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Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records 1918-2005 1940-1958 MSS2005017 Created by Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and its predecessor organization, the Florida Home Economics Association. 6 Administrative records, correspondence, financial records, membership records, meeting minutes, publications, and reports of the Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and its predecessor organization, the Florida Home Economics Association. Florida State University Libraries

Special Collections Department 105 Dogwood Way Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047

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Materials were given by Nicole Sullender of the Florida State University College of Human Sciences, acting on behalf the Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Collection is open to research

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Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida

The first accession of these materials, comprising records of the Florida Home Economics Association, was processed by Burt Altman in December 2005 and January 2006. An additional accession of these materials, which included the records of its successor organization, the Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, was processed by Burt Altman in August 2006.

The Florida Home Economics Association (FHEA), whose goal was "the development and promotion of standards of home living that will be satisfying and developing to the individual and profitable to society," first met on November 28, 1919, at the Seminole Hotel, Jacksonville, FL. Edith M. Thomas, the State Supervisor of Home Economics, chaired the meeting, and became its first president, serving from 1919 to 1920. The FHEA was founded as an affiliate of the American Home Economics Association (AHEA), formed in 1908. According to its Constitution, the FHEA was to reach its goal "by the study of problems connected with the family and the institutional household; by improving and extending home economics instruction in schools and colleges and in adult education programs; by improving professional education for all home economists by encouraging and aiding investigation and research in problems of home economics, and by issuing publications and holding meetings through which there may be wider and better understanding of the value of home economics interests."

The first FHEA district association was the West Coast Home Economics Association, that first met in April 1921. The next groups to organize were Lake, Seminole, Orange, and Osceola Counties in 1923, the South East Florida Association (Dade, Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, and Okeechobee Counties) in 1925-1926, the Florida Central East Coast Association (St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard Counties) in 1927, the Central Association (Alachua, Putnam, Dixie, Columbia, Levy, Marion, Gilchrist, and Bradford Counties) in 1928, the Capital City Association (Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, Wakulla, Liberty, Franklin, Jackson, Suwanee, Madison, Taylor, Lafayette, and Hamilton Counties) in 1929, and the Ridgeland Association (Polk, Highlands, De Soto, and Hardee) and North Florida districts (Nassau, Duval, Baker Counties), organized in 1930. The objectives of the district associations, according to Boletha Frojen, President of the Florida Home Economics Association 1928-1930, were "contact with our fellow workers - home makers, home demonstration agents, lunch room or institutional managers, dietitians, research workers, home economics women in business, and teachers - discuss problems in common, in working toward the same goal - that of improving living conditions and home making."

Among its accomplishments during the 1920s and 1930s were the compilation of a list of trained women who held positions in hospitals and educational institutions in Florida, the creation of tentative standards of accomplishment for high school classes in Home Economics, the compilation of data concerning the relationship of the Home Economics teacher to the health program in the schools, and the promotion of the George Reed Act (1929), which advanced vocational agriculture and home economics education in Florida by assuring home economics a fairer share of future federal funding.

By the 1940s, the Association had grown. Its membership comprised professional home economists, public school and college teachers, home demonstration agents and extension specialists, Farm Security Administration supervisors, demonstrators of food, clothing, and commercial equipment, dietitians, and homemakers.

Instructors at Florida State College for Women actively participated in the FHEA. Faculty members included School of Home Economics Dean Margaret R. Sandels (FHEA President, 1925-1926), Professor Jennie Tilt (FHEA President 1927-1928), Home Economics Professor Dr. Ruth Connor (FHEA President, 1940-1942), Associate Professor and Dietitian Anna May Tracy (FHEA President, 1931-1932 and Acting State Supervisor for Home Economics Education in 1939), Laura Veach Clark, Henrietta Sivyer, and Assistant Professor Leila Venable. FSCW's Home Demonstration Division staff active in this organization included Flavia Gleason, Virginia P. Moore, Ruby McDavid, Mary A. Stennis, Isabel Thursby, and Mary Ellen Keown, (FHEA President, 1933-1934). At FSCW, Dr. Connor was in charge of FHEA student clubs.

