Guide to the Farm Bureau Scrapbooks, New York State,
1912-1934

Collection Number: 21-24-461

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
February 1987
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Farm Bureau scrapbooks, New York State, 1912-1934.
Collection Number:
21-24-461
Quantity:
4.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Scrapbooks.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Scrapbooks documenting farm bureau activities county by county, 1912-1917; also two scrapbooks on farm bureau activity statewide, 1928-1934.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Between 1911 and 1918, Farm Bureaus were organized by Cornell's College of Agriculture in most rural counties in New York State, before 1914 with the assistance of Sears Roebuck, railroads, chambers of commerce, and other business groups, after 1914 with federal aid provided under the Smith-Lever Act. In 1918, these bureaus and those which had been organized simultaneously in other states organized nationally as the American Farm Bureau Federation. Within New York, the county farm bureaus were organized as the New York State Farm Bureau Federation. The integration of Cooeperative Extension and the Farm Bureaus continued in New York State into the 1950s, when separation was mandated by the federal government.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Scrapbooks documenting farm bureau activities county by county, 1912-1917; also two scrapbooks on farm bureau activity statewide, 1928-1934.
SUBJECTS

Names:
American Farm Bureau Federation.
New York State Farm Bureau Federation.

Subjects:
Agriculture--Societies, etc.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Farm Bureau scrapbooks, New York State, #21-24-461. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1915-1917
Albany
 Box 1
1913-1918
Allegany
 Box 1
1914-1917
Broome
 Box 1
1913-1918
Cattaraugus
 Box 2
1914-1918
Cayuga
 Box 2
1913-1917
Chautauqua
 Box 2
1912-1918
Chemung
 Box 3
1915-1918
Chenango
 Box 3
1912-1917
Clinton
 Box 3
1917-1918
Columbia
 Box 4
1913-1917
Cortland
 Box 4
1914-1917
Delaware
 Box 4
1914-1918
Dutchess
 Box 4
1913-1917
Erie
 Box 5
1913-1917
Franklin
 Box 5
1917-1918
Genesee
 Box 5
1913-1918
Jefferson
 Box 5
1917
Livingston
 Box 6
1915-1917
Madison
 Box 6
1913-1916
Monroe
 Box 6
1914-1918
Montgomery
 Box 6
1914-1918
Nassau
 Box 7
1913-1917
Niagara
 Box 7
1914-1918
Oneida
 Box 8
1915-1917
Onondaga
 Box 8
1916-1917
Ontario
 Box 8
1915-1918
Orange
 Box 8
1917-1918
Orleans
 Box 9
1914-1918
Oswego
 Box 9
1914-1917
Otsego
 Box 9
1916-1918
Rennselaer
 Box 9
1914-1917
St. Lawrence
 Box 10
1914-1917
Saratoga
 Box 10
1915-1918
Schoharie
 Box 10
1915-1918
Seneca
 Box 10
1915-1918
Steuben
 Box 10
1917
Suffolk
 Box 10
1915-1917
Sullivan
 Box 11
1914-1917
Tioga
 Box 11
1914-1918
Tompkins
 Box 11
1914-1918
Ulster
 Box 12
1917-1918
Wayne
 Box 12
1913-1918
Wyoming
 Box 12
1918
Yates
 Box 12
1924-1929
Alfalfa-Clover Campaign
 Box 13
1931
Empire State Potato Club
 Box 13
1926
Woodchuck Control
 Box 14
1932-1934
New York State Farm Bureau
 Box 14