Home economics
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: If you use this subject, please use History of Food & Drink Collection, too. This subject heading includes domestic economy/science, family and consumer science, and household management.Includes (from LCSH Variants): Domestic economy; Domestic science; Family and consumer sciences; Household management; Household science
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Phillips Papers
Papers--including professional correspondence, book promotional materials, and two biographical essays--of Jean Allen Phillips, professor (1969-1985) of human nutrition and foods at Virginia Tech.
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, 1783-1878 (Ms2000-092)
State/Regional Home and Agricultural Publications,
The collection contains publications on topics including, but not limited to: war-time food use and victory gardens, home planning and organization, food and cooking, home demonstration, and household management. Although the emphasis in on Virginia state and local agencies, materials may also originate from around the United States.
World War II Food Ephemera Collection
The World War II Food Ephemera Collection consists of pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, and canning labels. They contain topics on canning, home economics, meats, nutrition, hospitality, meal planning, wheat and flour, menus, vegetables, and desserts. Many of the materials describe the signficance of rationing during the wartime.
Youngstown Kitchen Model Kits
The Youngstown Kitchen Model Kits contains two set of model kitchens, c.1945, and an advertisement for Youngstown Kitchens by Mullins" from 1949.