Oklahoma State University College of Human Environmental Sciences/College of Human Sciences Records
Scope and Contents
Collection contains records of the College of Human Sciences at Oklahoma State University. Includes minutes, correspondence, committee reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence of Dean Lela O’Toole, 1947-1964, and correspondence with foreign students. Also includes Division of Home Economics Reports, College of Home Economics event programs, fund raising, fellowship, grant and scholarship files, history of College of Home Economics, curriculum and programming records, annual reports, Home Economics research, Home Economics education, Home Economics Cooperative Extension, Leaders Club, and Omicron Nu files. Also includes College of Human Environmental Sciences scrapbooks.
Photographs 1995-040.9 and slides removed to photographic collections. College of Home Economics 50th Anniversary; graduate students; international students; 610 Adams Home Management; Peshawar; Foreign School photo album. Slide presentations. Photographs removed from scrapbooks retained in scrapbook order.
Dates
- 1906 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, Oklahoma State University Archives will provide information about copyright owners and related information. Securing permission to publish or use material is the responsibility of the researcher. Note that unless specifically transferred to Oklahoma State University Libraries, any applicable copyrights may be held by another individual or entity. Copyright for material published by Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College/Oklahoma State University is held by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. All rights reserved.
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Administrative History
For nearly a century instruction in home economics has been a vital part of Oklahoma State University. In 1900 Maude Gardiner was hired to establish a department of Domestic Economy. Miss Gardiner attracted fifty female students by October of that year. The department continued to grow and in 1909 became a division with six faculty members. Graduate courses were also established at that time. By 1918 a M.S. in home economics was offered. Short courses were also taught as well as courses specifically for men. Growth and change have continued throughout the century as home economics faculty have adapted programs to meet the needs of students and the changing society. Several departments function under the guidance of the college, including home economic education, clothing and textiles, hotel and restaurant administration and family study programs.
Minna A. Stoner was the first dean listed in the college catalog. Three women guided home economics for extended periods. Nora A. Talbot was named dean in 1923. She held the position until 1950. (See collection 96-004) Lela O’Toole assumed the role of dean in 1951 and continued until 1975. (See collection 95-059) Beverly Crabtree was named as Dean O’Toole’s successor and remained dean until 1987.
International education is an important part of home economics. In the 1950s several international students attended O.S.U. to complete degrees or take courses in home economics. These students were funded through government programs sponsored by the USDA. In 1957 a team of professors from O.S.U. helped establish a college of home economics in Dacca, East Pakistan. This project was funded by the Ford Foundation.
The Home Economics Club was formed in 1923-24. The Home Economics Alumni Association was formed Homecoming weekend November 1957. This group has been an active supporter of home economics education.
Name changes: 1900-01 Domestic Economy. 1909-11 Domestic Science and Arts Division. 1915-40 School of Home Economics. 1941-79 Division of Home Economics. 1980-91 College of Home Economics. 1992- College of Human Environmental Sciences.
On August 14, 2017, the School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration changed its name to the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.More information can be found in OSU Communications' article here (printout of this article in data file).
Extent
19.94 Linear feet (7 record storage boxes, 15 document boxes, 2 letter document boxes, 2 negative boxes, 2 slide boxes, 1 flat box, 3 folders in a map drawer)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into 21 series.
Physical Location
Provenance
Gift of Marguerite Scruggs, 1995.
Processing Information
Processed by Mildred L. Jackson, 1996; updated by Mildred Jackson June, 2004; Kesley Sievers, May 2012.
- Educational fund raising -- Oklahoma.
- Home economics -- Oklahoma.
- Home economics -- Study and teaching -- United States.
- O'Toole, Lela, 1909-1995.
- Oklahoma State University -- College of Human Environmental Sciences
- Oklahoma State University -- College of Human Sciences
- Oklahoma State Unversity -- College of Home Economics -- History
- Women deans (Education) -- Oklahoma -- Correspondence.
- Title
- Oklahoma State University College of Human Environmental Sciences/College of Human Sciences Records Collection Number 1995-040
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mildred L. Jackson
- Date
- 1996
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu