HENNEPIN COUNTY: EXTENSION SERVICE:
An Inventory of Its Files of Extension Agent Kemper A. Kirkpatrick at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Hennepin County (Minn.). County Extension Service. | |
| Title: | Files of Extension Agent Kemper A. Kirkpatrick. | |
| Dates: | 1910-1947. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Files of Kemper A. Kirkpatrick, who was Hennepin County extension agent from 1914 to 1952. | |
| Quantity: | 2.5 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
In addition to his county extension service, Kirkpatrick was a founder and/or active promoter in the Twin Cities area of the Farm Bureau, 4-H, the Milk Producers Association, and several other agricultural organizations. During World War II, he toured the county giving free classes on canning, gardening and other home-based wartime agricultural activities.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
They include his annual reports and diaries, speech notes, an autobiographical sketch, and miscellany of the Twin City Milk Producers Association and the Hennepin County Farm Bureau Association. An extensive set of photographs document 4-H and other farm youth activities, prize livestock, farm fields and experimental plots, individual farms, and other agricultural subjects.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hennepin County (Minn.). County Extension Service. Files of Extension Agent Kemper A. Kirkpatrick. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 994-67
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017315420104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 102.H.5.1B | 1 | Autobiographical sketch, 1947. | |||||||||
| Kirkpatrick discusses his life and career up to 1947. | |||||||||||
| Photographs, undated and 1913. 1 folder: | |||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick with auto and equipment for canning demonstrations, undated. 2 copies. | |||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick with his automobile, 1913. | |||||||||||
| Farm Boys Camp, Cedar River, August 1913. | |||||||||||
| Dairy Social[?] Women pictured, undated. | |||||||||||
| Speech notes, 1920s-1941. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Notes from Kirkpatrick's speeches to various groups, as well as quotes to use in speeches. Poetry and some lists of officials are also included, such as early county agents and date of inception. In addition, Kirkpatrick lists expenses for various trips, with prices. Paraphrasing of black minister's speech, speech on the bill of rights, poetry, study of potatoes, dairy facts about Hennepin County. | |||||||||||
| Diaries, May 1914-1918. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Daily diary of events in Kirkpatrick's professional life, with a few references to home life and politics. Descriptions of driving about the county in his automobile to visit various farms and solve agricultural problems. | |||||||||||
| Milk Producers Association: Miscellaneous papers, approximately 1916. | |||||||||||
| Includes contracts for milk price setting and distribution, posters for meetings, and advertisements. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin County Farm Bureau Association: Official documents, approximately 1910-1925. | |||||||||||
| Includes meeting minutes, bylaws, and papers. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin County Farm Bureau Association: Miscellaneous papers, approximately 1915. | |||||||||||
| Annual Reports of the Hennepin County Agricultural Agent: | |||||||||||
| Agricultural Agent to 1936, thereafter County Extension Service. Typescript: some ribbon copies, some carbon copies. Some include photos pasted in. | |||||||||||
| 1916-1917, 1922-1929. 5 folders and 9 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 102.H.5.2F | 2 | 1930-1941. 2 folders and 12 volumes. | |||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 114.A.2.2F-1 | 3 | Photographs, 1925-approximately 1938: | |||||||||
| Two sets of black-and-white photographs mounted on cards with detailed captions. One set is organized into a numbered series 1-550, with detailed descriptions and dates. There is often more than one photo per numbered card. The other set comprises several hundred photos which are not in a discernable order. Many of the photos illustrate 4-H and other farm youth groups judging, classes, contests, and field trips; prize livestock; and farm fields and experimental plots. Other topics include (with card number in parentheses where applicable). | |||||||||||
| Bloomington Consolidated School (99). | |||||||||||
| Boulder Bridge Farm, Excelsior (368). | |||||||||||
| Brooklyn Community M. E. Church. | |||||||||||
| Como Park Greenhouse (320). | |||||||||||
| County Fair agricultural competitions. | |||||||||||
| Dayton farm (186). | |||||||||||
| Farm equipment (251). | |||||||||||
| Grasshopper pesticide control. | |||||||||||
| Gust Roehlke's farm, Burschville (348). | |||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth and Kemper (57). | |||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick, home in St. Anthony Park (2). | |||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick, K. A. | |||||||||||
| Lake Minnetonka (167). | |||||||||||
| Lake Sarah resort (254). | |||||||||||
| Manitoba Agricultural College (384). | |||||||||||
| O. H. Kelly Farm, Itasca. | |||||||||||
| Parliament Building. | |||||||||||
| Potatoes, mercury treated. | |||||||||||
| TCMPA plant, Dupont and Western Aves (143). | |||||||||||
| University Farm. | |||||||||||
| Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||
| Washington Monument, with scaffolding, approximately 1934. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- 4-H clubs -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Photographs.
- Agricultural extension work -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Agricultural extension workers -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Biography.
- Agricultural extension workers -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Diaries.
- Agriculture -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Societies, etc.
- County agricultural agents -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Farms -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Photographs.
- Field crops -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Photographs.
- Field experiments -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Photographs.
- Food conservation -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Livestock -- Judging -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Photographs.
- Rural youth -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
- Victory gardens -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Persons:
- Kirkpatrick, Kemper A.
- Organizations:
- Hennepin County Farm Bureau Association (Minn.).
- Twin City Milk Producers Association.
- Document Types:
- Autobiographies.
- Diaries.
- Photographs -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County.
- Speeches.
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