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By Mary A. Sego

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Collection Overview

Title: Purdue University, College of Agriculture Extension reports, 1913-1972

Predominant Dates:1940-1969

Extent: 126.0 Cubic feet

Arrangement:

*Please note that it is best to search by county. The reports were processed at two different times, due to the fact that some were located at a later date. Some older reports may be interspersed with the more recent years.

For the most part, the reports are arranged alphabetically by Indiana county and then chronologically.

Date Acquired: 10/01/2010

Subjects: 4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.), Agricultural extension work--Indiana, Home demonstration work, Home economics, Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service

Forms of Material: Brochures, Bulletins, Clippings (Information artifacts), Correspondence, Ephemera, Newsletters, Photographic prints, Programs, Reports

Languages: English

Abstract

Annual reports compiled by the Indiana Agricultural Agents and Home Demonstration Agents and beginning in the 1960s, the Cooperative Extension Agents

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The College of Agriculture Extension reports (1913-1972; 126 cubic feet) documents the annual reports of the ninety-two Indiana counties' extension work; some include agricultural agent work, home demonstration work and beginning in the 1960s, cooperative extension work. There is a rich collection of photographs from some counties during the earliest years and beyond. Some reports feature a “farm family of the year” among the documentation. Types of materials include: bulletins, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs and reports.

Subject/Index Terms

4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)
Agricultural extension work--Indiana
Home demonstration work
Home economics
Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite; 24 hours notice is required to access the collection.

Use Restrictions: Purdue University

Acquisition Source: College of Agriculture, Janet Bechman and Margaret Titus.

Acquisition Method: Transfer of records received from Margaret Titus on October 22, 2010.

Processing Information: Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained. All materials have been housed in acid-free boxes.

