New York State College of Human Ecology Department of Household Economics and Management
extension records, 1917-19821925-1962
Collection Number: 23-18-919
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
New York State College of Human Ecology Department of Household Economics and Management
extension records, 1917-1982 1925-1962
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
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.
Creator:
New York State College of Home Economics. Department of Household Economics and Management
Quanitities:
6.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
From its founding to ca. 1969 the department was called Household Economics and Management.
From ca. 1969 to ca. 1977, it was known as the Department of Consumer Economics and
Public Policy. After 1977, it has been called the Department of Consumer Economics
and Housing.
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; requests from counties for assistance with their
extension programs from the College of Home Economics; reports from Household Study
Clubs, "kitchen conferences," and extension speakers; extension leaders' lesson plans;
and related photocopied items. U.S.D.A. Bureau of Home Economics survey of New York
farm wives' use of time, June 1925; 40 completed survey forms and fragments; unpublished
analysis of 107 survey forms, probably by Jean Warren; and 11 survey forms from an
inventory of farm household equipment, 1925. Also, folders on the content and development
of an extension program in Farm and Home Management; Agents Training School materials,
1936-1867; photographs, mostly of kitchens, arranged by county and taken under the
supervision of Extension faculty in the Department of Household Economics and Management
(photos were used for both Extension and resident teaching); and slides and filmstrips
of kitchens and kitchen equipment. Record of equipment purchases for the laboratory.
Access is granted with the understanding that names of individual respondents will
not be cited.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
New York State College of Human Ecology Department of Household Economics and Management
extension records, #23-18-919. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
New York State College of Home Economics. Department of Consumer Economics and Public
Policy
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Home Economics
Subjects:
Home economics extension workers.
Rural women -- New York (State)
Housewives -- New York (State)
Farmers' spouses -- New York (State)
Kitchens -- New York (State)
Household appliances.
Home economics -- Equipment and supplies.
Home economics -- Accounting.
Home economics -- Study and teaching.
Home economics extension work -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Home economics extension work -- New York (State) -- Rochester.
Home economics extension work -- New York (State) -- Buffalo.
Home economics extension work -- New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Albany
|
1941-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Allegany
|
1921-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3-4 |
Broome
|
1927-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5-6 |
Cattaraugus
|
1923-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7-8 |
Cayuga
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9-10 |
Chatauqua
|
1922-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11-12 |
Chemung
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13-14 |
Chenango
|
1923-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Clinton
|
1940-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Columbia
|
1942-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17-18 |
Cortland
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19-20 |
Delaware
|
1923-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Dutchess
|
1946-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22-23 |
Erie
|
1921-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Buffalo City
|
1935-1955 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Essex
|
1948-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Franklin
|
1933-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Fulton
|
1950-1960 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28-29 |
Genesee
|
1919-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Greene
|
1949-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Herkimer
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32-33 |
Jefferson
|
1921-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Lewis
|
1926-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35-36 |
Livingston
|
1928-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37-38 |
Madison
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39-40 |
Monroe
|
1925-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Rochester City (Monroe)
|
1921-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 42 |
Montgomery
|
1942-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Nassau
|
1940-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 44 |
New York City (Queens)
|
1952-1955 |
| Box 2 | Folder 45 |
Niagara
|
1921-1961 |
| Box 2 | Folder 46-47 |
Oneida
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 48-49 |
Onondaga
|
1920-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 50 |
Syracuse City (Onondaga)
|
1924-1958 |
| Box 2 | Folder 51 |
Ontario
|
1922-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 52 |
Orleans
|
1928-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 53 |
Orange
|
1928-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 54-55 |
Oswego
|
1924-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 56 |
Ostego
|
1924-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 57 |
Rensselaer
|
1917-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 58 |
Rockland
|
1947-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 59 |
St. Lawrence
|
1925-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 60 |
Saratoga
|
1919-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 61 |
Schenectady
|
1940-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 62 |
Schoharie
|
1939-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 63 |
Schuyler
|
1922-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 64 |
Seneca
|
1921-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 65 |
Steuben
|
1921-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 66 |
Suffolk
|
1922-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 67 |
Sullivan
|
1924-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 68 |
Tioga
|
1919-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 69-70 |
Tompkins
|
1924-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 71 |
Ulster
|
1933-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 72 |
Warren
|
1930-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 73 |
Washington
|
1942-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 74 |
Wayne
|
1934-1960 |
| Box 3 | Folder 75 |
Westchester
|
1942-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 76 |
Wyoming
|
1936-1960 |
| Box 2 | Folder 77 |
Yates
|
1931-1960 |
| Box 5 |
Folders on the content and development of an extension program in Farm and Home Management;
Agents Training School
|
1936-1955 | |
| Box 6 |
Agents Training School
|
1956-1968 | |
| Box 7 |
Photographs of kitchens, arranged by county
|
1940 | |
| Box 7 |
Photographs of kitchen remodeled at 118 Delaware Avenue, Ithaca; Home of Myron Gustin
and Evelyn Davis Fincher.
|
1953 | |
| Box 8 |
Slides of kitchens and kitchen equipment, filmstrips
|
||
| Box 9 |
U.S.D.A. Bureau of Home Economics survey of N.Y. farm wives use of time, June, 1925.
40 completed survey forms plus fragments; unpublished analysis of 107 survey forms,
probably by Jean Warren; inventory of farm household equipment, 11 survey forms.
|
1925, June, 1925. | |