Driggs-Rust family.

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The collection spans four generations, beginning with Roger and James Burgess and Eliza Burgess Rust, who emigrated to the U.S. from England in the 1850s, and includes Louise Rust Driggs (1912- ), a nutritionist, magazine editor, author, and consultant, her mother Lucile Osborn Rust (1890-1976), a professor of home economics at Kansas State University and field consultant for U.S. occupation authorities in Germany (1949), and Driggs in-laws: Josephine Jackson Driggs (1884-1975), and Edwin L. Driggs, a civil engineer, who spent the early 20th century in the Philippines constructing waterworks and teaching at the University of the Philippines.

From the description of Papers, 1851-1976 (inclusive), 1906-1976 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006578

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creatorOf Driggs-Rust family. Papers, 1851-1976 (inclusive), 1906-1976 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Burgess family family
associatedWith Burgess, James. person
associatedWith Burgess, Roger. person
associatedWith Driggs, Edwin L. person
associatedWith Driggs family. family
associatedWith Driggs, Josephine Jackson, 1884-1975. person
associatedWith Driggs, Louise Rust, 1912- person
associatedWith Rust, Eliza Burgess, ca. 1851- person
associatedWith Rust family. family
associatedWith Rust, Lucile Osborn, 1890-1976. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
East Asia
Germany
Philippines
New York (State)
Japan
China
New Zealand
Pennsylvania
United States
Kansas
Subject
British Americans
Cooking
Family records
Home economics
Nutrition
Poetry
Occupation
Activity

Family

Active 1851

Active 1976

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