Benjamin Andrews collection on home economics, 1879-1958.

New York State College of Home Economics

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Home Economics began as part of the Extension Service in 1900 with the arrival of Martha Van Rensselaer and the establishment of the Farmers' Wives Reading Course. In 1903-1904 Martha Van Rensselaer and Anna Botsford Comstock taught three courses within the College of Agriculture at Cornell University, relating to home and family life. In 1907 the Department of Home Economics was established at Cornell, with Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose as its first instructors. In 1911 the two women bec...

Andrews, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Richard), 1877-

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Cornell University, Class of 1901. Professor of household economics, Columbia University. From the description of Benjamin Andrews collection on home economics, 1879-1958. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074586 ...

Columbia University. Teachers College. School of Household Arts.

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Karpinski, Louis-Charles 1878-1956

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Professor of mathematics at University of Michigan. From the description of Louis Charles Karpinski papers, 1901-1955. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422143 Louis C. Karpinski was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan and a cartographic specialist who published numerous books both in the fields of mathematics and cartography. One of his important projects was to go to Europe and select unpublished manuscript maps relating to the history of A...