New York State College of Home Economics alumni records, 1911-1927.

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New York State College of Home Economics alumni records, 1911-1927.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77010819

Fifteen scrapbooks of photographs and biographical information about graduates of the College of Home Economics.

2.3 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8185345

Cornell University Library

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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...

Cornell University

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