Nora Talbot Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1996-004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains poems, lesson plans, diplomas, certificates and texts of speeches delivered at departmental meetings and professional organizations by Nora A. Talbot. Talbot served as Dean for the College of Home Economics from 1923 - 1950. Photographs transferred to Photo Collection.

Dates

1907 - 1949

Creator

Talbot, Nora A. (Nora Amaryllis), 1878-1970. (Person)

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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Biographical Sketch

Nora A. Talbot served as Dean for the College of Home Economics from 1923 to 1950. She was born in Stella, Nebraska on August 30, 1878. Her family moved to a site six miles from the Oklahoma A & M campus and later built a house in Stillwater near the campus. The Talbot family were charter members of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Stillwater and participated in its building.

Dean Talbot earned degrees from Oklahoma A & M College, Central State Normal College and Columbia University. Her first teaching job was in the Stillwater Public Schools. She moved to Nowata in 1910 where she established a home economics department. In 1916 she returned to Oklahoma A & M to head the department of household arts and eight years later became the dean. Under her guidance the department grew from a faculty of 12 to approximately 60 members. The department added programs and courses throughout Dean Talbot’s tenure.

Dean Talbot was a member of three honorary societies: Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Nu and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was one of the first women inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. She was also active in the American Home Economics Association and numerous other professional organizations. Talbot passed away on January 7, 1970, and is buried in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Extent

0.5 Linear feet (1 letter box; 1 oversize folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged into four series.

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog or contact the Oklahoma State University Archives Reference staff.

Related Archival Materials

Oklahoma State University College of Human Environmental Sciences/College of Human Sciences Records, Collection Number 1995-040.

Lela O'Toole Papers, Collection Number 1995-059.

Portrait of a dean : a biography of Nora Amaryllis Talbot by Marian S. Glenn, thesis, 1951 (Thesis 1951 G558p).