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Voices of American Homemakers Collection
Content Description
The Voices of American Homemakers Collection consists of 171 audiocassette tapes of recorded interviews and five large binders containing typed transcripts of the interviews. Also included is the monograph that resulted from the project, Voices of American Homemakers, published in 1985. This publication contains photographs and abstracts of selected oral histories from the project.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-1985
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Organizational History
Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Voices of American Homemakers was a massive oral history project undertaken by the National Extension Homemakers Council and its director, Eleanor Arnold, in the early 1980s. One of the primary objectives of this project was to understand and document the richness and worth of homemakers' lives and how these lives have affected the fabric of American life. Working in 37 states, dozens of volunteer interviewers collected and processed oral histories from more than 200 homemakers.
Total Size of Collection
4 boxes (4 boxes, 9 x 11 x 3.5)
3.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 5 binders)
5 Volumes (5 binders)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
The record for the binders and tapes is found under call number HQ535.N37. The monograph that resulted from the project, Voices of American Homemakers, is under call number HQ535.V6. A copy of the monograph is with the collection and also in the general stacks.
Genres
audiovisuals
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876