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Home economics -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Andrews collection on home economics

 Collection
Identifier: 1475
Abstract Includes two letters to Andrews from Louis C. Karpinski (Cornell University Class of 1901); a draft of PIONEERING IN HOME ECONOMICS by Andrews, primarily concerning the development of home economics at Columbia, with a brief section on the College of Home Economics at Cornell University; and twelve photographs of black housing in Missouri around 1940. Publications and other writings on home economics, home economics leaders, domestic science, and extension services authored by the...
Dates: 1879-1958.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Benjamin Andrews collection on home economics

Cornell University Department of Human Development and Family Studies student papers

 Collection
Identifier: 23-13-2542
Abstract Papers written by students in HDFS 258 (Women's Studies 238). Topics include the Farmers' Wives Reading Course, given by the College of Home Economics, Martha Van Rensselaer, the "domecon" (Domestic Economics) baby program, and a 1948 film about the college. Miscellaneous topics concern organization including the Cosmopolitan Club, Frigga Fylgae, and S.E.D.O.W.A.H. (Scholarship, Enthusiasm, Dignity of Women in Agriculture and Home Economics), and a paper on Flemmie P. Kittrell. Also papers...
Dates: 1990-1997.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Department of Human Development and Family Studies student papers

Cornell University Farm and Home Week records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-24-3104
Scope and content Programs for a variety of events at Farmers' Week including general program, concerts, banquets, judging contests, livestock sales, debates, and dramatic contests and American Farm Bureau Federation events.Also, Farm and Home Week pins for 1922 (MU-44), 1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1952-1954, and 1959 (18 items). "The Stalin Supporter," an anti-Communist political publication designed to look like the Farm and Home Week newsletter and distributed at Farm and...
Dates: 1914-1954.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University Farm and Home Week records

Elizabeth Wiegand papers

 Collection
Identifier: 23-18-1242
Abstract

Includes bound volumes of conference progams, speeches, and bulletins; bound and unbound bulletins on household economics and management; correspondence about budgeting, records of adult home management programs; and other papers of Elizabeth Wiegand related to her career on the faculty of the New York State College of Home Economics.

Dates: 1926-1969.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Elizabeth Wiegand papers

Hilda Greenawalt Way interview

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065430252]
Identifier: 37-5-2725
Scope and content

Interview conducted by Eleanor Randles concerning Way's education in home economics at Cornell, and her subsequent career; transcript and audiocassette.

Dates: 1984.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Hilda Greenawalt Way interview

Kathleen Lucille Cutlar oral history

 Collection — Cassette box 4 - tr-5462a
Identifier: 13-6-2480
Scope and content

Oral history interview by Janet How. Contains 16 page transcript.

Dates: 1988.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Kathleen Lucille Cutlar oral history

New York State College of Home Economics records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 23-2-749
Abstract Collection includes administrative records; records of the College's involvement with government, educational, and private organizations at the national, state, and local levels; College activities within divisions of the University; the College's involvement in World War I, World War II, ; student activities of undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni; teaching and research studies and reports; and extension work. Also included is a large amount of material related to the history of...
Dates: 1875-1979.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / New York State College of Home Economics records

Rilda Farmer Wood memorabilia,1927-1950.

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112443316]
Identifier: 37-5-3744
Scope and content

"Songs of Cornell" booklet, 1927; 1930 Commencement program; engravings of the Library Tower, Sage Chapel and War Memorial by Albert E. Milliken, with poems by Albert W. Smith; program from the dedication of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 1934; sewing instructions, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1954; 20th Reunion directory, 1950; Cornell coasters; 1941 Cornell calendar; and miscellaneous clippings. Also, Reunion photograph of the Class of 1930 in 1932.

Dates: 1927 - 1950; Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Rilda Farmer Wood memorabilia,1927-1950.

Ruby Green Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: 23-17-2141
Abstract

Nine manuscripts of THE PEOPLE'S COLLEGES: A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STATE EXTENSION SERVICE, 1876-1948, written by Ruby Green Smith. The manuscripts detail the histories of various departments in the New York State College of Home Economics and the New York State Extension Service, Cornell University.

Dates: [ca.1948]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ruby Green Smith papers

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