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Archives 30
Cooperative Extension Service Agronomy Specialist (Morrison) Records
1955-1969
approximate 3200 items
4 linear feet
4 containers
Consists mainly of the correspondence of Kenneth Morrison, relating to communication with other County Extension agents, as well as home gardeners and farmers.
Organizational Sketch:
The origin of the Co-operative Extension Service can be traced to a 1913 act by the Washington State Legislature which created the Bureau of Farm Development and provided for agricultural experts to assist farmers. The federal Smith-Lever Act of 1914 lent financial support to the state's program and placed the director of Extension Services directly under the auspices of the land grant college.
In 1917 President E.O. Holland appointed the first agronomy extension specialist whose duties were to act as disseminator of agricultural research data to the county agents and the public. In 1950 the present incumbent, Kenneth J. Morrison, came to Washington State University to fill the position of agronomy extension specialist. Born in 1921, Morrison received his BA in 1948 from Kansas State University, and his MA and PhD from Purdue in 1950 and 1967 respectively.
The records of the Agronomy Specialist consist almost entirely of the correspondence of Kenneth J. Morrison. Although there are only two series, the first (general correspondence) contains the bulk of the material. Of the two subseries within series one, the first is organized alphabetically by correspondent for each year 1961 through 1969. The second subseries is a subject file of correspondence and memoranda arranged alphabetically by topic which spans the years 1955 through 1969. The second series, consisting of correspondence between Morrison and county agents throughout Washington State, is arranged by county within annual groupings from 1961 through 1968. Correspondents, while including media and industry representatives, county agents, and agricultural specialists, consist principally of home gardeners and farmers concerned with plant identification and extension publications.
The Collection is open for research use.
The records of the Washington State University Extension Agronomy Specialist were placed in the Washington State University Libraries by Kenneth J. Morrison in June 1978 (UA 78-17).
The collection was processed in March 1979 by Pat Graham Pidcock.
Morrison, Kenneth J.--Archives
Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service. Agronomy Specialist--Archives
Washington State University. Extension Service.
State College of Washington. Extension Service.
Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service. Agronomy Specialist--Records and correspondence
Agricultural extension work--Washington (State)--Archives
Agriculture--Washington (State)--Archives
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Agriculture
1
General Correspondence
1
1-23
A-Z
1962
365 items
1
24-46
A-Z
1963
225 items
1
47-70
A-Z
1964
230 items
2
71-92
A-Z
1965-1966
480 items
2
93-116
A-Z
1967-1968
530 items
3
117-138
A-Z
1969
255 items
3
139
Bertramson, B.R.
1965-1967
25 items
3
140
Correspondence
1967-1969
10 items
3
141
Cosgriffe, H.A.
1964-1966
12 items
3
142
Cytogenetics
1955
1 item
3
143-144
Duplicates
1963-1964
55 items
3
145
Fertilizer Conference
1963
1 item
3
146
Genetics
1958-1963
15 items
3
147
Herbicide Advisory Council
1963
2 items
3
148
Isotopes
1959-1960
3 items
3
149
Land File
1963-1964
5 items
3
150-151
Memoranda
1962-1963
15 items
3
152-155
Memoranda to Agents
1965-1969
80 items
3
156
Outlying Testing- Central Washington
1963
5 items
3
157
Outlying Testing- Western Washington
1963
10 items
3
158
Plant Materials Center
1963
2 items
3
159
Seed House
1963
5 items
3
160
Storage Space
1963
5 items
3
161
Scholarships
1963
25 items
3
162-163
Soil Improvement Committee
1963
25 items
3
164
Tri-State Wheat Researchers Conference
1963
1 item
3
165
Washington State Crop Improvement Association
1963
5 items
3
166
Wheat Plotland Exemptions
1962-1963
15 items
3
167
Wheat Quality
1963
10 items
2
County Agent Correspondence (by county)
3
168-201
1962
185 items
4
202-239
1963
160 items
4
236-266
1964
175 items
4
267-297
1965-1966
215 items
4
298-323
1967-1968
235 items