Correspondence and files related to: the Home Management House, housing project, curriculum, and Everson Hall. Also included are some materials related to the Faculty Club and the Steak Bake.

Instruction in home economics started in Fall 1936 on the Davis campus with a non degree two year program which was taught by a faculty of five. In 1942, the department offered a complete undergraduate program and the bachelor of science degree was conferred on the first two graduates in 1946. The department became an independent unit in 1953. In 1965-1966, the department subunits were realigned into separate new departments of: Consumer Science, Nutrition, and Applied Behavioral Sciences.

14.4 linear feet

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