Guide to the Diva Sanjur Papers.
1980-2002

Collection Number: 29-2-3252

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
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Compiled by:
Carolyn Smith
Date completed:
April 2003
EAD encoding:
Carolyn Smith, April 2003
Peter Martinez, May 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, April 2013

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Diva Sanjur papers. 1980-2002.
Collection Number:
29-2-3252
Creator:
Diva Sanjur
Quantity:
3.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, publications, academic materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes course material, correspondence, publications and proposals, relating to Diva Sanjur's career in the Division of Nutritional Sciences.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Emeritus professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences.
Diva Sanjur received a B.S. in 1958 from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned a M.P.H. degree from the University of California-Berkeley in 1962 and a Ph.D. in nutrition at Cornell in 1968. Between periods of graduate study, she worked as a nutritionist in the Department of Health in Panama. Sanjur joined the Cornell faculty in 1968 and remained a member of the faculty until her retirement in December 1999. She also held appointments as an ad hoc professor at the University of Puerto Rico and at the Research Center for Food and Development in Hermosillo, Mexico.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes course material, correspondence, publications and proposals, relating to Diva Sanjur's career in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and her research on cultural factors in the Hispanic community that affect dietary preferences and the socio-economic variables associated with infection with intestinal parasites.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Sanjur, Diva
Cornell University--Faculty.

Subjects:
Nutrition--Research.
Parasites.
Nutrition--Diet.
Hispanic Americans--Nutrition.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Collection closed for processing.
Cite As:
Diva Sanjur papers. #29-2-3252. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Course Materials
Box 1- Folders 1-9
A. Nutritional Science Course # 245
Box 1- Folders 10-33
B. Nutritional Science Course # 631
Box 1- Folders 34-60
C. Nutritional Science Course # 325
Box 2- Folders 1-12
Box 2 - Folders 13-23
Series II. Symposiums and International Work
Box 2 - Folders 24-52
Series III. Proposals
Box 2 - Folders 53-60
Series IV. Cornell Programs
Box 3 - Folders 1-3
Series V. Book Material
Box 3 - Folders 4-16
Series VI. Correspondence
Box 3 - Folders 17-30
Series VII. Publications
Box 3 - Folders 31-53 and two binders
Box 4
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Course Materials
Card - Watercolor of Uris Library, 1989
Box 1
Artwork, cards
 Box 1
Overheads - Household Economics and Nutrition
Box 1 Folder 1
Overheads - Measuring Dietary Change Among Migrant Populations
Box 1 Folder 2
Overheads - Behavior and Self Efficiency
Box 1 Folder 3
Overheads - Changes in Diet and Consequences, 1991
Box 1 Folder 4
Overheads, Food Habits
 Box 1 Folder 5
Lecture - Parasitic Infection and Malnutrition, November 15, 1991
Box 1 Folder 6
Lecture - Hispanic Women and Nutrition, 1992
Box 1 Folder 7
Lecture, 1997
Box 1 Folder 8
Overheads - Diet Counseling and Instruments of Change
