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)
1970-1990 (bulk)
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
Lane Community College Archives
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR
97405
Telephone: 5414635466
archives@lanecc.edu
Access Restrictions

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

Acquisition Information

Records were an administrative transfer from the Home Economics Department to the Archives.

Processing Note

The collection was transferred to the Archives in three accessions in 1971 and 1999. They were processed by Elizabeth Currans in 1998 and Tiah Edmunson-Morton in 2006.

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

  • Belden, Gladys
  • Dresser, Judy
  • Heilpern, Jill
  • Reipe, Linda

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