American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6578

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reports, minutes, resolutions, bylaws, publications, and correspondence, pertaining to the history of the association; membership lists, planning guides, national records, handbooks, public relations material, Board of Directors records, newsletters, programs, annual reports, photographs, video and audio tapes, and records of the International Federation for Home Economics. Includes records concerning the history of home economics, families, youth, consumer education, the International Family Planning Project, public policy, and nutrition.

Dates

1899-2008.

Creator

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (Organization)
American Home Economics Association (Organization)
AAFCS (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access to Boxes 124 and 125 restricted to documented members of the AAFCS.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the files of the AHEA Foundation restricted for 50 years from date of creation or by the permission of the AAFCS Board of Directors. Permission would be obtained through a written request to the Board.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences was founded in 1909 as the American Home Economics Association. The Association had its origins in the Lake Placid Conferences that were held from 1899 to 1908 with the aim of becoming “a kind of clearinghouse for all the schools and teachers of home economics.” They hoped their audience would include the “professional worker in the home and institutional household, and all, whether students, scientists, or practical persons, who are interested in the improvement of living conditions.” The conferences were first convened by Ellen Richards and others interested in the emerging field of home economics. Ellen Richards is considered to be the founder of the American Home Economics Association and was a pioneer in home economics as a field of scientific study and social reform. The involvement of these early professional home economists in sanitation and public health, child development, scientific nutrition, functional home and environmental design, education, and household management set the stage for the endeavors of professional home economists in the following years.

Extent

352.4 cubic feet. (351.4 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Reports, minutes, resolutions, bylaws, publications, and correspondence, pertaining to the history of the association; membership lists, planning guides, national records, handbooks, public relations material, Board of Directors records, newsletters, programs, annual reports, photographs, video- and audiotapes, and records of the International Federation for Home Economics. Includes records concerning the history of home economics, families, youth, consumer education, the International Family Planning Project, public policy, and nutrition.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Governance

Executive Groups and Boards Officers Past Presidents Council Assembly of Delegates Senate Elections Annual Reports Bylaws Directories and policy handbooks Resolutions

Series II. Administration

Accreditation AHEA Foundation Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships Center for the Family Certification Consumer Interests and Standards Correspondence and Subject Files Field Service International Activities Library and Archives Membership National Headquarters Staff and Operations Outside Organizations Program Division Projects and Programs Public Policy Public Relations Publications and Publishing

Series III. Annual Meetings and Conferences

Lake Placid Conferences Eleventh Lake Placid Conference Annual Meeting Programs

Series IV. Committees

Series V. Professional and Subject-Matter Groups

Series VI. State Associations

Series VII. Biographical Files

Series VIII. Photographs and Slides

Series IX. Audiotapes, Videotapes, LPs, CDs, and Motion Picture Film

Series X. Memorabilia and Artifacts

Series XI. Publications

Series XII. Ellen H. Richards

Series XIII. Home Economics History

Series XIV. Addition to Collection (2014-2017)

RELATED MATERIALS

International Federation for Home Economics-United States records, 1977-2003. #6760.

New York State Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records, 1908-2005. #3410.

Benjamin Andrews collection on home economics, 1879-1958. #1475

Marie Dye collection on the University of Chicago, 1919-1972. #6759.

Marjorie Knoll papers, 1954-1999. #6787.

Family and Consumer Sciences administrators study records, 1995-1996. #6704.

Pundt, Helen. AHEA, a history of excellence. Washington, D.C. : American Home Economics Association, c1980.

Baldwin, Keturah E. 1879- The AHEA saga : a brief history of the origin and development of the American Home Economics Association and a glimpse at the grass roots from which it grew. Washington : American Home Economics Association, [1949]

Physical Description

Correspondence, subject files, publications, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and artifacts.

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:: Sarah Keen
Date completed:: September 2007
EAD encoding:: Sarah Keen, September 2007; June 2008Sarah Keen, January 2009
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, December 2018