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AHJ_ah400121 Inventory of the Margaret S. Boyd papers, 1893-2018 Boyd (Margaret S.) papers Processed by Erin Shadrick University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center

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Finding aid encoded by Erin Shadrick 2024 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). University of Wyoming American Heritage Center 400121 Boyd, Margaret S. Margaret S. Boyd papers 1893-2018 9.28 cubic ft. (10 boxes) Margaret S. Boyd was a faculty member and department head of Home Economics at the University of Wyoming. This collection includes personal and professional papers relating to her time at the University of Wyoming and her book Baking at High Altitude. English Biography of Margaret S. Boyd

Margaret Elizabeth Sitzman Boyd was a faculty member and department head of Home Economics at the University of Wyoming. She was born June 20, 1928, in Greeley, Colorado, where she lived on a farm. Margaret participated in 4-H and later attended Colorado State University, where she graduated in 1950. She completed a dietetics internship and returned to Colorado State University for her master’s degree, which she completed in 1956. She joined the University of Wyoming Department of Home Economics in 1956, under the leadership of Verna Hitchcock. In 1965, her high-altitude baking research led her, and co-author Mamie Schoonover, to write the popular extension cookbook/bulletin Baking at High Altitude. It was a best seller for over 50 years. She retired in 1984. Margaret was married to Geology professor Donald W. Boyd (1927-2020). They were generous supporters of the University of Wyoming and scholarships were established in their honor. Margaret Boyd passed away in Laramie on April 11, 2012.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Margaret Boyd, including her early years, family, and 4-H. It also contains research for Boyd’s cookbook, Baking at High Altitude, and her faculty records from her time in the University of Wyoming Department of Home Economics, which mostly relate to Boyd’s food research and other home economics topics.

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This material was received from Mona Gupton in February 2023.

The collection was processed by Erin Shadrick in March 2024.

There are no known other archival collections created by Margaret S. Boyd at the date of processing.

Access Terms Boyd, Donald University of Wyoming -- Faculty. University of Wyoming. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. University of Wyoming. College of Agriculture. University of Wyoming. Department of Home Economics. Baking. High altitude baking. High altitude cooking. Dietetics. Dietetics -- Education. Dietetics -- Study and teaching. Travel -- Food. Cookbooks. Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999. Wyoming -- History -- 2000- Colorado -- History -- 20th century. Europe <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Places Education Social Life and Customs Series I. Personal Papers 14-H Club1944-1947 1Biographical Material 1957-2012 1Certificates1893, 1925, 1942 1Correspondence1927-1950, 2007-2016 1The Czar's Germans by Hattie Plum Williams1975 1Diaries1959-1964 1Eastern Mediterranean Trip November 1995 1European Itinerary 1972 3Family Photographsundated 1The Farmer's Business Record1942-1948 8Firestone Breakfast Honoring National Winners of 1945 4-H Club Soil Conservation ProjectDecember 1945 1, 2, 8Gourmet Trip 1965 1Ledger 1954-1961 1Margaret undated 3Margaret's Baby Book and Miscellaneous Photographsundated 1Margaret's relativesundated 2Mediterranean trips1998-1999 8Mementosundated 3MES Photosundated 3Miscellaneous Photographs1948-2000, undated 3Movies of European Trips 1965 8Negatives and Color Slidesundated 2New Orleans1978 1Newspapers and Magazines1952-1985 2Pamphletsundated 3Photo Albumundated 3Photographsundated 3, 10Portraitsundated 9, 10Scrapbooksundated 1Sitzman Family History1898-2005 1Sitzman Ration Booklets and Finance Recordsundated 2Travel Diary1965 2Western Mediterranean TripApril 1999 3Yearbooks1920-1946 Series II. Professional Papers 31969 Annual Commencement PamphletJune 1969 4Amine Oxidizing Defect as a Cause of HeadacheFall 1975 5Angel Food Recipesundated 3Awards1993, 2005 3Award Ceremony Pamphlets1947, 1967 3Award- Recognition by the University of Wyoming1996 3Award- Wyoming Dietetic Association Crystal Achievement Award1995 5Baking Project-Quick Bread and Cookies1963-1964 6Baking, Cooking at High Altitudes1958-1961 7Basic Mix- Recipes to Tryundated 10The Best of Helen Dollaghan Cookbook1972-1977 4Boyd, M.- Professional Infoundated 4Boyd, Margaret Updates1991-1994 6Butter Cakesundated 7Cakes and Jelly Recipes1965-1970 6Cake Test1970 6Calcium Study1976-1977 6Can Sizes and Yieldsundated 5Candy Recipesundated 6Canningundated 4College of Agriculture Newsletters and Reports2010-2021 5Cookbooksundated 5Cookie Bookletundated 6Deep-Fat Fryingundated 4Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Informational Pamphletsundated 4Dietician and Dietetic Program Information1962, 1974, undated 6Dried Fruit Leather1975 6Drying Foods1975 6Drying Fruits and Vegetablesundated 6Eggs1968 6Electronic Range1974 4Employment File1956-1964 4Faculty Meetings1993 6Food Allergy Information and Recipes1966 6Food Fiber Content Tablesundated 6Food Habitsundated 6Food Testing and Methodology1950-1953 6Handbook of Food Preparation1959-1962 4Home Economics1958-1959, 1963-1985 4Home Economics Department Documents1976-2000 4Home Economics Division Head 1965-1985 4Home Economics Division Meeting Notes1967-1971, undated 6Home Economic Information and Recipes1964-1977 4Home Economics News Clippingsundated 4Home Economics Professor Documents1972-1982 4Home Economics Professor papers1956-1986 6Ice Cream Recipeundated 5Instructionsundated 4ITAA Pamphlets1992-1995 6Jelliesundated 5Karen Graham Work Recipes1975 6Labelingundated 5Linda Erlewine Work Recipes1975 4Lynne Cheney Address at UW Commencement1989 4Margaret Boyd Student Information1943-1949 4ME's Geology Notes (SHK class) 1958-1959 4Newsletters1975, 1993 6Nutrients Influenced by Continued Use of Oral Contraceptives1976 6Nutrition and Food Preparation1957-1969 7Preservation and Freezing1957-1983 7Potassium Content of Foodsundated 5Quantity Recipesundated 5Quick Breadsundated 5,7Recipesundated 7Recipe cardsundated 5Recipes from Magazines1950-1957 4Regulations of the Trustee's University of Wyoming Republished Edition1973, 1980 4Requirements for ADA Membership1975-1977 7Research1960-1988 4Rho Chapter of Kappa Delta Alumni1959 7Sioux Valley Hospital Diet Manual1949 7Sponge Cakesundated 4Student Papers from Department of Family and Consumer Sciences1956-1986 4Title IX1976, 1993 4University Correspondence1970-1974 5University of Wyoming Yearbook1971 5UW ADA Approval1981-1985 5UW Brand of Excellence Scholarship Banquet Pamphlets2007-2019 7Vegetable Cookery1949-1951 7Vegetable ProjectSummer 1957 7Vitamin E1961, 1965 7Weight Controlundated 7Weights and Measuresundated 5WHEA1976-1986 7Wyoming Homemakers Treasured Memories by Dianna Cosner1990 Sub-series 1. Baking at High Altitude 6High Altitude1960 6High Altitude Cookbook Research1973-1985 6High Altitude Cookeryundated 6High Altitude Miscellaneous1967 1High Altitude Recipes and Cookbooks1953-1970 6High Altitude Requestsundated