The University of California Cooperative Extension Records for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) span the years 1943-2003. Records are comprised of two central components: state annual reports and audiovisual materials.

At the turn of the twentieth century, growing concern over the quality of life for rural Americans prompted President Theodore Roosevelt to appoint a Commission on Country Life in 1908. One of the direct outcomes of the Commission's recommendations was the passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914, which established a national extension service to place the knowledge generated at land-grant universities into the hands of farmers and rural citizens. The Agricultural Extension Service formalized and built upon existing efforts of land-grant universities to enhance the knowledge of farmers and apply scientific discoveries for improved agricultural practices.

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