Join AAFCS Archivist Sarah Keen on a journey through the AHEA-AAFCS Historical Collection…via the Internet! In the short videos listed below, Sarah displays selected items that she has processed at the Carl A. Kroch Library at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
We hope to update these videos periodically, so that members can see some of the progress being made toward preserving our past for future generations. Also, AAFCS wishes to extend special thanks to Cornell University Libraries for producing these highly informative videos!
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1. Introduction to the AHEA-AAFCS Historical Collection (length 00:58) 2. National Registry for Trained Home Economists (length 2:33) Learn about how the American Home Economics Association created a National Registry for Trained Home Economists to help people adapt to changes during World War II. 3. AHEA Member Marie Sellers’ Scrapbook (length 1:57)
View items related to food conservation from Marie Sellers’ scrapbook. Marie was an Extension assistant during World War I.4. AAFCS Founder Ellen Richards (length 2:51) See photos of and correspondence from Ellen Richards, founder of AAFCS and first female graduate and professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 5. Standardized Tests for Colleges and Universities (length 2:54) Find out about the standardized tests developed by AHEA in collaboration with the Cooperative Testing Service of the American Council on Education during the 1940s. 6. UN Cookbook (length 2:26) Learn about how AHEA contributed to United Nations Day by testing recipes for the UN Cookbook published in 1951.
