Center for Archival Collections

Introduction | Agency History | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The records of the Wood County Cooperative Extension Service were donated and transferred to the Center for Archival Collections by Doris Herringshaw on January 27, 1982.

No restrictions exist on the research use of this collection and duplication is permitted for research purposes. The collection was arranged and described by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts in June 2004.

Agency History

The Wood County Cooperative Extension Service serves as the local office of the cooperative network operated in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ohio State University to provide access to information in areas of agriculture, family and consumer science, 4-H Youth programs, and community development to local jurisdictions in Ohio.

Scope and Content

The records of the Wood County Cooperative Extension Service span the years from 1922 through 1975. Consisting primarily of annual reports written by both the agricultural extension agent and the home demonstration agent, the narratives include summaries of outreach activities with local farmers, women's organizations, and 4-H youth groups as part of the educational mission of the Extension Service. The earliest reports include some original photographs, and many of the summaries also contain clippings, circulars, and statistics of programs conducted by the agents. With the addition of a 4-H agent in later years, the reports also include enrollment sheets for various 4-H clubs in the county.

Series Description

REPORTS

ANNUAL REPORTS
1922-1975
Arranged chronologically
Annual reports of the County Home Demonstration Agent and the County Agricultural Extension Agent, issued jointly or independently in various years. Includes some miscellaneous reports such as 4-H Club enrollment sheets or Farmers' Institutes for various scattered years. Early reports include some photographs.

Inventory

Box 1

Folders

1. Annual reports, 1922-1924
2. Annual reports, 1924-1925
3. Annual reports, 1925-1926
4. Annual reports, 1926-1927
5. Annual reports, 1927-1928
6. Annual reports, 1928-1929
7. Annual reports, 1929-1930

Box 2

1. Annual reports, 1930-1931
2. Annual reports, 1931-1932
3. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1932-1933
4. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1932-1933

Box 3

1. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1933-1934
2. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1933-1934
3. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1934-1935
4. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1934-1935

Box 4

1. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1936-1937
2. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1936-1937
3. Annual reports - 4-H & Farmers Institutes, 1936-1937
4. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1937-1938

Box 5

1. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1937-1938
2. Annual reports - 4-H Club sheets, 1930-1946
3. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1938-1939
4. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1938-1939
5. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1939-1940
6. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1939-1940

Box 6

1. Annual reports - 4-H & Farmers Institutes, 1939-1941
2. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1940-1941
3. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1940-1941
4. Annual reports - 4-H & Farmers Institutes, 1941-1942
5. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1941-1942
6. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1941-1942
7. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1942-1943
8. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1942-1943
9. Annual reports - 4-H, 1942-1943

Box 7

1. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1943-1944
2. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1943-1944
3. Annual reports - 4-H & Farmer's Institutes, 1938-1944
4. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1944-1945
5. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1944-1945
6. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1945-1946
7. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1945-1946

Box 8

1. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1946-1947
2. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1946-1947
3. Annual reports - 4-H, 1947-1950
4. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1947-1948
5. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1947-1948
6. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1948-1949
7. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1948-1949

Box 9

1. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1949-1950
2. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1949-1950
3. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1950-1951
4. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1950-1951
5. Annual reports - Agricultural Extension, 1951-1952
6. Annual reports - Home Demonstration, 1951-1952
7. Annual reports, 1952-1953

Box 10

1. Annual reports, 1953-1954
2. Annual reports, 1954-1955
3. Annual reports - 4-H, 1952-1955
4. Annual reports, 1955-1956
5. Annual reports - 4-H, 1955-1956
6. Annual reports, 1956-1957
7. Annual reports - 4-H, 1956-1957

Box 11

1. Annual reports, 1957-1958
2. Annual reports - 4-H, 1957-1958
3. Annual reports, 1958-1959
4. Annual reports - 4-H, 1958-1959
5. Annual reports, 1959-1960

Box 12

1. Annual reports - 4-H, 1959-1960
2. Annual reports, 1960-1961
3. Annual reports - 4-H, 1960-1961
4. Annual reports, 1961-1962
5. Annual reports - 4-H, 1961-1962
6. Annual reports, 1963
7. Annual reports - 4-H, 1963

Box 13

1. Annual reports, 1964
2. Annual reports, 1965
3. Annual reports, 1966
4. Annual reports - 4-H, 1966
5. Annual reports, 1967
6. Annual reports, 1968
7. Annual reports, 1969-1970
8. Annual reports, 1970-1971
9. Annual reports, 1971-1972
10. Annual reports, 1972-1973

Box 14

1. Annual reports - 4-H, 1972-1973
2. Annual reports, 1973-1974
3. Annual reports, 1974-1975
4. Annual reports - 4-H, 1974-1975

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