NTE2cg825.xml Guide to the National Extension Homemakers Oral History Collection 1983-1986 National Extension Homemakers Oral History Collection Finding aid prepared by Jacki Hedlund Tyler. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2015 Finding aid encoded by Doug Lambeth. 2015 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 825 National Extension Homemakers Oral History Collection 1983-1986 3 Linear feet of shelf space 5 Boxes This collection contains transcripts and audio recordings of oral history interviews conducted between 1983 and 1986 for the Voices of American Homemakers book project by the National Extension Homemakers Council. Collection materials are inEnglish.

In 1982, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a major grant to the National Extension Homemakers Council (NEHC) for a three-year, nationwide effort to collect, process and disseminate representative oral histories. Entitled 'Voices of American Homemakers, The project combined extensive volunteer effort with careful attention to the professional canons of oral history practice. Professional historians guided the effort throughout, offering substantive perspectives on women's history and technical counsel on oral history.

The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 instituted cooperation between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and land grant colleges across the United States to develop public demonstrations on home economics. Clubs emerged as a result of these demonstrations and community participation. The National Home Demonstration Council was formed in 1936, and changed their name to the National Extension Homemakers Council in 1963.

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).

The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Transcripts of oral interviews, organized in alphabetical order according to state. Folder one contains a summary and index. 2. Audio recordings of oral interviews, and 3. Miscellaneous project documentation and related papers. Series 2: Audio recordings of oral interviews, 1983-1986, organized in alphabetical order according to state. Series 3: Miscellaneous project documentation and related papers, 1983-1986. >

The audio tapes were digitized in 2022 and the audio file retained as an unedited wav file in MASC’s archival digital storage.

This collection is open and available for research use.

According to the project documentation filed in the collection, the NEHC grants users full photocopying privileges and "fair use" publication rights to maximum of 5,000 words from the entire collection. Publication in excess of 5,000 words requires written consent of the president of the National Extension Homemakers Council, Inc.

[Item description]

National Extension Homemakers Oral History Collection, 1983-1986 (Cage 825)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The National Extension Homemakers Council, Inc., donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1985 (MS.1986.09

Jacki Hedlund Tyler processed this collection in 2015.

Bound volume transferred to the rare book collection for separate cataloging: Arnold, Eleanor, ed. Voices of American Homemakers. National Extension Homemakers Council, Inc., 1985.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Agriculture Home economics extension work Women -- Societies and Clubs Agriculture Women Series 1: Transcripts of oral interviews, 1983-1986

This series contains transcripts of the oral interviews conducted by the NEHC for the project Voices of American Homemakers. The transcripts are organized in alphabetical order according to state. Folder 1 contains a summary and index. The following folders contain the transcripts organized by volume number (I to V).

 1 1 Volume I: Summary and Index 1 2 Volume I: Alabama and Alaska 1 3 Volume I: Arkansas 1 4 Volume I: Colorado and Delaware 1 5 Volume I: Florida 1 6 Volume II: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, and Illinois 1 7 Volume II: Indiana 1 8 Volume II: Kansas and Kentucky 2 9 Volume II: Louisiana and Maryland 2 10 Volume III: Michigan 2 11 Volume III: Minnesota, Mississippi, and Missouri 2 12 Volume III: Nebraska and Montana 2 13 Volume III: New Hampshire 2 14 Volume III: New Mexico 2 15 Volume III: North Carolina 3 16 Volume IV: North Dakota 3 17 Volume IV: Ohio 3 18 Volume IV: Oklahoma and Oregon 3 19 Volume V: South Carolina and South Dakota 3 20 Volume V: Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington 3 21 Volume V: West Virginia 3 22 Volume V: Wisconsin andWyoming Series 2: Audio recordings of oral interviews

This series contains audio recordings (audiocassettes) of oral interviews conducted by the NEHC for the project Voices of American Homemakers. The tapes are organized in alphabetical order according to state.

