North Carolina State University, Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences records Bulk, 1930-1970 1903 - 1981

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North Carolina State University, Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences records Bulk, 1930-1970 1903 - 1981

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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 1981, although the bulk of the files are from 1930 - 1970.

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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

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Although extension activities began in the late nineteenth century with the formation of the North Carolina State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service was officially formed in 1914 with the passage of the Smith-Lever Act. Extension services provide education and programming in numerous subjects, among them agriculture, forestry, environmental sustainability, youth and family development, and community viability. From the descript...

McKimmon, Jane Simpson, 1867-1957

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First home demonstration agent for the state of North Carolina and author of Raleigh, N.C. From the description of Jane Simpson McKimmon papers, 1894-1919 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23743324 Jane Simpson McKimmon was the first home demonstration agent for the state of North Carolina, and an author of Raleigh, N.C. From the guide to the Jane Simpson McKimmon Papers, ., 1894-1919, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Col...

Farm and Home Week.

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Current, Ruth Augusta, 1901-1967.

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North Carolina State University. Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences.

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The Family and Consumer Sciences department of North Carolina State University's Cooperative Extension Service was originally known as Home Demonstration, and it evolved out of the efforts of Ira Obed Schaub, Jane S. McKimmon, and others, to develop farm boys' and girls' clubs. The girls' clubs worked under the direction of McKimmon and other agents to sell home-canned tomatoes, which expanded into other canning activities. These clubs eventually became known as 4-H clubs. ...