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Home Economics Department Records, 1966-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)Home Economics Department
- Title
- Home Economics Department Records
- Dates
- 1966-1990 (inclusive)19631987
1970-1990 (bulk)19701990 - Quantity
- 2.0 cubic feet, (5 document boxes)
- Collection Number
- A-022
- Summary
- The Home Economics Department Records document the administrative and program activities of the department from 1966 to 1988. The records contain correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, projects and proposals, committee records, curriculum records, newspaper clippings, program records, and photographs.
- Repository
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Lane Community College Archives
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR
97405
Telephone: 5414635466
archives@lanecc.edu - Access Restrictions
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There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
The first home economics classes at Lane Community College were a part of the Manpower Development Training Act program (MDTA). More classes were added in 1967 and 1968, and the first full-time Home Economics Department staff member was hired in 1969.
At this time, the Child Development Center opened and launched their first vocational program, a one-year certificate program in Child Care Services. In the fall of 1970, two Associate of Science degree programs were offered: Early Childhood Education and Institutional Food Service Supervision.
In 1969 and 1970, the Home Economics Department helped organize the Lane County Chapter of Community Coordinated Child Care (4C's), a federal program developed in 1968 to help meet the growing need for child care. With the help of the 4C's, another child care center was opened in a nearby church in 1970.
Also in 1970, the Home Economics Department published six informational packets for homemakers called Home Economics Learning Packets (HELPs) for Homemakers. The packets were designed to be studied at home in conjunction with instruction from an aide trained by the HELPs coordinator. The topics include clothing choice, child care, grocery shopping, and home energy management.
In the fall of 1988, the Home Economics Department was dismantled and the classes were absorbed by other departments. Early Childhood Education, the Nanny Option, and any other non-food service classes became part of the Health Occupations Department; the Culinary, Food Service and Hospitality Program, which was originally called Institutional Food, became part of the Industrial Technology Department.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Home Economics Department Records document the history of the Home Economics Department at Lane Community College from 1965-1988. The collection contains administrative records dealing with the department as a whole, as well as individual programs within the larger department.
The records are organized into seven series: Administrative Records, Committees and Task Forces, Curriculum, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Programs, and Publications. Within the Programs series, there are 4 subseries: Community Coordinated Child Care, Early Childhood Education Program, Food Service Programs, and Home Economics Learning Packets for Homemakers.
The activities of the Home Economics Department from 1976-1988 are not well documented in this collection.
Thirty-nine color photographs from a scrapbook were separated from the collection and are now contained in the Photograph Collection. Other photographs acquired independently of this collection of the Home Economics Department are located in the Photograph Collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
There are no use restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Home Economics Department Records, 1966-1990 (A-022), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into seven series.
Series A: Administrative Records: 1968–1988 (bulk 1970–1980)
Series B: Committees and Task Forces: 1968–1977
Series C: Curriculum: 1966–1978 (bulk 1970–1978)
Series D: Newspaper Clippings: 1969–1990
Series E: Photographs: 1969-1972
Series F: Programs: 1968–1987 (bulk 1970–1978) Subseries 1: Community Coordinated Child Care (4C's): 1968-1976; Subseries 2: Early Childhood Education Program: 1970-1978; Subseries 3: Food Service Programs: 1967-1987 (bulk: 1973-1976); Subseries 4: Home Economics Learning Packets for Homemakers: 1970-1977
Series G: Publications: 1966–1990
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series A: Administrative Records, 1968-1988, (bulk 1970-1980) Return to Top
This series contains administrative records for the Home Economics department, including correspondence, projects and proposals, and reports.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box-Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Awards, Innovator of the Year, Linda Riepe |
1987 |
| 1/2 | Awards, Miscellaneous |
1984-1987 |
| 1/3 | Child Care and Guidance Class Evaluation
Form |
1975 |
| 1/4 | Child Development Center Staff Meeting
Minutes |
1973 |
| 1/5 | Correspondence, Incoming |
1980-1988 |
| 1/6 | Correspondence, Inter-departmental |
1975-1978 |
| 1/7 | Department Chairperson Selection |