 Alabama 4 1 Ouida Harwell - Interviewee --- Opal Price - Interviewer 4 2 Opal Price - Interviewee --- Mage Beeton - Interviewer 4 3 Elizabeth McAdams - Interviewee --- Miriam Watkins - Interviewer 4 4 Sue Moman - Interviewee --- Jean Moon - Interviewer 4 5 Sallie Bell - Interviewee --- Mildred Ennis - Interviewer 4 6 Bertha Andrews - Interviewee --- Nina Langley - Interviewer Alaska 4 7 Gussie Mumey - Interviewee --- Rieta Walker - Interviewer 4 8 Evie Foster - Interviewee --- L. Burgonye - Interviewer 4 9 Lillian Eckert - Interviewee --- Nancy Rowland - Interviewer Arkansas 4 10 Vivian Jefferson - Interviewee --- Katherine Skeleton - Interviewer 4 11 Ann Webb - Interviewee --- Minvera Houser - Interviewer 4 12 Opal Cypert - Interviewee --- Katherine Skeleton - Interviewer 4 13 Esse Simmons - Interviewee --- Minvera Houser - Interviewer 4 14 Dorothoy Tolley - Interviewee --- Minvera Houser - Interviewer Colorado 4 15 Pearl Mehl - Interviewee --- Hazel Leininger - Interviewer 4 16 Hazel Leininger - Interviewee --- Misaye Uno - Interviewer 4 17 Lois Kevan - Interviewee --- Hazel Leininger - Interviewer 4 18 Misaye Uno - Interviewee --- Misaye Uno - Interviewer Deleware 4 19 Tyrawski - Interviewee --- Skibinski - Interviewer 4 20 Dorothy Tyrawski - Interviewee --- Jean Skibinski - Interviewer 4 21 Florance Reed - Interviewee --- Jean Skibinski - Interviewer Florida 4 22 Thelma Barnes - Interviewee --- Louise Lindberg - Interviewer 4 23 Eunice Cameron - Interviewee --- Louise Lindberg - Interviewer 4 24 Elsie Gould - Interviewee --- Adelaise Moores - Interviewer 4 25 Emily Harper - Interviewee --- Louise Lindberg - Interviewer 4 26 Pearl Laffite - Interviewee --- Louise Lindberg - Interviewer 4 27 Katherine Taylor - Interviewee --- Adelaide Moores - Interviewer Georgia 4 28 Glenwood Homemakers - Interviewees --- Mary Harltey - Interviewer 4 29 Past Presidents - Interviewees --- Mary Hartly - Interviewer Hawaii 4 30 Julia Souza - Interviewee --- Bert Kikuchi - Interviewer 4 31 Betty Sakate - Interviewee --- Gladys Brown - Interviewer Idaho 4 32 Dorothy Carlson - Interviewee --- Ruth Bright - Interviewer 4 33 Ruth Bright - Interviewee Illinois 4 34 Charlene Diel - Interviewee --- Elenor Ross - Interviewer 4 35 Floy Chapman - Interviewee --- Eleanor Ross - Interviewer 4 36 M. Hyde - Interviewee --- E. Pagal - Interviewer 4 37 Catherine Wycoff - Interviewee --- Eleanor Ross - Interviewer Indiana 4 38 Iva Crouse - Interviewee --- Carol Schroeder - Interviewer 4 39 Neva Schlatter - Interviewee --- Julia Binkley - Interviewer 4 40 Masa Scheerer - Interviewee --- Mona Harley - Interviewer 4 41 Pearl McCall - Interviewee -- ? Colbert - Interviewer 4 42 Beulah Grinstead - Interviewee --- Wanetta Edgerly - Interviewer Kansas 4 43 Brenda Van Meter - Interviewee --- Athol Reusser - Interviewer 4 44 Sophia Bigge - Interviewee --- Athol Reusser - Interviewer 4 45 Sophia Bigge - Interviewee --- Athol Reusser - Interviewer 4 46 Evelyn Alden - Interviewee --- Athol Reusser - Interviewer Kentucky 4 47 Margie Brookshire - Interviewee --- Mabel Bertram - Interviewer 4 48 Ethel Jury - Interviewee --- Mabel Bertram - Interviewer 4 49 Mary Fouts - Interviewee --- Mabel Bertram - Interviewer 4 50 Mary Depaw - Interviewee --- Mabel Bertram - Interviewer 4 51 Anna Evans - Interviewee --- Mabel Bertram - Interviewer Louisiana 4 52 Irene Clause - Interviewee --- Irene Clause - Interviewer 4 53 Billie Jones - Interviewee --- Doris Ashley - Interviewer 4 54 Mabel Thompson - Interviewee --- Elaine Vidrine - Interviewer 4 55 Virginia McIntyre - Interviewee --- Doris Ashley - Interviewer 4 56 Virginia McIntyre - Interviewee --- Doris Ashley - Interviewer Maryland 4 57 Eileen Moon - Interviewee --- Jeanette Green - Interviewer Michigan 4 58 Mrs. Wilma - Interviewee --- 4 59 Arvilla Parshall - Interviewee --- 4 60 Rubie Gillion - Interviewee --- 4 61 Gladys Fox - Interviewee --- Frances Michalek - Interviewer 4 62 Cecilia Lamb - Interviewee --- Rhea Thayer - Interviewer 4 63 Emma Jones - Interviewee --- Joan Luerr - Interviewer 4 64 Edith Huffman - Interviewee --- 4 65 Luelle Hamilton - Interviewee --- Petra Swanson - Interviewer 4 66 Estella Myers - Interviewee --- Joan Luerr - Interviewer Minnesota 4 67 Persistent Pals - Interviewee --- Mary Mayer - Interviewer Mississippi 4 68 Orrie Little - Intervieweee --- Marian Carmicheal - Interviewer 4 69 Ruth Irwin - Interviewee --- Mrs. E.R. McKight - Interviewer 4 70 Mrs. B.N. Simrall - Interviewee --- Mrs. E.R. McKnight - Interviewer 4 71 Betty Newman - Interviewee --- Mrs. E.R. McKnight - Interviewer 4 72 Jane Morgan - Interviewee --- Marian Carmichael - Interviewer Missouri 4 73 Verna Lefman - Interviewee --- Betty Reynolds - Interviewer 4 74 Nellie Frost - Interviewee --- Betty Reynolds - Interviewer 4 75 Edith Fennel - Interviewee --- Donna Howard - Interviewer 4 76 Edith Gladden - Interviewee --- Janet Vaughn - Interviewer 4 77 Lillie Stuery - Interviewee --- Betty Reynolds - Interviewer Montana 4 78 Pearl Herndon - Interviewee --- Gayle Muggli - Interviewer 4 79 Luelle Hardie - Interviewee --- Arlene Stoner - Interviewer 4 80 Marie Carlile - Interviewee --- Arlene Stoner - Interviewer 4 81 Daisy Taylor - Interviewee --- Arlene Stoner - Interviewer 4 82 Lilie Badgeley - Interviewee --- Arlene Stoner - Interviewer 4 83 Elsie Rieger - Interviewee --- Arlene Stoner - Interviewer Nebraska 4 84 Nellie Yost - Interviewee --- Sandra Hansen - Interviewer 4 85 Eva Gill - Interviewee --- Norma Schneemeyer - Interviewer 4 86 Anna Coburn - Interviewee --- Selma Stevens - Interviewer 4 87 Nellie Yost - Interviewee --- Sandra Hansen - Interviewer New Hampshire 4 88 Eleanor Whittmore - Interviewee --- Goldie Roscoe - Interviewer 4 89 Lora Tosey - Interviewee --- Glodie Roscoe - Interviewer 4 90 Priscilla Lloyd - Interviewee --- Glodie Roscoe - Interviewer 4 91 H.Barnstead - Interviewee --- G. Roscoe - Interviewer New Mexico 4 92 Jessie Halsell - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 93 Jessie Halsell - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 94 Mary Moore - Interviewee --- Mary Popejoy - Interviewer 4 95 Marie Cauhape - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 96 Marie Cauhape - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 97 Nona Berry - Interviewee --- Mary Popejoy - Interviewer 4 98 Florence McDonald - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 99 Jessie Halsell - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 100 Ruth James - Interviewee --- Mary Popejoy - Interviewer 4 101 Ima Fairly - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 102 Jessie Halsell - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 103 Frances Matthews - Interviewee --- Mary Popejoy - Interviewer 4 104 Florence McDonald - Interviewee --- Beatrice Stagal - Interviewer 4 105 Jalie Martin - Interviewee --- Mary Popejoy - Interviewer North Carolina 4 106 Henrietta Phillips - Interviewee --- Virginia Harris - Interviewer 4 107 Nancy Madre - Interviewee --- Virginia Harris - Interviewer 4 108 Letha McCall - Interviewee --- Virginia Harris - Interviewer 4 109 Lucy Wilson - Interviewee --- Virginia Harris - Interviewer 4 110 Theo Hammond - Interviewee --- Virginia Harris - Interviewer North Dakota 4 111 Cora Lykeen - Interviewee --- Maryadele Knudsen - Interviewer 4 112 Karen Retzlaff - Interviewee --- Maryadele Knudsen - Interviewer 4 113 Margaret Lien - Interviewee --- Arlene Sagness - Interviewer 4 114 Mary Mootz - Interviewee --- Maryadele Knudsen - Interviewer 4 115 Minnie Ness - Interviewee --- Arlene Sagness - Interviewer Ohio 4 116 Nellie Stratton - Interviewee --- Eva Barger - Interviewer 4 117 Winifred Thrush - Interviewee --- Eva Barger - Interviewer 4 118 Mary Jones - Interviewee --- Eva Barger - Interviewer 4 119 Laura Ness - Interviewee --- Eva