North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Office of the Assistant Director Records
UA 102.005
Special Collections Research Center
2.0 Linear feet
1907-1978
These records contain historical overviews and administrative papers belonging to the Office of the Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service. Included in the collection are correspondence, workplans, annual statements of objectives, and other material related to home demonstration work, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), rural development, farm education programs, 4-H, and the North Carolina State Fair.
Although extension and demonstration work in North Carolina had been active since the early years of the twentieth century, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service was only officially created in 1914 as a result of the Smith-Lever Act. In 1991 the name was changed to the current one, the Cooperative Extension Service.
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the
Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
4 archival boxes
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
Restrictions to Access
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from NCSU Cooperative Extension Service.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Office of the Assistant Director, UA 102.005, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Processing Information
Processed by Michael Watts,
2006 March
Encoded by Michael Watts,
2006 March
Confidentiality Notice
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
Historical Note
The Office of the Assistant Director of the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service historically has served in a role that strongly supports the Cooperative Extension Service Director's Office. It is not uncommon for Assistant Directors to assume leadership of the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service and become Cooperative Extension Service Directors.
Individuals working in the capacity of Assistant Director have taken an active part in the administration and oversight of extension programs, short courses, university committees, 4-H, home demonstration, rural development, farm education and the supervision of field agents. The office traditionally has been responsible for correspondence, reports, and work plans relating to rural development projects, family life, beef cattle, dairy, swine and poultry farming, soil conservation, tobacco, corn and cotton crop production, nutrition and health, wildlife, land use planning, and agronomy.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains publications and reports relating to the administration and activities of
extension programs,
4-H,
home demonstration, the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
rural development, and
farm education. Also contained are
Cooperative Extension Service histories, correspondence, and plans of work relating to rural development projects.
The correspondence is primarily that of
David S. Weaver, agricultural engineer, educator, and administrator. Weaver was professor, then Department Head of the Agricultural Engineering Department at
North Carolina State University. He was Agricultural Extension Service Assistant Director, then Director, 1948-1961. Additionally there is correspondence generated by
R. W. Shoffner, Agricultural Cooperative Service District Agent, 1945-1950, Assistant Director, 1950-1961, and then Director of the Cooperative Extension Service, 1961-1969.
Organization of the Collection
This collection is organized into two series; North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service History, and Cooperative Extension Service Office of the Assistant Director Administrative Files. The material is organized chronologically and by topic. Original folder titles have been retained.
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service--History.
North Carolina State Fair.
Shoffner, R. W. (Robert Worth), 1902-1995
Weaver, David Stathem, 1896-1966
4-H clubs--North Carolina--History
Agricultural extension work--North Carolina--History
Agriculture--Study and teaching--North Carolina
Home demonstration work--North Carolina--History
Rural development--North Carolina
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service History
Series 1
0.5 Linear feet
1907-1978
1 archival box
Scope and Contents note
Series contains detailed historical overviews of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.
Financing
1
1
1907-1940
James A. Butler
1
2
1907-1964
Legislation
1
3
1908-1957
Agreements
1
4
1909-1972
History
1
5
1913-1978
Extension--25 Year History
1
6
1914-1939
Extension--25 Year History
1
7
1914-1939
C. R. Hudson
1
8
1916-1940
Agricultural History--National and Other States
1
9
1916-1953
History (1 of 3)
1
10
1924-1976
History (2 OF 3)
1
11
1924-1976
History (3 OF 3)
1
12
1924-1976
Agricultural Extension Leaders
1
13
1947-1964
Blacks in Extension
1
14
1947-1974
50th Anniversary
1
15
1953
Statesville Marker
1
16
1964-1965
Administrative Files
Series 2
1.5 Linear feet
1932-1966
3 archival boxes
Scope and Contents note
Administrative papers belonging to the Assistant Directors of North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. The material relates to short courses, university committees, home demonstration, 4-H meetings, and agricultural projects. It is arranged chronologically and filed by topic.
Jury Duty
2
1
1932
Home Economics
2
2
1933-1953
Surplus Military Property
2
3
1944
Compensation
2
4
1945-1955
Insurance Crop
2
5
1947
Report Forms
2
6
1948
Agents and Specialists
2
7
1949
Farm Labor Committee
2
8
1950
Report--Work Plan
2
9
1950-1954
Compensation
2
10
1951-1954
Counties
2
11
1951-1954
A-Z
2
12
1953
Misc.
2
13
1953
R. W. Shoffner
2
14
1953-1959
4-H
2
15
1953-1958
50th Anniversary
2
16
1953
I-O
2
17
1954
J
2
18
1954
Farm Machinery Survey
2
19
1955-1970
Home Demonstration
2
20
1955
N.C. Marketing Commission
2
21
1955
Pasture Demonstration
2
22
1955
Clean Grain Program
3
1
1956
NF Money Conference
3
2
1956
Program Projection
3
3
1956-1958
Shoffner's Trip to Michigan, Iowa and Ohio
3
4
1956
Bankers Short Course
3
5
1957
Farm Credit Conference
3
6
1957
Farm Income Contest
3
7
1957
Farm Ponds Project
3
8
1957
Hog Cholera Serum
3
9
1957
N.C. Assn. Agr. Fairs
3
10
1957-1959
Bankers Short Course
3
11
1958 -1960
District Meetings
3
12
1958
FES Correspondence
3
13
1958
Home Food Products
3
14
1958
Insurance
3
15
1958
Meetings
3
16
1958-1959
Reports From University Committees
4
1
1958-1959
Filing
4
2
1959
Specialist in Charge
4
3
1959 -1961
4-H Club
4
4
1959
Meetings
4
5
1960
Summary Reports From University Standing and Ad Hoc Committees
4
6
1960
International Cooperation Administration
4
7
1960
Short Course in Modern Farming
4
8
1960
Specialists Receiving Better Offers
4
9
1960
Service training for Co-Workers
4
10
1961
Textile School
4
11
1965-1966