West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia University, Extension Service, Publications, Reports, and Other Material
West Virginia University. Extension Program
A&M 5232
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6.7 Linear Feet
6 ft. 8 in. (5 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in. each)
ca. 1910-1980
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Extension Service, Publications, Reports, and Other Material, A&M 5232, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Records of the WVU Extension Service. Collection includes instructional booklets on cooking, decorating, and sewing from the 1910s to the 1960s, materials on rural electrification in West Virginia in the 1930s, annual conference programs, and materials on incomes and family budgets. Also includes materials relating to the Farm Woman's Club in West Virginia, studies of school children during the 1940s, and studies of cost of living in rural areas during World War II. There are historical sketches of various county extension programs in the state of West Virginia, most of which describe their establishment and growth.
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Agriculture -- West Virginia
Ohio County (W. Va.)
Barbour County (W. Va.)
Mercer County (W. Va.)
Pocahontas County (W. Va.)
Mineral County (W. Va.)
Doddridge County (W. Va.)
Marshall County (W. Va.)
Nicholas County (W. Va.)
Berkeley County (W. Va.)
Boone County (W. Va.)
Braxton County (W. Va.)
Brooke County (W. Va.)
Calhoun County (W. Va.)
Marion County (W. Va.)
Lewis County (W. Va.)
Monongalia County (W. Va.)
West Virginia. Extension Program
Farm Women's Club -- West Virginia
Extension Reader SeriesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628171962-19680101-13Alumni Vacation CollegeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628181976-19770114University DaysArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628191971-19730115-16University Days SlidesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6282019710117Extension Home Economics Focus PublicationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628211966-19740118Recognition of Extension Professionals ProgramsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628221977-19950119Extension Conference ProgramsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628231937-19950120-22Annual Conference ReportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628241958-19600123Correspondence regarding conferencesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6282519610124Annual Conference evaluation resultsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628261979-19840125Research BriefsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628271989-19910126Extension Service ReviewArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628281975-19790201-03Extension ReviewArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628291982-19920204-06Instructional BookletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628301910-19190207-08Scope and ContentsTitles include:
Textiles -- their care and use;
Why Use Milk;
Personal Hygiene;
Home Canning by the Cold Pack Method;
Milk: Its Importance as Food;
Color in Dress;
Fashion: Its use and abuse;
Home Furnishing;
The Arrangement of Household Furnishings;
Planning the Costume (includes color chart);
Preserves, Relishes, and Pickles;
Experiments in Teaching Food Values;
Play and Recreation;
Plays for the Country Theater;
Use and Preparation of Food
Instructional BookletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628311920-19290209-11Scope and ContentsTitles include:
Undergarments: simple and suitable types;
Milk Fairies;
The Use and Preparation of Vegetables;
Vegetables and Serving;
Selection, Care and Remodeling of Clothing;
Canning Club Work;
Clothes for the School Girl (1921 and 1924);
Cheese;
Helps for the Home Seamstress;
Planning the Costume;
Improvement of the Interiors of Our Homes;
The Enjoyable Home;
What's What in the House;
Home Furnishings;
Clothing Club Work;
Artistry in Dress (includes color charts);
Purchase and Care of Hosiery;
The Supper Club;
Food, Nutrition and Health;
Baking Club Manual;
Cooking;
Plan of Home Work in Foods for First Year Club Girls;
Well-Planned Meals;
Cooking Club Work;
Food Preparation Club;
Meal Preparation;
Canning Club Work;
House-cleaning made easier;
Operating a home heating plant;
Pictures for the home;
Sandwiches;
The Winter Cook Book
Instructional BookletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628321930-19390212-13Scope and ContentsTitles include:
Canning, Pickling and Preserving in the home;
Education through organized community activities;
Bringing Joy to the Countryside;
The Pattern Recipe;
Clothing;
Bringing Clothing Up-to-date;
Spot and stain removal;
Making frozen delicacies at home;
4-H Pantry;
Selection of cotton fabrics;
The cooperative family;
Housekeeping made easy;
Keeping up household appearances;
House cleaning;
Standards for working-surface heights and other space unites of the dwelling;
Better lighting for the farm home;
"Let's add an extra bed";
Household Management;
Household closets and storage spaces;
The arrangement of home furnishings for comfort, convenience, and beauty;
Dramatics for farm folks;
Your family's leisure time;
Homemade and remodeled furniture;
Home dyeing with natural dyes
Instructional BookletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628331940-19490214Scope and ContentsTitles include:
Tools for sewing;
Planning a sewing cabinet;
Pattern alteration;
American rural life and war and post-war planning;
Work clothes for women;
Dresses and Aprons for work in the home;
Sewing machines: cleaning and adjusting;
ABC's of mending;
The Arrangement of home furnishings;
Electric vacuum cleaners;
House cleaning management and methods;
Closets and storage spaces;
Wild Foods
Instructional BookletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628341950-19690215Scope and ContentsTitles include:
Fun for your family;
Home economics occupations and opportunities in West Virginia;
