mnsss354 Voices of American Homemakers Oral History Project Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Northampton, MA
© 2005

Smith College. All rights reserved.

 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Voices of American Homemakers Oral History Project Finding Aid MS 419 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2005 Smith College. All rights reserved.

 Collection Overview Voices of American Homemakers Oral History Project MS 419 3 boxes; 6 volumes (3 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Oral Histories of 182 American homemakers (172 audio tapes and 182 transcripts). Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Voices of American Homemakers Oral History was conducted the National Extension Homemakers Council Oral History Project, 1981-82. Eleanor Arnold was project director and editor. The collection contains 172 audio cassettes and 182 transcripts. The transcripts are in 5 bound volumes, and arranged by state. A subject and state index is also included, as is a compilation of papers presented at a conference, "Seminar of Humanists and Homemakers," at Laramie, Wyoming on 3 August 1983.

 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Published as "Voices of American homemakers." Eleanor Arnold, editor and project director (Vale, OR: National Extension Homemakers Council, 1985). It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Voices of American Homemakers Oral History Project, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

 Search Terms Family--United States--History--20th century--Sources Housewives--United States--History--20th century--Sources Women--United States--History--20th century--Sources National Extension Homemakers Council (U.S.) Arnold, Eleanor