Later FHEA Presidents included Mayme R. Smith (1934-1935), Gertrude Pedersen (1935-1936), Edith M. Davis (1943-1944), Lois Culpepper (1944-1945), and Dr. Hazel T. Stevens, (1953-1954).

According to Penny Ralston, Dean of the Florida State University College of Human Sciences, the FHEA became the Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (FAFCS) in 1994. Described as "a scientific and educational association of professionals," its mission is to improve the quality of life for families, by working through individuals and communities to "effect the optimum balance between families and their environments." The FAFCS operates on state and district levels, and is divided into regions for planning and hosting annual meetings.

The Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records (FAFCS) and the records of its predecessor organization, the Florida Home Economics Association (FHEA), are historically significant because they document the history of a statewide professional organization that developed instructional programs for families and institutions for the purpose of improving living conditions and homemaking. Significant individuals cited in the collection include Margaret Sandels, Dean of the Florida State College for Women(FSCW)/Florida State University School of Home Economics, Ruth O'Connor, FSCW Professor of Home Economics, and Boletha Frojen, Florida State Supervisor of Home Economics Education. FHEA records include administrative records, correspondence, financial records, membership records, meeting minutes, photoalbums, publications, reports kept by FSCW faculty active in the FHEA, scrapbooks, and student papers, most of which are closed because they contain confidential grade information.

FAFCS materials include its executive board files, membership files, newsletters, and reference files. Further accruals are expected.

Frojen, Boletha O'Connor, Ruth Sandels, Margaret R. Florida Home Economics Association Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Florida State College for Women--History. Florida State University. College of Human Sciences--History. Home economics--Florida Home economics--United States Home economics teachers--Training of--United States. 1-8 Florida Home Economics Association Records 1918-1994 5-6 Administrative 1956-1986

Includes Bylaws and revisions to the Bylaws, handbooks, incorporation information, lists of officers and community chairs, and tax status information. The series is arranged alphabetically.

5 5 Bylaws 1956-1985 11 items 5 6 Handbooks 1968-1984 9 items 6 1 Incorporation Materials. 1975-1981 and undated 27 items 6 2 Officers and Committee Chairs 1956-1986 and undated 31 items 6 3 Tax Status Information 1976-1981 8 items 8 Historical 1964, 1974

Includes historical information about the Florida Home Economics Association , lists of officers, and district histories. The series is arranged alphabetically.

8 9 District Histories (Districts F and I) 1974 2 items 8 10 FHEA History and Officers, 1919-1964 circa 1964 1 item 1-3 Correspondence 1925-1957

Correspondence is the largest series in this collection, containing many letters to and from Dean Sandels and Dr. Connor, FSCW Professor of Home Economics (1935-1944), FHEA Vice President (1935) and FHEA President (1941-1942) concerning annual meeting plans, student internships, support for Florida's program of national defense, placement of graduates in Florida high school home economics classes, and the summer 1943 workshop on family life education. There are also letters from Florida high school home economics teachers to home economics teachers-in-training at FSCW offering vocational advice and lists of home addresses of student teachers and student teacher graduates. The series is arranged alphabetically.