Barger - Interviewer 4 120 Betty Wenig - Interviewee --- Eva Barger - Interviewer Oklahoma 4 121 Elba Johnston - Interviewee --- Hester Sickles - Interviewer 4 122 Mary Skelley - Interviewee --- Hester Sickles - Interviewer 4 123 Zelma Woods - Interviewee --- Hester Sickels - Interviewer 4 124 Sarah Ball - Interviewee --- Hester Sickles - Interviewer Oregon 4 125 Alice Wand - Interviewee --- Dorothy Klock - Interviewer 4 126 Dorothy Personnette - Interviewee --- Dorothy Klock - Interviewer 4 127 Saundra Zook - Interviewee --- Dorothy Klock - Interviewer 4 128 Marie Brown - Interviewee --- Dorothy Klock - Interviewer 4 129 Dorris Graves - Interviewee --- Dorothy Klock - Interviewer South Carolina 4 130 Hazel Johnson - Interviewee --- Bee Cochran - Interviewer 4 131 Nona Jennings - Interviewee --- Bee Cochran - Interviewer 4 132 Pat Gates - Interviewee --- Bee Cochran - Interviewer 4 133 Etta Sellers - Interviewee --- Bee Cochran - Interviewer 4 134 Etta Sellers - Interviewee --- Bee Cochran - Interviewer South Dakota 4 135 Marge and Cara Kleinjam - Interviewees --- Linda Svec - Interviewer 4 136 Byrdie Johnson - Interviewee --- Evelyn Beug - Interviewer 4 137 F. Jenson 4 138 I. Hutchendorf 4 139 Irska Stroschein - Interviewee --- Linda Svec - Interviewer 4 140 Marjorie Pontius - Interviewee --- Linda Svec - Interviewer 4 141 Cleo Tyler - Interviewee 4 142 Florence Phillips - Interviewee --- Arlene Erickson - Interviewer 4 143 Minnie Murphy - Interviewee --- Laura Grubl - Interviewer 4 144 Christine Gaffin - Interviewee --- Arlene Erickson - Interviewer Tennessee 4 145 Hautie Nelson - Interviewee --- Alpha Worrell - Interviewer 4 146 Aileen Cole - Interviewee --- Marian Mariner - Interviewer 4 147 Julia White - Interviewee --- Marian Mariner - Interviewer 4 148 Tressa Waters - Interviewee --- Marian Mariner - Interviewer Virginia 4 149 Mrs. Irby Arnette - Interviewee --- Mildred Reeves - Interviewer 4 150 Corria Ratliff - Interviewee --- Mildred Reeves - Interviewer 4 151 Mrs. Ray Cassell - Interviewee --- Mildred Reeves - Interviewer 4 152 Janet Cassell - Interviewee --- Mildred Reeves - Interviewer Washington 4 153 Edna Dagnen - Interviewee --- Esther Pogorele - Interviewer 4 154 Skiles - Interviewee --- Colville - Interviewer 4 155 Violet Cottrell - Interviewer --- Esther Pogorele - Interviewer 4 156 Violet Cottrell - Interviewer --- Esther Pogorele - Interviewer 4 157 Edna Dagnen - Interviewee --- Esther Pogorele - Interviewer West Virginia 4 158 Diana Barton - Interviewee --- Margaret Lewis - Interviewer 4 159 Beatrice McCann - Interviewee --- Margaret McKenzie - Interviewer 4 160 Phyllis Sullivan - Interviewee --- Margaret McKenzie - Interviewer 4 161 Ansel Peterson - Interviewee --- Margaret McKenzie - Interviewer 4 162 Pearl Faulkner - Interviewee --- Margaret McKenzie - Interviewer 4 163 Margaret Hill - Interviewee --- Margaret McKenzie - Interviewer 4 164 Gertrude Humphries - Interviewee --- Margaret McKenzie - Interviewer 4 165 Deanne Cook - Interviewee --- Margret McKenzie - Interviewer Wisconsin 4 166 Lillian Blonien - Interviewee --- Georgia Hoberg - Interviewer 4 167 Joesphine Nixion - Interviewee --- Georgia Hoberg - Interviewer 4 168 Celia Lausted - Interviewee --- Georgia Hoberg - Interviewer Wyoming 4 169 Mary Raymond - Interviewee --- Dianna Cosner - Interviewer 4 170 Jennie Williams - Interviewee --- Katherine Martini - Interviewer 4 171 Jennie Williams - Interviewee --- Katherine Martini - Interviewer Series 3: Miscellaneous project documentation and related papers

This series contains papers pertaining to the NEHC for the project Voices of American Homemakers, including advertisements, and a collection of papers from a "Seminar of Humanists and Homemakers."

 5 23 1985 Letter from Eleanor P. Arnold to John Guido 5 24 1985 Voices of American Homemakers (book) 5 25 1986 Brochure 5 26 1983 Seminar of Humanists and Homemakers papers