University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Tulare County
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of administrative, research, outreach, and extension activities of the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) office in Tulare County. The record covers the time range from 1920 to 2012. Materials in this collection reflect the work of numerous farm advisors and administrative staff, whose specialty addresses a wide range of agricultural and natural resource disciplines, including but not limited to citrus, tree fruits, viticulture, vegetable crops, cotton, cereal crops, weed management, dairy science, small farms. The records demonstrate UCCE Tulare's ongoing mission to support local agriculture through applied research, educational programming, and cooperative community efforts. In addition to individual advisor files, the collection includes series dedicated to Tulare’s 4-H Program, maps and planning documents, historical aerial photographs of the county, and legacy materials from past advisors.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1914 - 2000
- Creation: 1914 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. A portion of the records have been digitized and are freely available online. For help locating material please contact archives@ucmerced.edu.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is intended to support teaching, research, and private study. Copyright belongs to the Regents of the University of California. Use of the materials beyond that allowed by fair use or by any Creative Commons licenses assigned requires the written permission of the copyright owner(s). For further information, please contact the University of California, Merced Library at archives@ucmerced.edu.
Extent
165.11 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 14 series and 4 subseries:
Series 1: Administrative Files
Subseries 1: Rural Civil Defense
Subseries 2: Miscellany
Series 2: Jim Sullins Files
Series 3: G. Steven Sibbett Files
Series 4: Neil O'Connell Files
Series 5: Curt Lynn Files
Series 6: 4-H Program
Series 7: Kevin Day Files
Subseries 1: Citriculture
Subseries 2: Jim La Rue Correspondence and files
Series 8: Manual Jimenez Files
Series 9: Michelle Le Strange Files
Series 10: Steve Wright Files
Series 11: Tom Shultz Files
Series 12: Other Advisor Files
Series 13: Maps
Series 14: Aerial Photographs
- Title
- University of California Cooperative Extension Records, Tulare County
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- May 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
Repository Details
Part of the University of California, Merced Library Repository
5200 North Lake Road
Merced 95343 U.S.A. US
(209) 228-4444
(209) 228-4271 (Fax)
archives@ucmerced.edu