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Home Economics Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 04.HEC

Scope and Contents

The Home Economics Club records contain items from the Home Economics Club at Michigan State Normal School and Eastern Michigan University. Items included in this collection are invitations, newsletters, photographs, Treasurer's reports, silver serving pieces, and newspaper clippings.

The Home Economics Club records are divided into three series, Administration and Activities, Clippings, and Members and Alumna. All materials have been arranged chronologically and are dated from 1926 through 1983.

The Administration and Activities series includes event materials, programs, the Michigan Home Economics newsletters, and two subseries : Treasurer's Notebooks, which include bound administration notes maintained by the respective treasurer's (meeting dates, attendance, and minutes, dues, membership lists), and Silver setting pieces, which is composed of three record center cartons containing 16 silver pieces, many of which were presented to the club by membership classes and have been engraved.

The Clippings series includes newspaper clippings from 1930 to 1974. Some of these clippings had been previously scrapbooked by the club, and have since been separated and are foldered chronologically.

The Members and Alumna series includes marriage and birth announcements, as well as correspondence from former members. Some of the announcements include relevant clippings and/or photographs that were included in the correspondence. It also includes two files of black and white photographs, many of which have dates and names written on the back. These photograph files include official club member class photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1926 - 1983
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1926 - 1952

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to use through the University Archives.

Administrative History

The purpose of the Home Economics Club at Michigan State Normal College, founded in 1926 was "to always be at the service of their friends, club, department, home, and community. Their aim was to strive onward and upward toward the higher ideals of culture and higher standards of living through their influence upon the lives and the homes of other people," (taken from a Home Economics Club brochure, found in the "Administration and Activities" series of this collection. The Home Economics Club had many social activities during the school year, including dinners, dances, and lectures on good house-keeping.

Extent

3.4 Linear Feet (3 record center cartons, 1 archive box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Home Economics Club was founded at Michigan State Normal College in 1926 as a supplement to the Home Economics Department. It also participated in the larger Michigan Home Economics Association, and often attended Association events around the state. Other club activities included social events and lectures.

The Home Economics Club records contain items from the Home Economics Club at Michigan State Normal School and Eastern Michigan University. Items included in this collection are invitations, newsletters, photographs, Treasurer's reports, silver serving pieces, and newspaper clippings.

The Home Economics Club records are divided into three series, Administration and Activities, Clippings, and Members and Alumna. All materials have been arranged chronologically and are dated from 1926 through 1983.

Arrangement of Materials

The Home Economics Club records are divided into three series, Administration and Activities, Clippings, and Members and Alumna. All materials have been arranged chronologically and are dated from 1926 through 1983.

The Administration and Activities series includes event materials, programs, the Michigan Home Economics newsletters, and two subseries : Treasurer's Notebooks, which include bound administration notes maintained by the respective treasurer's (meeting dates, attendance, and minutes, dues, membership lists), and Silver setting pieces, which is composed of three record center cartons containing 16 silver pieces, many of which were presented to the club by membership classes and have been engraved.

The Clippings series includes newspaper clippings from 1930 to 1974. Some of these clippings had been previously scrapbooked by the club, and have since been separated and are foldered chronologically.

The Members and Alumna series includes marriage and birth announcements, as well as correspondence from former members. Some of the announcements include relevant clippings and/or photographs that were included in the correspondence. It also includes two files of black and white photographs, many of which have dates and names written on the back. These photograph files include official club member class photographs.

Title
Home Economics Club records
Status
Completed
Author
Courtney Dornburg, Natalie Morath
Date
2012 January 12
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository

Contact:
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
734-487-2673