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Articles, official correspondence and information releases, 1916-1924, no date

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 58
Identifier: III.C.2.

Scope and Content Note

From the Sub-Series:

Subseries III.C. consists of the National 4-H Leader Oscar H. Benson's file divided into Photographs and Correspondence, News Articles, and Publications. There are seven photographs of George Farrell, his assistant in the North and West, demonstrating proper canning techniques and tools. The Benson file contains a wealth of information on home canning in girls' and boys' clubs, correspondence bearing prominent national program leaders' signatures, and news articles reporting botulism deaths and botulism in canned olives.

Dates

  • Creation: 1916-1924, no date

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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