Cornell University Department of Household Economics and Management Research studies, 1913-1971,-1920-1971 (bulk)
Collection Number: 23-18-1648

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University Department of Household Economics and Management Research studies, 1913-1971,-1920-1971 (bulk)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-18-1648
Abstract:
New York State College of Home Economics Department of Household Economics and Management Research studies
Creator:
New York State College of Home Economics. Department of Household Economics and Management
Wiegand, Elizabeth.
Warren, Jean.
Quanitities:
34 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Restrictions on Use:

Access is granted with the understanding that names of individual respondents will not be published or otherwise released in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Cornell University Department of Household Economics and Management Research studies, #23-18-1648. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

Specific surveys include: management of family finances, Livingston County, New York, 1928-1929; cost of living for farm families, Tompkins County, New York, 1928-1929; economic contributions of household members, New York State, 1960-1961; financial management practices of young families, Tompkins County, New York, 1955-1958; financial management in relation to family values and concepts of financial security, Norwich, New York, 1961; financial management of graduate women, Cornell University, 1955; financial management from marriage to 1935, Tompkins and Livingston Counties, New York, 1935; food shopping practices of families, Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, New York, 1939; kinds and amounts of representative foods used during one week, Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, New York, 1938; management of food purchases and meals, New York State, 1959; food consumption of farm and village families, central New York State, 1927; inventories of outerwear of farm families, Tompkins County, New York, 1950; types of equipment found in homes, Buffalo, New York, 1949; repair of small household electrical appliances, Canandaigua, New York, 1956; use of small kitchen equipment by young families, Ithaca, New York and vicinity, 1936; use of carpentry tools as a home management resource, New York State, 1945; major equipment work space, and storage space in homes, Ithaca, New York and vicinity, 1936-42; acceptance of the mechanical dishwasher, Rochester, New York, 1955-56; laundry practices and equipment, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1959; and family laundry practices and costs, Tompkins County, New York, 1945.

Scope and content

Also, buying and selling potatoes in retail groceries, Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, New York, 1937-1938; price variation in retail grocery stores, New York State, 1935; availability and price of fruits and vegetables in retail stores, Ithaca, New York, 1942-1945; store practices and the sale of washing machines on credit, New York State, 1938-1940; size of purchasing centers of families, New York State, 1928; a study of credit bureaus, New York State, 1940-1942; decision-making concerning household activities, New York State, 1957; daily activities of homemakers confined to wheel chairs, Ithaca, New York and vicinity, 1954; distance traveled in farm homes when preparing and serving food and washing dishes, Seneca County, New York, 1949-1951; financial education at the secondary school level, Sherburne, New York, 1949; and selection of heat for cooking, New York, 1953.

Scope and content

Includes correspondence, surveys, publications and class projects, concerning various courses taught in the department, including work that contributed to the President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership in 1931 and photographs of kitchens from homes in the local area.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Students.
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership (Location of meeting: Washington, D.C.). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1931 :.)
Places:
Erie (Pa.) -- Surveys.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Surveys.
Sherburne (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Canandaigua (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Norwich (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Seneca County (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Tompkins County (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
Livingston County (N.Y.) -- Surveys.
New York (State) -- Surveys.
Subjects:
Time study.
Women college students.
Women with disabilities.
Credit bureaus.
Home economics.
