Papers, 1924-1980.

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Papers, 1924-1980.

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Correspondence; family papers, including a biographical sketch of her grandmother; personal papers, including biographical data, an Asian diary (1951), curriculum vitae, school and employment records, last will and testament, and an issue of Howard University's Profiles with a cover story on Kittrell; writings by Kittrell, including theses, articles, notes, reports (including three on women in the Congo), and a Liberian nutritional study; writings by others (reports and articles); material relating to professional, academic, and social organizations; conference material (proceedings, correspondence, and name tags), including the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health (1969); photographs, including Kittrell and family members, Cornell University, the Hampton Institute, Howard University (including the nursery school and the dedication of the home economics building (1963)), and the University of Baroda, India; audio-visual material (slides and a cassette tape); financial/legal material (bank statements, receipts, and contracts); and oversize material/artifacts (blueprints of the home economics building, Leopoldville, Congo; map of the missions of the Methodist Church; two plaques; a desk nameplate; wooden combs; a coin (1928); a handmade box [spinning machine]; a dentist's mold; a print of a charcoal drawing of Kittrell; a photograph of Kittrell with an Indian woman; and a portrait of Thomas Calhoun Walker. Topics include Kittrell's activities as head of the home economics departments at Hampton Institute and Howard University and home economics consultant to the Congo Polytechnic Institute for the Women's Division of the Methodist Church; her role in the field of home economics in the United States and abroad; her proposal for developing a Ph. D. program in nutrition at Howard; her affiliation with the Technical Cooperation Mission (TCM) of the American Embassy, New Delhi; and her assistance in establishing a home economics department at the University of Baroda.

ca. 10 linear ft.

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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