Ruby Green Smith papers, [ca.1948]
Collection Number: 23-17-2141

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ruby Green Smith papers, [ca.1948]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-17-2141
Abstract:
Nine manuscripts of THE PEOPLE'S COLLEGES: A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STATE EXTENSION SERVICE, 1876-1948, written by Ruby Green Smith. The manuscripts detail the histories of various departments in the New York State College of Home Economics and the New York State Extension Service, Cornell University.
Creator:
Smith, Ruby Green, 1878-1960.
Smith, Ruby Green, 1878-1960. (Title of work: People\'s colleges: a history of the New York State Extension Service, 1876-1948..)
Quanitities:
.2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ruby Green Smith received a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1914. In 1918 she was appointed Deputy Food Commissioner for New York State and two years later became State Leader of Home Demonstration Agents at Cornell University, a position she held until her retirement in 1946.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Nine manuscripts of THE PEOPLE'S COLLEGES: A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STATE EXTENSION SERVICE, 1876-1948, written by Ruby Green Smith. The manuscripts detail the histories of various departments in the New York State College of Home Economics and the New York State Extension Service, Cornell University.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Ruby Green Smith papers, #23-17-2141. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

See also collections #47-10-3394 and #23-2-749 for additional biographical information.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : History.
New York State College of Agriculture. Extension Service
New York State College of Home Economics
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Subjects:
Home economics extension work.
Home economics -- Study and teaching.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Ruby Green Smith papers,
1948
Box 1 Folder 1
"History of the Extension Program in Family Life," by Margaret Wylie
Box 1 Folder 2
"History of Foods and Nutrition in Extension," by Lillian Shaben
Box 1 Folder 2
"Development of a Child Nutrition Program (adapted from Reports of Dorothy Williams and Lola Dudgeon). "My First Extension Experience in New York State," by Helen Monsch
Box 1 Folder 3
"New York State Emergency Food Commission, Human Food Commission," by Vera Caulum
Box 1 Folder 3
"A History of the Nutrition Activities of the State War Council," by Jeanette McCay
Box 1 Folder 4
"History of Extension Work in Home Furnishings," by Florence E. Wright
Box 1 Folder 4
"History of Adult Extension Work in Home Furnishings," 1926-1945 , by Ruth B. Comstock
1926-1945
Box 1 Folder 5
"Extension History: Department of Institution Management," by Katharine W. Harris
Box 1 Folder 6
"History of the Development of the Textile and Clothing Program in Extension," 1901-1925 , by Beulah Blackmore
1901-1925
Box 1 Folder 7
"History of the Development of the Textile and Clothing Program," by Mildred Carney
Box 1 Folder 8
"Reaching Out With Radio: The Use of Radio as a Teaching Medium for Clothing Projects," by Helen Powell Smith