Ventura County, UC Cooperative Extension Records, 1916-2000

Summary

Title:

University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Ventura County

Dates:

1916-2000

Extent:

43.5 Linear Feet and 2 Linear Feet

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Ventura County (UCCE-0002), UC Cooperative Extension Archive, University of California, Merced Library, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343

Background

Scope and content:

The University of California Cooperative Extension Records for Ventura County span the years of 1916-2000. Records include reports and information on storm districts, irrigation and water management, farm management including information on farm labor and migrant workers, integrated pest management including information on pesticides and fertilizers, floriculture including information on gardens and landscaping, nutrition including information on food preservation, and youth developing including information on 4-H projects Agua Pura, Green Net Project, Youth Experiences in Science, and From Snails to Alpha Males. A large portion of the records are related to agriculture in Ventura County, the Coastal Plain, and the Intermountain Valleys of the Transverse Ranges in California and include trial reports and reference material on crops, domesticated animals, wildlife, water, soil, and climate. The collection includes a wide variety of formats: typed reports, project proposals, data sets, local newsletters and press releases, maps, audiovisual material, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, and a variety of publications from the county, state, and national level.

Arrangement:

The arrangement reflects the intellectual order rather than the physical arrangement of the records. Series 2, Series 3, and Series 5 Subseries 1 reflect the name of the farm advisor who was the last custodian of the records in that series or subseries. The records in these series reflect the custodian's research focus and tenure and can also include records inherited from previous farm advisors.

Series 1. Administrative Files

Subseries 1. Annual Reports

Subseries 2. General Information Historical Records

Series 2. Ben Faber Records

Subseries 1. Avocados

Subseries 2. Integrated Pest Management and Pesticides

Subseries 3. Citrus

Subseries 4. General Information Historical Records

Series 3. Julie Newman

Series 4. Publications

Series 5. 4-H

Subseries 1. Records for A. Michael Marzolla Subseries 2. General Information Historical Records

Series 6. Photographs and Audiovisual Material

Subseries 1. Photographs Subseries 2. Audiovisual Material

Physical facet:

Processed records. Located at Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF), University of California.

Processed records (photographic material). Located at UC Merced Library.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Separated material:

Per the request of the Ventura County, UC Cooperative Extension, Box 26 and Box 27 are located at their office. For help locating archival materials at the Ventura County, UC Cooperative Extension office, please contact (805) 645-1451. For all other inquiries, please contact archives@ucmerced.edu.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

agricultural resources
photographs
photography -- Negatives

Places:

Ventura County (Calif.)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Lisa Vallen Carolina Villa Kelsey Raidt

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-23 15:53:39 -0700 .

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. A portion of the records have been digitized and are freely available online. The majority of materials in this collection are stored at the University of California's Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).

Series 5-Photographs and Audiovisual Material are located on site at the UC Merced Library.

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.

Preferred citation:

University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Ventura County (UCCE-0002), UC Cooperative Extension Archive, University of California, Merced Library, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343

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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