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Home Management House Photograph Collection, 1945-1948
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Home Management House Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1945-1948 (inclusive)19451948
- Quantity
- 0.15 cubic foot, including 23 photographs, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- P 266
- Summary
- The Home Management House Photograph Collection consists of images of home economics students residing in the houses and several of the infants and children that lived with the Oregon State students during the mid-1940s. A six-week residency in one of the home management houses was a requirement of all home economics students at Oregon State College.
- 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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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Home management houses (or practice houses) were established in the School of Home Economics in 1916 and a six-week residency in one of the houses was required of all home economics students. Beginning in 1926, infants and toddlers lived in the home management houses and were cared for by the students and resident advisor. More than 50 children lived in the home management houses for several weeks to a year from 1926 through the 1940s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Home Management House Photograph Collection consists of images assembled by a home economics student. The images consist primarily of portrait photographs, made by Hise Studio, of children who lived in the house during the mid-1940s -- Patsy, Susan, Jimmie, and Pamela. The collection also includes images of Oregon State College home economics students who were living in the home management houses and depict them with the baby, learning about a new washing machine, and greeting international students. A baptismal certificate for baby Susan is also included in the collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Home Management House Photograph Collection (P 266), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
The photographs were transferred from the OSU Foundation in 2008.
Related Materials
Information pertaining to the home management houses is available in the College of Home Economics and Education Records (RG 141) and the Human Development and Family Sciences Department Records (RG 085). Additional photographs of the home management houses and the babies and children are available in the College of Home Economics Photographs (P 044) and Harriet's Collection.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Child rearing--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Children--Oregon--Corvallis--Portraits.
- Foster children--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Home economics students--Oregon--Corvallis.
- Home economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Corporate Names
- Oregon State College--Students.
- Oregon State College. School of Home Economics.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints.
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Hise Studio. (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2009
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
