COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence of Ella M. Cushman, and material related to the Federal Housing Administration, 1935; "Farm House Survey," 1927-1940; and "Kitchen Arrangement," 1937.
Dates
- 1927-1940.
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor of Home Economics at Cornell University from 1936-1954.
Ella Cushman received her B.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1925 and her M.S. from Cornell in 1928. That same year she was appointed extension instructor in economics of the household and household management and was promoted to extension assistant professor in 1935. Cushman taught in the resident program for summer sessions in 1934-1937 and also in the regular academic fall term of 1936-1937. In 1938, Miss Cushman moved into resident teaching full time and was promoted to associate professor in 1941. She became a professor in 1950 and was named professor emeritus following her retirement in 1954.
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence of Ella M. Cushman, and material related to the Federal Housing Administration, 1935; "Farm House Survey," 1927-1940; and "Kitchen Arrangement," 1937.
Physical Description
Correspondence, publications, and other material.
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:
- M. Heggestad
- Date completed:
- May 2004
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, May 2004
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, December 2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by M. Heggestad
- Date
- May 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu