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Books Related to 4-H and Extension Work in Florida

Lok, C. Laura; Wilson, S. Julie. Florida 4-H: A Century of Youth Success is a stunning 8.5" x 11" hardcover volume, that celebrates the people and our history from the past 100 years. Relive those precious memories throughout 208 pages of interesting text complemented with many historic and modern photographs. http://www.florida4h.org/historybook.shtml

Cooper, J. Francis. Dimensions in History: Recounting Florida Cooperative Extension Service Progress, 1909-76. Gainesville, Florida: Alpha Delta Chapter Epsilon Sigma Phi, 1976.
University of Florida Science Library S544.3.F6 D55 
IFAS Research Center, Homestead   S544.3.F6 D55    
IFAS Research Center, Apopka   S544.3.F6 D55    
IFAS Research Center, Belle Glade   S544.3.F6 D55    
IFAS Research Center, Ft. Pierce   S544.3.F6 D55    
IFAS Research Center, Lake Alfred   S544.3.F6 D55   

Cotton, Barbara R. The lamplighters, black farm and home demonstration agents in Florida : 1915-1965. Tallahassee, Florida: U.S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1982.
University of Florida Science Library  S544.3.F6 C68 1982

McPherson, W.W. IFAS and Florida Agriculture. 1984. UF Manuscript Collection 77. The collection consists of an unpublished history of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. It is also a history of the major developments in Florida agriculture during the years 1880-1984. Parts of chapters 5 and 9 are missing.

Books Related to 4-H & Extension Work at a National Level

____, “From a Dream to a Reality: A History of the National 4-H Service Committee. University of Florida Science Library  SF33 F71 1971

Rasmussen, David. Taking the University to the People: Seventy-Five Years of Cooperative Extension.  Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1989. University of Florida Science Library  S544 .R37 1989

Reeder, R.L. The people and the profession : pioneers and veterans of the Extension Service remember how they did their jobs. Epsilon Sigma Phi, 1979. University of Florida Science Library  S544 .R43

Scott, Roy Vernon. The reluctant farmer. The rise of Agricultural Extension to 1914. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971.
University of Florida Science Library  630.715 S428r
University of Florida Science Library  275.2 S428r

  Wessel, Thomas R. & Wessel, Marilyn. 4-H: An American Idea. Chevy Chase, MD: National 4-H Council, 1982. University of Florida Science Library  S533.F66 W45 1982 

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