Cornell University Department of Household Economics and Management records, 1900-1981.
Collection Number: 23-18-1789
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cornell University Department of Household Economics and Management records, 1900-1981.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-18-1789
Creator:
New York State College of Home Economics. Department of Household Economics and Management
Quanitities:
2.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
From its founding until 1969 in the College of Home Economics, today's College of
Human Ecology, the department was known as Household Economics and Management; from
1969 to 1977 it was called Consumer Economics and Public Policy and in 1977 it changed
its name to the Department of Consumer Economics and Housing.
In 1998 the Department of Consumer Economics and Housing merged with the Department
of Human Service Studies to become the Department of Policy Analysis and Management.
Includes department correspondence, 1928-1960, primarily letters of Helen Canon; also
correspondence of Jean Warren, Edna Van Horn, Dorothy Dickens, Hazel Kyrk, Day Monroe,
the Family Economics Division and Family Economics-Home Management Division of the
American Home Economics Association. Issues of School of Living Bulletins, 1938-1942; and photographs and other material concerning Mabel Rollins,
Lucille Williamson and Jean Warren. Also, thirty-five home account study records from
a New York State study conducted by Sally Manning, 1957-1958; 4 volume mss. history
"Development of the Department of Economics of the Household and Household Management
as Recorded in Documents," 1900-1953; 2 volumes "Schedule Forms," 1929-1960; and 2
volumes of abstracts of Ph.D. theses, Dept. of Household Economics and Management,
1938-1966.
The film Within Your Reach from this collection has been digitized and can be found on Cornell's Library Media
Space website along with other Home Economics and related films.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cornell University Department of Household Economics and Management records, #23-18-1789.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings,
viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is
in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information
on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
webpage.|Audio visual media that has been digitized: F-821
Names:
Canon, Helen, 1888-1954.
Dickins, Dorothy.
Kyrk, Hazel, 1886-1957.
Monroe, Day.
Rollins, Mabel.
Van Horn, Edna.
Warren, Jean.
Williamson, Lucille.
Manning, Sally.
American Home Economics Association. Family Economics Division
American Home Economics Association. Family Economics-Home Management Division
Subjects:
Home economics -- Study and teaching.
Domestic education.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Form and Genre Terms:
Motion pictures (visual works).
Audiocassettes.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Course material
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1943 - 1953 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
History of Household Economics and Management
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1960s |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence - Acquiring old account books
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1927 - 1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence - Acquiring old account books
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1927 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence - Acquiring old account books
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1927 - 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence - Dorothy Dickens
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1945 - 1946 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence - Jean Warren
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1953 - 1958 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence - Edna Van Horn
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1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence - Helen Canon
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1928 - 1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 - 11 |
Helen Canon's budget and accounting information
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1910 - 1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Photo, holiday cards; newspaper clipping and letter
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1923, 1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
School of Living - Suffern, New York
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1929 - 1941 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Copies of "School of Living" Bulletins
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1938 - 1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Laundry product - Biz
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1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Audiocassette - Household Economics and Management Reunion - with Walker, Rollins,
Warren, Stewart, Deacon, Knoll
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1981 |
| Box 1 |
School of Living Bulletins and Newsletter
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1938-1942 | |
| Box 1 |
Photographs and material concerning Mabel Rollins, Lucille Williamson, and Jean Warren
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1981 | |
| Box 1 |
Ralph Borsodi, Flight from the City, The Distribution Age, This Ugly Civilization, Inflation is Coming.
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| Box 2 |
History of the development of the department as recorded in documents.
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1900-1953 | |
| Box 2 |
Forms: Schedule forms
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1929-1960 | |
| Box 2 |
Abstracts of dissertations
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1900-1966, 1938-1953, 1954-1966 | |
| Box 3 |
Home account books (35 items)
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1957-1958 | |
| Box 4 | F-821 |
Within Your Reach film (use DVD-1005 in the same box.)
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| Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Scope and Contents
Made in the 1930s, this short film shows the impact of improper kitchen storage on
the body and how to design better, more ergonomic storage for the home.
Produced by the Dept. of Economics of the Household and Household Management Extension
Specialists
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| Box 4 | DVD-1005 |
Within Your Reach
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