction of Monticello began in 1769 and was completed in 1784.
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Size: 112.59 gigabytes (437 files); 0.2 linear feet (1 folder) Collection ID: KC 0044
Size: 20 linear feet (41 archival storage boxes) Collection ID: MC 00282
The Murry O. Phillips Papers contain photographic slides, overhead transparencies, films strips, papers, scrapbooks, and ephemera related to Phillips lengthy career in agriculture and agricultural education in the state of North Carolina. Additionally there is material documenting M. O. Phillips's involvement with the development of ...
MoreThe Murry O. Phillips Papers contain photographic slides, overhead transparencies, films strips, papers, scrapbooks, and ephemera related to Phillips lengthy career in agriculture and agricultural education in the state of North Carolina. Additionally there is material documenting M. O. Phillips's involvement with the development of the town of Coats, North Carolina, and material documenting Phillips's participation with the Future Farmers of America. The collection also includes an extensive slide collection created by Phillips that highlights the beauty of rural North Carolina, as well as personal slides, photographs,and papers. Murry O. Phillips (1913-2000) taught vocational agriculture in Harnett County, N.C., and then served as the Chief Curriculum Specialist and Supervisor for curriculum development in vocational education for the North Carolina Department of Public Education. Phillips was a pioneer in the use of audiovisual material in the classroom. Phillips received corporate grants that allowed him to perfect techniques related to the presentation of classroom materials using ditto machines, thermofaxes, and 35 mm slides
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W. Atlee Burpee Company, Henry A. Dreer (Firm), D.M. Ferry & Co.
Size: 0.5 linear feet (1 archival box) Collection ID: MC 00728
NC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Seed Catalogs contains publications from seed companies and garden stores, including Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Seed Store, and D. M. Ferry and Co. These publications are seed catalogs and garden books. The date span is 1905 to 1975. Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer ...
MoreNC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Seed Catalogs contains publications from seed companies and garden stores, including Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Seed Store, and D. M. Ferry and Co. These publications are seed catalogs and garden books. The date span is 1905 to 1975. Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Company, and D.M. Ferry & Co. began publishing seed catalogs starting in the 19th Century. Seed catalogs provide photos and information on various seeds for sale including flowers, vegetables, fruits, and other plants.
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Prestwood, William Thomas, 1788-1859, Browder, Nathaniel C., 1904-
Size: 1.5 linear feet (3 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00098
Nathaniel C. Browder Collection of Cryptography Manuals and William Thomas Prestwood Diaries, includes twenty-eight original Prestwood diaries, most of which are encrypted, and enlarged copies of several of the diaries. Also included are a copy of The Enciphered Diary of William Thomas Prestwood 1808-1859, a description and ...
MoreNathaniel C. Browder Collection of Cryptography Manuals and William Thomas Prestwood Diaries, includes twenty-eight original Prestwood diaries, most of which are encrypted, and enlarged copies of several of the diaries. Also included are a copy of The Enciphered Diary of William Thomas Prestwood 1808-1859, a description and transcription of the diaries produced by Nathaniel Browder, and two of Browder's World War II-era cryptography manuals. Nathaniel C. Browder worked as a cryptographer during and after World War II. After his retirement he worked on a number of genealogical and local history projects. Among these projects was the researching, deciphering, transcribing, and editing of William Thomas Prestwood's diaries. William Thomas Prestwood, a descendant of the influential Coker family, wrote a ciphered diary from 1808 until his death in 1859.
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Anderson, Norman D.
Size: 31.6 linear feet (11 boxes, 22 legal boxes, 2 half boxes, 2 flat boxes, 12 notecard boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize flatbox); 209 megabytes Collection ID: MC 00432
The Norman D. Anderson Collection on Ferris Wheels and Related Materials contains manuscript materials, newsletters, research files, photographs, postcards, and publications on Ferris wheels, amusement parks, and related subjects. The primary subject of the collection is the Ferris wheel. While the focus of the material is the Ferris ...
MoreThe Norman D. Anderson Collection on Ferris Wheels and Related Materials contains manuscript materials, newsletters, research files, photographs, postcards, and publications on Ferris wheels, amusement parks, and related subjects. The primary subject of the collection is the Ferris wheel. While the focus of the material is the Ferris wheel, there is also information relating to the history of amusement parks, amusement park preservation (or lack thereof), the amusement manufacturing industry and workers in the industry, as well as other material. Included are photographs and material about the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, as well as other World's Fairs. Dr. Norman D. Anderson is a Professor Emeritus of Science Education at North Carolina State University. In 1994 he retired after 31 years of teaching at North Carolina State University. He is a collector of materials on Ferris wheels and an ardent researcher of the Ferris wheel. Anderson authored the book Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History, published in 1992, and he is coauthor of the 1983 children's book, Ferris Wheels as well as several science books for children. Dr. Norman Anderson produced and edited the "Ferris Wheel News."
