Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Voices of American homemakers oral history project (1981-1983) consists of interviews with 196 women throughout the United States about homemaking in the first half of the twentieth century. The transcripts are housed in boxes one through five and have been arranged alphabetically by state. They were removed from the original three-ring binder format to the current box/folder arrangement, but were retained in original order. The first two folders in box one contain a master index to the...

Scope and Contents The index has been arranged by subject, with reference to interviewee, state, and page number within each interview.

Scope and Contents Lillian Eckert, circa 1905: Mrs. Eckert came to Alaska with her family as part of the United States Department of Agriculture Matanuska Relocation Project in the mid-1930s. (fourteen pages, 1982) Evie Foster, circa 1910: Mrs. Foster came to Alaska with her family in 1956 as a result of her husband's job change. (sixteen pages, 1982) Gerda Augusta Kristofferson Mumey, 1914: Mrs....

Scope and Contents Bertha Andrews, 1892: Born and raised in Alabama, a member of Extension Homemakers for sixty-one years. (twenty-two pages, 1982) Sallie M. Bell, 1907: Born and raised in Alabama, Mrs. Bell was an active member of the 4-H Club, and a member of Extension Homemakers for seventeen years. (seven pages, 1982) M. T. Harwell, 1914: Member of Extension Homemakers for thirty-four years....

Scope and Contents Opal Cypert, 1913: Born and raised in Arkansas, forty-five-year member of Extension Homemakers. (thirty pages, 1982) Vivian Jefferson, 1887: Member of Extension Homemakers for forty-one years. (twenty-eight pages, 1982) Essie Hill Simmons, 1901: Member of Extension Homemakers for fifty-five years. Discusses background, changes, club life. (twenty-seven pages, 1982) ...

Scope and Contents Lois Kevan, 1921: Born in Texas, moved to Colorado in 1924. Member of Extension Homemakers for twenty-eight years. (nineteen pages, 1981) Hazel Leininger, 1922: Born in Indiana, moved to Colorado in 1951. Discusses club life, background, lifestyles. Member of Extension Homemakers for twenty-eight years. (thirteen pages, 1981) Nadine Marchun, 1934: Born in Iowa, traveled quite...

Scope and Contents Florence E. Reed, 1917: Born and raised in Delaware. Member of Extension Homemakers for thirty-seven years. Discusses club life, background, lifestyles. (21 pages, 1982) Dorothy Tyrawski, 1924: Born in Ohio, moved to Delaware in 1972. Discusses club life, background, Ukranian Easter Eggs, lifestyles, World War II. Member of Extension Homemakers for twenty-six years. (forty-five pages, 1982) ...

Scope and Contents Thelma M. Barnes, 1921: Born and raised in Florida. Member of Extension Homemakers for thirty-five years. Discusses club life, background. (twenty-nine pages, 1982) Eunice L. Cameron, 1903: Born and raised in Florida, fifty-three-year member of Extension Homemakers. Discusses club life, background. (forty-three pages, 1982) Elsie Trevarthen Gould, 1899: Born in Connecticut, moved...