Summary Information
Racine County Home and Community Education Records 1947-1998
- Racine County Home and Community Education
UWP Manuscript Collection 4
3.4 cubic feet (4 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes)
UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)C18/F6; C19/D1; C19/E1
Racine County Home and Community Education was founded
in 1947 as the Home Demonstration Council, a national women’s program of the
University of Wisconsin Extension supported by the United States Department of
Agriculture. In 1994, the state withdrew from the national organization to become
the Wisconsin Association for Home and Community Education. Membership was open to
all interested individuals, but chiefly consisted of women. The collection primarily
contains organizational records, activity products, and scrapbooks. English
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Biography/History
Racine County Home and Community Education was founded in 1947 as the Home
Demonstration Council, a national women’s program of the University of Wisconsin
Extension supported by the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1969, UW
Extension changed the state association name to Wisconsin Extension Homemakers, then
the Wisconsin Association for Family and Community Education in 1993, and finally
the state withdrew from the national organization to become the Wisconsin
Association for Home and Community Education in 1994. Through all these changes, the
organization sought to improve the lives of its members, their families and their
communities, as well as communities throughout the world, through fellowship,
productivity, and knowledge.
Racine County Home and Community Education was governed by an executive council at
the county level, consisting of representatives from local area clubs, and supported
by the University of Wisconsin Racine County Extension. Clubs were led by an elected
President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer with additional committees. The
organization was part of state and national level organizations that varied over
time, principally the Southeast Wisconsin District Extension Homemakers, Wisconsin
Extension Homemaker’s Council, Country Women’s Council of the U.S.A, and National
Extension Homemaker’s Council. The organization was also a member of the
international Associated Country Women of the World which guided most of the Racine
County Home and Community Education International Committee projects and activities.
Membership was open to all interested individuals, but chiefly consisted of women.
Scope and Content Note
Organizational records include Executive Board and Council meeting minutes,
membership lists with addresses, Treasurer reports and ledgers, annual handbooks,
and the organization’s “Excerpts” newsletter. International contains records related
to the committees’ annual projects such as country studies, Pennies for Friendship,
and work through the Associated Country Women of the World of which Racine County
Home and Community Education was a part. Four scrapbooks hold records and program
handouts from 1947-1951. Four scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings featuring club
members and activities, photographs and program handouts from 1951-1979. A
description of the annual activities was recorded on a cassette tape by a homemaker
sometime after 1975.
Arrangement of the Materials
The files are organized by club activity or function, then chronologically for known
dates.Materials from the International committee are in box 2 with country booklets
unfoldered.
Preferred Citation
See the UWP
Libraries' Archives Department Citation Guide for
Primary Sources
Related Material in the UWP Archives
Racine County Fair, Vertical File
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to
all members of the public in accordance with state law.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection
(Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).
Donated to UW-Parkside Archives and Area Research Center by Racine County Home and Community Education in 2003.
Erica Stiner processed the collection at the Archives in 2009.
Contents List
Box
4
Folder
3
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Case Factory Eagle, 1950
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Christmas Fair, 1951-1976
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Community development campaign, 1975
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Box
3
Folder
7
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County correspondence, 1994-1995
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Excerpts newsletter,
1975-1995
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Handbooks, 1972-1994
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Health education guides, undated
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International
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Czech Republic dinner, 1988
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Italy dinner, 1991
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous activities,
1966-1990
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Project Denmark, 1980
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Project Ecuador, 1989
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Project Egypt, 1981
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Box
2
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Country studies, 1964-1992
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Reports, 1970-1983
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Box
1
Folder
4
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IRS tax exemption filings, 1975
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Membership lists, 1984-1996
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Minutes, Executive Board and Council,
1986-1998
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous, undated
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous administrative documents,
undated
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Box
4
Folder
1
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"Mr. Yuk" poison control puppet
show, 1982-1983
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Music, undated
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Box
6
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Overview of annual activities and music, post-1975 Audio cassette
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Publicity, 1957-1994
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Scrapbooks
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Box
6
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1948-1949
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Box
8
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1950-1951 : Also includes County Home Agent records.
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Box
5
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1950-1961
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Box
8 (continued)
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1969-1979
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Records and program handouts
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Box
5
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1947-1948
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Box
7
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1949-1950
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Treasurer ledgers, 1975-1995
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Treasurer reports, 1957-1995
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Treasurer's dues collected records,
1987
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Workshop calendars, 1947-1991
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