%xmlchars; ]> ua023_009 Guide to the University Archives Photograph Collection, Home Demonstration Work Photographs, 1910-1976 Processed by: Elizabeth Preston and Robert Burton; slides processed by: Mary von der Heide; machine-readable finding aid created by: Craig Breaden and Mary von der Heide North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2005 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. 2006 June Home demonstration slides were transferred to the collection from the slide collection. These materials are located in albums 7 and 8, and are listed in the finding aid according to their series. Guide to the University Archives Photograph Collection, Home Demonstration Work Photographs, 1910-1976 UA 023.009 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed byElizabeth Preston and Robert Burton, 2004 December Slides processed byMary von der Heide, 2006 June Encoded byCraig Breaden, 2005 October RevisionsFinding aid updated by Mary von der Heide, 2006 June Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center North Carolina State University. Agricultural Extension Service University Archives Photograph Collection, Home Demonstration Work Photographs, 1910-1976 UA 023.009 8 albums (549 photographic prints ; 1009 slides) ; 34 x 31 cm. + 1 box (92 negatives) Photographs of people, activities, events, exhibitions, and programs related to home demonstration work in North Carolina from 1910 to 1976. Home demonstration, part of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension service, sought to provide better conditions in farm homes through adult education by demonstration, and North Carolina was one of five Southern states where it originated. It grew to over 65,000 women organized in 2,500 clubs throughout all of North Carolina's 100 counties by the mid-1960s, and in 1995 it became the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

Acquisitions Information

Created by University Archives from various sources.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], University Archives Photograph Collection, Home Demonstration Work Photographs, 1910-1976, UA 023.009, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Processed by Elizabeth Preston and Robert Burton, 2004 December; slides processed by Mary von der Heide, 2006 June

Encoded by Craig Breaden, 2005 October; Mary von der Heide, 2006 June

Historical Note

Organized home demonstration work among rural women in North Carolina started when I. O. Schaub, director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, appointed Jane S. McKimmon State Home Demonstration Agent in 1911.

A pioneer in home demonstration work, McKimmon headed the program until 1937. Ruth Current succeeded her and directed the program for three decades afterward. In 1958, Current was named assistant director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service in charge of home economics programs. Both women achieved national recognition for their work.

Home demonstration was part of the Agricultural Extension Service at North Carolina State College, which was conducted in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. It sought to provide better conditions in farm homes through adult education by demonstration, and North Carolina was one of five Southern states where it originated. It grew from 416 women in 14 counties when it started to over 65,000 women organized in 2,500 clubs throughout all of North Carolina's 100 counties by the mid-1960s. In 1995 it became the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

Scope and Content Note

Chiefly black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in. or smaller, documenting the people, activities, events, exhibitions, and programs related to home demonstration work in North Carolina from its beginnings to the mid-1970s. Some photographs were taken by home demonstration agents, professional photographers, and staff photographers from North Carolina State College's Department of Visual Aids, and some were produced by the United States Department of Agriculture's Extension Service and the Office of War Information. Many photographers are not identified.

The collection includes portraits and group portraits of county agents, specialists, and club members; State Home Demonstration Agents Jane S. McKimmon and Ruth Current; views of club meetings, facilities, tours, award presentations, demonstrations, and displays; African American participation in home demonstration work; national and state Home Economics Association meetings, Farm and Home Week, and the North Carolina State Fair; early curb markets, canning demonstrations, "Milk for Health" campaigns, and World War II scrap drives; slides from various activities.

Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized by format: photographic prints, negatives, and slides. Arrangement is by University Archives Photograph Collection subject classification.

Online Catalog Terms Personal Names Current, Ruth Augusta, 1901-1967. McKimmon, Jane Simpson, 1867-1957. Corporate Names Farm and Home Week (Raleigh, N.C.). North Carolina State Fair. Subjects Women -- North Carolina --Societies and clubs. Women -- Arts & crafts -- North Carolina. Women -- Domestic life -- North Carolina. Women -- Clothing -- North Carolina. Agricultural extension work -- North Carolina. Home demonstration work -- North Carolina. African American women -- North Carolina. Home economics. Education. Clubs. Meetings. Cookery. Nutrition. Health. Exhibitions. Markets. Scrap drives. Genres Photographic prints. Film negatives. Portrait photographs. Group portraits. Publicity photographs. Detailed Description of the Collection 1NegativesUA 023.009.001

Includes both negatives corresponding to various photographic prints in the collection and some negatives without corresponding prints.

