Apparel, Interiors, Housing, and Merchandising Department records, 1931-1967.

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Apparel, Interiors, Housing, and Merchandising Department records, 1931-1967.

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Subgroup 1 records document the administration of the department, student enrollment, and curriculum. Subgroup 2 documents the research of Joan Patterson into the use of Oregon flax in commercial textiles and fabrics during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Oregon State College. School of Home Economics

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Patterson, Joan, 1907-

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Petzel, Florence Eloise

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Oregon State University. Apparel, Interiors, Housing, and Merchandising Dept.

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Courses associated with the domestic arts - sewing, dressmaking, house furnishing, and kitchen gardening - were first taught at Oregon Agricultural College in the early 1890s. In 1908 the Domestic Art Department was created, and became the Household Art Dept. in 1918. The name was changed to the Dept. of Clothing, Textiles and Related Arts in 1926, and retained that name for around 60 years. About 1986 the department was changed to Apparel, Interiors, & Merchandising, and by 1990 it was know...