Wood County Cooperative Extension Service annual reports
Collection Overview
Abstract
Office records, primarily annual reports written by both the agricultural extension agent and the home demonstration agent; the narratives include summaries of outreach activities with local farmers, women's organizations, and 4-H youth groups as part of the educational mission of the Extension Service.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1975, 1981-1989
Extent
5.39 Cubic Feet (13 letter manuscript boxes, 1 half legal manuscript box, 1 flat box)
8 Volumes (8 wrapped volumes)
Creator
- Wood County Cooperative Extension Service (Ohio) (Organization)
Scope and Contents
The records of the Wood County Cooperative Extension Service span the years from 1922 through 1975. Consisting primarily of annual reports written by both the agricultural extension agent and the home demonstration agent, the narratives include summaries of outreach activities with local farmers, women's organizations, and 4-H youth groups as part of the educational mission of the Extension Service. The earliest reports include some original photographs, and many of the summaries also contain clippings, circulars, and statistics of programs conducted by the agents. With the addition of a 4-H agent in later years, the reports also include enrollment sheets for various 4-H clubs in the county.
Biographical / Historical
The Wood County Cooperative Extension Service serves as the local office of the cooperative network operated in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ohio State University to provide access to information in areas of agriculture, family and consumer science, 4-H Youth programs, and community development to local jurisdictions in Ohio.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records of the Wood County Cooperative Extension Service were donated and transferred to the Center for Archival Collections by Doris Herringshaw on January 27, 1982, with additional material through the years.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged and described by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts in June 2004, with a revision in 2014.
Subject
- Wood County Cooperative Extension Service (Ohio) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Wood County Cooperative Extension Service annual reports
- Author
- Marilyn Levinson, Cody Johnston, Nick Pavlik
- Date
- June 2004, 2014, February 2020, July 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin