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New York State Federation of Home Bureaus records

 Collection
Identifier: 23-17-853

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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

  • 1915-1991.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

12 cubic feet. (12 cubic feet.)

Abstract

New York State Federation of Home Bureaus records including minutes, programs, reports, clippings, and photos.

Physical Description

Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photographs, Printed Materials, Reports

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Meaghan Corbett
Date completed:
March 2008
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, March 2008
Date modified:
RMC Staff, February 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Meaghan Corbett
Date
June 2007
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)