A&M 2631Nat T. Frame (1877-1948) Papers, 1914-1948 A&M 2631Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:13:04 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Nat T. Frame (1877-1948) Papers Frame, Nat T. (Nat Terry), 1877- A&M 2631 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/654 3.8 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 9 1/2 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.) 1914-1948 West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Nat T. Frame (1877-1948) Papers, A&M 2631, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, pamphlets, reports and similar materials collected by Nat Terry Frame for use in preparing his history of West Virginia Agricultural Extension Work, entitled West Virginia Agriculture and Rural Life. Subjects discussed in the work include regional development groups in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio; rural life and community development experiments of the 1930s; American Country Life Association ideology and activities; improvement of small farm practices; and rural adult education and Four-H (4-H) club activities.

Series include: Series 1. Correspondence, ca. 1914-1948 (boxes 1-2) Series 2. Office Files, ca. 1914-1948 (boxes 2-9) Series 3. Add. of 1979 April 26. West Virginia Agriculture and Rural Life (Parts 1 and 2) by Nat Frame, ca. 1914-1948 (box 9) Series 4. Maps and Charts, ca. 1914-1948 (oversize folder)

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 Jackson's Mill (W. Va.) Ohio Pennsylvania Agriculture Farms and farming. Rural life and community development. Rural youth work. West Virginia - Agricultural Extension Work. Women -- Rural life and community development Allegheny Tablelands Association American Country Life Association 4-H clubs Kanawha Valley Association Oglebay Institute United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Waddington Peoples College. West Virginia Farm Bureau Conservation Commission of West Virginia West Virginia University. Agricultural Extension Service Frame, Nat T. (Nat Terry), 1877- Epsilon Sigma Phi Series 1. Correspondence [boxes 1-2]Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163203ca. 1914-1948121-4Scope and Contents

This series includes assorted correspondence sorted alphabetically.

AArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163207ca. 1914-194811BArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163208ca. 1914-194812CArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163209ca. 1914-194813DArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163210ca. 1914-194814EArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163211ca. 1914-194815FArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163212ca. 1914-194816GArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163213ca. 1914-194817HArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163214ca. 1914-194818JArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163215ca. 1914-194819KArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163216ca. 1914-1948110LArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163217ca. 1914-1948111MArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163218ca. 1914-1948112NArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163219ca. 1914-1948113PArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163220ca. 1914-1948114RArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163221ca. 1914-1948115SArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163222ca. 1914-1948116TArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163223ca. 1914-194821UArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163224ca. 1914-194822VArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163225ca. 1914-194823WArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163226ca. 1914-194824Series 2. Office Files [boxes 2-9]Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163204ca. 1914-194825-934567891-4Scope and Contents

This series includes Frame's files sorted by subject. Subjects include rural life studies, the WV Extension Service Country Life Program, etc.

Agronomy ProgramsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163227ca. 1914-194825Allegheny TablelandsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163228ca. 1914-194826Baltimore & Ohio R.R.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163229ca. 1914-194827Barter ExchangesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163230ca. 1914-194828Character EducationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163231ca. 1914-194829Community Development -- Other StatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163232ca. 1914-194831Community Organizations -- GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163233ca. 1914-194832Country Life Addresses -- FrameArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163234ca. 1914-194833Country Life Addresses -- FrameArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163235ca. 1914-194834Country Life ConferencesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163236ca. 1914-194835DairyingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163237ca. 1914-194836Dent Co. Rural CultureArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163238ca. 1914-194837Epsilon Sigma Phi -- CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163239ca. 1914-194838Expense AccountsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163240ca. 1914-194839Extension Workers AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163241ca. 1914-1948310Fairs & FestivalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163242ca. 1914-1948311Farm BureauArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163243ca. 1914-1948312Fred C. CroxtonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163244ca. 1914-194841Forestry ExtensionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163245ca. 1914-194842Four-H [4-H]- Clubs & CampsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163246ca. 1914-194843Gardens -- PotatoesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163247ca. 1914-194844General and CountiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163248Before 1914 July 145General and CountiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1632491914–191946General and CountiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1632501919–193347General and CountiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163251After July 193348Graduate SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163252ca. 1914-194849Home EconomicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163253ca. 1914-194851Home IndustriesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163254ca. 1914-194852Instructions to InterviewersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163255ca. 1914-194853Jackson's MillArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163256ca. 1914-194854Kanawha Valley AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163257ca. 1914-194855L-A EmploymentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163258ca. 1914-194856LandscapingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163259ca. 1914-194857Land Use PlanningArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163260ca. 1914-194858Live StockArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163261ca. 1914-194859Manuscripts -- Frame (Country Life and WV Extension Services)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163262ca. 1914-1948510Marketing DemonstrationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163263ca. 1914-1948511Miscellaneous -- Non-WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163264ca. 1914-194861Miscellaneous NotesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163265ca. 1914-194862Mountaineer CraftsmenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163266ca. 1914-194863MusicArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163267ca. 1914-194864Non-WV Country Life ProgramsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163268ca. 1914-194865Oglebay InstituteArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163269ca. 1914-194866Personnel -- ApplicationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163270ca. 1914-194867Pine Crest CampArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163271ca. 1914-194868Preparation of ManuscriptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163272ca. 1914-194871Procedure Accident CompensationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163273ca. 1914-194872RadioArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163274ca. 1914-194873RecreationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163275ca. 1914-194874Requests for SuppliesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163276ca. 1914-194875Retirement ProvisionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163277ca. 1914-194876Rural Life -- Non-WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163278ca. 1914-194877Rural Life -- Non-WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163279ca. 1914-194878Rural Life Studies -- MinnesotaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163280ca. 1914-194879Rural Life Studies -- Missouri, WisconsinArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163281ca. 1914-194881Rural SociologyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163282ca. 1914-194882Rural SociologyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163283ca. 1914-194883Self Help AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163284ca. 1914-194884Standard Form PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163285ca. 1914-194885State Conservation CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163286ca. 1914-194886University ExtensionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163287ca. 1914-194887Upper Monongahela AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163288ca. 1914-194891WV Country Life CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163289ca. 1914-194892WV -- Extension Service Country Life ProgramArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163290ca. 1914-194893WV -- Extension Service Country Life ProgramArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163291ca. 1914-194894Series 3. Add. of 1979 April 26. West Virginia Agriculture and Rural Life (Parts 1 and 2) by Nat Frame [box 9]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163205ca. 1914-194895Scope and Contents

This addendum includes two parts of an unpublished manuscript by Frame titled "West Virginia Agriculture and Rural Life."

Series 4. Maps and Charts [oversize folder]Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163206ca. 1914-1948OversizeScope and Contents

This series includes assorted maps and charts, including several of various locations in West Virginia.

Chart of Suggestion Organization of Self-Help MovementArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163292ca. 1914-1948OversizeDevelopment Plan for Monongahela Self-Help Association, Morgantown, WV. (Scale: 1 in.=60 ft.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1632931933 May 17OversizeRoad Map of Marshall County, WV issue by Marshall County Bank, Moundsville, WV, first issued 1909Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163294undatedOversizeHand-drawn chart of rural services (drawn on back of 1930 calendar poster)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/163295ca. 1930Oversize