Papers, 1917-1971.

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Papers, 1917-1971.

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Correspondence, financial records, photographs, published articles, speeches, autobiographical manuscripts, and printed material relating to agriculture. Papers are primarily personal in nature; material relating to Davis's tenure as Director of the Extension Service is limited. Includes scattered material relating to Davis' work with Southern Railway and his connection with the periodical Progressive Farmer. Also includes limited material on relations between the Extension Service and the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation in the late 1930s.

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Auburn University.

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Auburn University.

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Alabama Farm Bureau Federation

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Alabama Cooperative Extension Service

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Corn and tomato clubs, which became the 4-H Clubs, were significant in the development of cooperative extension. The clubs involved boys and girls in competitive growing of stocks and crops, and exposed them to progressive farming techniques. From the description of Oral History Interviews, 1983. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 27990566 The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service is headquartered at Auburn University, with offices in each of the state's 67 counties. C...

WAPI (Radio Station: Birmingham)

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Duncan, Luther N.

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Auburn Woman's Club.

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Davis, P. O. (Posey Oliver), 1890-1973

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Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (1937-1959), Auburn University, Alabama. Prior to his tenure as the Extension Service Director, Davis was a horticulturalist with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (1916-1917), an agriculturalist with Southern Railway (1917-1918), worked with boys's 4-H Clubs (1918-1920), worked with the periodical Progressive Farmer (1920), and served as director of publicity at Auburn University. From the description of Papers, 1917-1971. (A...

Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...