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Size: 1.5 linear feet (3 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00110
This collection includes files on various agricultural organizations within North Carolina, as well as North Carolina's chapters of national organizations. Files contain a variety of materials, including brochures and pamphlets, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and other assorted paper items. Materials range in date from ...
MoreThis collection includes files on various agricultural organizations within North Carolina, as well as North Carolina's chapters of national organizations. Files contain a variety of materials, including brochures and pamphlets, meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, and other assorted paper items. Materials range in date from 1887 to 1986. This is an artificial collection, created and maintained by an unknown person, office, or department at North Carolina State University. This collection was transferred to the Special Collections Research Center at an unknown time, and originally housed as part of the Student and Other Organizations Records (UA 021) in the University Archives, and known as the "Non-University Orgranizations" subgroup.
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North Carolina Agricultural Research Service
Size: 127 linear feet (61 cartons, 59 archival boxes, 1 legal box, 2 oversize flat boxes, 1 archival half box, 1 oversize box, 2 flat folders,); 2 websites Collection ID: UA 101.001
The records of the Office of the Associate Dean and Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service contain reports, correspondence, programs, publications, speeches, minutes, financial information, and committees relating to agricultural research and experiment stations. Also included are materials on the United States ...
MoreThe records of the Office of the Associate Dean and Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service contain reports, correspondence, programs, publications, speeches, minutes, financial information, and committees relating to agricultural research and experiment stations. Also included are materials on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Fiftieth Anniversary of the research stations, the Tennessee Valley Authority, agricultural products, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, individual college departments and their role in experiment station research, and the National Pickle Packers Association. Records include a letter book of the director. Materials range in date from 1878 to present. The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1877, and transferred from the State of North Carolina to the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University) in 1889. The Station was jointly run by the two groups, and became a source of contention between the State Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979, the Agricultural Experiment Station was renamed the Agricultural Research Service.
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Size: 4.9 linear feet (1 legal box, 1 flat box, 17 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00225
The North Carolina Buildings Collection includes drawings, specifications, construction contracts, and correspondence relating to individual buildings in North Carolina. Unbuilt projects are included. The finding aid contains a description for each project, including the name of the architect(s), a brief description of the project, ...
MoreThe North Carolina Buildings Collection includes drawings, specifications, construction contracts, and correspondence relating to individual buildings in North Carolina. Unbuilt projects are included. The finding aid contains a description for each project, including the name of the architect(s), a brief description of the project, and an inventory of documents. Projects are arranged by type of building. The late 19th century saw radical changes in building practices in North Carolina, brought about by the rise of professional architects and contractors, increased industrialization, and the standardization of building components. Population booms between 1900 and 1940 precipitated increased construction, and suburbs emerged where major cities doubled or tripled their populations during this period. Increasingly, professional architects were responsible for the design of housing, as well as commercial, industrial and civic buildings. In 1905, North Carolina became one of the earliest states to enact a uniform building code. The North Carolina Architectural Association (NCAA) was formed by a group of Charlotte architects in 1909. Their aims were ultimately to form a North Carolina Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and to promote the passage of an architectural Practice Act Bill in the General Assembly. The North Carolina Chapter of AIA, chartered in 1913, regulated fees to eliminate unfair competition and provided a code of ethics for professional standards. The Practice Act Bill, ratified in 1915, provided for the examination and licensing of architects. A similar "Act to Regulate the Practice of General Contracting," passed in 1925, regulated the construction industry. Regulation of architectural and building industries led to increased uniformity in working drawings and specifications for buildings, as national industry standards for drafting and construction were followed. Still largely rural and conservative following World War II, North Carolina nevertheless made rapid economic and architectural progress. The 1950s found the state on the cutting edge of architectural development, as the internationally renowned faculty of the School of Design at North Carolina State College vigorously promoted modernism as the only "correct" style. Modernism was embraced for governmental and institutional buildings, while housing remained, for the most part, rooted in traditional forms.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Size: 33.5 linear feet (55 archival boxes, 4 cartons); 18 megabytes Collection ID: UA 102.002
These records contain annual reports from Cooperative Extension Service programs throughout their history in North Carolina. Also included are plans of work and annual statements of objectives and goals for the coming year for many of the same programs. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since ...
MoreThese records contain annual reports from Cooperative Extension Service programs throughout their history in North Carolina. Also included are plans of work and annual statements of objectives and goals for the coming year for many of the same programs. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Size: 65.6 linear feet (99 archival storage boxes, 10 cartons, 2 legal-size boxes, 2 flat folders); 262 megabytes; 13 files; 1 website Collection ID: UA 102.200
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service publications contain a wide variety of published material relating to the activities, aims, functions, and programs of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Through the years, the Service's mission has encompassed agricultural education, agricultural extension work, home ...
