University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Sutter and Yuba Counties UCCE.SUTYUB

Rebecca Gourevitch, Kelsey Raidt, Lisa Vallen

University of California, Merced Library

5200 North Lake Road

Merced 95343

library@ucmerced.edu

URL: http://library.ucmerced.edu

Note

This collection is being processed for partial digitization. The finding aid will be updated when digitization is complete. The final inventory and arrangement of the collection may change upon completion of processing.

Contributing Institution: University of California, Merced Library

Title: University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Sutter and Yuba Counties

Identifier/Call Number: UCCE.SUTYUB

Physical Description: 72 Linear Feet

Date (bulk): 1914-2000

Language of Material: English

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This collection is currently being processed. Once processing is complete, the collection will be open for research and selected material will be digitized and made available online. The collection is located at the University of California, Merced Library. For help locating material and making a research request please contact library@ucmerced.edu.

Organizational History

At the turn of the previous 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. Beginning in 1913, the Agriculture Extension Service, later known as UC Cooperative Extension, placed farm advisors employed by the University of California in every county that formed a Farm Bureau and agreed to sponsor Extension Service work. While arrangements have evolved, advisors continue to work in all California counties today and address problems ranging from soil conditions and land reclamation to irrigation; from livestock breeding to improved varietals; and from mechanization to disease and pest management, to enable farms to increase efficiency and productivity.

Scope and Contents

Records from the Sutter and Yuba Counties Cooperative Extension offices contain materials created by farm advisors Janine Hasey, Kate Wilkin, Franz Niderholzer, and Whitney Brim-Deforest. Materials cover topics including annual reports of work, home demonstration activities, pomology, livestock, rice, walnuts, and the 4-H program.

Arrangement

This collection consists of 8 series:

Series 1: Administrative Records

Series 2: Home Demonstration Agent Files

Series 3: Franz Niederholzer Files

Series 4: Janine Hasey Files

Series 5: Whitney Brim-Deforest Files

Series 6: Kate Wilkin Files

Series 7: 4-H

Series 8: Audiovisual Materials

Administrative Records

box 1, box 2

Annual and Weekly Reports

box 2

Reports of Work

box 2

Banker Short Courses

box 2, box 3

Historical Records

box 3, box 4

Newsletters

Home Demonstration Agent Files 1932, 1944-1972, undated

box 5, folder 1

Assistant home demonstration agent for Sutter County 1932, 1948

box 5, folder 2

Home advisor responsibilities undated

box 5, folder 3

Children's clothing 1966-1969

box 5, folders 4-5

Consumer information day 1955-1957

box 5, folder 6

Clothing storage 1960

box 5, folder 7

Dressing by design: a short course in the subtle art of looking your best 1963

box 5, folders 8-9

Elements of design 1957-1964, undated

box 5, folder 10

Fabrics 1963-1964

box 5, folder 12

Men's suits: how to judge quality 1957

box 5, folder 13

Financial literacy 1957, 1965-1966

box 5, folder 14

Food and you: nutrition short course 1963, undated

box 5, folder 15

A guide to good eating 1970, undated

box 5, folder 16

Food for kids 1960, undated

box 5, folder 17

Purchasing food 1959, 1966, 1971

box 5, folders 18-19

Recipes and cooking techniques 1944, 1953-1956, 1972, undated

box 5, folder 20

Meal planning and budgeting 1955, undated

box 5, folder 21

What makes a utensil "right" undated

Franz Niederholzer Files

box 6

Prunes, apples, pears

box 7

Flood news, weather

Janine Hasey Files

box 8

Sabbatical files

box 9

Research files, almonds

box 10

Planning, water, statistics

box 11

Peaches, land use, planning, horticulture, almonds

box 12

Peaches

box 13

Fuelwood

box 14

Walnuts, historical weather, eucalyptus

box 15

Master gardener program - water and irrigation

box 16

Master gardener program - backyard gardener newsletters

box 17

Master gardener program - fruit and nuts, water flood control, irrigation

box 18

Almonds, walnuts

box 19

Master gardener program - turf and ornamental files

box 20

Master gardener program - grapes, pests

box 21

Master gardener program - bees and agricultural chemistry

box 22

Master gardener program - news releases

box 23

Master gardener program - office files

box 24

Master gardener program - citrus, landscaping, subtropical, avocados, dates, figs, grapes, olives

box 25

Master gardener program - peaches, citrus

box 26

Master gardener program - agricultural chemicals, application methods, fruits and nuts

box 27

Master gardener program - nurseries, weather, crop reports

box 28

Master gardener program - nurseries, nematodes, water, fertilizer, soil

box 29

Walnut research projects

box 30

Peaches

box 31

Kiwis, walnuts, newsletters

box 32

Walnut slides, cassettes, documents

box 33

Feijoa, guava, cherimoya, economics

box 34

Walnut trials, flood information, agricultural resources

box 35

Peaches, weed control, magazines

box 36

Slides - walnuts, peaches, incests, diseases

box 37

Strawberries, apples, ornamental horticulture

box 38

Training manual and historical documents

box 39

Kiwis, peaches

box 40

Slides - kiwis, biomass, fuelwood, peaches, cherimoyas, talks

box 41

Peaches

box 42

Walnuts

box 43

Walnuts, brussel sprouts

box 44

Public relations, Brown files

box 72

Master gardener program - harvesting and post harvest handling, fruits and nuts, economics, apricots, berries, persimmons

Whitney Brim-DeForest Files

box 45

Rice - fertilizer and plant nutrition, economics

box 46

Rice - soil and water

box 47

Rice - straw monitoring, CEC water management, USDA water quality, biosoils

box 48

Rice - straw

box 49

Rice - weed control

box 50

Rice - production, varieties, morphology, physiology

box 51

Rice - pests

box 52

Rice - trials

box 53

Rice - fertilizer and water management

box 54

Rice - agronomy notes and history files

box 55

Rice - plant nutrition

box 56

Rice - green manure and cover crops, hort science

box 57

Rice - utilization, process, extension

box 58

Rice - wild rice, rice water management projects, rice and wheat research

box 59

Rice - economics

box 60

Rice - wild rices, rice water management, rice and wheat research

box 61, box 62

Rice - water quality management projects, rice straw monitoring

box 63

Trials

box 64

Field crops, rice, cereals, seeding, fertilizers, cost studies

Kate Wilkin Files

box 65

Forestry, fire

box 66

Fire, water

box 67

Forestry, wildlands, oak, hardwood, firebreaks

box 68

Fire

box 69

Annual husbandry and photographs

box 70

4-H

Newspaper clippings

Promotional Materials 1985-2003, undated

News releases 1985-1986

Photographic Materials

Sutter County 4-H council meetings

box 71

Audiovisual Materials