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Home economics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Jonathan LeMoyne Snyder papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.7
Scope and Contents This collection contains eight series: correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, reports, promotional literature, calendars, programs and tickets. All series represent the basic divisions of the collection prior to processing.The largest single series is correspondence, 1896-1915 (18.5 cubic feet). Contained in this series are many requests for college catalogues, many questions regarding admissions, as well as admissions requirements. Comments relative to such...
Dates: 1887 - 1918

Klute family papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.237
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of records Helen Klute's time at Michigan Agricultural College. Records include class registration slips, receipts for college expenses, a clipping showing the family business, and two books. The books are Linen & How to Set the Table for Every Occasion by Sara Swain Adams and On the Campus at M.A.C.. The latter contains photographs of the campus and activities.

Dates: 1923 - 1925

Margaret Shadduck Foster papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.173
Scope and Contents

The Margaret Foster Shadduck collection contains programs, schedules, season tickets for Michigan State University Lecture-Concert Series and World Travel Series from 1968-1981. There are also Michigan State University class of 1926 reunion materials which include photographs and newsletters. Other materials include Shadduck's Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) diploma, graduation hood and a Cooperative Extension Workers creed.

Dates: 1968 - 1981

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

Omicron Nu, Alpha Chapter records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.4
Scope and Content This collection includes the records of Omicron Nu from their installation on campus in 1912 until around the mid 1980s. The contents contain lists of society members, blueprints for the Michigan Agricultural College Alpha chapter home, papers about the history of the society, historical information and rules for new members to memorize, the officers' instructions for running the organization, and the procedures for aspects of Omicron Nu management and induction ceremonies.The...
Dates: 1912 - 1985

Voice of American Homemakers Oral History Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00161
Scope and Content

The collection consists of 7 volumes and 172 cassette tapes. The tapes contain over 200 oral histories from individuals in 37 states. The volumes contain the transcripts of the interviews. Also included are a published book that organizes the collection around key themes and findings from the interviews and the proceedings of the Seminar of Humanists and Homemakers.

Dates: 1981 - 1986

Winifred S. Gettemy papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.161
Scope and Contents

The Winifred S. Gettemy papers contain artwork including pen and ink designs, watercolors, and charcoal drawings by Gettemy and possibly her students. Subjects include landscapes, still life of objects including museum pieces, plants, interiors (including one of an arts and crafts-style room in a museum), architectural elements and designs. Many of the items are in the arts and crafts style. The various pieces may have been used as examples for her classes in design.

Dates: 1901-1904, undated

Young Family UA 16.34

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00763
Dates: 1971 - 1974