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University of Utah. Department of Home Economics

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1919 - 1972

Administrative History

The Department of Home Economics (1919-1972) was an instructional unit at the University of Utah. The department taught courses in family relations, clothing, nutrition, and home economics teaching.

Citation:
University of Utah general catalog, 1958: p. 11 (Home Economics; Lynne A. Pettit, chair) p. 58 (Home Economics part of College of Education) p. 323-324 (Home Economics; offered majors in Child Development and Family Relationships, Clothing and Textiles, Foods and Nutrition, General Home Economics, and Home Economics Teaching; also interdepartmental major in interior decoration) p. 430 (Homemaking Education)

Development of Home Economics courses in the University of Utah, [after 1921]: page 1 (in 1919, the Smith-Hughes Act allowed the School of Education to begin offering a four-years' course in Home Economics, in domestic science and domestic art)

University of Utah Archives and Records Management, email correspondence, November 9, 2020 (Home Economics department was eliminated in 1972 and revived in 1974 as the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences)

Not found: University of Utah general catalog, 1918; University of Utah general catalog, 1974

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Evaluation record for student teaching in homemaking

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231027811]
Identifier: UA 36
Scope and Contents

Contains forms for evaluation of student teachers in homemaking by the student teacher, supervising teacher, and the teacher trainer at Brigham Young University, University of Utah, and Utah State University.

Dates: 1958-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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