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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Title Cooperative Extension Records Reference FONDS-1126 Date 1916/1989 Creator Yolo County Cooperative Extension, Yolo County Agriculture Department Exent 8 Rs Boxes; 2 Flat Boxes; 6 Rolled Maps; 36 Flat Maps Collection Numbers 80.0 - Record Group Number 2024-036 - Accession Level of description fonds Scope & Content The collection includes project and program files, correspondence, conference materials, publications, reports, maps, architectural plans for the Yolo County Agricultural Building, and aerial photos from the Cooperative Extension Service. The bulk of the records cover the 1930s through the 1950s, and contain information on crops, livestock, agricultural pests and diseases, farm labor issues (including prisoner of war labor during World War II and the Bracero Program), water and irrigation issues, and 4-H programs. The Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service was formally established in 1914 by the Smith-Lever Act, partnering land-grant institutions such as UC Davis and federal, state, and county government to support agricultural research and education. Warren D. Norton (1881-1958) served as Yolo County Farm Advisor from 1919 to 1956. Norton Hall is named in his honor. Accession Number 2024-036 Location S12.06-S12.09 Hierarchy browser Cooperative Extension Records fonds contains 540 parts

Title

Cooperative Extension Records
Reference

FONDS-1126
Date

1916/1989
Creator

Yolo County Cooperative Extension, Yolo County Agriculture Department
Exent

8 Rs Boxes; 2 Flat Boxes; 6 Rolled Maps; 36 Flat Maps
Collection Numbers

80.0 - Record Group Number
2024-036 - Accession
Level of description

fonds
Scope & Content

The collection includes project and program files, correspondence, conference materials, publications, reports, maps, architectural plans for the Yolo County Agricultural Building, and aerial photos from the Cooperative Extension Service. The bulk of the records cover the 1930s through the 1950s, and contain information on crops, livestock, agricultural pests and diseases, farm labor issues (including prisoner of war labor during World War II and the Bracero Program), water and irrigation issues, and 4-H programs. The Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service was formally established in 1914 by the Smith-Lever Act, partnering land-grant institutions such as UC Davis and federal, state, and county government to support agricultural research and education. Warren D. Norton (1881-1958) served as Yolo County Farm Advisor from 1919 to 1956. Norton Hall is named in his honor.
Accession Number

2024-036
Location

S12.06-S12.09

Details