Madera County, UC Cooperative Extension Records, bulk 1914-2000

Summary

Title:

University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Madera County

Dates:

bulk 1914-2000

Extent:

67 Linear Feet

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE), Madera County Records document the agricultural research, educational programs, community outreach, and administrative functions of the Madera County office. The collection contains historical administrative files, 4-H program materials; audiovisual and digital media; records of agricultural research and extension work. First series consists of historical Administrative Records for Madera County office. The records reflect the organizational operations, programs, and interagency activities of the office. Second series consist of 4-H Program including but not limited documentation of youth and adult leadership activities, recreational and camp programs, dramatics, games, and singing. The files also contain membership information and leadership training materials. A large portion of the records are related to agriculture research in Madera County. The sixth series consist of Subject files which include reference materials and trial reports and reference material on crops, domesticated animals, wildlife, integrated pest management, fertilizer, pesticides, water, soil, and climate. Last Series is documents and photograph of the Joaquin Experimental Range (SJER). Together, these materials illustrate the evolution of Cooperative Extension activities in Madera County and their impact on local agriculture, environmental stewardship, and public education.

Biographical / historical:

As a result of the passage of Smith-Lever Act, which encourages the cooperation of land-grant universities' research to be taught to Farmers and rural citizens to be able to incorporate in their farm practices. In California it becomes known as Agriculture Extension Service, later known as UC Cooperative Extension, which placed farm advisors employed by the University of California in every county that formed a farm bureau and agreed to sponsor Extension Service work. In 1914, U.C. Cooperative Extension (UCCE) opened its Madera County office to better serve the needs of the county.

Arrangement:

The phsyical order of this collection is based on its original order at the time of accession. Intellectually, the collection is arranged into 7 series and 23 subseries. The series and subseries are arranged alphabetically with the exception of the Plant Science subseries. The arrangement of this subseries is based on the numerical order of the folders and boxes in which the materials reside.

Series 1: Administrative Records

Subseries 1- Departments and Organizations

Subseries 2- Reports, Correspondence, Administrative Records

Series 2: 4-H Subseries 1- Activities and Administrative Files

Subseries 2- Leadership

Series 3. Audiovisual Material

Subseries 1- Audiotapes

Subseries 2- Born-Digital Material

Subseries 3- CD-Rs

Subseries 4- Photographic Slides

Series 4. Master Gardener Program

Series 5. Phoebe Gordon Records

Series 6. Subject File

Subseries 1- Alfalfa

Subseries 2- Animals, Birds, Fish

Subseries 3- Cotton

Subseries 4- Farm Management

Subseries 5- Farm Safety and Regulations

Subseries 6- Insects and Pests

Subseries 7- Livestock Management

Subseries 8- Miscellaneous Crops and Subjects

Subseries 9- Plant Science

Subseries 10- Soil

Subseries 11- Weather, Climate, and Pollution

Subseries 12- Viticulture

Subseries 13- Weeds

Series 7. San Joaquin Experimental Range

Subseries 1- The San Joaquin Experimental Range Report and Supporting Ephemera

Subseries 2- Photographic Material

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

agricultural resources

Places:

Madera County (Calif.)

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-07-24 09:37:46 -0700 .

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. A portion of the records have been digitized and are freely available online.

Terms of access:

This collection is intended to support teaching, research, and private study. Copyright belongs to the Regents of the University of California. Use of the materials beyond that allowed by fair use or by any Creative Commons licenses assigned requires the written permission of the copyright owner(s). For further information, please contact the University of California, Merced Library at archives@ucmerced.edu.

Location of this collection:

UC Merced, UC Cooperative Extension Archive

5200 North Lake Road

Merced, CA 95343, US

Contact:

(209) 228-4444

archives@ucmerced.edu

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