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TitleNew Jersey Home Economics Association records
Date Created1925-1986
DescriptionThe 7 cubic feet of documents comprising the records of the New Jersey Home Economics Association (NJHEA) span the period 1926 to 1986, although the bulk of the collection dates from 1963 to 1977. An educational and scientific organization founded in 1926, the NJHEA's purpose is to improve the quality and standards of individual and family life through education, research, cooperative programs, and public information. Members of the NJHEA are also members of the American Home Economics Association.
The NJHEA collection has broad significance to researchers investigating the home economics, domestic science and consumer movements, the history of women and the family. The collection reflects changing social and economic trends in America between 1926 and 1986. Used in combination with the national records of the AHEA, and the Journal of Home Economics (published by the AHEA), researchers can document, for example, the nature of the relationship between a parent organization and a state chapter. Researchers might find it useful to consult the records of the Association of New Jersey Extention Home Economists as well as the SINCLAIR New Jersey Collection which includes a complete run of NJHEA Newsletters.
Included in the NJHEA collection are seven series: ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORIES, 1888-1963, 1963-1973; BY-LAWS, 1946-1984; ANNUAL REPORTS, 1948-1968, 1970-1971, 1974-1976, 1979-1980; NEWSLETTERS, 1928-1986 LEADERSHIP ROSTERS, 1925-1956, 1960-1978, 1982-1983; MEMBERSHIP LISTS, 1926-1978, 1984-1985, and GENERAL FILE, 1926, 1986, including Association minutes, reports and handbooks, programs of work, newsletters, committee and board minutes, agendas, brochures, convention memorabilia, journals, photographs, posters and Association proclamations. Districts were required to keep the state association informed of their activities, As a result, the records of the NJHEA includes the minutes, agendas, membership, leadership, newsletters,
program brochures and correspondence from local districts. Nonetheless, these might not represent the full range of the activities of districts.
Received in separate accessions, the records reflect different periods of the Association's history. Material from 1926 to roughly 1963 documents the origins of the Association and its development while the later material (from 1963 to 1986) was received in a second and more recent accession. Although the records arrived on separate occasions, the organization of the files throughout the Association's history has been relatively consistent, Therefore, the records generated under each state president form a single record group (General File) and are arranged in their original order, Other files, however, were re-organized into 8 series according to subjects found throughout the collection. The minutes series consists of folders drawn from the presidents' files and therefore includes memos and notes relevant to board meetings. These are primarily arranged chronologically and not by committee. Miscellaneous and unfiled documents from the first acquisition were refoldered and refiled in accordance with the overall organization of the collection and are so identified.
It was not until 1960 that the NJHEA decided to preserve the records of the Association to insure their safety following the suggestion of the AHEA, As such, the early records of the Association's history (1926-1946) were collected from a variety of sources, including personal collections as well as AHEA headquarters, according to Florence Van Norden, researcher for their 1963 organizational history. Therefore, the precise origins of these early records remains unclear, The bulk of the NJHEA collection consists of files generated by state presidents between 1962 and 1986.
The NJHEA collection has broad significance to researchers investigating the home economics, domestic science and consumer movements, the history of women and the family. The collection reflects changing social and economic trends in America between 1926 and 1986. Used in combination with the national records of the AHEA, and the Journal of Home Economics (published by the AHEA), researchers can document, for example, the nature of the relationship between a parent organization and a state chapter. Researchers might find it useful to consult the records of the Association of New Jersey Extention Home Economists as well as the SINCLAIR New Jersey Collection which includes a complete run of NJHEA Newsletters.
Included in the NJHEA collection are seven series: ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORIES, 1888-1963, 1963-1973; BY-LAWS, 1946-1984; ANNUAL REPORTS, 1948-1968, 1970-1971, 1974-1976, 1979-1980; NEWSLETTERS, 1928-1986 LEADERSHIP ROSTERS, 1925-1956, 1960-1978, 1982-1983; MEMBERSHIP LISTS, 1926-1978, 1984-1985, and GENERAL FILE, 1926, 1986, including Association minutes, reports and handbooks, programs of work, newsletters, committee and board minutes, agendas, brochures, convention memorabilia, journals, photographs, posters and Association proclamations. Districts were required to keep the state association informed of their activities, As a result, the records of the NJHEA includes the minutes, agendas, membership, leadership, newsletters,
program brochures and correspondence from local districts. Nonetheless, these might not represent the full range of the activities of districts.
Received in separate accessions, the records reflect different periods of the Association's history. Material from 1926 to roughly 1963 documents the origins of the Association and its development while the later material (from 1963 to 1986) was received in a second and more recent accession. Although the records arrived on separate occasions, the organization of the files throughout the Association's history has been relatively consistent, Therefore, the records generated under each state president form a single record group (General File) and are arranged in their original order, Other files, however, were re-organized into 8 series according to subjects found throughout the collection. The minutes series consists of folders drawn from the presidents' files and therefore includes memos and notes relevant to board meetings. These are primarily arranged chronologically and not by committee. Miscellaneous and unfiled documents from the first acquisition were refoldered and refiled in accordance with the overall organization of the collection and are so identified.
It was not until 1960 that the NJHEA decided to preserve the records of the Association to insure their safety following the suggestion of the AHEA, As such, the early records of the Association's history (1926-1946) were collected from a variety of sources, including personal collections as well as AHEA headquarters, according to Florence Van Norden, researcher for their 1963 organizational history. Therefore, the precise origins of these early records remains unclear, The bulk of the NJHEA collection consists of files generated by state presidents between 1962 and 1986.
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-295m-zw29
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSpecial Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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