%xmlchars; ]> ua102_100 Guide to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Personnel Records, 1912 - 1996 Processed by: Pat Webber;machine-readable finding aid created by: Pat Webber North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2006 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Personnel Records, 1912 - 1996 UA 102.100 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center &ncsuaddr; Pat Webber, 2006 March Pat Webber, 2006 March Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Personnel Records, 1912 - 1996 UA 102.100 (formerly UA 100.81) 105 archival boxes, 14 oversize boxes, 1 flat file The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Personnel records contain budget, payroll, and salary files, personnel lists and directories, correspondence, and other administrative files. 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 North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research. Access requires at least 24 hours notice.

 Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the offices of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Personnel Records, UA 102.100, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

 Copyright Notice &ncsucpyrt; Historical Note

From its inception as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College), NCSU has been deeply involved in outreach and extension work. In the 1890s and early 1900s, college personnel took part in numerous Farmer's Institutes statewide, where they and State Agriculture Department personnel met with local farmers to discuss farm improvement techniques. In 1907 James A. Butler became North Carolina's first county agent, hired to conduct demonstration work in boll weevil eradication.

In 1909, A&M College expanded its extension efforts when it signed a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to cooperatively develop Farmers' Boys' Clubs, or Corn Clubs. Ira O. Schaub was the first director of this program, which eventually became 4-H. The first Girls' Clubs, focusing primarily on tomato canning and gardening, were established after Jane McKimmon was hired in 1911 to lead a statewide Home Demonstration program.

Greatly boosting extension work, the 1914 Smith-Lever Act provided for federal, state, and county cooperation in creating a system to expand demonstration and extension work for men and women. The law authorized land-grant colleges to sign memoranda of understanding with the United States Department of Agriculture to begin such work. With this, A&M College created the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, often called the Department of Extension.

In 1924, Schaub returned as the new Extension director, a position he held until 1950. Administratively, Extension changed as more and more of its functions were transferred to the college (by then, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, or State College). The 1920s and 1930s saw widespread change and growth in the extension youth programs as well.

During World War II, extension programs played a vital role in the local war effort. The postwar years saw Extension move closer administratively to the College's School of Agriculture. In 1950 a reorganization of the School of Agriculture brought the three fields of work - teaching, research, and extension - into the direct orbit of the School.

Economic difficulties across the state in the 1970s saw Extension increase its activities in rural food production and nutrition, including the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). Extension also worked with farmers facing serious economic troubles to better their situations. In 1991, the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service changed its name to the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service to better reflect a shift in activities beyond the development of state and local agriculture.

 Scope and Content Note

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service personnel records contain budget, payroll, and salary files, personnel lists and directories, correspondence, and other administrative files. See also the scope and content notes at the beginning of each series for more detailed information.

 Organization of the Collection

The collection is divided into three series: Staff Records, Administrative Records, and Budget and Payroll Records. Within each series, the folders are arranged alphabetically, then chronologically where necessary. Also, records in oversize boxes have been put at the end of each series and arranged the same as above.

 Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Corporate Entities North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service -- History. Topics African American agricultural extension workers -- North Carolina -- History. Agricultural extension work -- North Carolina --History. Agricultural extension workers -- North Carolina -- History. County agricultural agents -- North Carolina --History. Home demonstration work -- North Carolina -- History. Home economics -- North Carolina -- History. Women agricultural extension workers -- North Carolina -- History. Related Material North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Records, UA 102 Detailed Description of the Collection UA 102.100 Series 1Staff Records, 1912 - 1996 2.53 archival boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 flat file

The bulk of the Staff Records series contains records of Extension Service personnel, usually divided by specialty (Farm Demonstration, Home Demonstration, Administrative Staff, County Agents, etc). The lists for years prior to 1964 (when published booklets and directories first appeared) are often incomplete, with some of the specialist lists missing. Note also the information displayed under the "Radio County Extension Workers" and "Personnel Replacement Lists" folders in this series, giving more detailed information on these files.