1 1 Acting State Supervisor, Home Economics Education 1938-1945 27 items 1 1 Acting State Supervisor, Home Economics Education 1938-1945 27 items 1 2 Addresses of Student Teachers 1942 3 items 1 3 Demonstration School 1938-1943 10 items 1 4 Family Economics Home Management Division 1955-1956 5 items 1 5 Frojen, Boletha to Margaret Sandels 1933-1934 9 items 1 6 General 1925-1946 16 items 1 7 General 1934-1941 9 items 1 8 General 1940-1972 71 items 1 9 History of FHEA 1929-1954 39 items 1 10 Internships 1942-1944 23 items 1 11 Letters answering teachers' questions 1940 28 items 1 12 Permanent headquarters fund 1952-1953 8 items 1 13 Public relations 1952-1953 9 items 1 14 Publications - AHEA 1939-1944 64 items 1 15 Research Department - AHEA 1955 2 items 2 1 Scholarship - FHEA 1952-1957 23 items 2 2 School of Home Economics (FSCW) 1928-1945 85 items 2 3 School of Home Economics (FSCW) 1946 90 items 2 4 School Supervisors and Principals 1935-1945 43 items 2 5 Secretary - Corresponding and Recording 1953, 1956 4 items 2 6 State Department of Education 1944-1945 9 items 2 7 State Department of Education, Home Economics Education. Home Economics Bulletins 1936-1945 1 item 2 8 State President (FHEA) 1952 2 items 2 9 Student Club 1940-1943 18 items 2 10 Summer Workshop on Family Life Education 1943 2 11 Teachers 1938-1940 113 items 2 12 Teachers 1941-1943 80 items 3 1 Teachers - Inactive 1933-1956 81 items 3 2 Vocational Programs 1938-1939 9 items 3 Memberships 1928-1956

This series contains FHEA membership and officer lists, as well as FHEA members who held AHEA "Life Membership" status in FHEA. Arranged alphabetically.

3 3 AHEA Life Membership Status in FHEA 1956 4items 3 4 Membership Lists 1951-1956 30 items 3 5 Membership Promotion 1953-1954 6 items 3 6 Memberships and Officers 1928-1945 22 items 3-4 Reports 1940-1945

This small series includes FHEA annual reports, descriptions of goals, proposed work programs for each division and department in the association. In addition, there are Florida State Dept. of Public Instruction staff reports of visits to high schools to observe home economics instruction. Arranged alphabetically.

3 7 Annual Descriptive Reports 1936, 1941-1943 8 items 3 8 Program of Work 1943-1944; 1951-1957 7 items 3 9 Reports of School Visits by Florida State Dept. of Public Instruction 1941-1943 25 items 3 10 Reports of State Supervisor of Home Economics Education 1932-1944 31 items 3 11 State Association Reports 1938-1947 11 items 4 1 State Plan for Vocational Education Report, 1937-19421942 1 item 4, 6-7 Financial 1953-1985

Treasurer's Reports, accounts of office and travel expenses, statements of cash receipts and disbursements, audit reports, and operating budgets. Arranged alphabetically.

4 2 Bills, treasurer's reports1965-1972 8 items 6 4 Financial records 1965-1972 8 items 6 5 Financial records 1973-1979 5 items 6 6 Financial records 1978-1979 6 items 6 7 Financial records 1979-1980 24 items 6 8 Financial records 1980-1981 36 items 6 9 Financial records 1981-1982 13 items 6 10 Financial records 1982-1983 18 items 7 1 Financial records 1983-1984 10 items 7 2 Financial records 1984-1985 116 items 4 3 Treasurer1953-1957 30 items 4, 7 Meetings 1929-1958, 1968-1993

This small series contains programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, and several meeting identification badges. Arranged alphabetically.

4 4 FHEA Meetings and Conventions 1929-1941 35 items 7 6 Minutes of FHEA Executive Board 1960-1962, 1970-1972 15 items 7 7 Minutes of FHEA Executive Board 1973-1976 15 items 7 8 Minutes of FHEA Executive Board 1977-1979 40 items 7 9 Minutes of FHEA Executive Board 1987-1990 43 items 7 10 Minutes of FHEA Executive Board 1991-1992 65 items 4 5 Minutes of FHEA Executive Committee 1948-1958 32 items 4 6 State Meetings1952-1955 2 items 7 3 State Meetings 1968-1978 11 items 7 4 State Meetings 1980-1985 6 items 7 5 State Meetings 1986-1993 2 items 4, 7-8 Committees 1930-1958, 1967-1972, 1992

Committee Reports includes annual reports from various FHEA Committees, such as the Auditing, Emergency Relief, Nominating, Nutrition, Program of Work, and Registration Committees. Arranged alphabetically.

