Biographical Note
Florence Louise Kohlhagen, from Roseburg, graduated from Oregon
Agricultural College in 1923 with a degree in home economics. By 1925, she was
married to H.L. McHenry and living in Portland, Oregon.
Hector Macpherson was a faculty member in economics and sociology at
Oregon Agricultural College from 1911 until 1926, when he resigned his faculty
position to offer his services to the movement for reorganization of higher
education in Oregon. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1927, 1929, and
1939.
Content Description
The Florence L. Kohlhagen Notebook consists of class notes of the Rural
Sociology course taken by Kohlhagen at Oregon Agricultural College in 1923. The
course was taught by Hector Macpherson. Topics addressed in the course include
the evolution of rural institutions; the rural community, family, and school;
rural societies and associations, including churches; rural systems of
transportation and communication; the dependence of national welfare upon the
rural community; and the role of agriculture.