Households -- Research.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1-8
Correspondence concerning the Department of Household Economics and Management class projects, Ithaca and Tompkins County--kitchen remodeling
1931, 1933, 1935
Box 1 Folder 9
Purnell Act research-laundry
1945
Box 1 Folder 10
Laundry costs
1930-1948
Box 1 Folder 11
Seminar-publications concerning clothing
1951
Box 1 Folder 12
Cowles Technical Tips-publication
1934-1935
Box 1 Folder 13
Research methods
1940
Box 1 Folder 14
Clothing Inventories of Outerwear of 103 New York Farm Families
1950
Box 1 Folder 15
Laundry-publications
1931-1948
Box 1 Folder 16
Can labels
Box 1 Folder 17
Consumer Purchases of Canned Tomatoes Labeled in Various Ways-thesis
1941-1942
Box 1 Folder 18
Consumer purchases of canned tomatoes and peaches as related to retail store offerings in Buffalo supermarkets
1941-1942
Box 1 Folder 19
Labeling-publications
1940s
Box 1 Folder 20
Records
1935
Box 1 Folder 21
Suggestions for Further Study of Data Collected by Josephine Kramer
1935
Box 1 Folder 22
Financial History of Farm Families-Tompkins and Livingston counties
1935
Box 1 Folder 23
Records-Livingston County
1928
Box 1 Folder 24
Directions for Making Lists of Families to be Visited for Copying Data
1928
Box 1 Folder 25
Farm management records-Dryden
1907, 1917, 1927
Box 1 Folder 26
Family attitudes-Tompkins and Livingston counties
1935
Box 1 Folder 27
Farm management records-Lansing
1908, 1928
Box 1 Folder 28
Farm management records-Hilton
1929
Box 1 Folder 29
Farm management records-Livingston County
1928-1929
Box 1 Folder 30
Financial Management by 427 New York Farm Families from Marriage Until 1935-Josephine Kramer
1935
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence-credit bureaus
1938-1939
Box 2 Folder 2
Improvements Suggested for Work Centers and Storage Centers in 916 Kitchens in New York State; Kitchen Floors and Floor Coverings-Both by Mildred Spicer
1930-1937, 1939
Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence-purchasing centers
1927-1929
Box 2 Folder 4
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-A Study of Housing in Relation to Family Development-Surveys
Box 2 Folder 5
Radio talk and publicity
1940s
Box 2 Folder 6
Frozen food research
1942-1948
Box 2 Folder 7
Frozen food research
1943-1949
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence concerning freezing units
1942-1944
Box 2 Folder 9
Articles on food pricing
1947-1954
Box 2 Folder 10
Data on Food Pricing
1938-1942
Box 2 Folder 11
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership
1931-1932
Box 2 Folder 12
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership
1930-1931
Box 2 Folder 13
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Technical Developments; Committee on Education and Service
1931
Box 2 Folder 14
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Large-Scale Operations
1931
Box 2 Folder 15
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-various committee reports and directory of committee personnel
1931
Box 2 Folder 16
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-suggestions and recommendations for local action
1932
Box 2 Folder 17
Synopsis of studies made for the Committee on Housing and Family Development
1931
Box 2 Folder 18
Economic Study of Food Consumed by Farm and Village Families in Central New York
1930
Box 2 Folder 19
Cost of Living Study-sample questionnaires
1929-1951
Box 2 Folder 20
Index numbers of the cost of goods and services bought by farm families in New York; Methods of Construction
1920-1935
Box 2 Folder 21
Cost of buying food-teaching materials
19341-1938
Box 2 Folder 22
Material used at Washington meeting concerning USDA index
1939
Box 2 Folder 23
Farm and Home Week-staff lectures
1937-1960
Box 2 Folder 24
The School of Living-Suffern, New York
1940
Box 2 Folder 25
U.S. President's 7-Point Program to Control the Cost of Living-County Conferences to Consider Program
