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Florida State University College of Human Sciences Records, 1905-2005

 

Summary

Abstract:
Administrative and financial records, reports, speeches, student materials, course materials, publications, activity files, memorabilia, and reference files of the College of Human Sciences and its internal departments. Materials document the administrations of Deans Margaret Sandels, Hortense Glenn, Margaret Sitton, and Penny Ralston of the College of Human Sciences and its predecessor organizations.
Extent:
10.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University College of Human Sciences Records, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-001

Background

Scope and content:

The College of Human Sciences (CHS) records consists of the administrative and financial files, reports, speeches, student materials, course materials, College and faculty publications, activity files, memorabilia, and reference files of the College and its internal departments from 1905-2005. These materials document the history of the College and its predecessor organizations, the Department of Home Economics, the School of Home Economics, and the College of Home Economics. In addition, the collection documents the activities of its administrative deans Margaret Sandels, Hortense Glenn, Margaret Sitton, and Penny Ralston. Topics include alumni activities, honorary awards and special events, the Tyner Eminent Scholar's Chair and Lecture Series, planning for graduate programs, College self-study activities for accreditation, the dedication and renovation of the Sandels Building in honor of the College's first dean, fund raising activities, the College's 75th and 100th anniversaries, and the Home Management course.

Biographical / historical:

Florida Female College, Florida State University's (FSU) predecessor institution, held its first courses in Domestic Art and Domestic Science in 1905. In 1908, the College established the Department of Home Economics directed by Agnes Ellen Harris. The following year, Florida Female College was renamed the Florida State College for Women (FSCW).

Acquisition information:
The first accession of the College of Human Sciences Records was given to Special Collections in January 2007. Subsequent accessions have been periodically added. MSS 2010-1110 added to this collection as Series 6 in January 2016.
Processing information:

Processed by Burt Altman in 2007. Reprocessed by Monica Toth in 2016.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University College of Human Sciences Records, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-001

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA