University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
The University of Montana—Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-2053
http://www.lib.umt.edu/asc
library.archives@umontana.edu
Rg
029
The
University of Montana. Department of Home Economics
The University of
Montana. Department of Home Economics records
1921-1988
2.75 linear feet
The collection contains scrapbooks,
photographs, writings, and other materials from The University of Montana's
Department of Home Economics, 1921-1988.
Materials
are in English
Historical Note
The Department of Home Economics was started in 1913. The department’s
objective was to give training in the economic and scientific administration of
the household. The department was first located in the Natural Science Building
with Mary Elizabeth Edwards as the chair and sole instructor. In 1938, the Home
Living Center was established. This center made the department eligible for
reimbursement under the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917, which provided for secondary
school vocational education in home economics and other fields. The center was
opened on Daly Avenue, in Missoula, Montana, but relocated several times over
the years.
There was a fiscal crisis in higher education in 1987, during which
the Montana Board of Regents voted to eliminate the Department of Home
Economics. The department ceased to exist by the summer of 1989. In the course
of its activities, the Department awarded degrees to over one thousand
students.
The collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, writings, and other
materials from The University of Montana's Department of Home Economics. The
papers include the Home Economic and Home Arts Club minutes and other writings
and publications related to the department. The scrapbooks contain photographs,
clippings, and memorabilia from the Home Living Center and department and
university-related events. The photographs depict the variety of department
activities, from cooking to fashion design. The collection also contains a
short video about Ellen H. Richards and a Betty lamp dedicated in memory of
Dorothy Van Blaricom, who died in 1963.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The
University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Copyright to some materials in the collection is
held by The University of Montana.
[Name of document or photograph number], The University of Montana
Department of Home Economics Records, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
One portion of this collection was likely transferred to the Archives
from the School of Education, 1997, and another from the Department of
Drama/Dance, 1998.
Two accessions (one from School of Education and one from Drama/Dance)
were combined to make this collection. Only minimal reorganization of materials
was done during processing.
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.
University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.)--Students--Societies, etc.--Records and
correspondence.
Montana
State University (Missoula). Dept. of Home Economics.
Montana
State University (Missoula). Home Living Center
State
University of Montana (Missoula). Dept. of Home Economics
University
of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Home Economic and Home Arts Club
University
of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Home Living Center
Home economics--Study and
teaching--Montana--Missoula
Home economics
students--Montana--Missoula--Societies, etc.--Records and
correspondence.
Scrapbooks
Montana
Colleges and Universities
Home
and Family
1/1
Home Arts Club Minutes
1921-1950
1/2
Home Economics Club Minutes
1955-1967
1/3
"University of Montana Home Economics
Graduates"
1957-1980 and undated
1/4
Department of Home Economics-University of Montana,
publications and writings
1956-1980 and undated
1/5
75th Anniversary Reunion Record:1913-1988, publication,
Home Economics, University of Montana
1988
1/6
Montana Home Economics Association
1920-1978 and undated
1/7
Dr. Gladys Branegan Chalkley, Montana Home Economics
Association
1945-1981 and undated
1/8
Miscellaneous
undated
1/9
Kappa Omicron Phi Charter, The University of
Montana
1962
1/10
Photographs from book 75th Anniversary Reunion Record:
1913-1988, Home Economics, University of Montana
1988
1/11
"Cookbook" photographs
undated
1/12
Home Economics unidentified photographs
undated
1/13
Home Economics miscellaneous photographs
undated
2/1
Home Living Center photographs and of Day Care being
built
undated
2/2
Home Living Center and other Home Economics
photographs
1941-1944 and undated
2/3
Food Service photographs
1947-1956 and undated
2/4
Food Service photographs
1956-1958 and undated
2/5
Ann C. Platt-Professor Emeritus Home Economics, photograph
portrait; Helen Gleason-Professor Emeritus Home Economics, photograph
portrait
undated
2/6
Upholstery class, photographs
undated
2/7
Women’s groups-identified and unidentified
1935-1942 and undated
2/8
Home Economics Graduation and miscellaneous
photographs
1968-1983 and undated
2/9
Photographs of sewing, fashion design
circa 1940s-1950s
3
Miscellaneous
¾” Videocassette: “Ellen H. Richards: An Early Leader, by Emma
Hawk Briscoe-Professor Emeritus, University of Montana,” 11 minutes, undated
Home Economics door plate
Two metal name plates from picture frames
4
Betty Lamp in memory of Dorothy Van Blaricom, died in auto
accident on September 10, 1963, “given by the U of M student section of
American Home Economics Association”
undated
OS 5
Home Living Center Scrapbook
1943-1950
OS 5
Home Living Center Scrapbook
1970
OS 6
Home Economics Scrapbook
1957-1964
OS 6
Photograph of Lanette Fowler
undated
OS 7
Home Economics Scrapbook
1927-1975
OS 8
Home Living Center Scrapbook
1938-1942
OS 8
“A Quick Glance at Montana State University”
Scrapbook
undated
OS 8
Missoula Professional Home Economists
1979-1980
OS 9
Home Economics Scrapbook (4 pages)
1962-1963
OS 9
Home Living Center Scrapbook (3 pages)
1973