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, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Dept. of 4-H Youth Development records, 1912-2009 [manuscript]

These records detail the programs and activities of the 4-H Youth Development program in North Carolina from 1912 to 1998. The files contain correspondence and memoranda, programs and brochures, reports, member lists, financial information, clippings, news releases, photographs, and writings and speeches. In addition, the records have been arranged to provide easily accessible information relating to 4-H camps, county club organizations, the 4-H Honor Club, and the state and national 4-H meetings.

48.5 linear ft. (18 cartons + 24 oversize boxes + 1 legal box)

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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...