Box 1 Folder 9
NS 245
Miscellaneous
 Box 1 Folder 10
Overheads
 Box 1 Folder 11
Overheads
 Box 1 Folder 12
First prelim and key, October 9, 1997
Box 1 Folder 13
Overheads
 Box 1 Folder 14
Lecture notes
 Box 1 Folder 15
Lecture notes
 Box 1 Folder 16
Material
 Box 1 Folder 17
Miscellaneous Lecture Materials
 Box 1 Folder 18
Diet risk factors/ chronic diseases
 Box 1 Folder 19
Women, nutrition, and health
 Box 1 Folder 20
Demographic perspectives on food and populations
Box 1 Folder 21
Demography/ food supply - socioeconomic status, November 4, 1991
Box 1 Folder 22
Overheads - international nutrition
 Box 1 Folder 23
Prelim and course materials, 1994-1995
Box 1 Folder 24
Criteria for grading, 1995
Box 1 Folder 25
Hunger and Food Insecurity
Box 1 Folder 26
Overheads and class notes, 1993
Box 1 Folder 27
Poverty overheads and notes
 Box 1 Folder 28
Food security and nutritional surveillance, Pelletier, November 22, 1991
Box 1 Folder 29
Prelim and lecture notes, 1992
Box 1 Folder 30
Overheads and class notes, 1993
Box 1 Folder 31
Course material
Box 1 Folder 32
Prelims and course materials
Box 1 Folder 33
NS 631
Course materials
Box 1 Folder 34
Lab #1
 Box 1 Folder 35
Lab #2
Box 1 Folder 36
Lab #2, Fall 1987
Box 1 Folder 37
Lab #3
Box 1 Folder 38
Lab #4
Box 1 Folder 39
Lab #4
 Box 1 Folder 40
Lab #5
Box 1 Folder 41
Lab #7
Box 1 Folder 42
Block's Questionnaire
 Box 1 Folder 43
Readings
 Box 1 Folder 44
Sample menu - 24-hour recall method
 Box 1 Folder 45
Sample questionnaires
 Box 1 Folder 46
Thickness Indicator
 Box 1 Folder 47
Exam materials
 Box 1 Folder 48
Exams
 Box 1 Folder 49
Dietary Assessment Methods
 Box 1 Folder 50
Transparencies (originals)
 Box 1 Folder 51
Extra handouts
 Box 1 Folder 52
Course outline
 Box 1 Folder 53
Food choices - slides and outlines
 Box 1 Folder 54
Prelims and assignments
 Box 1 Folder 55
Dietary Assessment Methods
 Box 1 Folder 56
Overheads - Diet Assessment
 Box 1 Folder 57
Course material
 Box 1 Folder 58
Diet History Form
 Box 1 Folder 59
Food Cost Study
 Box 1 Folder 60
NS 325
Food cost study - Sociocultural Aspects of Food and Nutrition, handout
Box 2 Folder 1
Discussion Period
 Box 2 Folder 2
Discussion Period - Measuring Food Intake: Data Collection
Box 2 Folder 3
Methods for Collecting Data at the Family and Household Level
Box 2 Folder 4
LCR, 1988 Bibliographies, November 11, 1988
Box 2 Folder 5
Food and Culture in America
 Box 2 Folder 6
Panel discussion handouts - Preschooler Nutrition
Box 2 Folder 7
Panel discussion handouts - Overweight and Obesity Issues
Box 2 Folder 8
Panel discussion handouts - Diet and Cancer
Box 2 Folder 9
Panel discussion handouts - Teenage Nutrition
Box 2 Folder 10
Panel discussion handouts - National/ International Trends in Breastfeeding
Box 2 Folder 11
Panel discussion handouts - Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
Box 2 Folder 12
Miscellaneous - correspondence JS
 Box 2 Folder 13
Miscellaneous - Hatch Funds
 Box 2 Folder 14
Taren: Food Frequency Diet Assessment
 Box 2 Folder 15
Food habits
 Box 2 Folder 16
Three-Day Food Record
 Box 2 Folder 17
Miscellaneous - Diet Assessment
 Box 2 Folder 18
Interviewing for the Facts
 Box 2 Folder 19
Dietary Data Collection, October 23, 1991
Box 2 Folder 20
Course material - demography/ food supply
 Box 2 Folder 21
Student paper - "Family Influences on Nutrient Intake Among Rural Dominican Women" by M. Mort, Dec. 1988
Box 2 Folder 22
Student paper - "Effect of U.S. Immigration on Dietary Changes" by J. Tiffany, December 1985
