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Home Economics Club Records, 1937-1974
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Oregon State University. Home Economics Club.
- Title
- Home Economics Club Records
- Dates
- 1937-1974 (inclusive)19371974
- Quantity
- 1.10 cubic feet, including 4 photographic prints, (4 boxes including 1 oversize box)
- Collection Number
- MSS HomeEcClub
- Summary
- The Home Economics Club Records document the activities and operations of the Oregon State University (OSU) Home Economics Club. The records are comprised of constitutions, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, reports, newsletters, materials from state and national organizations, and scrapbooks.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Margaret Snell Club was established at Oregon Agricultural College in about 1910 for students in domestic science and arts and became the Home Economics Club several years later. The organization sponsored events including the Spring Honors Luncheon and participated in various activities to promote home economics. Beginning in the 1920s, the organization funded an International Friendship Scholarship for a foreign graduate student to attend Oregon State for one year. During the 1960s and 1970s, the club was also known as the Oregon State Chapter of the American Home Economics Association and the College Chapter of the Oregon Home Economics Association.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Home Economics Club Records document the activities of the Oregon State University Home Economics Club. The collection is comprised of administrative documents such as meeting minutes, financial records, constitutions, newsletters, and officers' records. The majority of this content relates to the planning and execution of club events including the annual Spring Honors Luncheon, the Silver Tea, and club meetings and ceremonies. The collection also includes copies of distributed materials such as handbooks and newsletters generated by the OSU chapter, other chapters outside Oregon, the state organization (Oregon Home Economics Association), and the national organization (American Home Economics Association).
The collection also contains four scrapbooks spanning 1937-1958 that are comprised predominately of newspaper clippings featuring coverage of club events and activities but also include minutes, brochures, photographic prints, and other ephemera.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Home Economics Club Records (MSS HomesEcClub), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Home Economics Club Records are arranged into two series: 1. Administrative Records, 1946-1974 and 2. Scrapbooks, 1937-1958.
Acquisition Information
The materials in this collection were transferred from the College of Health and Human Sciences to the University Archives in 2009. The collection now resides in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center.
Processing Note
Full processing and description of this collection was done in 2018. The full finding aid completed in 2018 replaces a preliminary collection-level description that was prepared in 2009.
Related Materials
The College of Home Economics and Education Records (RG 141) include records of the Home Economics Club and additional materials about the state organization can be found in the Oregon Home Economics Association Records (MSS OHEA). Other collections with material documenting the home economics program at Oregon State University include the Oregon State University Home Economics Alumni Association Records (MSS HomeEcAlumni), the Student Club and Organization Records (RG 276), the College of Home Economics Oral Histories (OH 011), and the Omicron Nu Records (MSS OmicronNu).
Collections of home economics professionals include the Ava Milam Clark Papers (MSS ClarkAvaM), the Betty E. Hawthorne Collection (MSS Hawthorne), and the Edna Amidon Papers (MSS Amidon).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Administrative Records, 1946-1974Return to Top
Series 1 is comprised of materials documenting the activities and operation of the Home Economics Club. It includes committee reports and meeting minutes; a ledger book, receipts, and invoices documenting the club's financial history; guestbooks and records from annual events such as the Silver Tea and Spring Honors Luncheon; constitutions and handbooks; newsletters; and materials from the American Home Economics Association, the Oregon Home Economics Association, and other state and local chapters. Of particular note are records from officers that include meeting minutes, reports, and other records of the club's operation.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1.1 | AHEA, OHEA, and non-OSU documents |
circa 1954-1969 |
| 1.2 | Committee reports and meeting minutes |
circa 1946-1971 |
| 1.3 | Committee reports and meeting minutes |
circa 1960-1968 |
| 1.4 | Constitutions |
circa 1951-1965 |
| 1.5 | Events - Career Day |
1957 |
| 4.1 | Events - Homecoming and Dad's Weekend [?] |
1954 |
| 1.6 | Events - Silver Tea |
1957-1968 |
| 1.7 | Events - Spring Honors Luncheon |
1958-1974 |
| 2.1 | Events - Spring Honors Luncheon |
1961-1974 |
| 2.2 | Events - Spring Honors Luncheon |
1968-1974 |
| 2.3 | Financial records - Ledger book |
1948-1959 |
| 2.4 | Financial records - Receipts and invoices |
1962-1963 |
| 2.5 | Handbooks |
1959-1973 |
| 2.6 | Member initiation processes |
circa 1965 |
| 2.7 | Newsletters |
1950-1970 |
| 2.8 | Officer records - Chairman's notebook |
1966-1970 |
| 3.1 | Officer records - President's notebook |
circa 1954 |
| 3.2 | Officer records - President's notebook |
1956-1970 |
| 3.3 | Officer records - President's notebook |
1958-1959 |
| 3.4 | Officer records - President's notebook |
1967-1968 |
| 3.5 | Officer records - President's reports |
1960-1966 |
Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1937-1958Return to Top
Series 2 includes four scrapbooks documenting the activities of the Home Economics Club and, to some extent, the larger home economics program at Oregon State College. The scrapbooks are comprised predominately of newspaper clippings from the Barometer, OSU's student newspaper, and include articles about events, meetings, demonstrations, honors and awards, and lectures. The scrapbooks also include membership lists, brochures, minutes, and newsletters. The 1944-1949 scrapbook includes 4 photographic prints featuring club members.
The scrapbooks include tipped-in items and/or items that are no longer secured to the scrapbook pages. Many of these items are located at the back of the scrapbooks' folder.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3.6 | Scrapbook |
1937-1943 |
| 4.2 | Scrapbook |
1944-1949 |
| 4.3 | Scrapbook |
1952-1958 |
| 4.4 | Scrapbook |
1955-1957 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clubs--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Home economics students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Home economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Home economists--Oregon.
- Student activities--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- American Home Economics Association.
- Oregon Home Economics Association.
- Oregon State College--Students.
- Oregon State College. Home Economics Club.
- Oregon State University--Students.
- Oregon State University. Home Economics Club.
Form or Genre Terms
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
Finding Aid Authors: Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe.
2018
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