Handicapped Homemaker Project records, 1954-1972.

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Handicapped Homemaker Project records, 1954-1972.

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, bibliographies and books published by School of Home Economics, pamphlets and notes describing films, slides, and exhibits concerning the rehabilitation of handicapped homemakers, proceedings of workshops conducted or attended by project coordinators, materials relating to a project on clothing for handicapped children, photos and albums illustrating various aspects of the project, and other records. Includes publications of Eleanor M. (Boettke) Hotte, Elizabeth Eckhardt May, and Neva R. Waggoner, home economists at University of Connecticut.

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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May, Elizabeth Eckhardt, 1899-

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Educator, administrator, writer and researcher; held appointments at West Virginia University, Executive Secretary of the White House Conference on Children in Democracy; joined the University of Connecticut faculty in 1952 as Dean of the School of Home Economics and served at the University until retirement in 1964; died in 1996. From the description of Elizabeth E. May papers, 1901-1996. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 53278674 Elizabeth Eckha...

University of Connecticut. School of Home Economics

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Handicapped Homemaker Project

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Five-year project (1955-1960) officially titled "Work Simplification in the Area of Child Care for Physically Handicapped Women", chiefly sponsored by School of Home Economics, University of Connecticut. From the description of Handicapped Homemaker Project records, 1954-1972. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28415901 ...

Waggoner, Neva R.

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Hotte, Eleanor Boettke

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University of Connecticut.

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In 1931, the faculty of the University of Connecticut voted to offer comprehensive examinations in most degree programs to graduating seniors, and outgrowth of a report to the Committee on the Study of Honors (11/6/1930). The departments reported the results of the examinations and their recommendations to the Registrar and the Committees on Scholastic Standing and Degrees with Distinction. Degrees would then be awarded without distinction, with distinction or with highest distinction. The progr...