Box 2 Folder 23
Series II. Symposiums and International Work
W.O. Atwater Symposium, 1993 , lab assessment
Box 2 Folder 24
EFNEP Presentation, 1994
Box 2 Folder 25
Mexico (CIAD), 1996
Box 2 Folder 26
Mexico, 1999-2000
Box 2 Folder 27
Korean Lecture - emails, journal articles, and abstract
Box 2 Folder 28
Barcelona, Spain
 Box 2 Folder 29
Cuba material
 Box 2 Folder 30
Santo Domingo/ Dominican Republic - Plan Sierra
Box 2 Folder 31
Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1985-1988
Box 2 Folder 32
Puerto Rico material
 Box 2 Folder 33
Penang Meeting - pamphlets, brochures, booklets, articles, February 1988
Box 2 Folder 34
Penang Meeting - reprints and papers
 Box 2 Folder 35
Penang, Malaysia Meeting- photograph, Feb. 1988
Box 2
Penang, Malaysia Meeting - photograph, 1988
Box 2
Indonesia, 1980s
Box 2 Folder 36
Dominican Republic Workshop, 1991
Box 2 Folder 37
Panaman Project - questionnaire
 Box 2 Folder 38
Panama Project - list of children who recieved ketrax treatment in Nata and Rio Hato, June 1988 , Alicia C. Garcia
Box 2 Folder 39
Crompton - Panama Project
 Box 2 Folder 40
D.W. T. Crompton, 1990s
Box 2 Folder 41
FASEB meetings - Ascariasis - International Nutrition Seminar
Box 2 Folder 42
FASEB meetings 1990
Box 2 Folder 43
FASEB meetings - Rosemeire Turumoto, April 1-5, 1990
Box 2 Folder 44
FASEB meetings 1988
Box 2 Folder 45
Brooklyn slides (draft)
 Box 2 Folder 46
HASP committee - caracas, Nov. 1994
Box 2 Folder 47
Human Ecology Forum Editorial Board - International Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 48
McIntosh Book
 Box 2 Folder 49
Dominican Republic- CIIFAD
 Box 2 Folder 50
Letters to D.S.
 Box 2 Folder 51
Culture specific teaching
 Box 2 Folder 52
Series III. Proposals
Dr. Pilar Parra - Project Proposal, 1995-1996
Box 2 Folder 53
Grant Proposal - Monitoring Food Consumption of Low- Income Households in Venezuela, 1994
Box 2 Folder 54
Proposal for CSRS Project
 Box 2 Folder 55
Grant proposals, 1990s
Box 2 Folder 56
Proposal for CSRS Project
 Box 2 Folder 57
Grant proposal - Dr. Walraven's Correspondence (Hatch Project)
Box 2 Folder 58
Grant proposal - New York Sea Grant Institute
Box 2 Folder 59
Student - Doctorial Thesis and Research Proposal, 1994 Diva Sanjur - Chair - CSRS Proposal
Box 2 Folder 60
Series IV. Cornell Programs
International Nutrition Program, 1989-1990
Box 3 Folder 1
Hispanic Studies Program
 Box 3 Folder 2
Photos - nutrition
 Box 3 Folder 3
Series V. Book Materials
Book contract
 Box 3 Folder 4
Book correspondence 1991-1993
Box 3 Folder 5
Book correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 6
Book - Hispanic Food and Nutrition - originals
Box 3 Folder 7
Book chapeter - Dr. Sanjur
 Box 3 Folder 8
Book material - completion schedule
 Box 3 Folder 9
Book material - Mexican - Americans (ch. 3)
 Box 3 Folder 10
Book material - Dietary Complience (ch. 9)
 Box 3 Folder 11
Book material - Puerto Rican Diets (ch. 4)
 Box 3 Folder 12
Academy for Educational Development
 Box 3 Folder 13
Book Reviews
 Box 3 Folder 14
Photos
 Box 3 Folder 15
Journal of Nutritional Education - Manuscripts
Box 3 Folder 16
Series VI. Correspondence
Correspondence, 1980s
Box 3 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1986
Box 3 Folder 18
Correspondence, 1988
Box 3 Folder 19
Correspondence to Dr. Sanjur - permissions, 1988
Box 3 Folder 20
Guaymi Study - correspondence, 1980s
Box 3 Folder 21
Emma Perez's letter, 1992