Finding Aid Revision History: Date range for collection updated 1/11/13

Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/ag_exten6.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Extension reports, 1910-1969: Please see pdf finding aid for complete box contents and available years.
Box 1: Adams, 1939-1969 and Allen 1943-1969 County Extension reports
Box 61: Adams 1915-1959 County Extension reports
Box 62: Allen 1921-1958 County Extension reports
Box 2: Bartholomew 1942-1969 and Benton 1944-1969 County Extension reports
Box 63: Bartholomew 1914-1942 County Extension reports
Box 64: Bartholomew 1943-1959 County Extension reports
Box 65: Benton 1914-1959 County Extension reports
Box 3: Blackford 1947-1969, Boone 1943-1969 and Brown 1944-1969 County Extension reports
Box 66: Blackford 1919-1959, Boone 1913-1919 County Extension reports
Box 67: Boone 1936-1959 County Extension reports
Box 68: Brown 1921-1959, Carroll 1917-1939 County Extension reports
Box 69: Carroll 1940-1959, Cass 1918-1939 County Extension reports
Box 70: Cass 1940-1959, Clark 1915-1939 County Extension reports
Box 71: Clark 1940-1959, Clay 1918-1939 County Extension reports
Box 4: Carroll 1946-1969, Cass 1943-1969, Clark 1944-1969 County Extension reports
Box 5: Clay 1953-1969, Clinton 1948-1969, Crawford 1946-1969 County Extension reports
Box 73: Clinton 1940-1959, Crawford 1922-1945 County Extension reports
Box 6: Daviess 1948-1969, Dearborn 1955-1969, Decatur 1943-1959 County Extension reports
Box 75: Daviess 1950-1959, Dearborn 1918-1940 County Extension reports
Box 76: Dearborn 1941-1959, Decatur 1914-1945
Box 7: Decatur 1960-1969, DeKalb 1945-1969 County Extension reports
Box 77: Decatur 1946-1959, DeKalb 1916-1947 County Extension reports
Box 8: Delaware 1941-1969, Dubois 1939-1969 County Extension reports
Box 78: DeKalb 1948-1959, Delaware 1914-1939 County Extension reports
Box 79: Delaware 1940-1956, Dubois 1931-1945 County Extension reports
Folder 79A: Dubois 1937-1945 County Extension reports
Box 9: Elkhart 1943-1969, Fayette 1941-1969, Floyd 1955-1969 County Extension reports
Box 80: Dubois 1946-1959, Elkhart 1915-1945 County Extension reports
Box 81: Elkhart 1946-1958, Fayette 1918-1940 County Extension reports
Box 82: Fayette 1941-1959, Floyd 1919-1949 County Extension reports
Box 10: Fountain 1917-1969, Franklin 1941-1969, Fulton 1943-1969 County Extension reports
Box 83: Floyd 1950-1959, Fountain 1915-1942 County Extension reports
Box 11: Gibson 1944-1969, Grant 1939-1969, Greene 1953-1969 County Extension reports
Box 84: Fountain 1943-1959, Franklin 1918-1939 County Extension reports
Box 85: Franklin 1940-1959, Fulton 1918-1939 County Extension reports
Box 12: Hamilton 1946-1969, Hancock 1942-1969 County Extension reports
Box 86: Fulton 1940-1959, Gibson 1914-1929 County Extension reports
Box 87: Gibson 1930-1959, Grant 1914-1945 County Extension reports
Box 88: Grant 1946-1959, Greene 1915-1925 County Extension reports
Box 13: Harrison 1939-1969, Hendricks 1955-1969, Henry 1953-1969 County Extension reports
Box 89: Greene 1926-1959, Hamilton 1918-1934 County Extension reports
Box 90: Hamilton 1935-1959 County Extension reports
Box 91: Hancock 1918-1945 County Extension reports
Box 92: Hancock 1946-1955, Harrison 1920-1950 County Extension reports
Box 14: Howard 1943-1969, Huntington 1953-1969, Jackson 1954-1969 County Extension reports
Box 93: Harrison 1951-1959, Hendricks 1915-1959, Henry 1914-1931 County Extension reports
Box 94: Henry 1932-1956, Howard 1922-1932 County Extension reports
Box 95: Howard 1933-1959, Huntington 1917-1925 County Extension reports
Box 15: Jasper 1943-1969, Jay 1939-1969, Jefferson 1955-1969 County Extension reports
Box 96: Huntington 1926-1959, Jackson 1915-1924 County Extension reports
Box 16: Jennings 1942-1969, Johnson 1953-1969, Knox 1953-1969 County Extension reports
Box 97: Jackson 1936-1959, Jasper 1914-1932 County Extension reports
Box 98: Jasper 1933-1959, Jay 1921-1942 County Extension reports
Box 99: Jay 1943-1959, Jefferson 1918-1935 County Extension reports
Box 100: Jefferson 1936-1958, Jennings 1918-1944 County Extension reports
Box 101: Jennings 1945-1959, Johnson 1916-1949 County Extension reports
Box 17: Kosciusko 1953-1969, LaGrange 1953-1969 County Extension reports
Box 102: Johnson 1950-1953, Knox 1916-1944 County Extension reports
Box 103: Knox 1945-1956 County Extension reports
