Women -- Rural life and community development
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Christine Weiss Daugherty Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4509
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials pertaining to Christine Weiss Daugherty, an advocate in issues related to women's economic equality, rural economic development, non-profit management, and more. Materials in this collection include correspondence, publications, business records, ephemera, photographs, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1948-2016
Easton-Avery, Farm Woman's Club Minutes
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1817
Overview
Meeting minutes of the Easton-Avery (W.Va.) Farm Woman's Club from 1945 to 1959 in two volumes. Volume I is from 1945 to 1948 and Volume II is from 1949 to 1959. Topics include membership, treasury information and dues, fundraising, household activity demonstrations and discussions (including canning, kitchen improvements and cooking, plants, and home decor), and community activities, (including a play, auction, curb market, parties, holiday dinners, food sales, and more). Minutes are...
Dates:
1945-1959
Nat T. Frame (1877-1948) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2631
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, pamphlets, reports and similar materials collected by Nat Terry Frame for use in preparing his history of West Virginia Agricultural Extension Work, entitled West Virginia Agriculture and Rural Life. Subjects discussed in the work include regional development groups in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio; rural life and community development experiments of the 1930s; American Country Life Association ideology and activities;...
Dates:
1914-1948