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Extension Service Photographic Collection (P 62)ca. 1900-1970 (inclusive); 1915-1955 (bulk) Scope and Content NoteThe collection is organized into four groupings. The first group (numbered photos P62:1-51) consist of photos pertaining to a variety of Extension Service programs and activities, including the Dairy Demonstration Train, 4-H clubs and summer school, and field tours. The second group consists of photographs from Extension Service annual reports of Clatsop and Klamath Counties (numbered photos P62:52-697). The photographs were removed from the original paper copies of the reports. They date from 1923-1944 (Clatsop Co.) and 1926-1955 (Klamath Co.). The photographs document county level extension activities, including fertilizer and variety field trials, farm equipment trials, harvesting techniques, field tours, weed control, irrigation, and 4-H. Photographs of the J. J. Astor and Klamath Branch Experiment Stations are also included. The third group consists of photographs separated from other Extension Service records in RG 111. This group (numbers P62:698-779) includes photographs of meeting attendees, soil conservation activities in the 1930s and 1940s, Field Days and short courses in the 1920s, 4-H activities in Turkey, and the Extension Service Beef Council trailer. The fourth group consists of photographs assembled and/or taken by Frank L. Ballard for use in Extension Service publications and in other publications about Oregon agriculture. Some of the photographs were also displayed in Ballard's office. Ballard's photographs include images of Oregon agriculture, agriculture in the Pacific Northwest region (especially Idaho and Washington), Extension service programs and staff, and farms and ranches throughout Oregon. Of particular note are images of The Dalles Public Market, the Monmouth Cooperative Creamery, the Oliver Ranch in Grant County, several group photographs of Oregon county agents and leaders, and photographs of Ballard and George Peavy. Photographers represented in the Ballard photos include the Columbia Commercial Studio, Asahel Curtis (Seattle), the Elite Studio (The Dalles), Benjamin A. Gifford, C. Moore, Arthur M. Prentiss, Lester Rounds, R.L. Stinson (Klamath Falls), the Weister Company, and L.J. Young (Nampa, Idaho). Historical and Biographical NotesOn July 24, 1911, Oregon Agricultural College's Board of Regents organized the Oregon Extension Service in response to requests from citizens of Oregon for assistance (particularly in agriculture) from the college. R.D. Hetzel, professor of political science, was named as the first director of the Extension Service. The first county extension agents began in Marion and Wallowa Counties in September of 1912. Legislation permitting counties to appropriate money for extension work that would be matched by state funds was enacted in 1913. In May of 1914, nearly three years after Oregon had established its Extension Service, President Woodrow Wilson signed the federal Smith-Lever law, which provided federal money for the establishment of extension services in all states for developing off-campus programs, primarily in agriculture and home economics. The first home extension agents were hired in August 1917 to do wartime emergency work; several of the agents were retained by counties after World War I. By 1937, all counties had at least one county extension agent. During the Extension Service's first forty years, it concentrated on three traditional programmatic areas -- agriculture, home economics, and 4-H. After World War II, four other program areas were added -- forestry (late 1940s), the Marine Advisory Program (late 1940s and greatly expanded in the 1960s), Community Resource Development (1960s), and the Energy Extension Service (1970s). Traditionally, the Extension Service Director reported to (or was) the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. In 1993, as part of a university-wide reorganization, the OSU Extension Service was made part of the Office of Extended Education, which reported to the university's Provost. For an in-depth history of Oregon's Extension Service, see Frank L. Ballard's The Oregon State University Federal Cooperative Extension Service, 1911-1961, located in the Extension Service Records (RG 111) and in the Memorabilia Collection's Extension Service-History file. Frank L. Ballard graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1916 and returned to his native state of New Hampshire where he worked as a county agent for one year. He came back to Oregon in 1917 as a specialist in rural organization and agricultural economics for the Extension Service. During the next 45 years, he served as County Agent Leader, Vice Director, Extension Agriculture Editor of Publications, and Associate Director of the Extension Service in Oregon. He contributed to many leading farm magazines and gained national renown as an agricultural journalist. FormsThe bulk of the collection is b/w prints; these include 6 panoramic prints (10 x 23 in.). The collection also includes 10 nitrate negatives which are stored separately. Organization and ArrangementThe first three groups of photographs are numbered P62:1-779. The photographs from the county annual reports are arranged chronologically by report year and then by page number. The Ballard photographs have not been assigned individual item numbers, but are organized by subject into about 20 folders. Many of the images are unidentified. Related MaterialsSeveral other photographic collections pertain to the Extension Service, including the Extension Bulletin Illustrations Photographic Collection (P 20); the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Photographic Collection (P 120); the Edwin Russell Jackman Photographic Collection (P 89); the 4-H Photographic Collection (P 146); the Home Economics Extension Photographic Collection (P 115); the Clackamas County Jersey Cattle Club Scrapbook and Harriet's Collection #s 963, 969-975, 1589, 2921, and 2969. See RG 111 for the records of the Extension Service. Shelf LocationsPrints and negatives: 2 document boxes on Photograph Collection shelves 2/2/2/a [16x20 oversize box] |
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