1942
Box 2 Folder 26
Business Facts for Homemakers-Cooperative Extension Project
1949-1958
Box 2 Folder 27
Kitchen Floors and Stoves-Cooperative Extension Project
1931-1933
Box 2 Folder 28
Family Financial Management-summary; teaching materials
1919-1932, 1929-1957
Box 2 Folder 29
Money management-publications from various states
1934-1951
Box 2 Folder 30
Dishwashing and Cooking Utensils-Cooperative Extension Project
1928-1946
Box 2 Folder 31
Kitchen arrangement-bulletins, slide scripts
1947-1956
Box 2 Folder 32
Kitchen improvement-reports, bulletins, projects
1931-1946
Box 2 Folder 33
Kitchen design-illustrations
Box 3 Folder 1
Soapmaking-Cushman's teaching material
1929-1934
Box 3 Folder 2
Development and Home Management-correspondence and reports
1946-1949
Box 3 Folder 3
Homemakers' Use of Time
1930
Box 3 Folder 4
Modern Methods of Housecleaning-Cooperative Extension Project
1931-1934
Box 3 Folder 5
Management Tours to Home-teaching methods developed by Professor Cushman
1944-1953
Box 3 Folder 6
Kitchen Tours-teaching method
1936-1957
Box 3 Folder 7
Overcoming Fatigue-Cooperative Extension Project developed by Professor Cushman
1934-1941
Box 3 Folder 8
Overcoming Fatigue
1942-1944
Box 3 Folder 9
Department of Household Economics and Management research studies,
1913-1971, 1920-1971 (bulk)
Box 3 Folder 10
Home Management projects in Cooperative Extension
1921-1937
Box 3 Folder 11
Course material-Professor Cushman
1933-1953
Box 3 Folder 12
Course material-Professor Cushman
1938-1949
Box 3 Folder 13
Development of a Successful Kitchen-class report
1935
Box 3 Folder 14
Photos of Professor Cushman's home on Hanshaw Road
1947
Box 3 Folder 15
Development of Organization of a Home Sewing Center-Professor Cushman
1927-1929
Box 3 Folder 16
Publications prepared by other states concerning equipment
1931-1947
Box 3 Folder 17
Cornell publications concerning equipment
1936-1952
Box 3 Folder 18
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Types of Dwellings
1931
Box 3 Folder 19
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Kitchens and Other Work Centers
1931
Box 3 Folder 20
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Subdivision Layout
1931
Box 3 Folder 21
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Industrial Decentralization and Housing
1931
Box 3 Folder 20
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Blighted Areas and Slums
1931
Box 3 Folder 23
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Construction
1931
Box 3 Folder 24
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Design
1931
Box 3 Folder 25
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on City Planning and Zoning
1931
Box 3 Folder 26
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Finance
1931
Box 3 Folder 27
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Taxation
1931
Box 3 Folder 28
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Home Ownership and Leasing
1931
Box 3 Folder 29
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Home Furnishing and Decoration
1931
Box 3 Folder 30
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Lanscape Planning and Planting
1931
Box 3 Folder 31
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Various Committee Reports
1931
Box 4 Folder 1
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Relative Values in Household Management
1931
Box 4 Folder 2
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Purchasing Procedures
1931
Box 4 Folder 3
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Scheduling Household Tasks; Storage Spaces
1931
Box 4 Folder 4
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Home Information Services and Centers
1931
Box 4 Folder 5
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Committee on the Relationship of Income and the Home-Buffalo Home Ownership Study
1931
Box 4 Folder 6
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Bibliographies
1931
Box 4 Folder 7
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Household Management-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Education and Guidance
1931
Box 4 Folder 8
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Design and Construction
1931
Box 4 Folder 9
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Economic Factors in Farm and Village Home Ownership and Improvement
1931
Box 4 Folder 10
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Sanitation, Farmstead Planning and Beautification
1931
Box 4 Folder 11
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Housing of Special Groups
1931
Box 4 Folder 12
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Farm and Village Housing-Special Reports
1931
Box 4 Folder 13
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Housing and the Community
1931
Box 4 Folder 14
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Negro Housing
1931
Box 4 Folder 15
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Home Information Services and Centers
1931
Box 4 Folder 16
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Home information Services and Centers
1931
Box 4 Folder 17
President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership-Committee on Home information Services and Centers
1931
Box 4 Folder 18
Housing reports from Kansas State College
1931
Box 4 Folder 19
Housing reports-resource material Used for the Committee on Homemaking, Housing and Family Life
1931
Box 4 Folder 20
Housing and Family Life Committee Reports
1931
Box 4 Folder 21
Robert Foster's Study on Home Conditions on Family Life
1932
Box 4 Folder 22
List of heads of Home Economics Departments in the United States
1931
Box 4 Folder 23
Correspondence-Claribel Nye, Lawrence Frank
Box 4 Folder 24
President's Conference on Home Building and Ownership-memoranda
1931
Box 4 Folder 25
O.C. Carmichael's reports on housing
1931
Box 4 Folder 26
City Housing Report
Box 4 Folder 27
Circular letters
Box 4 Folder 28
Publications Committee
Box 4 Folder 29
Committees Housing
Box 4 Folder 30
Outlines Housing
Box 5 Folder 1-69
Plans, photos, descriptions, and write-ups of Home Economics projects in the kitchens and storage areas of local residents (alphabetical listing A-D)
1938-1971
Box 6 Folder 1-53
Plans, photos, descriptions, and write-ups of Home Economics projects in the kitchens and storage areas of local residents (alphabetical listing E-J)
1938-1971
Box 7 Folder 1-57
Plans, photos, descriptions, and write-ups of Home Economics projects in the kitchens and storage areas of local residents (alphabetical listing K-M)
1943-1971
Box 8 Folder 1-68
Plans, photos, descriptions, and write-ups of Home Economics projects in the kitchens and storage areas of local residents (alphabetical listing N-S)
1940-1971
Box 9 Folder 1-45
Plans, photos, descriptions, and write-ups of Home Economics projects in the kitchens and storage areas of local residents (alphabetical listing S-W)
1939-1968
Box 10 Folder 1-25
Photos, class projects, Household Activities Manual
Farm Homemakers' Use of Time, Genesee County
1936
Box 11 Volume 1
Batavia No. 11-114
Box 11 Volume 2
Batavia No. 115-187
Box 11 Volume 3
Batavia No. 190-303
Box 11 Volume 4
Bergen No. 3-76
Box 12 Volume 5
Bergen No. 78-171
Box 12 Volume 6
Bethany No. 4-90
Box 12 Volume 7
Bethany No. 95-175
Box 12 Volume 8
Bryon
Box 12 Volume 9
Pavilion No. 2-93
Box 13 Volume 10
Pavilion No. 94-181
Box 13 Volume 11
Stafford No. 1-108
Box 13 Volume 12
Stafford No. 111-196
Box 13 Volume 13
Seasonal records from all townships
Consumer Preference for Potatoes
1936-1939
Retail store supply
Box 14 Volume 1
Cleveland, OH
1936-1938
Box 14 Volume 2
Rochester, NY
1937-1938
Consumer Store Record
Box 14 Volume 3-5
Cleveland, OH
1936
Box 15 Volume 6-7
Cleveland, OH
1937
Box 15 Volume 8-9
Cleveland, OH
1938
Box 15 Volume 10
Rochester, NY
1937
Box 16 Volume 11
Rochester, NY
1938
Box 16 Volume 12
Rochester, NY
1939
Consumer Home Record
Box 16 Volume 13-21
Cleveland, OH
1936
Box 18 Volume 22-25
Cleveland, OH
1937
Box 19 Volume 26-30
Cleveland, OH
1938
Box 20 Volume 31-35
Rochester, NY
1937
Box 21 Volume 36-38
Rochester, NY
1938
Box 21 Volume 39-41
Rochester, NY
1938
Household Management by Farm Families
1927-1928
Box 22 Volume 1-6
Dryden No. 108-522
Box 23 Volume 7-9
Lansing No. 4-478
Practices in Installment Selling in New York State
1938
Box 23 Volume 1-3
No. 10323
1938
Use of Time of Farm and City Full-Time Homemakers and Homemakers in the Labor Force
1952
Geneseo County
Box 24 Volume 1
No. 1-50
Box 24 Volume 2
No. 51-101
Auburn, NY
Box 24 Volume 3
No. 1-50
Box 24 Volume 4
No. 51-100
Box 24 Volume 5
No. 102-157
Some Practices in the Management of Food Purchases on Meals
1958
Box 25 Volume 1
No. 1-2
Box 25 Volume 2
No. 3-4
Box 25 Volume 3
No. 5-6
Box 25 Volume 4
No. 7-8
Merchants Practices in Credit Investigation, New York State
1940
Box 25 Volume 1-2
No. 1-295
Practices of Credit Bureaus
1940
Box 25 Volume 1
Department of Household Economics and Management research studies,
1913-1971, 1920-1971 (bulk)
Families' Decisions in the Care of Laundry
1945
Box 26 Volume 1-2
No. 1-186
Box 26 Volume 3
No. 200-324
Box 26 Volume 4
No. 400-524
The Workload and its Values for 50 Homeowners
1958
Box 26 Volume 1
Tompkins County, NY, No. 1-50
Major Equipment and Conveniences Used in Household Tasks
1939
Box 27 Volume 1
Dryden School District
Box 27 Volume 2
Homer School District
Box 27 Volume 3
Newark School District, No. 101-135
Box 27 Volume 4
Newark School District, No. 136-174
Basic Distances in 100 Farm Homes for Preparing Food
1949
Box 27 Volume 1
Upper Economic Group, No. 1-70
Box 27 Volume 2
Lower Economic Group, No. 1-84
Financial Management Practices of Young Families, by Wells
1957
Box 28 Volume 1
No. 1-33
Box 28 Volume 2
No. 34-65
Box 28 Volume 3
No. 69-535
Family Decisions about the Conduct of Household Tasks as Related to Human and Material Resources of the Home, by Davis
1956
Box 28 Volume 1
No. 4-24
Box 28 Volume 2
No. 26-46
Box 28 Volume 3
No. 47-63
Box 28 Volume 4
No. 64-77
Records for Study of Economic Contributions and Receipts of Household Members
1953
Box 29 Volume 1
No. 1-30
Box 29 Volume 2
No. 31-60
Box 29 Volume 3
No. 61-90
Box 29 Volume 4
No. 91-120
Box 29 Volume 5
No. 121-150
Box 29 Volume 6
No. 151-225
Box 29 Volume 7
No. 226-255
Clothing Inventories of Outerwear of New York Farm Families
1950
Box 30 Volume 1
No. 1-72
Box 30 Volume 2
No. 204-247
Box 30 Volume 3
No. 259-247
Box 30 Volume 4
No. 402-480
Box 30 Volume 5
No. 600-915
Box 30 Volume 6
No. 151-225
Box 30 Volume 7
No. 226-255
Management in Relation to the Care of its House--Living Room Cleaning Practices and Attitudes of Homemakers and Their Relationships to Family Use of the Living Room
1954
Box 30 Volume 1
No. 2-76
Box 31 Volume 2
No. 80-175
Box 31 Volume 3
No. 176-259
Box 31 Volume 4
No. 261-361
Box 31 Volume 5
No. 364-483
Box 31 Volume 6
No. 485-586
Box 31 Volume 7
No. 627-680
Box 31 Volume 8
No. 685-850
Economic Contributions Made by Families to Their Newly Married Children
1960
Box 32 Volume 1
No. 1-28
Box 32 Volume 2
No. 29-54
Box 32 Volume 3
No. 101-128
Box 32 Volume 4
No. 129-153
Financial Management in Relation to Family Values and Concepts of Financial Security
1960
Box 32 Volume 1
No. 1-32
Box 32 Volume 2
No. 101-133
History of Financial Management of Farm Families (Vols. 8-9 at K-230-A-1)
1935
Livingston County
Box 33 Volume 1
Avon
Box 33 Volume 2
Geneseo
Box 33 Volume 3
Lima
Box 33 Volume 4
York
Box 33 Volume 5
Caledonia
Tompkins County
Box 33 Volume 6
Dryden
Box 33 Volume 7
Lansing
Membership study
1958
Box 34 Volume 1-7
Department of Household Economics and Management research studies,
1913-1971, 1920-1971 (bulk)
History of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, by Colman
1963
Box 34 Volume 1
Department of Household Economics and Management research studies,
1913-1971, 1920-1971 (bulk)