 11Extension Personnel by County, 1908-1939 [timeline], undated 12Farm Demonstration Agents by County, 1908-1936 [timeline], undated 13Personnel Lists, 1912 14Personnel Lists, 1913 15Personnel Lists, 1914 16Personnel Lists, 1915 17Personnel Lists, 1916 18Personnel Lists, 1917 19Personnel Lists, 1918 110Personnel Lists, 1919 111Personnel Lists, 1920 112Personnel Lists, 1921 113Personnel Lists, 1922 114Personnel Lists, 1923 115Personnel Lists, 1924 116Personnel Lists, 1926 117Personnel Lists, 1927 118Personnel Lists, 1928 119Personnel Lists, 1929 120Personnel Lists, 1930 121Personnel Lists, 1931 122Personnel Lists, 1932 123Personnel Lists, 1933 124Personnel Lists, 1934 125Personnel Lists, 1935 126Personnel Lists, 1936 127Personnel Lists, 1946 128Personnel Lists, 1948 129Personnel Lists, 1949 130Personnel Lists, 1950 131Personnel Lists, 1951 132Personnel Lists, 1953 133Personnel Lists, 1954 134Personnel Lists, 1955 135Personnel Lists, 1956 136Personnel Lists, 1957 137Personnel Lists, 1958 138Personnel Lists, 1959 139Personnel Lists, 1960 140Personnel Lists, 1962 141Personnel Booklet, 1964 142Personnel Booklet, 1965 21Personnel Directory, 1966 22Personnel Directory, 1968 23Personnel Directory, 1969 24Personnel Directory, 1970 25Personnel Directory, 1971 26Personnel Directory, 1972 27Personnel Directory, 1973 28Personnel Directory, 1974 29Personnel Directory, 1975 210Personnel Directory, 1976 211Personnel Directory, 1977 212Personnel Directory, 1978 213Personnel Directory, 1979 214Personnel Directory, 1980 215Personnel Directory, 1981 216Personnel Directory, 1982 217Personnel Directory, 1983 218Personnel Directory, 1984 219Personnel Directory, 1985 220Personnel Directory, 1986 221Personnel Directory, 1988 31Personnel Directory, 1989 32Personnel Directory, 1990 33Personnel Directory, 1991 34Personnel Directory, 1992 35Personnel Directory, 1993 36Personnel Directory, 1994 37Personnel Directory, 1995 38Personnel Directory, 1996 39Radio County Extension Workers, 1955

Includes individual surveys filled out by county extension agents, regarding extension television and radio broadcasts for each county.

 310Specialists by Position, Lists, 1914 - 1940 41Personnel Replacement Lists, 1947 - 1960

Handwritten lists of extension personnel by date of termination of service. Includes information on salary and reason for termination.

 191Extension personnel photo album, ca. 1960s 201Home Demonstration and Assistant Home Demonstration Agents, 1936-1964 [timeline], , undated 202County and Assistant County Agents, 1936-1964 [timeline], , undated 203Negro and Negro Assistant County Agents, 1936-1964 [timeline], , undated 204Negro and Negro Assistant Home Demonstration Agents, 1936-1964 [timeline], , undated 205Extension Workers Creed, undated UA 102.100 Series 2Administrative Records, 1916 - 1977 1.01 archival box, 1 oversize box

This series contains records pertaining to the administration of Extension Service personnel. Included are correspondence, job and position information, and blank employee forms. The final folder in this series, "Population reached by Extension programs" are handwritten lists, arranged by county district, apparently detailing the numbers of citizens reached by Extension Service programming.

 51Code of Ethics, undated 52Correspondence -- Excludable Sick Leave, 1957 53Correspondence -- General, 1950 - 1974 54Forms, folder 1/2, 1970 55Forms, folder 2/2, 1977, undated 56Job Descriptions, 1959, undated 57Leave Record, Home Agents, 1931 - 1937 58Length of Service Award Winners, 1947 59Pending Applications -- Negro Agents, 1916 - 1938

Contains individual Extension Service job applications for African-Americans in North Carolina.

 510Publications, 1964 511Working Conditions of Extension Workers (Questionnaire), 1946 61Population reached by Extension Programs, by program and county, 1967 UA 102.100 Series 3Budget and Salary Records, 1912 - 1963 2.51 archival box, 11 oversize boxes

This series contains budget, payroll, and salary information for Extension Service personnel and programs. The salary lists up to 1948 mostly detail individual salaries, and they are arranged by agents' or staff members' specialties, including County Agents, Home Demonstration Agents, and Negro County and Home Demonstration agents. The "Negro Salaries" folder contains correspondence and salary information mostly addressing the question of the disparity in white and African-American agents' pay in the early 1950s. The final file in this series, "Salaries, 1955, 1959" contains no personnel information, but rather it has a comparative chart showing the relative position of North Carolina Extension Service salaries with those of other states.

 71Budgets and Payrolls, 1912 - 1913 72Budgets and Payrolls, 1913 - 1914 73Budgets and Payrolls, 1914 - 1915 74Budgets and Payrolls, 1915 - 1916 75Budgets and Payrolls, 1916 - 1917 76Budgets and Payrolls, 1918 - 1919 77Budgets and Payrolls, 1919 - 1920 78Budgets and Payrolls, 1921 - 1922 79Budgets -- Personnel -- 4-H, 1941 - 1950 710Negro Salaries, 1950 - 1953 711Proposed Salary Increases, 1947 712Salary Comparison and Administration, 1949 - 1956 713Salary Comparison and Administration, 1959 - 1963 81Salaries, 1921 - 1922 82Staff Salaries, 1921 - 1922 91Salaries, 1922 - 1923 92Staff Salaries, 1922 - 1923 101Salaries, 1923 - 1924 102Staff Salaries, 1923 - 1924 111Salaries, 1924 - 1925 112Staff Salaries, 1924 - 1925 121Salaries, 1925 - 1926 122Staff Salaries, 1925 - 1926 131Salaries, 1926 - 1927 132Staff Salaries, 1926 - 1927 141Salaries, 1927 - 1928 142Salaries, 1928 July - October 151Agents Salaries, 1932 -1936 152Salaries, 1934 -1936 161Salaries, 1946 171Salaries, 1947 - 1948 181Salaries, 1955, 1959