Home economics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Alice Biester papers
Collection — Communal collections box 15: Series MSA 18, Series 10; Series MSA 18, Series 1; Series MSA 18, Series 2; Series MSF 275, Series 1; Series MSF 275, Series 4, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSF 34
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one article by Alice Biester.
Dates:
1914
College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 28
Scope and Contents
The College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station records document the history and functions of the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) at Purdue University. The collection consists of correspondence to and from the AES; administrative records including financial records, reports, documentation of AES’s experimental farms, contracts, and activities of the North Central Regional Hybrid Corn Technical Committee; research conducted by the AES; publications produced by the AES, or...
Dates:
1888 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1957
College of Agriculture Extension reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 59
Scope and Contents
The College of Agriculture Extension reports (1913-1972; 126 cubic feet) documents the annual reports of the ninety-two Indiana counties' extension work; some include agricultural agent work, home demonstration work and beginning in the 1960s, cooperative extension work. There is a rich collection of photographs from some counties during the earliest years and beyond. Some reports feature a “farm family of the year” among the documentation. Types of materials include: bulletins,...
Dates:
1913 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2010
College of Education Records on Home Economics Education
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 31
Scope and Contents
The College of Education records on Home Economics Education (1931-1981; 2 cubic feet) document the development of a pedagogy of home economics education. The collection reflects the specific means by which prospective educators in home economics were evaluated and how the evaluation rubrics were developed. The records are complementary to other home economics records that focus more specifically on the topical areas of home economics (i.e. foods, home management, sewing, etc). The bulk of...
Dates:
1931-1981; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1979; Other: Date acquired: 08/07/2016
College of Health and Human Sciences records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 15
Scope and Contents
The College of Health and Human Sciences records document the historical background of the college; included are many historical documents, including 75th and 100th anniversary documents and memorabilia. Also included are annual reports, pamphlets, audio visual material; with a focus on work simplification practices or interviews involving key individuals from the college’s history, newspaper clippings, publicity, department brochures and pamphlets, newsletters and miscellaneous material. ...
Dates:
1875 - 2019
Emma P. Ewing papers
Collection — Communal collections box 21, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 127
Scope and Contents
One folder containing publication information by Emma Pike Ewing.
Dates:
1888 - 1892
Cleo Fitzsimmons papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 73
Abstract
The Cleo Fitzsimmons papers documents Fitzsimmons' career as a professor and department head in Home Management at Purdue University. Materials include correspondence, photographs, awards, publications, and faculty hood belonging to Fitzsimmons.
Dates:
1928 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
Mary Louise Foster papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 469
Abstract
This collection documents the work of Mary Louise Foster during her time at Purdue as a faculty member.
Dates:
1900 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
Bertha Kate Gaddis diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 21
Scope and Contents
Includes 18 diaries written by Bertha Kate Gaddis, a long-term teacher in the Lafayette area and sister to Lella Gaddis, Indiana's first state leader of Home Demonstration. The diaries contain detailed accounts of Kate and Lella's lives, interactions, and activities of important persons at Purdue University, and events and the changing landscape in both Lafayette and the United States. Also includes the shoebox where the diaries were kept.
Dates:
1906-1937, 1945-1946
Lella R. Gaddis papers
Collection — Communal collections box 22, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 138
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an article written by Lella Gaddis in 1917 as well as clippings and photographs pertaining to her life, activities, and work.
Dates:
1917 - 2009
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Library of Management Research and Professional papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 8
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Library of Management documents the pioneering research of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth in the fields of time and motion study. Commonly referred to as the N-file, the collection covers the Gilbreths quest to find The One Best Way in job performance, worker satisfaction, efficient office management, and home economics.Types of material in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research...
Dates:
1845 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1924
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 7
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Papers documents the professional and personal lives of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. The collection consists of personal papers, letters, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia that Lillian Gilbreth collected during her life regarding her youth, marriage, family, and career. Types of materials in the collection include: personal correspondence between Frank and Lillian Gilbreth regarding their courtship, marriage, family, and work; correspondence between the Gilbreths...
Dates:
1869 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1971
Eva Goble papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 3
Abstract
This collection contains materials that document the activities of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service in the 1950s, as well as the activities of Eva Goble and her contributions to the Purdue University School of Home Economics.
Dates:
1920 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2008
Harold Hawes press release photographs
Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-104
Dates:
November 9, 1937
Dorothy Hawkins papers and Purdue Recipe file
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 29
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a Purdue recipe file, a Convocations and Lectures schedule for the Hall of Music, and a memo to Dorothy Hawkins from her School of Home Economics advisor.
Dates:
ca. 1950s
School of Hospitality and Tourism Management collection of Purdue photographs and memorabilia
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 82
Scope and Contents
The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management collection of Purdue photographs and memorabilia collection (1890-1991; 4.8 cubic feet) documents general Purdue history and various Hospitality and Tourism Department events and activities. Photographs portray various student activities and campus scenes from the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century, originally on display in the HTM Café. Photographs also depict culinary events during the 1980s. Types of materials include:...
Dates:
1890 - 1991
Indiana Extension Homemakers Association records, addition 04
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20190621
Dates:
1942 - 2007
O. Jane Jarrell Class Schedule Card
Collection — Communal collections box 2, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 305
Abstract
This collection consists of the handwritten class schedule card of O. Jane Jarrell.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 12/05/2011
Ladies Hall collection
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20131113
Dates:
1905 - 1927
Mary L. Matthews Club records
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-073
Dates:
1952 - 2024
Mary Matthews index card
Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 10
Identifier: 20140530.1
Dates:
1925 - 1928
Mary Simpson McDowell collection of Home Economics Recipes & Ag Extension Bulletins
Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 7
Identifier: 20150909.3
Dates:
circa 1951
Mary Matthews papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 515
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook
Dates:
1951-1953; Majority of material found in 1951-1953
Leah Rowena Miller scrapbook
Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 275
Scope and Contents
The Leah Rowena Miller scrapbook (1924-1931; 0.4 cubic feet) documents the student life of Leah Rowena Miller. It includes her time as a student at Purdue as well as her travels after graduation. The scrapbook focuses heavily on Rowena's social life with her family and friends. This scrapbook would be a valuable asset for any individual researching the history of Purdue and student life. It would also be valuable for an individual researching the time period of the 1920s. Within the...
Dates:
1924-1931; Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1927; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2013
Virginia Nilles collection of Home Economics papers
Collection — Communal collections box 65, Placement: 07, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 278
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a collection of recipes produced by the School of Home Economics in 1932. The recipes are compiled under various categories, e.g., "Recipes for Inexpensive Dishes" and "Menus for St. Valentine's Day."
Dates:
circa 1932