College of Health and Human Sciences records, 1861–2017

Summary

Creator:
College of Human Ecology
Physical description:
64 cubic foot boxes
Language:
English
Latin

Background

Scope and content:

The College of Health and Human Science Records cover the history of the college spanning from 1863-2011. The collection includes documents, pictures, and other materials from Hospitality Days, departmental restructuring, name changes, various conference presentations and information from research and extension services. In 1912, Home Economics become a division within in the college and eventually in 1985, changed its' name to Human Ecology and later in 2019 the college changed its' name to the College of Health and Human Sciences. There were programs that moved to the College of Arts & Sciences, but the College of Health and Human Sciences retained the Interior Design and Fashion Studies programs in 1965. Likewise, programs were added to the College of Health of Human Sciences, such as Communication Sciences and Disorders and Social Work in 1994. There are correspondence and planning materials from these mergers and changes, along with other program moves. The collection contains notes and programs from conferences such as Lake Placid and the White House Conference on Families. Included in the collection is also personal and business related correspondence from Deans and other faculty members.

Acquisition information:
Acqusition Source: Dean of Human Ecology Acqusition Method: Transfer. Acqusition Date: 20150710
Processing information:

Finding Aid Author: Avery Hauschild and Tyra McNeil
Processing Info: During the 2021 - 2022 school year, student assistant Avery Hauschild processed and described the materials and processing archivist Helena Egbert reviewed them. New material integrated by student processing aid Tyra McNeil, September 2024.
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Arrangement:

Series were ordered hierarchical and then alphabetical. Order of each series changes between alphabetical or chronological.

Series 1: Dean's Office
Series 2: Department of Applied Human Science
Series 3: Center on Aging
Series 4: Department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics & Health
Series 5: Department of Hospitality Management
Series 6: Department of Interior Design & Fashion Studies
Series 7: Accreditation
Series 8: Alumni
Series 9: Board of Regents
Series 10: Buildings
Series 11: Enrollment
Series 12: Essential Edge
Series 13: Graduation
Series 14: Hospitality Days
Series 15: Meeting Minutes
Series 16: Research and Extension
Series 17: Strategic Planning
Series 18: Subject Files

Slide Various Box 3 contains slides from this collection, boxes A-E.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
General note:

Published

Dacs citation:

[Item title], [item date], Dean of Human Ecology records, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

Subjects

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Subjects:
Kansas State University history
Institutional records

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