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Joan Jacobs Brumberg papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 23-3-3151

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, articles, lectures, and subject files pertaining to Brumberg's career, her research on the history of home economics and her books: Mission for Life; Fasting Girls: the Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease; The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls; and Kansas Charley: the Story of a Nineteenth Century Boy Murderer.

Boxes 1-3 and 13-14 contain correspondence and subject files concerning the various books written by Joan.

Dates

  • 1980-2014.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Human Development, Cornell University.

Brumberg received her bachelor's degree in history from the University of Rochester in 1965, her master's degree in American studies from Boston College in 1971 and her doctoral degree in American history from the University of Virginia in 1978. She has served on the Cornell faculty since 1979 and was director of the Women's Studies Program from 1985 to 1988.

Extent

14.5 cubic feet. (14.5 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, articles, lectures, and subject files pertaining to Brumberg's career, her research on the history of home economics and her books: Mission for Life; Fasting Girls: the Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease; The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls; and Kansas Charley: the Story of a Nineteenth Century Boy Murderer.

Physical Description

Audio Recordings,Correspondence, Research Materials, Newspapers, Printed Materials

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:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
May 2008
EAD encoding:
J. Parker, October 2008RMC Staff, April 2008
Date modified:
RMC Staff, September 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
May 2008
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)