Lane Community College
(Eugene, Or.)Home Economics
Department
Title:
Home Economics Department
Records
Dates:
1966-1990 ( inclusive )
1970-1990 ( bulk )
Quantity:
2.0 cubic feet (5 document boxes)
Collection Number:
A-022
Summary:
The Home Economics Department Records
document the administrative and program activities of the department from 1966
to 1988. The records contain correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, projects
and proposals, committee records, curriculum records, newspaper clippings,
program records, and photographs.
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
The first home economics classes at Lane Community College were a part
of the Manpower Development Training Act program (MDTA). More classes were
added in 1967 and 1968, and the first full-time Home Economics Department staff
member was hired in 1969.
At this time, the Child Development Center opened and launched their
first vocational program, a one-year certificate program in Child Care
Services. In the fall of 1970, two Associate of Science degree programs were
offered: Early Childhood Education and Institutional Food Service
Supervision.
In 1969 and 1970, the Home Economics Department helped organize the
Lane County Chapter of Community Coordinated Child Care (4C's), a federal
program developed in 1968 to help meet the growing need for child care. With
the help of the 4C's, another child care center was opened in a nearby church
in 1970.
Also in 1970, the Home Economics Department published six
informational packets for homemakers called Home Economics Learning Packets
(HELPs) for Homemakers. The packets were designed to be studied at home in
conjunction with instruction from an aide trained by the HELPs coordinator. The
topics include clothing choice, child care, grocery shopping, and home energy
management.
In the fall of 1988, the Home Economics Department was dismantled and
the classes were absorbed by other departments. Early Childhood Education, the
Nanny Option, and any other non-food service classes became part of the Health
Occupations Department; the Culinary, Food Service and Hospitality Program,
which was originally called Institutional Food, became part of the Industrial
Technology Department.
Content Description
The Home Economics Department Records document the history of the Home
Economics Department at Lane Community College from 1965-1988. The collection
contains administrative records dealing with the department as a whole, as well
as individual programs within the larger department.
The records are organized into seven series: Administrative Records,
Committees and Task Forces, Curriculum, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs,
Programs, and Publications. Within the Programs series, there are 4 subseries:
Community Coordinated Child Care, Early Childhood Education Program, Food
Service Programs, and Home Economics Learning Packets for Homemakers.
The activities of the Home Economics Department from 1976-1988 are not
well documented in this collection.
Thirty-nine color photographs from a scrapbook were separated from the
collection and are now contained in the Photograph Collection. Other
photographs acquired independently of this collection of the Home Economics
Department are located in the Photograph Collection.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for
research.
Restrictions on Use :
There are no use restrictions.
Preferred Citation :
Home Economics Department Records, 1966-1990 (A-022), Lane Community
College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The collection is divided into seven series.
Series A: Administrative Records: 1968–1988 (bulk 1970–1980)
Series B: Committees and Task Forces: 1968–1977
Series C: Curriculum: 1966–1978 (bulk 1970–1978)
Series D: Newspaper Clippings: 1969–1990
Series E: Photographs: 1969-1972
Series F: Programs: 1968–1987 (bulk 1970–1978) Subseries 1: Community
Coordinated Child Care (4C's): 1968-1976; Subseries 2: Early Childhood
Education Program: 1970-1978; Subseries 3: Food Service Programs: 1967-1987
(bulk: 1973-1976); Subseries 4: Home Economics Learning Packets for Homemakers:
1970-1977
Series G: Publications: 1966–1990
Acquisition Information :
Records were an administrative transfer from the Home Economics
Department to the Archives.
Processing Note :
The collection was transferred to the Archives in three accessions in
1971 and 1999. They were processed by Elizabeth Currans in 1998 and Tiah
Edmunson-Morton in 2006.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A: Administrative Records, 1968-1988, (bulk
1970-1980)
This series contains administrative records for the Home Economics
department, including correspondence, projects and proposals, and reports.
Collection is open to the public.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
1/1
Awards, Innovator of the Year, Linda Riepe
1987
1/2
Awards, Miscellaneous
1984-1987
1/3
Child Care and Guidance Class Evaluation
Form
1975
1/4
Child Development Center Staff Meeting
Minutes
1973
1/5
Correspondence, Incoming
1980-1988
1/6
Correspondence, Inter-departmental
1975-1978
1/7
Department Chairperson Selection
1972-1976
1/8
Goals and Objectives
1973-1976
1/9
Guest Book
1970-1973
1/10-32
Handbooks, Child Care Handbook, List of
Slides
n.d.
2/1
Heilpern, Jill, Emergency Fund and Memorial
1973-1983
2/2
Home Economics Staff Meeting Minutes
1976-1978
2/3
Press Releases
circa
1985
2/4
Procedures Manua
circa
1970's
2/5
Projects and Proposals, Adolescent Parenting
Project
1979
2/6
Projects and Proposals, Competency-Based Training
Program for Child Development Associates
1973
2/7
Projects and Proposals, Funded
circa
1970-1975
2/8
Projects and Proposals, Health and PE Consumer
Proposal
1973
2/9
Projects and Proposals, Miscellaneous
1968
2/10
Projects and Proposals, Not Funded
circa
1969-1975
2/11
Projects and Proposals, Training Disadvantaged Women to
Give Child Care, Project 20-650-006
n.d.
