Guide to the Elizabeth Wiegand Papers,
1926-1969

Collection Number: 23-18-1242

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Elizabeth Wiegand papers, 1926-1969.
Collection Number:
23-18-1242
Creator:
Elizabeth Wiegand, 1916-
Quantity:
5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Conference programs, speeches, bulletins, correspondence, and other papers.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes bound volumes of conference progams, speeches, and bulletins; bound and unbound bulletins on household economics and management; correspondence about budgeting, records of adult home management programs; and other papers of Elizabeth Wiegand related to her career on the faculty of the New York State College of Home Economics.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of household economics and household management, New York State College of Home Economics at Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes bound volumes of conference progams, speeches, and bulletins; bound and unbound bulletins on household economics and management; correspondence about budgeting, answered by Helen Canon (1927-1947), Jean Warren (1953-1964), Elizabeth Wiegand (1959-1969), and other faculty members (1948-1952); records of adult home management programs; and other papers of Elizabeth Wiegand related to her career on the faculty of the New York State College of Home Economics (now the College of Human Ecology).
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wiegand, Elizabeth, 1916-
Canon, Helen, b. 1888.
Warren, Jean.
New York State College of Home Economics.
New York State College of Human Ecology.

Subjects:
Home economics.
Home economics--Study and teaching.
College teachers.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Elizabeth Wiegand papers, #23-18-1242. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1951-1955, 1956-1962
2 bound volumes of Economic Conference Programs
 Box 1
1939-1950, 1954-1958
2 bound volumes of Studies of Income and Expenditures
 Box 1
1931-1962
1 bound volume of bulletins on Studies of Income and Expenditures (by Cornell, other colleges, or U.S. Department of Agriculture)
 Box 1
1951-1960
1 bound volume of National Home Laundry Conferences (program and speeches)
 Box 1
1963
1 separate issue
 Box 1
1926-1945, 1946-1950
2 bound volumes, Plan of Work for the Extension Program of this Department
 Box 1
1961-1969
1 spirally bound volume
 Box 1
1906-1929, 1930-1939, 1940-1959
3 bound volumes of Kitchen Planning Bulletins (Cornell, other colleges of U.S. Department of Agriculture
 Box 2
1927
"The Convenient Kitchen" (roll)
 Box 2
1932-1961
1 volume, Bulletins on Kitchen Storage (Cornell, other colleges or U.S. Department of Agriculture)
 Box 2
ca. 1946-1963
Some unbound bulletins and mimeos
 Box 2
Some teaching outlines on storage
 Box 2
1935-1962
Some unbound bulletins and mimeos on Clothing Storage
 Box 2
Some teaching outlines on clothes storage
 Box 2
1935-1959
1 large bound volume on House Cleaning
 Box 2
A "clutch" of teaching outlines on house cleaning and work simplification
 Box 2
1955-1963
Some unbound volumes on Care of Floors
 Box 2
1944-1962
3 unbound bulletins on Care of Rugs and Upholstery
 Box 2
Some teaching outlines on floors, rugs and upholstery
 Box 2
1929-1961
1 bound volume of bulletins on Home Laundering (Cornell, other colleges of U.S. Department of Agriculture)
 Box 2
Some teaching outlines on laundering and stain removal
 Box 2
1943-1953
1 bound volume of bulletins on Ironing (Cornell, other colleges)
 Box 2
Some teaching outlines on ironing
 Box 2
1928-1956
1 bound volume on bulletins on Work Simplification (other colleges or commercial organizations)
 Box 2
1939-1955
1 bound volume on Home and Time Management and Work Simplification
 Box 2
1938-1961
1 bound volume of bulletins on Household Management
 Box 2
1943-1959
Some unbound materials on household management
 Box 2
1927-1957
1 bound volume on Time Studies
 Box 2
ca. 1942-1954
Some unbound bulletins and mimeos
 Box 2
1917-1957
Account books
 Box 3
1917-1954
Bound volume of pamphlets on budgets from commercial and college sources
 Box 3
1944-1960
Bound volume of bulletins on children and money from commercial and college sources
 Box 3
1947-1961
Bound volume of publications prepared by the Institute of Life Insurance
 Box 3
Folders of correspondence about budgeting
1927-1947
Answered by Dr. Helen Canon, head of this department
 Box 3
1948-1952
Answered by several members of department
 Box 3
1959-1969
Mostly answered by Dr. Elizabeth Wiegand
 Box 3
Programs about consumer marketing by Professor Lucille Williamson in miscellaneous counties from Albany to Rensselaer
 Box 4
Home Management Programs for 4-H clubs conducted by various extension specialists in counties--Albany through Yates
 Box 4
1961-1969
Home Management Programs for adults--Albany County through Essex County
 Box 4
1961-1969
Home Management Programs for adults--Franklin County through Yates County
 Box 5