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New Awards for Regional Archives at UC Merced Library Author: Emily S. Lin May 14, 2022 In October 2021, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded UC Merced Library a grant from American Rescue Plan funds to support the California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) project. In April 2022, the NEH announced it would award a $750,000 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant to UC Merced to fund a renovation project in the library that will expand its capacity to house archives and special collections documenting the Sierra Nevada and Central Valley regions. |
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Cooperative Extension Firsts in Modoc County Author: Rebecca Gourevitch April 7, 2022 Additional material from the Modoc County, UC Cooperative Extension Records, part of the UC Cooperative Extension Archive at UC Merced, have been digitized and made available on Calisphere. Found in the collection are copies of Modoc County Ranch Roundup, a newsletter dedicated to Cooperative Extension activities in the region. |
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From the Mariposa County, UC Cooperative Extension Collection: The 1988 Beef Checkoff Author: Rebecca Gourevitch March 2, 2022 The California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) team digitized and placed online over one hundred items from the Mariposa County, UC Cooperative Extension collection including materials related to the 1988 Beef Checkoff referendum. |
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From the Archives: 4-H Youth Development Author: Emily S. Lin February 28, 2022 As farm advisors fanned out across California in the 1910s and 1920s and developed programs of work with local farm bureaus, one of their key endeavors was enrolling boys and girls in local agricultural clubs. Early agricultural clubs, including calf, pig, poultry, vegetable growing, and home economics clubs, were formed to provide youth with hands-on learning experiences and demonstrate better agricultural and home practices. Merced County agent J.F. Grass attested in his 1920 report that these clubs successfully “aroused the interest of parents” and “stimulated farm bureau work in those communities.” Competitions were established to increase attention to purebred stock, better feed, and other farm improvement objectives. |
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Processing of Modoc County’s UC Cooperative Extension archival collection underway Author: Rebecca Gourevitch January 12, 2022 The California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) team is processing archival documents from the Modoc County, UC Cooperative Extension collection. Materials reflect the prominent livestock management operations in California's most northeastern county, as well as watershed restoration projects and the various activities performed by farm advisors and topic specialists. |
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Over 1,000 photographs from San Joaquin County, UC Cooperative Extension digitized at UC Merced Library Author: Rebecca Gourevitch December 8, 2021 The California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) team has made great progress in recent months to digitize and make accessible the UC Cooperative Extension Archive. Working in collaboration with the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, we digitized 1,051 photographs as part of the University of California Agricultural Cooperative Extension, San Joaquin County, Collection. |
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History of UC Cooperative Extension in Modoc County now online Author: Rebecca Gourevitch October 14, 2021 The California Agricultural Resources Archive (CARA) team published online historic records from the UC Cooperative Extension office in Modoc County. |
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Radio Spots by UCANR Broadcast Services added to UC Cooperative Extension Archive Author: Rebecca Gourevitch September 13, 2021 The library has made 154 audio clips accessible for listening through Calisphere from the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) Archive. |
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Historic records of UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County Author: Rebecca Gourevitch July 14, 2021 This past month, the UC Merced Library made 2,898 digitized items from the UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County archive available online. |
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UC Merced Library and Merced County 4-H Wrap-up Inaugural StoryMapping Project Author: Rebecca Gourevitch June 23, 2021 In May, UC Merced Library and Merced County 4-H concluded an inaugural StoryMapping Project for students in grades 9-12. Designed to encourage participants to discover the value of historical archives, the project introduced young people to UC Merced’s University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) archives. |
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