Box 18: Lake 1950-1969, LaPorte 1939-1969 County Extension reports
Box 104: Knox 1957-1959, Kosciusko 1918-1959, La Porte 1914-1929 County Extension reports
Box 105: La Porte 1930-1959, Lagrange 1918-1939 County Extension reports
Box 106: Lagrange 1940-1959
Box 19: Lawrence 1953-1969, Madison 1950-1969 County Extension reports
Box 107: Lake 1914-1949 County Extension reports
Box 108: Lake 1950-1959, Lawrence 1914-1945 County Extension reports
Box 20: Marion 1945-1972 County Extension reports
Box 109: Lawrence 1946-1959, Madison 1914-1949 County Extension reports
Box 110: Madison 1950-1959, Marion 1914-1939 County Extension reports
Box 111: Marion 1940-1950 County Extension reports
Box 112: Marion 1951-1959, Marshall 1922-1945 County Extension reports
Box 113: Marshall 1946-1954, Martin 1920-1956, Miami 1917-1929 County Extension reports
Box 114: Miami 1930-1954 County Extension reports
Box 21: Marshall 1953-1969, Martin 1953-1969, Miami 1957-1969 County Extension reports
Box 22: Monroe 1945-1969, Montgomery 1949-1969, Morgan 1947-1969 County Extension reports
Box 23: Newton 1942-1969, Noble 1938-1969 County Extension reports
Box 115: Monroe 1916-1959, Montgomery 1914-1944 County Extension reports
Box 116: Montgomery 1945-1955, Morgan 1917-1939 County Extension reports
Box 117: Morgan 1917-1959, Newton 1918-1949 County Extension reports
Box 118: Newton 1950-1959, Noble 1918-1949 County Extension reports
Box 119: Noble 1950-1957, Ohio 1920-1959 County Extension reports
Box 24: Ohio 1960-1969, Orange 1960-1969, Owen 1953-1969, Parke 1916-1969 County Extension reports
Box 120: Orange 1915-1959, Owen 1920-1939 County Extension reports
Box 121: Owen 1940-1959, Parke 1914-1944 County Extension reports
Box 122: Parke 1945-1959, Perry 1921-1944 County Extension reports
Box 123: Perry 1946-1959, Pike 1920-1959 County Extension reports
Box 25: Perry 1939-1969, Pike 1950-1969, Porter 1917-1936, County Extension reports
Box 26: Porter 1937-1955, County Extension reports
Box 124: Porter 1914-1959 County Extension reports
Box 27: Porter 1956-1969, Pulaski 1913-1932, County Extension reports
Box 125: Posey 1915-1944 County Extension reports
Box 126: Posey 1945-1958, Pulaski 1952-1956 County Extension reports
Box 28: Pulaski 1933-1969, County Extension reports
Box 29: Putnam 1918-1957, County Extension reports
Box 30: Putnam 1958-1969, Randolph 1914-1955, County Extension reports
Box 31: Randolph 1956-1969, Ripley 1919-1945, County Extension reports
Box 32: Ripley 1946-1969, Rush 1917-1956, County Extension reports
Box 33: Rush 1928-1947, County Extension reports
Box 34: Rush 1951-1969, County Extension reports
Box 35: St. Joseph 1915-1969, County Extension reports
Box 36: Scott County 1921-1969, County Extension reports
Box 37: Shelby County 1918-1933, County Extension reports
Box 38: Shelby 1950-1969, Spencer 1918-1946, County Extension reports
Box 39: Spencer 1947-1964, Starke 1913-1942, County Extension reports
Box 40: Starke 1943-1969, Steuben 1915-1951, County Extension reports
Box 41: Steuben 1952-1969, Sullivan 1914-1945, County Extension reports
Box 42: Sullivan 1946-1969, Switzerland 1921-1944, County Extension reports
Box 43: Switzerland 1945-1969, Tippecanoe 1917-1934, County Extension reports
Box 44: Tippecanoe 1945-1959, County Extension reports
Box 45: Tippecanoe 1956-1969, Tipton 1938-1953, County Extension reports
Box 45 A: Tipton County 1960-1969, County Extension reports (These reports were located at a later date, hence Box 45 A.)
Box 46: Union 1919-1955, County Extension reports
Box 47: Union 1956-1969, Vanderburg 1916-1939, County Extension reports
Box 48: Vanderburg 1940-1956, County Extension reports
Box 49: Vanderburg 1957-1969, Vermillion 1921-1945, County Extension reports
Box 50: Vermillion 1946-1969, Vigo 1916-1941, County Extension reports
Box 51: Vigo 1942-1969, County Extension reports
Box 52: Wabash 1915-1969, County Extension reports
Box 53: Warren 1918-1959, County Extension reports
Box 54: Warren 1960-1969, Warrick 1915-1955, County Extension reports
Box 55: Warrick 1956-1969, Washington 1918-1969, County Extension reports
Box 56: Wayne 1918-1949, County Extension reports
Box 57: Wayne 1950-1969, County Extension reports
Box 58: Wells 1915-1969, County Extension reports
Box 59: White 1938-1969, Whitley 1918-1939, County Extension reports
Box 60: Whitley 1940-1969, County Extension reports
Box 79A: Dubois County Extension reports, 1937-1945