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Home economics -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Joan Jacobs Brumberg papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 23-3-3151
Abstract

Correspondence, articles, lectures, and subject files pertaining to Brumberg's career, her research on the history of home economics and her books: Mission for Life; Fasting Girls: the Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease; The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls; and Kansas Charley: the Story of a Nineteenth Century Boy Murderer.

Dates: 1980-2014.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Joan Jacobs Brumberg papers

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

Margaret Rossiter papers

 Collection
Identifier: 14-37-4415
Abstract

Research files, correspondence and teaching material.

Dates: 1966 - 2019
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Margaret Rossiter papers

Marion Fish Cox interview

 Collection — Manuscript box 31 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065300521]
Identifier: 23-3-2724
Scope and content

Transcript of an interview conducted by Eleanor Slack Foster Randles concerning her education in home economics at Cornell, and subsequent career as a teacher at Cornell.

Dates: 1984.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Marion Fish Cox interview

Meta Phelps collection of home economics teaching materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6818
Scope and content

Film strips, teaching kits, audio tapes, and videos, used in teaching high school home economics.

Dates: 1967-1986.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Meta Phelps collection of home economics teaching materials

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

New York State College of Human Ecology Centennial records

 Collection
Identifier: 23-2-3169
Abstract

Records concerning the year-long College of Human Ecology Centennial Celebration (2000-01) and the related development program.

Dates: 1991-2001.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / New York State College of Human Ecology Centennial records

New York State College of Human Ecology Department of Household Economics and Management extension records

 Collection
Identifier: 23-18-919
Abstract

Home economics extension records concerning the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, New York, and most New York State counties, including annual reports and summaries of home economics and management programs carried on by home economics extension specialists from Cornell University.

Dates: 1917 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1962
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / New York State College of Human Ecology Department of Household Economics and Management extension records

New York State Federation of Home Bureaus records

 Collection
Identifier: 23-17-853
Abstract

New York State Federation of Home Bureaus records including minutes, programs, reports, clippings, and photos.

Dates: 1915-1991.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / New York State Federation of Home Bureaus 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.

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