Records, 1921-1952.

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Records, 1921-1952.

Arranged in 3 series: 1. Annual narrative reports compiled by individual extension agents by county or district, 1921-1944. 2. Nevada annual reports submitted by the Extension director, 1921-1929, 1938/39. 3. Miscellaneous records and annual reports, including News Service releases, 1927-1952. The narrative reports by the agents provide information on the programs offered to the state's population and document the years of depression, war, and post-war adjustment, and contain numerous photographs of rural Nevada towns, communities and inhabitants. The reports cover agricultural activities such as dairy, poultry, pest management, 4-H Club work, and home economics, including nutrition and sanitation. In many of the reports, local residents are named.

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Buol, Mary Stilwell.

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Creel, Cecil Willis, 1889-1968.

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Cecil Willis Creel became director of Agricultural Extension for the University in 1921, and except for 1942, in an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate, he continued to hold this position until his retirement in 1952. He was named Dean of the College of Agriculture in 1945, and held this position through 1949. During this time, Creel also served as consultant on Boulder Dam legislation and was a member of the land appraisal board (1929, 1931); was a member of the Emergency Relief and Constructi...

Albright, Archie.

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Beach, T. D.

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Schulz, Otto R.

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Miller, Orpha A.

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Hayes, M. Gertrude.

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Nevada Farm Bureau.

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Scott, V. E. (Vincent Edward), 1879-

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Higginbotham, Alfred L., 1895-1967.

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Alfred L. Higginbotham taught for more than 40 years in the Journalism Department; in 1965 the Department of Journalism was named in his honor. He assisted in founding the Nevada State Press Association in 1924; established the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1948; was advisor to the University chapters of Kappa Tau Alpha and Sigma Delta Chi; was active in professional college and university associations; served as a member of numerous university committees and boards; and as a public relations...

LeNoir, Ellen.

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Wood, Thella.

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Barker, Leah.

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Menke, Mark W.

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King, Thomas R. (Thomas Roy), 1934-

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Armstrong, Rhandena.

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Zimmerman, Hazel Louise

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Buckman, Thomas E.

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Thomas E. Buckman (1895-1977) graduated from the University of Nevada in 1921, and was a charter member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He served as Lyon county extension agent, 1921-1922, and Washoe county extension agent, 1923-1925, before joining the University of Nevada extension division as associate professor in 1925. He retired in 1955 as assistant director. From the description of Papers, 1920-1970. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 43438715 ...

Nevada Cooperative Extension

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The Nevada Cooperative Extension Service is one of the three branches of agricultural education and was founded in Nevada as a result of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, and is active in all counties in the state. From the description of Annual reports, 1962; 1973-1983. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 43056518 The Nevada Cooperative Extension Service is one of the three branches of agricultural education. Founded in Nevada as a result of the Smith-Lever Act of ...

Ahern, John F., 1936-

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Maloney, Paula E., 1959-

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Lane, Lassie.

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Mann, Marjorie F., 1961-

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Townsend, C. R.

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Brenner, Margaret W.

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Locke, Pearl.

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Reed, A. J.

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Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture. Cooperative Extension Service

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McEhinney, Flora E.

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Primeaux, Antoine.

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