Inez M. Hobart papers 1910-1942 (bulk 1932-1936)

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Inez M. Hobart papers 1910-1942 (bulk 1932-1936)

Collection consists of the papers, scrapbooks, photographs, reports and memos of Inez M. Hobart, associate professor of home economics at the University of Minnesota.

1 box (0.3 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619197

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University of Minnesota. Agricultural Extension Division

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Minnesota Emergency Relief Administration

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Hobart, Inez M.

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Inez Hobart, state nutrition specialist and associate professor in home economics, was associated with the University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service 1923/1924-1954. During the depression in the 1930s, the Minnesota State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA), in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Division of the University, studied nutritional problems. The findings of these studies were used by SERA to distribute food to people on the relief rolls, in the initiation of su...