Albert B. Graham Letter to George C. Crout

              159 Clinton Hts Ave. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
Sep. 30. 1959. 
Dear Mr. Crout: 
My daughter, Mrs. Baker has 
informed [caret] me [written above line] of your desire for 
some details concerning the or- 
ganizing of the first Boys' & Girls' 
Agricultural Club. 
After thinking over the matter, 
it came to me that what I had 
prepared for the Agricultural 
History Committee of the U.S. Dept 
of Agr. and published in April 1941 
-three years after my retirement 
would probably meet your needs 
for a little history of the 4-H, Club 
movement.  (The name was official- 
ly changed on all report forms in 
1931, to take the place of a variety 
of state names for the same 
activities by farm youth organi- 
zations) 
To avert any direct objections 
to the [crossed out] a growth of rural youth 
entering into a discussion of agri-