OREthornton.xml Guide to the Lulu Thornton Papers 1893-1895 Thornton (Lulu) Papers Finding Aid Authors: Karl McCreary. Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center 2021
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids
This finding aid was encoded in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on May 24th, 2021. Encoding was modified by Elizabeth Nielsen for Archives West compliance. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). May 24th, 2021 This finding aid replaces information that was placed online in 2012. Thornton, Lulu. Lulu Thornton Papers 1893-1895 MSS Thornton 0.15 cubic feet 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box Materials in English. Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, 97331-4501 Phone: 541-737-2075 Email: scarc@oregonstate.edu Web: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids
The Lulu Thornton Papers consist of two items created and assembled by alumna Lulu Thornton that document her student experience at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC), and training for a career in teaching. Lulu Thornton graduated from OAC in 1895 with a degree in home economics. Biographical Note:

Born in 1876 in Missouri, Lulu Catherine Thornton graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1895 with a degree in Home Economics. In 1903, she married William Isadore Brown and together they raised three sons: Loyde, Virgil, and Vesper. She died in Portland, Oregon in 1945.

 Oregon Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae. Oregon Agricultural College. Department of Household Economy and Hygiene. Sewing (visual works). Thornton, Lulu. Dressmaking--Patterns. Home economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis. Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis. Colleges and Universities Elementary and Secondary Education Women Oregon Corvallis

The materials were donated to the former University Archives in 2000 by Lulu Thornton's granddaughter, Nancy L. Brown.

Certificate is rolled up and requires humidification.

Collection is open for research.

Lulu Thornton Papers (MSS Thornton), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Other collections that contain examples of student sewing work for home economics classes include: the Mary Jones Sewing Sample Book (MSS JonesM); the Virginia Esther Simmons Sewing Book (MSS Simmons); the Ivy G. Burton Collection (MSS Burton); the Amy Cyrus Sewing Book and Photographs (MSS Cyrus); and the Mary Margaret Smith-Watson Sewing Books (MSS SmithWatson).

The Lulu Thornton Papers consists of two items created and assembled by alumna Lulu Thornton that document her student experience at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC), and training for a career in teaching. This collection is made up of a book of sewing samples compiled by Thornton as a class assignment and a teaching certificate registered by the State of Oregon. The certificate is dated 1895.