Guide to the Ella M. Cushman Papers,
1927-1940.

Collection Number: 23-18-1725

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
M. Heggestad
Date completed:
May 2004
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2004
Date modified:
RMC Staff, December 2012

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ella M. Cushman papers, 1927-1940.
Collection Number:
23-18-1725
Creator:
Ella M. (Ella Mary) Cushman, 1886-1967.
Quantity:
.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, publications, and other material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence of Ella M. Cushman, and material related to the Federal Housing Administration, 1935; "Farm House Survey," 1927-1940; and "Kitchen Arrangement," 1937.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Home Economics at Cornell University from 1936-1954.
Ella Cushman received her B.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1925 and her M.S. from Cornell in 1928. That same year she was appointed extension instructor in economics of the household and household management and was promoted to extension assistant professor in 1935. Cushman taught in the resident program for summer sessions in 1934-1937 and also in the regular academic fall term of 1936-1937. In 1938, Miss Cushman moved into resident teaching full time and was promoted to associate professor in 1941. She became a professor in 1950 and was named professor emeritus following her retirement in 1954.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence of Ella M. Cushman, and material related to the Federal Housing Administration, 1935; "Farm House Survey," 1927-1940; and "Kitchen Arrangement," 1937.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cushman, Ella M. (Ella Mary), 1886-1967.
Cornell University--Faculty.
United States.Federal Housing Administration.

Subjects:
College teachers.
Home economists.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Ella M. Cushman papers, #23-18-1725. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1927-1928
"Limitations of Scientific Management in Household Work," "A Week at Mrs. Gilbreth's"
Box 1 Folder 1
1930-1940
Farm House Surveys
 Box 1 Folder 2
1935
Federal Housing Administration - Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 3-4
1937
Kitchen Arrangement - Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 5