Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service

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Dates:
Active 1918
Active 1995

Biographical notes:

On July 24, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College's Board of Regents organized the Oregon Extension Service in response to requests from citizens of Oregon for assistance (particularly in agriculture) from the college. In May of 1914, nearly three years after Oregon had established its Extension Service, President Woodrow Wilson signed the federal Smith-Lever law, which provided federal money for the establishment of extension services in all states for developing off-campus programs, primarily in agriculture and home economics. The first home extension agents were hired in August 1917 to do wartime emergency work; several of the agents were retained by counties after World War I. By 1937, all counties had at least one county extension agent. During the Extension Service's first forty years, it concentrated on three traditional programmatic areas -- agriculture, home economics, and 4-H.

From the description of Extension bulletin illustrations photograph collection, 1915-1963 (bulk 1920-1946). (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181392771

From the guide to the Extension Bulletin Illustrations Photograph Collection, 1915-1963, 1920-1946, (Oregon State University Libraries)

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Subjects:

  • Agricultural extension work
  • Agricultural extension work
  • Agricultural laborers
  • Agricultural laborers
  • Agricultural machinery
  • Agriculturalmachinery
  • Agriculture
  • Agriculture
  • Children and youth
  • Crops
  • Crops
  • Home and Family
  • Home economics extension work
  • Home economics extensionwork
  • Japanese Americans
  • Livestock
  • Livestock
  • Mexican Americans
  • Native Americans
  • Oregon
  • Photographs
  • Ranching
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • 4-H Clubs
  • 4-H Clubs

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Places:

  • Oregon (as recorded)

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