7 11 Annual Meeting Report of the Registration Committee 1967-1968 23 items 7 12 Annual Meeting Report of the Registration Committee 1968-1971 33 items 8 1 Annual Meeting Report of the Registration Committee 1971, 1992 34 items 8 2 Annual Meeting Report of the Registration Committee 1972 23 items 4 8 Committee Reports 1952-1956 2 items 4 9 Joint Nutrition Committee 1937-1944 22 items 4 10 Nominating Committee 1953-1958 22 items 4 Workshops 1942-1943

Includes applications for admission to the July 1943 Florida State College for Women Workshop in Community Organization for Family Life Education, project descriptions prepared by Florida high school home economics teachers for this workshop, statements of expenses, travel reimbursement statements, and proposals for the 1943 workshop. Arranged alphabetically.

4 11 Applications for Admission to 1943 Workshop 1943 29 items 4 12 Proposals for 1943 Workshop 1942-1943 12 items 4 13 Statements of Expenses to Be Paid by Workshop Participants 1943 47 items 4 14 Workshop Papers Presented at 1943 Conference 1943 10 items 4 15 Workshop Reports 1943 15 items 4 Student Papers 1941

Research notes and a paper completed by an FSCW Home Economics student. Because the paper contains confidential grade information, it is closed to researchers.

4 16 Eating Habits, FSCW Dining Hall Summer 1941 21 items

File closed

5 Teaching Papers 1942-1945

This small series contains student placement evaluations and opinions of FSCW home economics teacher-trainer staff concerning qualifications of student teachers. Because these papers contain confidential evaluations, they are closed to researchers.

5 1 Opinions of FSCW Home Economics Teacher-Trainer Staff 1942-1943 14 items

File closed

5 2 Recommendations for Students 1943-1945 169 items

File closed

8 FHEA Publications 1955-1991

In 1971, The Mocking Bird became the FHEA Reporter (Florida HEAR). Some journals in this series have incomplete holdings.

8 3 The Florida Home Economics Association Highlights (District F Newsletter) 1989-1990 2 items 8 4 FHEA Reporter (Florida HEAR) Fall 1971-1979 14 items 8 5 Florida Home Economist Fall 1979, Fall 1988-March 1990 6 items 8 6 The Mocking Bird, the official publication of the Florida Home Economics Association Spring 1955-Spring 1971 27 items 8 7 Sources of Financial Aid for Home Economics Students 1967 1 item OS1 Photoalbums 1975-1989 OS1 Florida Home Economics Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL 1989 1 item OS1 Home Economist of the Year 1975-1994 1 item OS2 Scrapbooks 1976-1988 OS2 Scrapbook. Note on inside cover: Begun in 1977 by Janice Patterson, Public Relations Chair. 1976-1984 1 item OS2 Cover: "FHEA, 1986-1988." Includes earlier materials. 1981-1988 1 item 5, 8 Reference Files 1918-1978 8 8 The American Home Economics Association: A Supplement to the American Home Economics Association Saga. By Keturah E. Baldwin. 1949. 1949 4 items 5 3 Children's Health Organization Materials 1918-1925 4 items 5 4 Florida Statewide School Lunch Project Manual for Supervisors and Workers. Published by Roy Schroder, State Administrator, and Rolla A. Southworth, State Director of the Community Services Division of the Work Projects Administrator of Florida circa 1937 2 items 8 17 The Voice: Newsletter of the Indiana Home Economics Association December 1978 1 item 5 Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records 1999-2005 8 Administrative 1999-2005 8 11 Executive Board Minutes 2004-2005 19 items 8 12 Handbook, 2005-2009 2005 1 item 8 13 Membership Reports for AAFCS Florida Affiliate 1999-2002 19 items 8 Publications 2002-2005 8 14 FAFCS Newsletter Fall 2002-Spring 2005 9 items 8 Reference Materials 1999-2001 8 15 Best Practices for Building Membership in FAFCS. Developed by AAFCS Membership Committee for AAFCS Annual Meeting, July 1, 2001 2001 10 items 8 16 Successful Strategies: Increasing and Retaining Members. Developed by AAFCS Membership Committee for AAFCS Annual Meeting, June 1999 1999 22 items