1972-1976 |
| 1/8 | Goals and Objectives |
1973-1976 |
| 1/9 | Guest Book |
1970-1973 |
| 1/10-32 | Handbooks, Child Care Handbook, List of
Slides |
n.d. |
| 2/1 | Heilpern, Jill, Emergency Fund and Memorial |
1973-1983 |
| 2/2 | Home Economics Staff Meeting Minutes |
1976-1978 |
| 2/3 | Press Releases |
circa 1985 |
| 2/4 | Procedures Manua |
circa 1970's |
| 2/5 | Projects and Proposals, Adolescent Parenting
Project |
1979 |
| 2/6 | Projects and Proposals, Competency-Based Training
Program for Child Development Associates |
1973 |
| 2/7 | Projects and Proposals, Funded |
circa 1970-1975 |
| 2/8 | Projects and Proposals, Health and PE Consumer
Proposal |
1973 |
| 2/9 | Projects and Proposals, Miscellaneous |
1968 |
| 2/10 | Projects and Proposals, Not Funded |
circa 1969-1975 |
| 2/11 | Projects and Proposals, Training Disadvantaged Women to
Give Child Care, Project 20-650-006 |
n.d. |
| 2/12 | Reports, Analysis of Courses |
1972 |
| 2/13 | Reports, Budget, Fiscal Year |
1973-1974 |
| 2/14 | Reports, Family Home Day Care Systems
Projects |
1973-1974 |
| 2/15 | Reports, Review of Region IV Family Day Care Advisory
Committee |
1975 |
| 2/16 | Reports, Seven Year Report (Home Economics
Department) |
1972 |
| 2/17 | Reports, Year End Reports |
1972-1976 |
| 2/18 | Resume for Dresser, Judy |
circa 1977-1980 |
| 2/19 | Vocational Grant Information |
1971-1975 |
| 2/20 | WIN Contracts |
1972 |
Series B: Committees and Task Forces, 1968-1977Return to Top
Included in this section are committee minutes and correspondence.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box-Folder | ||
| 2/21 | Ad Hoc Advisory Committee |
1968-1975 |
| 2/22-24 | Child Care Advisory Committee, Correspondence,
Information and Meeting Minutes |
1969-1970 |
| 2/25-28 | Child Care Committee, Information, Meeting Minutes and
Survey |
1976-1977 |
| 2/29-31 | Child Development Center Admissions
Committee—Correspondence,Information, Meeting Minutes |
circa 1970-1975 |
| 2/32-33 | Training Development Task Force, Correspondence, Meeting
Minutes |
1974-1975 |
Series C: Curriculum, 1966-1978, (bulk 1970-1978) Return to Top
This series documents the development of the home economics curriculum, including curriculum and course outlines for workshops offered through the department.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box-Folder | ||
| 3/1 | Home Energy |
circa 1973-1978 |
| 3/2-5 | Institutional Food, Applications for New Courses and
Curriculum, Class and Course Outlines |
1970-1972 |
| 3/6 | Miscellaneous |
circa 1966-1974 |
| 3/7 | Time Management |
circa 1969-1979 |
| 3/8 | Workshops, Child Care Workshop |
1975-1976 |
| 3/9 | Workshops, "Creative Ways of Teaching
Children" |
1976 |
| 3/10 | Workshops, Family Day Care Training |
1972 |
| 3/11 | Workshops, Lane Family Day Care Workshop |
1975 |
| 3/12 | Workshops, "Let's Get it Together" |
1972 |
| 3/13 | Workshops, "Let's Put Woman in Her Place" |
1975 |
Series D: Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1990Return to Top
This series contains newspaper clippings about the Home Economics Department.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/14-16 | Newspaper clippings |
1969-1990 |
Series E: Photographs, 1969-1972Return to Top
This series contains photographs about the Home Economics Department events and people.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/17 | Photographs |
1969-1972 |
Series F: Program Records, 1968-1987, 1970-1978Return to Top
This series contains records about home economics programs concerning child care, food service, and homemakers.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Subseries 1: Community Coordinated Child Care
(4C's)
The records for the 4C's program includes information on both
the Lane County chapter, which the Lane Community College Home Economics
Department helped coordinate, and the federal program itself, which started in
1968 to help meet the growing need for child care in the United States. The
newspaper clippings document some of the controversy over federal versus
private control of child care that the 4C's caused within the child care
community in Lane County. The correspondence shows the positive response that
many community members had to the 4C's program.
|
1968-1976 | |
| Box-Folder | ||
| 3/18 | Agreements |
1970-1974 |
| 3/19 | Board of Directors Meeting Minutes |
1970-1973 |
| 3/20 | Budget |
July 1972 |
| 3/21 | By-Laws |
circa 1970 |
| 3/22 | Correspondence |
1969-1976 |
| 3/23 | Council Meeting Minutes |
1970-1973 |
| 3/24 | In-Kind Contribution Proposals |
1970-1973 |
| 3/25 | Miscellaneous |
circa 1970-1973 |
| 3/26 | Newspaper Clippings |
circa 1971 |
| 3/27 | Publications, Information About Lane County
4C's |
circa 1970-1973 |
| 3/28 | Publications, "Introduction to Concept" |
circa 1968-1971 |
| 3/29 | Publications, General Information About
4C's |
1968-1970 |
| 3/30 | Reports |
circa 1971-1973 |
| 3/31 | Steering Committee Meeting Minutes |
1969-1970 |
Subseries 2: Early Childhood Education
Program
This collection contains records that document the beginning of
the Early Childhood Development program in 1970. Early Childhood Development is
now called Early Childhood Education; in 1988, it became a part of the Health
Occupations Department, which is now called Family and Health Careers.
