Finding Aid for Agricultural Communications Materials, 1961, 1965-1994 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Agricultural Communications Materials, 1961, 1965-1994

ID: 8/3/859

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Agricultural Extension Service

Extent: 1.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject and by title of publication and chronologically thereunder.

Subjects: Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Journalism, Editorial Work, Instructional Resources

Languages: English

Duplicated copies of materials produced by the Agricultutral Communications Department and the Extension Editorial Office, including promotional brochures; organizational charts; currciculum proposals; scholarship and student recruitment announcements; grant proposals; instructional resources letters; publications not in a titled or lettered series on adult education, leadership,group discussion; announcements,promotional packets; research project plans and reports; workshop handouts; career publications; grant proposals; administrative and curricular materials; Forum - a publication about agricultural communications students; FOCUS releases on individual students; Agricultural Communications (1968- ) and Instructional Resources (1968- ) newsletters; and ACT-Illini - Agricultural Communications of Tommorow material (1971- ).

Under the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and subsequent laws, the University is responsible for cooperative agricultural and home economics extension work, consisting of instruction and practical demonstrations for persons not attending the University through field demonstrations and publications.¹ The County Cooperative Extension Law passed in 1963 recognized the County Extension Councils set up by the University; with this authorization the University reaffirmed the delegation of this function to the Director of the University Cooperative Extension Service. In addition this law established Extension Boards as liaisons between the County Councils and County Board of Supervisors or Commissioners, and designated the University to be eligible to receive county funds to support the Cooperative Extension program.² Originally the Dean of the College of Agriculture served under the title of Director of the Cooperative Extension Service.³ On April 1, 1965, this title was changed back to simply Dean of the College of Agriculture, while the Associate Director of the Cooperative Extension Service became the Director of the Cooperative Extension Service and Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture.⁴

On May 11, 1995, the Board of Trustees approved the renaming and reorganization of the College. It was renamed the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences and several changes were made in the organization of departments and divisions.⁵ The faculty in the 4-H and Youth Programs, which to that point had been part of the Cooperative Extension Service, were combined with three other entities to create a new department called the Department of Human and Community Development.⁶

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 27th Report, June 9, 1914, p. 766.

2. Ibid., 52nd Report, September 18, 1963, p. 773

3. Ibid., 27th Report, June 9, 1914, p. 766.

4. Ibid., 53rd Report, February 17, 1965, p. 393.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 68th Report, May 11, 1995, p. 277-8.

6. SEE Human and Community Development Department, RG 8/11.

Agricultural Communications
Agricultural Journalism
Editorial Work
Instructional Resources

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 9/66

Other Note: 0 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0803859.pdf

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