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New York State Extension Service in Home Economics (17 volumes), 1918-1936

 unspecified — Box: 10

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

From the Collection:

New York State Federation of Home Bureaus records including minutes, programs, reports, clippings, and photos; Associated Countrywomen of the World files with correspondence and mimeographed items about its conferences; New York State Council of Rural Women file including correspondence and minutes; Extension files concerning organization, purpose, and administration; Home Demonstration work files; Older Rural Youth files; Conference files; Farm and Home Week Files; and Nutrition Institute and Nutrition Committee files including correspondence, reports, programs, lists, photos, and other items, many pertaining to wartime nutrition. Also, press releases, with interfiled correspondence and program material; annual reports 1918-1977, 1958 membership study, and a copy of Lucinda Noble's 1958 master's thesis entitled A Study of Training Needs of Home Demonstration Agents in New York.

Dates

  • 1918-1936

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

12 cubic feet. (12 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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