4-H Clubs of Idaho Records,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Languages Sponsor 4-H Clubs of Idaho 4-H Clubs of Idaho Records (inclusive) cubic feet MG364 (collection) Annual reports, manuals, programs from state congresses, information on several 4-H camps, photographs, and club scrapbooks maintained by the state 4-H club historian. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Special Collections and Archives University of Idaho Library 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2350 Moscow, ID Telephone: English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note The 4-H program is part of the nationwide educational system of the Cooperative Extension Service -- a three way partnership of the county governments, the state land-grant universities, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The early development of the 4-H program had its roots in the last decade of the 19th century. Progressive educators in town and city schools were introducing nature study into the curriculum. Cornell University was encouraging nature study as the basis of a better agricultural education, and school gardens were attracting attention in many places throughout the country. Rural educators, in response to a demand from farm people, introduced subjects which taught boys and girls to appreciate rural life and emphasized rural opportunities. In 1898 professor Liberty Hyde Bailey of Cornell University introduced junior naturalist leaflets for use in rural schools and helped organize nature study clubs. Since many of the rural teachers had little preparation for teaching agricultural subjects, the experiment stations of the various state agricultural colleges furnished information. When, in the early part of this century, professors at the agricultural colleges were organizing "Farmers' Institutes" to bring the latest scientific agricultural information to farmers, they also realized the need to provide instruction in agriculture for the children of these farmers. Various activities were organized and clubs were formed where students learned by doing. 1

2 The first Boys' and Girls' Clubs were officially organized in Idaho schools in the school year. By the end of the first year there were thirty potato clubs and nineteen sewing clubs, with a total enrollment of 570 members. The movement gained new stimulus with the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 which established the Cooperative Extension Service jointly among the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state land-grant universities and the counties. The Boys' and Girls' Clubs were transferred to the Extension Service from the Dept. of Public Instruction at this time. The modern 4-H clubs are an integral part of this cooperative extension work. Although the Boys' and Girls' Clubs were the same as the 4-H Club of today, it was usually not referred to by that name. The four-leaf clover was used as an emblem, and reference was made to the four H's -- head, heart, hands, and health. In the mid-twenties the clubs gradually took up the name Boys' and Girls' Four-H Clubs, but it was not until 1948 that Congress authorized the use of the 4-H name and emblem. The first 4-H shortcourse was held on the University of Idaho campus in Classes taught by extension personnel occupied the morning, while the afternoon was taken up with recreational activities and field trips. This shortcourse, now called the 4-H Congress, is still held at the U of I campus each summer. Congressional support for 4-His evidenced by the 1970 funding of the 4-H expanded Food and Nutrition Education Programs for low income city youth, and 1973 appropriations for 4-H urban and community development programs. Two non-governmental organizations, the National 4-H Service Committee and the National 4-H Foundation, coordinate private support to 4-H nationally and assist in carrying out various programs for 4-H youth. The national headquarters for 4-H is in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. State headquarters are at each state land-grant university. Each state has a state leader and a youth development staff administered by the state director of extension. Work in the counties is directed and supervised by county extension agent. Volunteer local leaders are the backbone of 4-H and assist agents by providing direct leadership and educational support to youth in the local neighborhoods and communities. Today's 4-H program is for all youth, urban as well as rural. A variety of methods are now used to reach youth through 4-H: membership in the traditional 4-H clubs, participation in special interest groups, enrollment in short-term projects, 4-H educational TV, and special 4-H nutritional programs for low income city youth. Through the years the objective of 4-H has remained the same -- the development of youth as individuals and as responsible and productive citizens. Content Description The Records of the Idaho 4-H clubs span the years 1913 to 1985, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1940 to The papers include agricultural extension annual reports, 4-H manuals, programs from congresses, information on several 4-H camps, photographs, and club scrapbooks. Some of the material in this record group is concerned with the College of Agriculture at the University of Idaho, not the 4-H program. However, since 4-H is part of the agricultural extension program this material was not separated from the group. Administrative Information 2

3 Arrangement The material in this record group was received over several years and was in no apparent order, therefore a series order was imposed during processing. The first series consists of the paper records which were arranged in alphabetical order. Included in this series are programs and songs from the state congresses, information on the Alpine and Heyburn 4-H Camps, excerpts from early agricultural extension annual reports, minute books from the Collegiate 4-H club, manuals for 4-H projects, newsletters, reports and statistics on Urban 4-H, and Youth enrollment reports for Idaho counties. The photographs are contained in the second series. Included are snapshots, negatives, negatives with contact prints, and prints. Typical of the subjects covered are county fairs and animal judging, special projects such as dog obedience or homing pigeons, camps and camp activities, and group photographs taken at club congresses. The photographs are arranged by subject and most are contained in archival file boxes, however there is a group of 21 large mounted photographs. The final series consists of the scrapbooks maintained by the state club historian. Each book contains photographs and newspaper clippings of the activities of the various 4-H clubs in the state for the year. Acquisition Information The Records of the Idaho 4-H Clubs were donated to the University of Idaho Library by state leader Maurice Johnson between January 1985 and February Detailed Description of the Collection Series I. Alphabetical Files, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 1/1 4-H Congress 1/2 4-H Congress, General information 1/3 4-H Congresses, Programs 30 items 1/4 Songs 6 items /5 Agriculture, College of Cooperative Extension

4 1 1/6-8 Alpine 4-H Club Camp, Alpine, Wyoming 2s 1/9 "An American 4-H Adventure: Down on the farm Soviet Style." National Geographic 1/10-12 Annual report excerpts 20s 1/13-16 Annual reports and related material 2s 1/17 Boys' and Girls' Clubs, Record books 1/18 Club helps no /19-22 Collegiate 4-H Club, Minutes, etc. 20 items 1/23-24 The Communicator, 4-H section 88 items 1/25 Correspondence 5 items 1/26 County agent newsletter 1/27 Demonstration guides 3 items 1/28 Essays by and about 4-H members 13 items 1/29 Extension bulletins on 4-H program 3 1/30 Farm Bureau Junior Club Manual June ca ca

5 1/31 Farm electrification lessons 6 items 1/32 Farm projects 1/33 Feature stories 5 items 1/34 Food, canning, and freezing projects 40 items 1/35-36 Gem State 4-H News 30 items 2/37-38 Guides and manuals 43 items 2/39 Health education project, Progress report 2/40 Heyburn Youth Camp and Heyburn Camp Association 2/41 Annual Statement of Corporation 6 items 2/42 Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, etc. 5 items 2/43 Calendars 1 2/44 Camp plans 23 items 2/45 Correspondence 165 items 2/46 Financial Statements 18 items 2/47 Lease and related material 7 items ca ca

6 2/48 Long range plan 2/49 Minutes and related material 85 items 2/50 Permanent file 20 items 2/51 Recognition of exemption 29 items 2/52 History of 4-H 2/53 Idaho 4-H Club Leader 10 items 2/54 Idaho 4-H history 2/55 Idaho 4-H in the 70s 2/56 Idaho 4-H materials list 2/57 Idaho 4-H safety activity (films and pamphlets available) 2/58 Idaho Annual Report. State 4-H club leader 2/59 Idaho Junior short course 3 items 2/60 Idaho state politics 2/61 Miscellaneous 3 items 2/62 Miscellaneous publications 6 items undated ca

7 2/63 Mu Beta Beta, honorary 4-H club fraternity 20 items 2/64 Natural resources workshop 2/65 New agent training manual 2/66-67 Newspaper clippings 86 items 2/68 North Idaho 4-H Club News 2/69-78 Plan of work, Cooperative Extension Service 3s 2/79-80 Plan of work, State 4-H 1 2/81 Rural electrification record book 3/82 Score cards used in judging fair exhibits 3/83-88 State 4-H Office Newsletter, s 3/89 Statistical information 28 items 3/90 "Status of EFNEP in Idaho," by Lois W. Pace 3/91 Urban 4-H 1 3/92 Charts 2 3/93-96 Quarterly reports (by county) 7s ca ca July December

