Ella M. Cushman papers, 1927-1940.
Collection Number: 23-18-1725
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ella M. Cushman papers, 1927-1940.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-18-1725
Abstract:
Correspondence of Ella M. Cushman, and material related to the Federal Housing Administration,
1935; "Farm House Survey," 1927-1940; and "Kitchen Arrangement," 1937.
Creator:
Cushman, Ella M. (Ella Mary), 1886-1967.
Quanitities:
.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
Correspondence of Ella M. Cushman, and material related to the Federal Housing Administration,
1935; "Farm House Survey," 1927-1940; and "Kitchen Arrangement," 1937.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ella M. Cushman papers, #23-18-1725. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
See also collections #23-2-2817 and #47-10-3394 for additional biographical information.
Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
United States. Federal Housing Administration
Subjects:
Home economists.
College teachers.
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
"Limitations of Scientific Management in Household Work," "A Week at Mrs. Gilbreth's"
|
1927-1928 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Farm house surveys
|
1930-1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3-4 |
Federal Housing Administration correspondence
|
1935 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Kitchen arrangement correspondence
|
1937 |