Gaylord, Donald Clifton, 1902-1986
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Donald Gaylord was 4-H club agent, Tolland County, Conn., and animal husbandry specialist with University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service (1942-1965), of Storrs, Conn.
From the description of Donald and Margaret Gaylord papers, 1925-1984. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28415228
Donald Clifton Gaylord was born in Hartford, Connecticut on 9 September 1902 . He graduated from Connecticut Agricultural College (C.A.C.) in 1927 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture.
Upon graduation, Gaylord became the first 4-H Club Agent in Tolland County (CT). Three years later, he obtained a similar position in Litchfield County (CT). In 1942, he joined the University of Connecticut Extension Service as an animal husbandry specialist. He held this post until his retirement on 1 March 1965 .
Margaret G. Root Gaylord graduated from Connecticut Agricultural College (C.A.C.) in 1928.
Both their daughters attended the University as well. Margery Ellen Gaylord McBurney graduated in 1955 with a B.S. in Home Economics Education and received her Masters in Education in 1963. Janet Gaylord graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. degree in 1958.
From the guide to the Donald and Margaret Gaylord Papers., undated, 1925-1984, (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.)
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- Agricultural colleges
- Agricultural colleges
- Agricultural colleges
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural extension work
- Agricultural extension workers
- Agriculture
- Agriculture
- Animal culture
- Animal culture
- Universities and colleges
- Universities and colleges
- Universities and colleges
- Connecticut
- Connecticut
- Connecticut
- Connecticut Agricultural College
- Connecticut Societies, etc.
- Litchfield (Conn.) Societies, etc
- Mansfield (Conn.)
- Storrs (Conn.)
- Storrs (Conn.)
- Tolland County (Conn.)
- Tolland County (Conn.)
- University of Connecticut
- University of Connecticut. Cooperative Extension Service
- Women
- Women
- 4-H Clubs
- 4-H Clubs
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- Agricultural extension workers
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- Storrs (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Litchfield (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Connecticut (as recorded)
- Tolland County (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Tolland County (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Litchfield (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Mansfield (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Mansfield (Conn.) (as recorded)
- Storrs (Conn.) (as recorded)