8 3/97 Reports by Corinne Rowe 16 items 3/98 Statistics by county 3/99 Miscellaneous 3/100 USDA. 4-H publications 15 items 3/101 Honor awards 3 items 3/102 Warren, Dan E., Retirement 7 items 3/103 Youth Advisory Committee 3/104 Youth enrollment report 3/ Youth enrollment reports, Ada-Clearwater counties 10 4/ Youth enrollment reports, Custer-Washington counties 156 items Series II. Photographs, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 4/121 Awards 4/122 Camp for low-income children 26 items ca / Camps: Alpine 4-H Camp, Alpine, Wyoming

9 6s 4/125 Central Idaho 4-H camp 4/126 Heyburn Youth Camp 13 items 4/127 Camps and camping activities 5 4/128 Chatcolab 19 items 4/129 Club activities 7s 4/ Club Congresses, Moscow 148 items 4/ County 4-H activities 116 items 4/139 Demonstrations 15 items 4/140 Displays 15 items 4/141 Easley camp site 1 4/142 Eastern Idaho State Fair 60 items 4/143 Eldon Kearl and his robot 5 items 4/144 Fairs and contests 98 items 4/145 Grangeville achievement contests ca ca ca undated ca Oct. 4, /146 Historical pictures

10 33 items 4/147 Idaho Pride Day, tree planting with Lt. Gov. Jack Murphy, Boise 6 items 4/148 Kiwanis career day 4/149 Leaders and others involved in the 4-H program 36 items 4/150 Miscellaneous 4-H pictures 2s 4/151 National 4-H delegates 23 items 5/152 Photos used for display 15 items 5/153 Projects: Agriculture 13 items 5/154 Beef cattle 2s 5/155 Clothing (sewing) 17 items 5/156 Cooking, baking 17 items 5/157 Crafts 1 5/158 Dairy cows 7 5/159 Dog obedience (Nampa 4-H group) 13 items 5/160 Homing pigeons (Caldwell 4-H group) 1968 ca ca ca ca ca ca /161 Horses ca

11 5/162 Insects 5/163 Lambs 17 items 5/164 Mechanical 5 items 5/165 Other home economics 5 items 5/166 Pigs 3 items 5/167 Rocks 3 items 5/168 Publicity pictures 6 5/169 Sandpoint contest 5/170 Short-courses 2 5/171 Slides, possibly national congress 1s 5/172 College of Agriculture personnel 6s 5/173 Non 4-H pictures from Maurice Johnson 36 items ca ca ca ca October 5, ca os/174 Boy with steer undated 5/ D.E. Warren at 4-H Congress breakfast 1957, / Idaho 4-H Congress group pictures ca

12 7 items 5/184 The 4-H Club "Where citizenship grows" 5/185 Bannock County 4-H Fair, Downey 5/ Bannock County 4-H horse project 5/ Power County 4-H projects 3 items 5/191 Alpine 4-H camp 5/192 Idaho Pride conference 5/ H Club Congress, University of Idaho ca ca ca ca ca ca Series III. Scrapbooks, Container(s) Description Dates Box/Folder 5/195 Ag Science Day 5/196 Idaho 4-H through the years 5/197 Scrapbook 5/198 Scrapbook 5/199 Scrapbook

13 5/200 Scrapbook 5/201 Scrapbook 5/202 Scrapbook 5/203 Scrapbook 5/204 Scrapbook 5/205 Scrapbook 5/206 Scrapbook 5/207 Scrapbook 5/208 Scrapbook 5/209 Scrapbook 5/210 Scrapbook 5/211 Scrapbook 5/212 Scrapbook 5/213 Scrapbook 5/214 Scrapbook

14 5/215 Scrapbook 5/216 Scrapbook 5/217 Scrapbook 5/218 Scrapbook 5/219 Scrapbook 5/220 Scrapbook Names and Subjects Subject Terms : 4-H clubs -- Idaho -- History -- Sources Corporate Names : Idaho. State 4-H Office Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen