Guide to the Future Farmers of America, Nokesville Chapter scrapbooks C0300
Future Farmers of America, Nokesville Chapter scrapbooks
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Brittney Falter
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Future Farmers of America, Nokesville Chapter scrapbook, C0300, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated by the Prince William Public Libraries in November 2016.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Brittney Falter in January 2017. EAD markup completed by Brittney Falter in January 2017. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in January 2023.
Historical Information
The National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization is an American youth organization, specifically a career and technical student organization to promote agricultural education for boys. It was founded in 1925 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute by agriculture teachers Henry C. Groseclose, Walter Newman, Edmund Magill and Harry Sanders. The FFV served as the model for the Future Farmers of America by 1928. In 1927 G.W. Owens, teacher-trainer at Virginia State College, and Dr. H.O. Sargent, federal agent for agricultural education for African Americans, U.S. Office of Education, wrote the first constitution and bylaws of the New Farmers of Virginia, an organization for African American agriculture students. It was not until 1969 that the FFA opened membership to girls, making it possible for them to hold office and participate in competitive events at regional and national levels.
Scope and Content
Two scrapbooks created by the Future Farmers of America (FFA), Nokesville chapter that include, photographs and articles about FFA and Future Homemakers of America (FHA), awards and certificates, competition and event information and programs, and correspondence from 1950 until circa 1983.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Related Material
North Carolina State University Archives holds the Future Farmers of America Scrapbooks.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Agriculture -- Virginia
- Nokesville (Va.)
- Virginia -- History