Florence Lynds Shuff Collection 1940-1957

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Florence Lynds Shuff Collection 1940-1957

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The Florence Lynds Shuff Collection documents the early years (1940-1944) of the Home Extension program in Marion County (Or.) and the role of the Oregon Home Economics Extension Council in the establishment of Azalea House, a cooperative house for women students, at Oregon State College.

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Oregon State College

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Oregon Home Economics Extension Council.

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Shuff, Florence Lynds, 1907-1994.

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Florence Lynds Shuff graduated from Oregon State College with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education in 1956, after her formal education had been postponed for many years because of homemaking and teaching duties. She first became involved in home economics extension in 1936 and several years later helped found the first unit in her home in Marion County. About this time she also became active in the Oregon Home Economics Extension Council, which was instrumental in the establishme...