|
1970-1978 | |
| Box-Folder | ||
| 4/1-4 | Advisory Committee, Correspondence, Information,
Meeting Minutes, Member Lists and Attendance |
1970-1976 |
| 4/5-11 | Curriculum, Applications for New Courses and
Curriculum, Course Outlines, Handouts, Pamphlets, Programs Descriptions
|
circa 1970-1977 |
| 4/12 | Handbooks, Early Childhood Education Staff Handbook
|
1977-1978 |
| 4/13 | Information |
1971-1976 |
| 4/14 | Proposals, Proposal for Furnishing a Kindergarten
Room |
1973 |
| 4/15 | Staff Lists |
1973 |
| 4/16 | Staff Meeting Minutes |
circa 1972-1976 |
Subseries 3: Food Service Programs
This collection contains records that document the Food Service
program. The Food Service program became a part of Industrial Technology in
1988; this department is now called Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Management.
|
1967-1987; 1973-1976 | |
| Box-Folder | ||
| 4/17-19 | Advisory Committee, Correspondence, Information and
Meeting Minutes |
1974-1976 |
| 4/20 | Correspondence |
1973-1975 |
| 4/21 | Course Outlines |
circa 1975 |
| 4/22 | Information |
circa 1973-1975 |
| 4/23 | LCC Culinary Club |
circa 1975-1978 |
| 4/24 | Placements |
1984-1985 |
| 4/25 | Proposals, Food Service Chef-Instructor |
1982 |
| 4/26 | Proposals, Food Service Training Program |
1967-1968 |
| 4/27 | Proposals, Utilization of Food Services by Culinary,
Food Service and Hospitality Program |
1987 |
| 4/28 | Staff Meeting Minutes |
1973-1976 |
Subseries 4: Home Economics Learning Packets
for Homemakers
The records of the Home Economics Learning Packets (HELPs) for
Homemakers include Correspondence, history, and the published packets.
|
1970-1977 | |
| Box-Folder | ||
| 5/1 | Applications for Approval of Consumer and Homemaking
Education |
1970-1976 |
| 5/2 | Budgets |
1972-1973 |
| 5/3 | Certificates Awarded |
1972-1973 |
| 5/4 | Correspondence |
1970-1976 |
| 5/5 | Evaluations, Oregon Board of Education |
circa 1971-1976 |
| 5/6 | Evaluations, Students |
1972 |
| 5/7 | Information |
1972-1976 |
| 5/8 | Proposals |
circa 1971-1975 |
| 5/9 | Publications, Eye Foolers (Clothing Selection)
|
1970 |
| 5/10 | Publications, Facts About Fibers (Textiles)
|
1970 |
| 5/11 | Publications, Happy Meal Time (Foods) |
1970 |
| 5/12 | Publications, Let It Rain (Child Development)
|
circa 1970 |
| 5/13 | Publications, Let Wash Day Sparkle (Textiles)
|
1970 |
| 5/14 | Publications, Let's Get It Done (Management, Time,
Energy and You) |
1970 |
| 5/15 | Publications, Shop-Wise Appliance Guide (Money
Management) |
1970 |
| 5/16 | Publications, Super Food Shopper (Foods) |
1970 |
| 5/17 | Publications, Uses, Characteristics and Care (of
Cloth) |
circa 1970 |
| 5/18 | Reports, Funded Projects |
circa 1971-1977 |
| 5/19 | Reports, Miscellaneous |
1972-1973 |
Series G: Publications, 1966-1990Return to Top
This series contains publications such as program newsletters, course catalogs, and other miscellaneous publications.
Collection is open to the public.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/20 | Child Development Center
Newsletter |
1971-1972 |
| 5/21 | Course Catalogs |
1974-1984 |
| 5/22 | Miscellaneous
Publications |
circa 1966-1990 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Child care--Study and teaching
- Child development--Study and teaching
- Food service--Study and teaching
- Home economics--Study and teaching
Personal Names
Corporate Names
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Community Coordinated Child Care Program
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Culinary, Food Service and Hospitality
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Early Childhood Education
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Family and Health Careers Department
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Food Service Program
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Home Economics Department
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Currans, 1998, and Tiah Edmunson-Morton, 2006
2006
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