The Wilkerson Soil & Water Conservation Collection

Records Group 14

 

This collection contains the papers of the late W. B. Wilkerson, Jr. of Hickory Grove who served several decades on the York County Conservation Committee.  It is probably the largest collection of its kind in the state and has been made accessible and researcher friendly by volunteer workers and a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Broad of the SC Department of Archives & History, Columbia, SC.  Topics covered:

 

Ø       Association of Young Farmers York County

Ø      General Hospital

Ø       Rural Electrification

Ø       SC Wildlife Conference 1970-1990

Ø       York County Farm Bureau 1951-1990

Ø       Westside Health Clinic 1977-1982

Ø       Clemson Extension Service 1940-1991

Ø       York County Cattlemen's Association 1945-1981

Ø       Farmer's Cooperative Exchange 1959-1991

Ø      Spartanburg Jr. Methodist College

Ø       Governor's Conference on Water Resources

Ø      SC Assoc. of Conservation Districts 1947-1990

Ø       Agricultural Stabilization Service 1936-1991

Ø      Land Resources Conservation Commission 1967-1985

Ø       East Piedmont Soil Conservation Service 1953-1958

Ø       Resources Conservation Project 1974-1988

Ø       SC Soil & Water Conservation 1935-1991

Ø       SC Seed Certification Service Association 1950-1988

Ø      Agricultural Conservation on Wilkerson Farm 1943-1972