National Extension Homemakers Oral History Collection, 1983-1986

The collection contains copies of transcripts and audio cassette recordings of oral histories conducted by the National Extension Homemakers Council for the Voices of American Homemakers book project, between 1983 and 1986. The primary product of this effort is a collection of [219] oral histories by women throughout the United States. Typically they describe homemaking, child rearing, and family management in the small towns or rural areas where they live. They also discuss the role of Extension Homemaker groups in their lives. Repositories selected by the NEHC were provided with a complete set of the materials, including duplicates of the [171] cassette tapes (Series 1) and bound copies of the transcripts, which also contains indexes (Series 2). The collection also includes secondary material related to the book project, including a copy of a book based on the project, Voices of American Homemakers, including advertisements, and a collection of papers presented at a symposium in 1983 (Series 3).