Box 3 Folder 22
Maria Teresa Oyarzun letter, 1994
Box 3 Folder 23
Human subjects correspondence, 1994-1999
Box 3 Folder 24
Correspondence with Dr. Mieko Kagaya - Visiting Fellow, DNS, 1998-2000
Box 3 Folder 25
Correspondence with Winna T. Rivera, re. trip to Puerto Rico, 2000
Box 3 Folder 26
Memos, correspondence, 1996
Box 3 Folder 27
Susanna Tsai - correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 28
Salvador Villapando - correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 29
Personal correspondence
 Box 3 Folder 30
Series VII. Publications
"Sociocultural Aspects of Nutrition - A Cornell Slide Set" - Sanjur
Box 3 Folder 31
"Food Habits of Low - Income Children in Northern New York" - Sanjur, 1971
Box 3 Folder 32
"Nutritional Anthropometry" - Sanjur, 1974
Box 3 Folder 33
"Validating the 24-Hour Recall Method as a Dietary Survey Tool" - Sanjur, 1974
Box 3 Folder 34
"Food Behavior and Related Factors of Puerto Rican - American Teenagers" - Sanjur, 1975
Box 3 Folder 35
"Use of Path Analysis as a Statistical Technique for the Analysis of Qualitative Nutritional Data" - Sanjur, 1976
Box 3 Folder 36
Nutrition Intervention and Sociocultural Determinants - Sanjur, 1978
Box 3 Folder 37
"The Dietary Status of Preschool Children: An Ecological Approach" - Sanjur, 1978
Box 3 Folder 38
"The Effect of Environmental Changes on Food Consumption and Nutrient Intake Among Puerto Rican Families", 1981
Box 3 Folder 39
"Food Preferences - Their Conceptualization and Relationship to Consumption"- Sanjur, 1981
Box 3 Folder 40
Food Consumption Surveys: Issues Concerning the Processes of Data Collection and Data Analysis- Sanjur, 1981
Box 4
"Nutritional Consequences of U.S. Migration Patterns Among Puerto Rican Women" - Sanjur, 1983
Box 3 Folder 41
Salud y Nutricion de los Indios Guaymi: Panama, 1984 - Sanjur
Box 3 Folder 42
"Contributions of Ascariasis to Poor Nutritional Status in Children from Chiriqui Province, Republic of Panama" - Sanjur, 1987 , "Nutritional Aspects of Ascariasis" - Sanjur, Compton, Nesheim, 1985
Box 3 Folder 43
"Contemporary Diet and Body Weight of Navajo Women Receiving Food Assistance" - Sanjur, 1988
Box 3 Folder 44
"Intestinal Helminthiases in Relation to the Socioeconomic Environment of Panamanian Children" - Sanjur, 1988
Box 3 Folder 45
"Parasitic Infection and Malnutrition in Developing Countries" - Sanjur and Nesheim, 1989
Box 3 Folder 46
"Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intakes of Toddlers from Low-Income Families in Denver, Colorado" - Sanjur, 1990
Box 3 Folder 47
"Dietary Patterns, Nutrient Intakes, and Nutritional Anthropemetry of Urban Puerto Rican Toddlers" - Sanjur, 1994
Box 3 Folder 48
Report - "A Community Program to Empower Indonesian Villages to Improve Their Nutrition and Health" - Sanjur, 1999
Box 3 Folder 49
Paper - "The Impact of Urbanization and Female Employment on Nutrition in Colombian Households"
Box 3 Folder 50
Articles by Sanjur 1967-1984
Box 3 Folder 51
Articles by Sanjur 1986-1999
Box 3 Folder 52
Memories from Diva Sanjur Nesheim
 Box 3 Folder 53
Spanish recipes and nutrition teaching materials 1969-1973
Box 3 Folder 54
Booklet: "Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays" from "Ethnic and Regional Food Practices, a Series"
Box 3
Binder: "Puerto Rican Food Habits: A Socio-Cultural Approach"
Box 3
Binder: "Food Purchasing Patterns: Food Expenditures and Nutrient Profiles Among New York State EFNEP Households"
Box 3