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University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies records, 1925-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. Department of Family and Consumer Studies
Title
University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies records
Dates
1925-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 linear feet + 4 oversized boxes
Collection Number
Acc0517
Summary
The Department of Home Economics was eliminated in 1972, but was reborn in 1974 as the Department of Family and Consumer Studies. This collection contains brochures, constitutions, correspondence, journals, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, news articles, newsletters, notebooks, "party favors," photographs, reports, and yearbooks spanning from 1925 to 1980.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Domestic Science was first introduced as a required course in the University's Normal School (later renamed the College of Education) during the academic year 1901-1902, and an independent Department of Domestic Science was established three years later in 1903-1904. This department's name was changed to the Department of Home Economics in 1919-1920. In 1972, a controversial decision was made to abolish the department on the wake of sweeping changes being made to teacher education programs among the state's institutions, but a new Department of Family and Consumer Studies was created within the College of Social and Behavioral Science. The curriculum of this new department de-emphasizes practical homemaking skills and focuses more on the sociological, psychological, and anthropological aspects of family life. The State Board of Education Approved of the new department on May 13, 1974.

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Content Description

This collection contains brochures, constitutions, correspondence, journals, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, news articles, newsletters, notebooks, "party favors," photographs, reports, and yearbooks spanning from 1925 to 1980. Most of this material reflects local interactions with state and national home economics organizations like the American Home Econonomics Association, Omicron Nu, Sigma Delta Omicron, Utah Home Economics Association, and the Utah State Nutrition Council. This collection also contains seven scrapbooks in four oversize boxes dating from the 1930's to 1975. The contents of these scrapbooks include, news articles, photographs, brochures, and correspondence pertaining to the Department of Home Economics.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies records, Acc. 517, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 517.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection arrangement is alphabetical and chronological thereunder.

Processing Note

Processed by David Buhler in May 2003.

Separated Materials

Loose photographs in box 3 folder 4 were transferred to Photographs in Special Collections on January 31, 2013.

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Detailed Description of the Collection


2003

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