2/12
Reports, Analysis of Courses
1972
2/13
Reports, Budget, Fiscal Year
1973-1974
2/14
Reports, Family Home Day Care Systems
Projects
1973-1974
2/15
Reports, Review of Region IV Family Day Care Advisory
Committee
1975
2/16
Reports, Seven Year Report (Home Economics
Department)
This series documents the development of the home economics
curriculum, including curriculum and course outlines for workshops offered
through the department.
Collection is open to the public.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
3/1
Home Energy
circa
1973-1978
3/2-5
Institutional Food, Applications for New Courses and
Curriculum, Class and Course Outlines
This series contains records about home economics programs
concerning child care, food service, and homemakers.
Collection is open to the public.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Subseries 1: Community Coordinated Child Care
(4C's)
The records for the 4C's program includes information on both
the Lane County chapter, which the Lane Community College Home Economics
Department helped coordinate, and the federal program itself, which started in
1968 to help meet the growing need for child care in the United States. The
newspaper clippings document some of the controversy over federal versus
private control of child care that the 4C's caused within the child care
community in Lane County. The correspondence shows the positive response that
many community members had to the 4C's program.
1968-1976
Box-Folder
3/18
Agreements
1970-1974
3/19
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
1970-1973
3/20
Budget
July
1972
3/21
By-Laws
circa
1970
3/22
Correspondence
1969-1976
3/23
Council Meeting Minutes
1970-1973
3/24
In-Kind Contribution Proposals
1970-1973
3/25
Miscellaneous
circa
1970-1973
3/26
Newspaper Clippings
circa
1971
3/27
Publications, Information About Lane County
4C's
circa
1970-1973
3/28
Publications, "Introduction to Concept"
circa
1968-1971
3/29
Publications, General Information About
4C's
1968-1970
3/30
Reports
circa
1971-1973
3/31
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
1969-1970
Subseries 2: Early Childhood Education
Program
This collection contains records that document the beginning of
the Early Childhood Development program in 1970. Early Childhood Development is
now called Early Childhood Education; in 1988, it became a part of the Health
Occupations Department, which is now called Family and Health Careers.
1970-1978
Box-Folder
4/1-4
Advisory Committee, Correspondence, Information,
Meeting Minutes, Member Lists and Attendance
1970-1976
4/5-11
Curriculum, Applications for New Courses and
Curriculum, Course Outlines, Handouts, Pamphlets, Programs Descriptions
circa
1970-1977
4/12
Handbooks, Early Childhood Education Staff Handbook
1977-1978
4/13
Information
1971-1976
4/14
Proposals, Proposal for Furnishing a Kindergarten
Room
1973
4/15
Staff Lists
1973
4/16
Staff Meeting Minutes
circa
1972-1976
Subseries 3: Food Service Programs
This collection contains records that document the Food Service
program. The Food Service program became a part of Industrial Technology in
1988; this department is now called Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Management.
1967-1987; 1973-1976
Box-Folder
4/17-19
Advisory Committee, Correspondence, Information and
Meeting Minutes
1974-1976
4/20
Correspondence
1973-1975
4/21
Course Outlines
circa 1975
4/22
Information
circa
1973-1975
4/23
LCC Culinary Club
circa
1975-1978
4/24
Placements
1984-1985
4/25
Proposals, Food Service Chef-Instructor
1982
4/26
Proposals, Food Service Training Program
1967-1968
4/27
Proposals, Utilization of Food Services by Culinary,
Food Service and Hospitality Program
1987
4/28
Staff Meeting Minutes
1973-1976
Subseries 4: Home Economics Learning Packets
for Homemakers
The records of the Home Economics Learning Packets (HELPs) for
Homemakers include Correspondence, history, and the published packets.
1970-1977
Box-Folder
5/1
Applications for Approval of Consumer and Homemaking
Education
1970-1976
5/2
Budgets
1972-1973
5/3
Certificates Awarded
1972-1973
5/4
Correspondence
1970-1976
5/5
Evaluations, Oregon Board of Education
circa
1971-1976
5/6
Evaluations, Students
1972
5/7
Information
1972-1976
5/8
Proposals
circa
1971-1975
5/9
Publications, Eye Foolers (Clothing Selection)
1970
5/10
Publications, Facts About Fibers (Textiles)
1970
5/11
Publications, Happy Meal Time (Foods)
1970
5/12
Publications, Let It Rain (Child Development)
circa 1970
5/13
Publications, Let Wash Day Sparkle (Textiles)
1970
5/14
Publications, Let's Get It Done (Management, Time,
Energy and You)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Belden,
Gladys
Dresser,
Judy
Heilpern,
Jill
Reipe,
Linda
Corporate Names :
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Community Coordinated Child Care
Program
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Culinary, Food Service and
Hospitality
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Early Childhood Education
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Family and Health Careers
Department
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Food Service Program
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Home Economics Department
