Scrapbooks of Elda (Strahm) Schiesser and her daughter Linda Schiesser documenting the projects they completed as members of the Green County 4-H. Elda's scrapbooks date from 1928 through 1936 and consist of photographs, sewing and stitching instructions, newspaper clippings, ribbons, and fabric samples for her projects in sewing, canning, baking, interior decorating, gardening, and photography. Also included is Elda's scrapbook documenting her attendance at the National 4-H camp in Washington, D.C. (1936). Linda's scrapbooks document her activities in 4-H between 1957 and 1964 and consist of photographs, fabric samples, paint samples, drawings, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards, State Fair daily programs (1964), Green County 4-H Club programs (1958-1962), ribbons, and other ephemera. Her projects involved food and nutrition, clothing, photography, home furnishing, junior leadership, and house plants. Linda also attended the National 4-H Club Congress in 1964 in Chicago as a nominee for the National Home Economics award. Additionally, there is a scrapbook detailing Linda's activities as a member of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls-Mount Horeb Assembly (1957-1972).
