"I Pledge My Hands to Larger Service" by Unknown artist, 1970s

Item — Container: art rack

Identifier: MS0056-020061

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Series III is comprised of diversely formatted 4-H materials. It includes photographs, publications, correspondence and articles on boys' and girls' club work from 1915 through 1917, Extension Subcommittee on 4-H Club Work reports, impact studies and bibliographies, and Youth Staff Development and Training intern reports. It contains 4-H sheet music, 33.3 RPM records of radio spots, 4-H club songs on 78 RPM records, and National 4-H Week kits and posters. The sheet music is arranged chronologically. However, songs published the same date are arranged alphabetically by the composer or lyricist's name. Songs published by the same composer or lyricist the same year are arranged alphabetically by title of the song. The National 4-H Leader O.H. Benson's personal file in which the items are not sorted by date or subject was divided into 27 folders in order to maintain the original arrangement. All other dated materials are arranged chronologically. Many of the photographs are not dated and so are arranged by decades based on best estimates. The one poster that is not dated has been placed at the end of the poster collection.

Dates

Creation: 1970s

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

4-H’ers in tie-dye style multi-colored t-shirts with the “4-H WE CARE” logo on them are involved in a community clean-up effort by a river. Some members are also wearing 4-H jackets, caps or plain white t-shirts with the clover. One is on a bicycle, another is photographing the effort and a dog waits for his owner.

Custodial History

One of seven pieces of National 4-H Calendar art displayed in a historical exhibit detailing the National 4-H Calendar Program. This exhibit was created for the 2012 National 4-H Conference and was also displayed at the 2012 National 4-H Hall of Fame at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD. This image also appeared in the March 2013 4-H History Preservation newsletter in an effort to try to find out more about this painting and others in the 4-H Council collection. Painting was adapted as cover for National 4-H Supply catalog in 1972. It hung in the Heritage Hallway from 2004 to 2024.