UUM_Acc0517 Guide to the University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies records 1925-1980 University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies records University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah

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Acc0517 University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies records 1925-1980 University of Utah. Department of Family and Consumer Studies 1.5 linear feet + 4 oversized boxes 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. English 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.

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.

This collection arrangement is alphabetical and chronological thereunder.

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.

Processed by David Buhler in May 2003.

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

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.

University of Utah--Curricula Univeristy of Utah--Faculty University of Utah--History--Sources University of Utah. Dept. of Family and Consumer Studies--Archives University of Utah. Dept. of Home Economics Home economics--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources Consumer education--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources Colleges and Universities Anthropology Home and Family Scrapbooks Correspondence Reports Minutes Budgets Memorandums 1 American Home Economics Association to Omicron Nu 1-5 American Home Economics Association - Province XIV 1937-1954 6 American Home Economics Association - Province XIV: Constitution undated 7 Brigham Young University: Home Economics Club Yearbook 1946-1947 8 Career Days 1949-1964 9 Correspondence 1944-1951 10 Home Economics Club: Banquets 1947-1951 11 Home Economics Clubs: Constitution undated 12 Home Economics Club: Initiation Ritual undated 13 Home Economics Club: Membership 1948-1951 14 Home Economics Club: Miscellaneous 1943-1946 15-16 Home Economics Club: Notebook 1925-1927 17 Home Economics Club: Yearbooks 1939-1951 18 Miscellaneous 1948-1951 19 News Articles 1948-1979 20 Omicron Nu: Correspondence / Memoranda 1971-1979 21 Omicron Nu: Financial Reports 1952-1979 22 Omicron Nu: Membership Lists 1972-1980 2 Omicron Nu 1 Minutes 1979 2 Miscellaneous 1976-1979 3-26 Official Publication 1933-1971 3 Omicron Nu to Winder Dairy 1-2 Omicron Nu: Official Publication 1972-1974 3 Omicron Nu: Treasurer's Reports 1948-1979 4 Photographs - Loose photographs from Scrapbooks undated 5 Sill Home Living Center: Apartment Living Experience 1958-1966 6 Sill Home Living Center: Brochures 1952-1955 7 Sill Home Living Center: Formal Functions 1962-1965 8 Sill Home Living Center: Miscellaneous 1957 9 Sill Home Living Center: News Articles 1953-1976 10 Sill Home Living Center: Specifications for a Home Economics Lining Center. University of Utah Campus. Salt Lake City undated 11-16 Utah State Home Economics Association: Newsletter 1938-1944 1947 17 Utah State Nutrition Council 1941-1943 18 Winder Dairy, Clover Leaf Dairy, and Virginia F. Cutler Scholarship undated 1 Scrapbook 1 Sill Center 1951-1955 2 Scrapbook 1 Sill Center 1953 3 Scrapbooks 1 Department of Home Economics 1930s-1954 2 Department of Home Economics 1952-1956 4 Scrapbooks 1 Department of Home Economics 1949-1975 2 Sigma Delta Omicron 1970-1971 3 Sill Living Center Experience undated