Guide to the Dept. Of Human Development And Family Studies Student Papers,
1990-1997.

Collection Number: 23-13-2542

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies student papers, 1990-1997.
Collection Number:
23-13-2542
Creator:
New York State College of Human Ecology.Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies.
Quantity:
.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Papers written by students in HDFS 258 (Women's Studies 238).
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Papers written by students in HDFS 258 (Women's Studies 238). Topics include the Farmers' Wives Reading Course, given by the College of Home Economics, Martha Van Rensselaer, the "domecon" (Domestic Economics) baby program, and a 1948 film about the college. Miscellaneous topics concern organization including the Cosmopolitan Club, Frigga Fylgae, and S.E.D.O.W.A.H. (Scholarship, Enthusiasm, Dignity of Women in Agriculture and Home Economics), and a paper on Flemmie P. Kittrell. Also papers written concerning the Co-Ed Protest, late 1890s, by Rachel Harris and Cathy Hogan.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers written by students in HDFS 258 (Women's Studies 238). Topics include the Farmers' Wives Reading Course, given by the College of Home Economics, Martha Van Rensselaer, the "domecon" (Domestic Economics) baby program, and a 1948 film about the college. Miscellaneous topics concern organization including the Cosmopolitan Club, Frigga Fylgae, and S.E.D.O.W.A.H. (Scholarship, Enthusiasm, Dignity of Women in Agriculture and Home Economics), and a paper on Flemmie P. Kittrell. Also papers written concerning the Co-Ed Protest, late 1890s, by Rachel Harris and Cathy Hogan.
SUBJECTS

Names:
New York State College of Human Ecology.
Harris, Rachel.
Hogan, Cathy L.
Van Rensselaer, Martha, 1864-1932.
Cosmopolitan Club (Cornell University).
New York State College of Home Economics.
New York State College of Home Economics.Frygga Fylgae.
New York State College of Home Economics.S.E.D.O.W.A.H.

Subjects:
Home economics--Study and teaching.
Women college students.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies student papers, #23-13-2542. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
May 1, 1990
HDFS Final Paper on Flemmie Kittrell, Tania Germain
Box 1 Folder 1
May 1, 1997
"'Co-eds Protest': A Window into the Atmoshpere at Cornell in the Late 1890s" Rachel Harris
Box 1 Folder 2
May 1, 1990
"'A College of Home Economics': The Movie and Its Implementation" Melissa Eidelheit
Box 1 Folder 3
April 28, 1990
"'A College of Home Economics': Women in America and More" Rory E. Jurman
 Box 1 Folder 4
May 1, 1990
Research Option #5: "'A College of Home Economics': the Movie"
Box 1 Folder 5
May 1, 1997
Assignment #5: A Report on the Historical Research of and Article Entitiled: "Co-eds Protest, Row Between President Schurman and Sage College Women" Cathy Hogan
Box 1 Folder 6
May 1, 1990
"Martha Van Rensselaer Her Professional Image and Association with Eleanor Roosevelt" Ingrid Mahnke
 Box 1 Folder 7
"The Education of Farm Woman: Liberation or Limitation? An Analysis of teh Cornell Farmers' Wives' Reading Course" Leah Richardson
 Box 1 Folder 8
May 1, 1990
"The Correspondence of Martha Van Rennselaer and Eleanor Roosevelt 1925-1931: Building a Friendship and a College" Tara Sullivan
 Box 1 Folder 9
May 1, 1990
"Building the Colldge of Home Economics: Martha Van Rensselaer and Eleanor Roosevelt - Friends and Political Allies" Elena Fernandez
Box 1 Folder 10
May 1, 1990
"The Cornell Reading-Course for teh Farm Home" Katherine Alaimo
 Box 1 Folder 11
May 1, 1990
"Practicing for Motherhood: The Domecon Baby Program at Cornell University's College of Home Economics" Wendy Nejman
 Box 1 Folder 12
April 30, 1990
"The Domecon Babies" Shaund Burke
 Box 1 Folder 13
May 1, 1990
"Frigga Flygae" Mimi Ka
 Box 1 Folder 14
"S.E.D.O.W.A.H.: Scholarship, Enthusiasm, Dignity, of Women in Agriculture and Home Economics" Renee Ferr
 Box 1 Folder 15
"The Mothercraft Movement at Cornell" Jill Myer
 Box 1 Folder 16
May 1, 1990
"A College of Home Economics" Lara Greco
 Box 1 Folder 17
May 1, 1990
"Homemaking Apartments and Domecon Babies" Lauryn Schmerl
 Box 1 Folder 18
"The Cosmopolitan Club" Jamee Freedus
 Box 1 Folder 19
May 1, 1990
"Domecon Babies" Jodie Thorz
 Box 1 Folder 20
1990
Joan Brumberg's Correspondence Regarding HDFS 258 Research Papers
 Box 1 Folder 21