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Home economics -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara Quackenbush collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.367
Scope and Contents The Barbara Quackenbush Collection contains a biographical information of Barbara Quackenbush and reminiscensce written by Barbara about her experiences as a female college student at Michigan State College during a period of war. The collection also includes a scrapbook which contains a graduation photograph of Barbara; a 1947 photo of MSC nursery school children; the 1946 Commencement Issue of the Michigan State Newspaper; football tickets from the 1945 season; an edition of...
Dates: 1946
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Beatrice Paolucci papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.209
Scope and Contents

The Beatrice Paolucci papers include materials created by Paolucci during her tenure at Michigan State University, her published and unpublished manuscripts, her work on international projects, and personal records.

Dates: 1958 - 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

College of Human Ecology records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.3
Scope and Content

This collection includes the records of the College of Human Ecology from 1881 to 2005. The Arrangement Note provides summaries of each series.

Dates: 1881 - 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Florence Yeiter Young papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.234
Scope and Contents The collection contains the scrapbook of Florence Yeiter Young. The scrapbook includes photographs of her friends, a military field day program for 1915, a Gladmer Theater program, an Elmar Theater schedule for September 18, 1916, Omicron Nu Society bylaws and constitution, an issue of the 'Tic newsletter for June 1915 for the Eclectic Society, Feronian Society materials, and Hesperian Society materials. Also included are dance cards, athletic tickets, class...
Dates: 1914 - 1919
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Helen Strow collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.443
Scope and Contents The Helen Strow collection consists of records pertaining to educational and international developments in the home economics field. The bulk of the collection, dating from 1947 to 1989, includes field reports, pamphlets, unpublished papers, newsletters, photographs, and extensive correspondence relating to both international and regional home economics activities. The International and Historic Home Economics collection series contains reprints, newsletters, reports, and unpublished papers...
Dates: 1947 - 1989
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Home Ec. Herald UA 15.3

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00344
Dates: 1945 - 1947
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Irma Gross papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.122
Scope and Contents

The papers contain two research papers written by Irma Gross and Esther Everett: "Work Simplification of Three Household Tasks" (1944) and "Scoring of Home Management Practices" (1946). Also included is the article written by Gross entitled "Home Management of Working and Non-Working Homemakers with Young Children" (1955).

Dates: 1944 - 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Kathryn Lohr scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: c-00543
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a high school class sewing scrapbook that belonged to Kathryn Lohr. The scrapbook contains instructions on and examples of various aspects of sewing and includes fabric samples.

Dates: 1924 - 1925
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Marie Dye papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.14
Scope and Contents The papers document Dye's professional life and reflect her interest in Nutrition research, the teaching of Home Economics at the college level, and women's changing roles in contemporary American society. Included are speeches and manuscripts written by Dye, records relating to the College of Home Economics (later called Human Ecology), correspondence, notes, journal reprints, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The records relating to the College of Home Economics consist primarily of...
Dates: 1896 - 1973
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Preparing a Packed Lunch, 1953

 Item — Reel TVR-53-224
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Nearly all of the records in series 1–5 of this collection dating through 1955 originated in the offices of Colin M. McCrary (1884-1956), the first farm manager, from 1930 until 1948, when he became station superintendent. In the Administrative series, the first three folders contain letters from and carbon responses to W. K. Kellogg, as McCrary reported monthly to the farm benefactor at his Arabian horse Farm in California and later kept up contact with Kellogg on a more personal level. ...
Dates: 1953
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / W.K. Kellogg Biological Station records / (5) Audiovisual Materials / Film