Eastern Michigan University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Human, Environmental & Consumer Resource records
Collection
Identifier: 08.HECR
Abstract
The Department of Home Economics was initially founded as the Manual Training program at the Michigan State Normal College in 1903 and taught classes in cooking, sewing, millinery, sanitation, and decoration. In 1919, the name of the department changed to Home Economics and in cooperation with the Fine Arts Department provided courses in Home Economic Design, Costume Design, and Home Decoration. The collection includes a history of department compiled for the 75th anniversary, clippings and...
Dates:
1912 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004
Office of Public Information News Releases
Collection
Identifier: 02.PINR
Abstract
The Office of Public Information News Releases is arranged chronologically by decade and contain news releases and newspaper clippings generated by the Office of Public Information, beginning in 1959 when the office was established and end in 2009 when all releases were distributed electronically. This office is currently known as the University Communications Department and all releases published since 2009 are available through the website...
Dates:
1959 - 2009