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
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.
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
Ruby Green Smith papers, #23-17-2141. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
See also collections #47-10-3394 and #23-2-749 for additional biographical information.
Names:
Cornell University -- : History.
New York State College of Agriculture. Extension Service
New York State College of Home Economics
Subjects:
Home economics extension work.
Home economics -- Study and teaching.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Ruby Green Smith papers,
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1948 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
"History of the Extension Program in Family Life," by Margaret Wylie
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
"History of Foods and Nutrition in Extension," by Lillian Shaben
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| 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
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
"New York State Emergency Food Commission, Human Food Commission," by Vera Caulum
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
"A History of the Nutrition Activities of the State War Council," by Jeanette McCay
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
"History of Extension Work in Home Furnishings," by Florence E. Wright
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
"History of Adult Extension Work in Home Furnishings," 1926-1945 , by Ruth B. Comstock
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1926-1945 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
"Extension History: Department of Institution Management," by Katharine W. Harris
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
"History of the Development of the Textile and Clothing Program in Extension," 1901-1925
, by Beulah Blackmore
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1901-1925 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
"History of the Development of the Textile and Clothing Program," by Mildred Carney
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
"Reaching Out With Radio: The Use of Radio as a Teaching Medium for Clothing Projects,"
by Helen Powell Smith
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