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The Juanita Lagg Cooperative Extension Papers consists of records pertaining to North Carolina Extension Homemakers work from 1915 to 2014. The records include photographs, letters, notes, correspondences, newspaper articles, a scrapbook, and other records relating to Juanita Lagg's work with Home Demonstration and Extension organizations.
Juanita Lagg actively volunteered with the Rowan County Extension and Community Association for over fifty years. She joined the Rowan County Home Demonstration in 1956 and served in leadership positions at the club, county, district, state, and national level. She served as president of the North Carolina Extension Homemakers in 1971. She was the International Chairman for the National Extension Homemakers in the late 1970s. The North Carolina Extension Homemakers sent Lagg as a delegate to multiple triannual conferences of the Associated Country Women of the World. Lagg researched and directed the North Carolina Extension Homemakers water project in Guatamala that brought clean water to three villages. In 1981, she was appointed by the governor to the Rowan County Board of Social Services and served two three-year terms.
Juanita Lagg actively volunteered with the Rowan County Extension and Community Association for over fifty years. She joined the Rowan County Home Demonstration in 1956 and served in leadership positions at the club, county, district, state, and national level. She served as president of the North Carolina Extension Homemakers in 1971. She was the International Chairman for the National Extension Homemakers in the late 1970s. The North Carolina Extension Homemakers sent Lagg as a delegate to multiple triannual conferences of the Associated Country Women of the World. Lagg researched and directed the North Carolina Extension Homemakers water project in Guatamala that brought clean water to three villages. In 1981, she was appointed by the governor to the Rowan County Board of Social Services and served two three-year terms.
The Juanita Lagg Cooperative Extension Papers consists of records pertaining to North Carolina Extension Homemakers work from 1915 to 2014. The records include photographs, letters, notes, correspondences, newspaper articles, a scrapbook, and other records relating to Juanita Lagg's work with Home Demonstration and Extension organizations.
Materials arranged in alphabetical order in six series: Rowan County Extension Homemakers Records, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, North Carolina Extension Homemakers Association Records, National Extension Homemakers Council Records, Associated Country Women of the World Records, and Other Publications, Projects, and Correspondences.
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[Identification of item], Juanita Lagg Cooperative Extension Papers, MC 00547, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Gift of Wilma S. Hammett, 2015 (Accession 2015.0027)
Processed by: Jessica Serrao, June 2015; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jessica Serrao, June 2015; Processed with additions by Hailey Mandel, 2024 August; Finding aid updated by: Hailey Mandel, 2024 August
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"'A Study of North Carolina Negro Homemakers,' Extension Evaluation Study No. IV, NC Agricultural Extension Service" is the original folder title. The term used is racist and harmful, but we have retained it to preserve the original context and to support searching with terms common to a specific time period. Read more about our approach to handling harmful language in About Reparative Archival Description.
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Includes "Perspectives: The Magazine of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences," Winter 2001, Vol. 3, No. 2 - "Genuine originals: Extension volunteers brighten hospital environment"
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Includes: Tar Heel Homemakers (NCEHA), The Homemaker (NEHC), International Update (AHEA), The Countrywoman (ACWW), and War on Hunger (DOS)
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Sticky note on cover: "Esther Foster was a state president of Extension Homemakers (she talks about EH in this book) - Wilma"
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Included are 9 Microsoft Word Document files.
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Files retrieved from two CD-Rs. Files are arranged as received. File count of digital media may exclude system files; hidden, deleted, or excluded files; and duplicate files.
"I'M PROUD TO BE AN EXTENSION HOMEMAKER"
Left to Right: Juanita Hudson, Isabelle Fletcher, Juanita Lagg
Includes a vinyl record called "The Great American Farmer"
Sticky note: "Mrs. Isabelle Fletcher is a Past President of the NC Extension Homemakers Association (she also was national officer in National EH Association)"
North Carolina Council on the Status of Women, North Carolina Council of Women's Organizations, North Carolina Health Council, North Carolina Family Life Council, and North Carolina State Mother's Association
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[Identification of item], Juanita Lagg Cooperative Extension Papers, MC 00547, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.