Kansas Young Farmers and Young Farm Wives (Women)
- US US kmk 2019-20.004
- Collection
- 1962-1999
This collection includes organizational records: state and national, publications, conference programs & pamphlets, and photographs from Kansas Young Farmer & Young Farm Wives (Women) from 1962-1999. The majority of the records are from 1973-1995. Please note that in 1987/1988 the organization changed its name to Kansas Young Farmers & Young Farm Women. Within the records, the larger joint organization is often referred to as KYFW. The larger organization is often broken into its parts for meetings and organizing events, those are Kansas Young Farmers (KYF) and Kansas Young Farm Wives/Women (KYW).
KYFW was an organization created by the Kansas State Board of Vocational Agriculture to promote vocational agricultural education past high school and was administered through Kansas State University. The organization was formed in 1960, with its first articles of incorporation being filed on 5/24/1962 The organize and its members are closely tied to their younger counterpart, Future Farmers of America (FFA) often sharing the same administrators and being involved in FFA events either via sponsorship or as program presenters. KYFW placed heavy emphasis on continuing education within the agriculture field. Encouraging its members to actively share and develop new techniques and technology. They also valued strong leadership skills, asking their members to not only be actively involved in the organization, at the leadership level but also within their community.
Series 1: Conferences/Conventions (1968-1977, undated)
a. National Young Farmer Institute: 1968-1990, 1944, 1997
b. Kansas
  Registration: undated
  Booth Information
  State Fair: 1975
  Kansas Young Farmers & Wives State Convention: 1964, 1966-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1995
  State Tour: 1964-1992
  Young Farmers & Wives Day: 1977-1979, 1980-1988, 1990, 1992
  Young Farmer Leadership Conference/Day: 1977-1979, 1985, 1991
  Kansas Vocational Agriculture Teachers State Conference: 1967-1970
  AIC Institute for Young Farmers
Series 2: Awards (1968-1999, undated)
a. Applications: 1972, 1993
b. Kansas Young Farmer Awards: undated, 1968-1972, 1988, 1992, 1999
c. Advisor Award
d. Community Service Award
e. Young Farmer Spokesman Contest: undated, 1976-1982
Series 3: Vocational Education (1975-1990, undated)
a. Adult Teaching Methods
b. Farmer Management Workshop: 1975-1977
c. Guidelines for Developing Adult Vocational Education
d. Occupational Experience Supervision
e. Research Studies: 1973, 1975
f. Discussion Methods
g. Education Correspondence
h. National Survey of Adult Education in Agriculture: 1990
i. Directory of Resources: 1978
Series 4: Organizational Records (1960-1998, undated)
a. Organizational
  Articles of Incorporation
  Annual Report: 1973-1977, 1979-1981, 1983
  Annual Reporting Forms
  Tax Exempt Correspondence
  Reimbursement Policies
  IRS 990’s: 1973-1992
  Visitation Schedules
  Sponsors
  Photographs: undated
b. Handbooks
  Leadership Manuals
  Ceremony for Installing Officers
  Development Committee
c. Membership Roosters/List
  Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives (Women); 1975, 1977-1991
  Young Farm Wives (Women): undated
d. Directories
  Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives (Women): 1971-1972, 1976, 1981-1989, 1990-1992, 1994-1998
  Vocational Agriculture Resources: 1983
e. Yearly Records
  National Young Farmer Minutes: 1990
  Young Farmer & Ranchers: 1973-1974, 1976
  Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives (Women): Undated;1970-1995
  Young Farmer: Undated;1963-1995
  Young Farm Wives (Women): Undated; 1964-1965,1970-1992;1994-1995
  District Meeting: 1971-1976
f. County Records
<emph render='bold'>Series 5: Published Materials </emph><emph render='bold'><emph render='italic'>(1970-1994, undated)</emph></emph>
a. News and Views (newsletter): 1970-1995 (incomplete)
  Drafts
  Layouts
  Materials: 1964-1695,1967-1971, 1975, 1977
  Photographs: 1964, 1968, 1970-1974, 1977-1978, undated
  Newsletters: 1964-1965, 1967-1969, 1971-1995
b. Star Young Farm Families: 1976
c. Young Farmer Spokesman Report: 1977-1978
d. Landmarks: 1981
e. Hesston Today: 1979-1890
f. The National Young Farmer
  Newspaper:1978-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1993
  Young Farmer Update: 1990-1991
  Young Farmer News: 1994
g. Hillsboro Star-Journal: 1977
h. The Citizen Patriot: 1978
i. Nation Young Farmer Annual Report: 1989, 1991
j. Pamphlets
k. A study of scope and content of farm mechanics courses and organization for teaching same in the vocational agricultural high schools of Kansas / by Lester B. Pollum.
l. The organization of and a plan for teaching through the laying flock class project / by Lawrence Fenhor Hall.
m. A study of the methods of teaching sciences underlying agriculture and their application to the teaching of vocational agriculture/ by Henry W. Schmitz
n. Misc. Newspaper Articles
<emph render='bold'>Series 6: Artifact</emph>
<emph render='bold'>Series 7: Materials from other States</emph>
Kansas Young Farmer and Young Farm Wives (Women)