North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Dept. of 4-H Youth Development records, 1912-2009 [manuscript]
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North Carolina State University. Dept. of 4-H Youth Development.
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In 1909, North Carolina State College signed a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to cooperatively develop Farmers' Boys' Clubs, or Corn Clubs. The first such club was formed in 1909, and the first for girls in 1911. In 1926, these now-extensive clubs were merged under a single banner, to become the state 4-H program. By the 1950s, North Carolina 4-H was one of the largest such programs in the nation. From the description of North Carolina State ...
Harrill, L. R.
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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...