By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen.
Title: Extension Bulletin Illustrations Photograph Collection, 1915-1963
Predominant Dates: 1920-1946
ID: P 020
Primary Creator: Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Extent: 1.2 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Most of the images are individually numbered, beginning with item number 379. The preliminary container list presents the images in numerical order with descriptions transcribed from the photographic prints.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Extension Bulletin Illustrations Photograph Collection consists of images that were created and assembled for use in Oregon State College Extension Service publications and county reports. They document extension activities in agriculture, home economics, and youth programs.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
The Extension Bulletin Illustrations Photograph Collection consists of images (primarily black-and-white photographic prints) that were created and assembled for use in Oregon State College Extension Service publications and county reports. They document extension activities in agriculture, home economics, and youth programs. Of particular note are images of the World War II period including Bracero and other farm workers in the Emergency Farm Labor Service; other wartime extension activities; and the relocation of Japanese-Americans residing in Oregon.
Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
More Extent Information: 2200 photographs; 8 boxes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Related Materials:
Photographs of the Bracero workers are also available online in the Braceros in Oregon Photograph Collection. The Extension Service Records (RG 111) document the administration and programmatic activities of the OSU Extension Service. The Special Collections and Archives Research Center includes many collections of photographs documenting agriculture in Oregon as well as Extension Services activities in the state. Two collections of note are the Extension Service Photographs (P 062) and the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photograph Collection (P 120).
See Also: Digital Resources: History of OSU Extension, a comprehensive collection of online resources documenting the 100+ year history of Extension at Oregon State University.
Preferred Citation: Extension Bulletin Illustrations Photograph Collection (P 020), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.
Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before November 14, 2014.
Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Oregon Agricultural College. Extension Service
Oregon State University. Extension Service
4-H clubs--Oregon.
Agricultural extension work--Oregon.
Agricultural laborers--Oregon.
Agricultural machinery--Oregon.
Agriculture--Oregon.
Crops--Oregon.
Home economics extension work--Oregon.
Hops and Brewing
Livestock--Oregon.
Natural Resources
Oregon Multicultural Archives
Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service
University History
World War, 1939-1945--War work--Oregon--Schools.
Glass plate negatives.
Nitrate negatives.
Photographic prints.
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