1ProofsUA 023.009.002 1PeopleUA 023.009.010 1Ruth Current and Jane S. McKimmonUA 023.009.011

Includes photographs by Jay Seymour Studios (New York, N.Y.) of Jane S. McKimmon posing with her successor Ruth Current, Academy Award winning actress Jane Darwell, and others while in New York for the radio dramatization of her life story, "When We're Green We Grow," on NBC's "Cavalcade of America.

1Home Demonstration clubs. GeneralUA 023.009.020 1Club membersUA 023.009.021 2Club meetingsUA 023.009.022 2Club facilitiesUA 023.009.023 2ToursUA 023.009.024 2African AmericansUA 023.009.025

Includes portrait of Dazelle Foster Lowe, the first African American Home Demonstration agent in North Carolina

2MusicUA 023.009.026 2EducationUA 023.009.027 3Events. GeneralUA 023.009.030 3National and state meetingsUA 023.009.031

Includes photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt during her appearance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953 to speak at a conference.

3Farm and Home WeekUA 023.009.032 3Curb marketsUA 023.009.033 3World War II (salvage and scrap drives)UA 023.009.034

Three series of photographs produced by the United States Office of War Information probably used by Home Demonstration agents to illustrate how club members could contribute to the war effort by salvaging fats and collecting tin cans and discarded nylon stockings.

4Food. GeneralUA 023.009.040 4Food. Exhibitions and displaysUA 023.009.041 4Food. Demonstrations and programsUA 023.009.042 4Nutrition and dietUA 023.009.043 5Milk campaignsUA 023.009.044

Promotional photographs, most probably produced by the United States Department of Agriculture in the 1920s, promoting the regular consumption of milk and the use of milk as a food, especially for children. Includes a portrait of Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson drinking a bottle of milk.

5Health and safety. GeneralUA 023.009.050 5Health and safety. Exhibitions and displaysUA 023.009.051 5Health and safety. Demonstrations and programsUA 023.009.052 5Textiles and clothing. GeneralUA 023.009.060 5Textiles and clothing. Exhibitions and displaysUA 023.009.061 5Textiles and clothing. Demonstrations and programsUA 023.009.062 6Housing and furnishings. GeneralUA 023.009.070

Subjects include home improvement, furnishings, gardens, and handicraft.

6Housing and furnishings. Exhibitions and displaysUA 023.009.071 6Housing and furnishings. Demonstrations and programsUA 023.009.072 6Home and family. GeneralUA 023.009.080

Subjects include home management (economics), etiquette, housework, and domestic life.

6Home and family. Exhibitions and displaysUA 023.009.081 6Home and family. Demonstrations and programsUA 023.009.082 7Home Demonstration work. General, ca. 1940s, 1970sUA 023.009.00045 slides

Slides of home demonstration work.

7Home Demonstration clubs. General, 1952 - 1969UA 023.009.02040 slides

Slides related to activities of Home Demonstration clubs in several North Caroina counties.

7Home Demonstration work. Events, ca. 1953UA 023.009.030142 sildes

Slides showing events sponsored by Home Demonstration. The first set of slides are from a reception in honor of Governor William Kerr Scott, including several slides of Governor Scott and his wife (43 slides). The second set of slides depict a talent show, in which women display skills they have learned (99 slides).

8Home Demonstration work. Food. General, 1950 - 1970 (bulk 1967, 1970)UA 023.009.04015 slides 8Home Demonstration work. Food. Demonstrations, 1950sUA 023.009.0429 slides 8Home Demonstration work. Health and Safety. General, 1970UA 023.009.0505 slides 8Home Demonstration work. Textiles and clothing. General, 1970UA 023.009.0601 slide 8Home Demonstation work. Housing and furnishings. Exhibitions, 1965UA 023.009.0711 slide 8Home Demonstration work. Housing and furnishings. Demonstrations, 1965UA 023.009.0725 slides 8Home Demonstration work. Home and family. General, 1960s (bulk 1967)UA 023.009.080176 slides

Includes 133 slides from a home and family slide show.

8Home Demonstration work. National and state meetingsUA 023.009.03195 slides

Slides from State Week in 1953.

7Home Demonstration work. People, 1949 - 1967 (bulk 1967)UA 023.009.01025 slides 7Home Demonstration clubs. Music, 1954, 1970UA 023.009.02632 slides

Contains mostly slides of the Catawba Music Workshop and Music Training School in 1954.

9Home Demonstration work. Slide presentation on history of Extension Homemakers, 1920s-1980UA 023.009.090369 slides

A collection of slides that may have been gathered for the Extension Homemakers 60th Anniversary and includes highlights of Dr. Eloise Cofer's term.

7Home Demonstration clubs. ToursUA 023.009.02459 slides

Slides from the Associated Country Women of the World meeting in Toronto, Canada in 1953. At the beginning of the series are two typed sheets describing the slides.