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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 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. Less

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 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. Less

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 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. Less

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 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. Less

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Extension Council Records contain Extention Council minutes and supporting documents. Also included is North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service State Advisory Council's official website. The State Advisory Council, through strong advocacy, communication efforts, committed Advisory leadership and engaged citizens, helps to ensure that every community in the state participates in and claims ownership in NC State Extension programs. Less

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 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. Less

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 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. Less

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 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. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Committees contain correspondence, publications, memoranda, minutes, reports, and resolutions recording the activities of the College's committees. Materials range in date from 1929 to 2008. The committees of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences reflect the academic, research, extension, and administrative activities of the College. Currently there are 24 active committees within the College. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University College Agricultural Institute contain Advisory Council files, brochures, catalogs, committee records, correspondence, minutes, research reports, and award plaques. Materials range in date from 1959 to 1998. The Agricultural Institute was created in 1959 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly, and its courses were first taught in the Fall 1960 semester. Academically, the Agricultural Institute was created to offer a two-year associate degree program in Applied Science for those students desiring technical agricultural training but not requiring a four-year degree. This set-up remains to the present day. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Agricultural Policy Institute contain correspondence, minutes, reports, seminar and meeting information, publications, and other general records. Materials range in date from 1961 to 1970. The Agricultural Policy Institute was created in 1960 via a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, and was run by the Department of Agricultural Economics (which later merged into the Department of Economics and is currently called the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics). The Institute's mission was primarily an educational one, and it set forth to study the economic issues facing the South and to aid the formation of public policy in confronting these issues. The Institute was disbanded in 1970. Less

The records of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems at North Carolina State University include a publication on sustainable agriculture in North Carolina from 2009-2010. North Carolina State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University established the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at the Cherry Farm facility near Goldsboro, N.C., in 1994. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics contain correspondence, contracts, minutes, reports and papers, publications, and departmental information documenting the department's academic, administrative, and extension activities. Materials range in date from 1922 to 2008. Agricultural Economics was first offered as a course of study in 1897 as a part of the agricultural curriculum. By 1927, Agricultural Administration had become a full department and was transferred to the School of Agriculture. Shortly thereafter, its name was changed to Agricultural Economics. In 1965, the department merged in the Department of Economics. By 1990, this program had grown so large that it was split once again, and a new Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics was created. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Animal Science contain correspondence, newsletters, memoranda, personnel records, brochures and other publications, reports, and grant applications concerning animal husbandry, animal science courses, 4-H, swine evaluation stations, research stations, the North Carolina Cattlemen's Association, 4-H horse shows, horse husbandry and judging, the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, the Institute of Nutrition, and sheep. Also included are records of Swine Husbandry Extension. Materials range in date from 1920 to 2012. Beginning with research and programs in animal husbandry during the early years of the university, the Department of Animal Industry was established during the 1920s. In 1962, it became the Department of Animal Science. Throughout its history, the department has overseen work done through the research stations, the experiment stations, and 4-H. Less

The Department of Communication Services Records contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, news releases, clippings, subject files, plans of work and annual reports, an extensive collection of photographs, negatives, slides, and CD-ROMs and related material concerning the work of the department. Materials range in date from 1926 to 2012. The Department of Communication Services provided communication leadership and innovation for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to further the mission of North Carolina State University. The department delivered timely, accurate, research-based information to improve the quality of life for citizens of North Carolina, facilitated the effective transfer of information between clients and their audiences, trained and advised clients in effective communications, and provided communications services.By 2013, Communication Services was no longer a department under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It merged with Creative Services to become one of the three units under University Communications. The other units are News Services and Web Communications. Less

The North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Records include proceedings of a Graduate Student Research Symposium held March 25, 2000. An interdepartmental program in Toxicology has existed at NC State since 1964, through a National Institute of Health Program grant that was continuously funded for 32 years. In 1979, the first graduate degrees were awarded (Master of Toxicology, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy). In 1989, the Department of Toxicology was established and in 2001 the department was relocated to the Toxicology Building on Centennial Campus. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences contains brochures, correspondence, faculty and undergraduate lists, historical material, program information, publications, project reports, conferences, slide sets, videocassettes, and digital media. Most of the project files pre-date the official founding of the department, and were performed in conjunction with the Agricultural Experiment Station. Materials range in date from 1945 to 2014. The Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences was established in July, 1961, as the Department of Food Science and Processing in the School of Agriculture. The study of food science at NC State University, however, began in 1918, when the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station began pasteurizing milk at the creamery it ran in Patterson Hall. In 1962 the name was changed to the Department of Food Science, and in 2007 to the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences. Less

The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Science contain newsletters, budget information, academic and administrative reports, departmental publications, memoranda, information regarding departmental programs and events, slides, photographs, lantern slides, and glass plate negatives. Also included are publications produced with the North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers' Association. Materials range in date from the 1900s to 1990s.This collection also includes a large amount of photographic materials including Kodachrome slides, lantern slides, photographs, and negatives. Much of this material is undated. The Kodachrome slides appear to be from the 1940s to the 1970s. The lantern slides and glass plate negatives date to the early twentieth century and depict the planting, harvesting, sorting, packaging, and selling of crops. The lantern slides were hand colored by Effie Brown Earll Slingerland, an artist and advocate for women's suffrage. With the founding of NC State College in 1889, five academic divisions were created, one of which was the department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany. Following the general reorganization of the School of Agriculture in 1923, the horticultural extension work performed outside the department became fully integrated with the academic and research activities of the department. Today, the Department of Horticultural Science occupies Kilgore Hall (constructed in 1952), employs over fifty faculty, and continues to play an important role in state-wide horticultural research and extension. The department assumed its current name in 1962. Less

The records for the North Carolina State University Department of Microbiology contain general administrative files, department head correspondence, financial records, departmental reviews, annual reports, information about faculty research projects, information about graduate fellowships and assistantships, and a large amount of grant and trust fund records. Included is information about research at the Agricultural Experiment Station, research done with the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP), records from the Institute of Biological Sciences, information about Sweet Acidophilus Milk research, and Gardner Hall renovation plans. Courses in bacteriology have been offered at North Carolina State University since 1894-1895, when one course was offered through the Department of Horticulture, Aboriculture, and Botany. In the following decades, the program gradually expanded as several new courses were added. During the 1950s bacteriology began to establish a larger presence at North Carolina State College. Increased faculty support led to more research, course offerings, and funding. The program continued to grow with the approval of a doctoral degree in 1961, and the Department of Microbiology was officially established in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1965. As of 2010, the Department of Microbiology employs over fifteen faculty members and enrolls over 35 graduate students. It offers a doctoral degree, three Master's degrees, and an undergraduate major and minor. Less