MoreThe North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service publications contain a wide variety of published material relating to the activities, aims, functions, and programs of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Through the years, the Service's mission has encompassed agricultural education, agricultural extension work, home demonstration work, and rural extension. In 1909, the Service played a vital role in establishing boys' clubs, which later became 4-H clubs. Through the Home Demonstration Department (later Department of Family and Consumer Sciences), girls' clubs were soon added to the programs available for young people. The records represent both single and serialized items. Materials range in date from 1916 to 2022, and include archived web cotent. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the Cooperative Extension Service.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Size: 79.85 linear feet (57 boxes, 1 card box, 2 flat boxes, 1 flat folder, 1 legal box, 27 slide boxes, 27 cartons); 485 megabytes; 29 files Collection ID: UA 102.050
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, County Operations Records contain administrative records of the County Operations office, as well as records from individual county offices. The county offices represented are Alamance, Dare, Hertford, McDowell, Pamlico, Rutherford, and Person. The Alamance County Records contain ...
MoreThe North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, County Operations Records contain administrative records of the County Operations office, as well as records from individual county offices. The county offices represented are Alamance, Dare, Hertford, McDowell, Pamlico, Rutherford, and Person. The Alamance County Records contain photographs, publications, and yearbooks from the North Carolina Home Demonstration Club and the Alamance Extension Homemakers Club. The Dare County records contain photos, yearbooks, meeting minutes, publications, files, newsletters, slides, and negatives. The amjority of the materials are related to summer camps and the extension homemakers association. The Pamlico County records comprises reports filed by county extension agents, including a record of county agent work from 1922-1935. The McDowell County records contain scrapbooks, photographs, publications, slides, and meeting minutes. The Hertford County records include a history of extension work in the county, reports, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks. The Rutherford County records include photographs of extension events, slides, and a narrative history. The Person County records contain slides featuring presentations and photographs. The materials in the Other Counties series represent all one hundred counties in North Carolina, and include farm census summaries, histories of extension work, agents lists, and publications. In November of 1907 North Carolina appointed its first white county agent, James A. Butler, for the purpose of educating farmers on productive farming techniques. The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, located at A & M College, hired Neil Alexander Bailey as its first African American agricultural extension agent on November 1, 1910. As a result of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, land-grant universities were authorized to begin cooperative extension work with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Smith-Lever Act made provisions for the use of County Extension agents to educate farmers, provide help in farming, and help with 4-H Clubs and Home Demonstration agents to provide help in running a farm household and provide health information. County and Home Demonstration agents work in cooperation with North Carolina State University and North Carolina A and T.
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North Carolina State University. Department of 4-H Youth Development
Size: 74.6 linear feet (35 cartons, 24 oversize boxes, 1 legal box, 5 flat folders, 1 oversize flat box,); 629.115 megabytes; 1 website Collection ID: UA 102.010
These records detail the programs and activities of the 4-H Youth Development program in North Carolina from 1912 to 2012. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, programs and brochures, reports, member lists, financial information, clippings, news releases, photographs, and writings and speeches. The records have been ...
MoreThese records detail the programs and activities of the 4-H Youth Development program in North Carolina from 1912 to 2012. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, programs and brochures, reports, member lists, financial information, clippings, news releases, photographs, and writings and speeches. The records have been arranged to provide easily accessible information relating to 4-H camps, county club organizations, the 4-H Honor Club, and the state and national 4-H meetings. In 1909, North Carolina State College signed a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to cooperatively develop Farmers' Boys' Clubs, or Corn Clubs. The first such club was formed in 1909, and the first for girls in 1911. In 1926, these now-extensive clubs were merged under a single banner, to become the state 4-H program. By the 1950s, North Carolina 4-H was one of the largest such programs in the nation.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Size: 14.5 linear feet (27 archival storage boxes, 2 flat boxes); 1 websites Collection ID: UA 102.018
The North Carolina State University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Records contain reports, questionnaires, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, bound volumes, manuscripts, awards, tributes, newsletters, minutes, pamphlets, and labels. A large percentage of the records come from the office of ...
MoreThe North Carolina State University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Records contain reports, questionnaires, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, bound volumes, manuscripts, awards, tributes, newsletters, minutes, pamphlets, and labels. A large percentage of the records come from the office of the director. The records pertain to the activities of the Home Demonstration and Home Economics departments, which are currently known as the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, part of the Cooperative Extension Service in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The records date from 1903, prior to the organization's inception, through 2010s, although the bulk of the files are from 1930 - 1970.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Size: 3.5 linear feet (4 archival boxes, 1 carton,) Collection ID: UA 102.005
These records contain historical overviews and administrative papers belonging to the Office of the Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service. Included in the collection are correspondence, workplans, annual statements of objectives, and other material related to home demonstration work, the ...
MoreThese records contain historical overviews and administrative papers belonging to the Office of the Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service. Included in the collection are correspondence, workplans, annual statements of objectives, and other material related to home demonstration work, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), rural development, farm education programs, 4-H, and the North Carolina State Fair. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the Cooperative Extension Service.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Size: 137.65 linear feet (247 archival boxes, 5 legal boxes, 2 half boxes, 3 flatboxes, 5 cartons, 2 flatfolders, 1 oversize flatbox); 324 megabytes (116 Files); 1 website Collection ID: UA 102.001
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Office of the Director Records contain correspondence, memoranda, brochures, budgets, reports, project agreements, legal documents, datasets, training documents, scrapbooks, videocassettes, photographs, CD-ROMs, and floppy disks. Topics covered include the day-to-day administrative ...
MoreThe North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Office of the Director Records contain correspondence, memoranda, brochures, budgets, reports, project agreements, legal documents, datasets, training documents, scrapbooks, videocassettes, photographs, CD-ROMs, and floppy disks. Topics covered include the day-to-day administrative functions of Cooperative Extension, special training programs, awards ceremonies, state legislation, projects funded by the Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, partnerships with commercial agricultural growers' associations, and the civil case Philip Bazemore versus William Friday. Materials range in date from 1907 to 2010. From its inception as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, North Carolina State University has been deeply involved in outreach and extension work. In the 1890s and early 1900s, college personnel took part in numerous Farmer's Institutes statewide, where they and state Agriculture Department personnel met with local farmers to discuss farm improvement techniques. In 1907 James A. Butler became North Carolina's first county agent, hired to conduct demonstration work in boll weevil eradication. Greatly boosting extension work, the 1914 Smith-Lever Act provided for federal, state, and county cooperation in creating a system to expand demonstration and extension work for men and women. The law authorized land-grant colleges to sign memoranda of understanding with the United States Department of Agriculture to begin such work. With this, NC State created a new Department of Extension. The county offices report to Extension administration, based jointly at NC State University and North Carolina A&T University. Through this system, Cooperative Extension aims to disseminate information about food and agriculture, health and nutrition, and youth development. This is accomplished through partnerships, programs, publications, and expertise on the local level.
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Size: 267.75 linear feet (5 legal boxes, 9 flat boxes, 4 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize box, 168 cartons); 46 kilobytes; 1 file Collection ID: UA 102.100
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Personnel records contain budget, payroll, and salary files, personnel lists and directories, correspondence, personnel files, and other administrative files. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the ...
MoreThe North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Personnel records contain budget, payroll, and salary files, personnel lists and directories, correspondence, personnel files, and other administrative files. Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
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North Carolina State University. Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
Size: 151.93 linear feet (64 cartons, 103 cardboxes, 9 flatboxes, 1 archival half box); 2 websites Collection ID: UA 102.041
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Records contain materials on plant samples sent to the clinic, clinic lab records, publications, bibliographies, and slides. Materials range in date from the 1930s to 1999. The Plant Disease and Insect Clinic at NC State University provides plant ...
MoreThe North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Records contain materials on plant samples sent to the clinic, clinic lab records, publications, bibliographies, and slides. Materials range in date from the 1930s to 1999. The Plant Disease and Insect Clinic at NC State University provides plant disease diagnostic and insect identification services to help the people of North Carolina grow healthy plants and crops. Homeowners, gardeners, landscape architects, and farmers may submit samples to the clinic for analysis. Specialists will then recommend ways to treat or prevent the problem.The Plant Disease and Insect Clinic was established as the Plant Disease Clinic in the Department of Plant Pathology at NC State in 1951. With the addition of entomologists from the Department of Entomology in 1970, it became the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. The Plant Disease and Insect Clinic is a member of the National Plant Diagnostic Network and the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network.
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North Carolina Extension and Community Association
Size: 99.25 linear feet (76 boxes, 4 legal boxes, 1 oversize legal box, 7 oversize flat boxes, 11 flat boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 3 half boxes, 1 album, 23 cartons); 1 website Collection ID: UA 102.052
The records of the North Carolina Extension and Community Association document the activities of the association from 1916 to 2011, with the bulk of the records falling between 1929 and 1975. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, programs and brochures, reports, meeting minutes and agenda, member lists, financial ...
MoreThe records of the North Carolina Extension and Community Association document the activities of the association from 1916 to 2011, with the bulk of the records falling between 1929 and 1975. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, programs and brochures, reports, meeting minutes and agenda, member lists, financial information, clippings, news releases, photographs, and handbooks and yearbooks. The association was organized in 1920 as the Federation of Home Bureaus, and the name changed to the Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs in 1924. An African-American organization was formed in 1940, and it integrated with its white counterpart in 1966. The current designation was assumed in 1995.
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