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Colorado State University. Extension

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Glenn E. Wilson, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: AGEW
Abstract

Glenn "Kelly" E. Wilson, Jr., was a career Extension agent from 1959 to 1981, predominantly active in the San Juan Basin area of Colorado. Wilson served as the 4-H agent in Weld County from 1959 until 1964, the lead agent in Montezuma County until 1966, and the Extension development specialist for southwest Colorado until his retirement in 1981. The collection includes correspondence, paperwork from professional affiliations, and subject files from extension projects.

Dates: 1962-1981; Majority of material found within 1970-1981

Records of Colorado Cooperative Extension

 Collection
Identifier: AEXT
Abstract For nearly a century, the Colorado Cooperative Extension has served as the agricultural and home management outreach arm of Colorado State University, a land-grant institution, by bringing the results of university research to rural populations. The organization has its roots in early farmers' institutes conducted off-campus starting in 1879. The passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914 officially established Extension as a cooperative effort between the USDA, land-grant institutions, and...
Dates: 1906-2000; Majority of material found within 1916-1998

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Agricultural education -- Colorado 1
San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.) 1
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