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Home Economics to Human Ecology : A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin - Madison

This digital collection of photographs and ephemera illustrates aspects of the past 100 years at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Some of the material was used to develop the School's history website. Most of this material has been drawn from the University of Wisconsin - Madison Archives.

Historical Background

The Department of Home Economics began at Madison in 1903 with the appointment of Caroline L. Hunt, as professor of home economics. Her successor, Abby Marlatt, was appointed in 1909. With the purchase of the Practice Cottage in 1911 and the completion of the Home Economics and Extension Building in 1914, the program grew dramatically from 52 students in 1906 to 605 students the year of Marlatt's retirement. In the same period, with activities such as Housekeepers' Conferences, the Dorothy Roberts Nursery School, and the lunch room, faculty and students reached out to the larger community.

Under Frances Zuill (1939-1961), Marlatt's successor, the program continued to evolve. The Home Management House replaced the out-dated Practice Cottage in 1941. In 1951, the Department of Home Economics becomes the School of Home Economics within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, with Zuill named Associate Dean in the College. The School's departmental structure was established. In the same year, construction began on the new west wing of the Home Economics Building; it was completed in 1953.

In the four decades since Zuill's retirement in 1961, the School has undergone significant transformations. In 1973, it became a independent unit on campus, first as the School of Home Economics, then the School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences, and today as the School of Human Ecology. Breaking with a tradition of many decades, the Home Management House closed in the early 1970s.

Scope

The photographs and ephemera included in this collection document many of the most exciting aspects of the School's history. They include examples of student activities involving life in the Home Management House, work in laboratories, and the functions of student organizations such as Phi Upsilon Nu, Omicron Nu, and the Euthenics Club; portraits of administrators and past faculty; scenes of classrooms and buildings; illustrations of faculty and students working together; and illustrations of extension projects. In addition to the identifying information listed with each entry, users may want to investigate the School's history website, which presents the School's history in greater detail and biographies of many former faculty members.

Home Economics to Human Ecology : A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin - Madison

This digital collection of photographs and ephemera illustrates aspects of the past 100 years at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Some of the material was used to develop the School's history website. Most of this material has been drawn from the University of Wisconsin - Madison Archives. Historical Backgroun…
Image Source: Research laboratory: Showing senior and graduate students carrying on projects in experimental cookery and nutrition studies

Home Economics to Human Ecology : A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin - MadisonIn the Collection

  • Earl Beckner
  • Summer lab school
  • Kathryn Beach teaching a consumer economics course
  • Dining room of Practice Cottage
  • Students at the 1914 Farmers' and Homemakers' Courses
  • Home Economics Student Council
  • Program area coordinators
  • Aline Hazard
  • Kay Vaughan
  • Chums through school
  • Textile chemistry lab
  • "Home Management House girls"
  • Institutional management students
  • Students in the home management house kitchen
  • Mrs. Ira Thompson
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  • This compilation (including design, introductory text, organization, and descriptive material) is copyrighted by University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

    This copyright is independent of any copyright on specific items within the collection. Because the University of Wisconsin Libraries generally do not own the rights to materials in these collections, please consult copyright or ownership information provided with individual items.

    Images, text, or other content downloaded from the collection may be freely used for non-profit educational and research purposes, or any other use falling within the purview of "Fair Use".

    In all other cases, please consult the terms provided with the item, or contact the Libraries.

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