Date Original
circa 1920-1940
Description
This collection contains recipes from the Randolph County Home Demonstration club members.
Biographical/Historical Note
Home Demonstration Clubs found their start in 1862 with the Morrill Act, also called “An Act Donating Public Lands to Several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.” This law provided 30,000 acres of Federal land to each state and a territory with a Congressional delegation. The money from the sale of this land was then used to found colleges that concentrated on agriculture and mechanical education. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 augmented the Morrill Act and expanded the original idea of educating rural people in modern agriculture technology. The program now included funding for women, African American women, and children’s groups. The first Home Demonstration Club in Arkansas began in Mabelvale, Pulaski County in March of 1914. Home demonstration clubs were designed to teach modern and improved techniques in order to better living conditions for farm families.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Randolph County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.0174.0007
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Randolph County (Ark.) home demonstration recipes, SMC.0174.0007
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Randolph County (Ark.) home demonstration recipes, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