The family's attitude in a survival shelter;
Family food stockpile for survival;
Extension's job in rural civil defense;
Emergency health care;
Furnishings for shelter living;
Committees;
How to Travel by Train
Good Living SeriesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62835ca. 1940-19600216Community Score CardsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628361919-19320217Houses for Family LivingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6283719480218Report of a Survey of WV School ChildrenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6283819440219Wartime Cost of Living MaterialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628391940-19450220George Loudenslager Baking Demonstrations materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628401935-19420221Rural Electrification for the HomeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6284119390222Scope and Contents1 Laboratory Manual
Rural Electrification CouncilArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628421949-19740223-24Scope and ContentsConference programs
Cooperative buying materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628431940-19460225Rural Arts exhibition materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6284419380226WV Farm Housing SurveyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62845193403a01Farm Women's Clubs Plan of WorkArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62846192803a02Farm Women's Clubs Plan of WorkArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62847192903a03Farm Women's Club Letter Writing Contest EntriesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62848195203a04Farm Women's Club Feature Story Writing ContestArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62849194603a05Farm Women's Club Writing Contest Entries - Class AArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62850194603a06-10Farm Women's Club Writing Contest Entries - Class BArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62851194603a11-13Farm Women's Club Writing Contest Entries - Class CArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62852194603a14Farm Women's Club Writing Contest Entries - Class CArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62853194603a15Farm Women's Club Writing Contest Entries - Class DArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/62854194603b1-4Farm Women's Club Feature ArticlesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6285519460401Farm Women's Club EssaysArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6285619460402Farm Women's Club SkitsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6285719500403"My Day" Writing ContestArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6285819490404Low Cost BudgetsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628591932-19410405Early Farm Women's Club materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628601919-19270406Home Demonstration Writing ContestArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6286119570407National Symposium on Home Demonstration WorkArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6286219580408General Community Work materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628631939-19650409Reading and library materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628641928-19600410Record of Family ExpendituresArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6286519270411Report of Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home EconomicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6286619440412Country Life programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628671948-19700413Country church materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628681940-19480414Early extension recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628691914-19500415Articles and picturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628701914-19500416Nat. T. Frame materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628711932-19750417Phi Beta Kappa materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628721910-19750418Clothing Budget materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628731929-19320419Extension Agent RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628741940-19490420Postwar Planning Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628751945-19480421Highway 50 CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628761960-19620422Better Homes in AmericaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628771920-19390423Surveys and StudiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628781946-19600424County Plans of WorkArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6287919200501Club bulletinsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628801916-19410502Income projectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628811932-19380503Cost of living materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6288219290504County Extension historiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628831914-19390505Children bulletinsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6288419790506Women in the Defense Decade conferenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/6288519510507College of Agriculture and Forestry faculty materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628861981-198605Scope and Contents3 bound volumes
Agricultural economics faculty meeting minutesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628871978-05-1205Scope and Contents1 bound volume
Appalachia and Community Development booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/628881972-197805Scope and ContentsTitles include: Religion in Appalachia; The Challenges of a Community Development Role for a Public University; The Influence of a Series of Workshops Related to Citizen Participation in Civic Affairs on Anomia, Life Satisfaction, & Locus of Control Among the Aged Population in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina; Appalachia in the Sixties