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Snohomish County Extension Service Records, 1916-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Washington State University. Extension. Snohomish County.
Title
Snohomish County Extension Service Records
Dates
1916-2007 (inclusive)
Quantity
17.75 Linear feet of shelf space, (9 boxes)
Collection Number
Archives 288 (collection)
Summary
Washington State's county extension services officially date to 1913. Extension work in Snohomish County officially dates to the appointment of their first county agent, C.C. Farr, on July 15th, 1916. This collection contains various records of the Snohomish County Extension Service, including: administrative records; documents from programs run by and related to Snohomish County Extension; papers of and related to their 4-H programs; papers of and related to the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA); publications from Snohomish Caunty Extension and related to Snohomich County in general; and, photographs, negatives, and scrapbooks.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Washington State's county extension services officially date to 1913, when outreach efforts of the Washington Experiment Station at Pullman led to state funding for county agricultural agents. Even prior to that, the Washington Experiment Station had hosted educational Farmers Institutes, and conducted other educational agricultural efforts; the Experiment Stations grew from these early efforts. Extension work in Snohomish County officially dates to the appointment of their first county agent, C.C. Farr, on July 15th, 1916. Once official, Extension was divided into three primary areas: county agents (agricultural outreach and instruction), home demonstration agents (home economics outreach and instruction), and 4-H club work (youth agricultural clubs).

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Content Description

The Snohomish Extension papers are organized into six series, with several subseries in each. Series One consists of Administrative Records running from 1916 to 2004, both from Extension and from the Snohomish County government. Series Two documents programs run by or related to Snohomish Extension, and is broken into sixteen different subseries, which are in turn organized alphabetically. Series Three consists of papers of and related to Snohomish's 4-H programs. Series Four are papers of and related to the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA). Series Five consists of publications both from Snohomish Extension and related to Snohomish County in general. Series Six consists of photographs, negatives, glass negatives, and scrabooks, though some other photographs have been filed in appropriate series.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Snohomish County Extension Service Records (UA 288)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The records of the Snohomish County Extension Service were given to the Washington State University libraries on September 19th, 2008 (UA2008-16).

Processing Note

This collection was processed in a unique event - preliminary organization was done by University Archivist Mark O'English and Manuscripts Librarian Cheryl Gunselman in September 2008, and then the actual processing of the collection was done by a History 427/527 class, Public History: Theory and Methodology, taught by Dr. Robert McCoy. Extensive reprocessing was subsequently completed by O'English, Gunselman, and graduate student Timothy Mace in 2009 and 2010; the processing was completed in April, 2010.

Separated Materials

Photographs of the Snohomish County Extension Service (1970-2008) were also given at that time (UA2008-17), but due to the lack of identification and organization the majority of these were returned to the donor a few months later, though a small number were retained as part of what is Series 6 in these papers. Items not kept for privacy or other reason were returned to the donors in early 2009.

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Detailed Description of the Collection