Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 12/7/52
Hester Chadderdon (1899-1990)
Papers, 1924-1990, n.d.


Descriptive summary

creator:

Chadderdon, Hester (1899-1990)
title:

Papers
dates:

1924-1990, n.d.
extent:

0.63 linear feet (2 document and 1 half-document boxes)
collection number:

RS 12/7/52
repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

Hester Chadderdon Papers, RS 12/7/52, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Hester Chadderdon was born April 15, 1899, in Stockville, Nebraska. She received a B. S. (1924) from University of Nebraska, an M. A. (1928) from University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. (1938) from the Ohio State University. She was an elementary teacher (1918-1919) in Herman, Nebraska and a high school teacher (1922-1923 and 1924-1927) in Lincoln, Nebraska. She also worked as an instructor (1928) at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Chadderdon joined the Iowa State College (University) faculty as an Assistant Professor (1929), and was promoted to Associate Professor (1938-1943) and Professor (1943-1969) in home economics education. Dr. Chadderdon researched predicting teaching success of home economic graduates and measuring the abilities of high school home economic students involving learning. She developed devices for evaluating the effectiveness of home economic programs. She was involved in several committees on campus, including the Graduate Faculty Membership Committee and the University Student Conduct Committee. She belonged to several national organizations, including the American Home Economics Association. She received the Faculty Citation from the Iowa State University Alumni Association in 1959 and the Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professor Award in 1963. Dr. Chadderdon retired and became Professor Emeritus in 1969. She died June 7, 1990.

 

Collection description

This collection (1924-1990, n. d.) contains biographical information, the dissertation completed by Dr. Chadderdon, papers and reports. The child development and housing testing packets (ca. 1959-1961), prepared by Dr. Chadderdon, evaluated how students in ninth and tenth grades developed their inter-personal skills and how their abilities affected their learning highlights the collection. A plaque Dr. Chadderdon received from the Iowa State University Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professorship in Home Economics is housed in the University Archives Artifact Collection.

 

Organization

The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

American Home Economics Association (AHEA) – Trends in Teaching Child Development and Family Relationships in the High School (used in later research)

1933

2

15

Bases For Program Planning in Home and Family Living (Copy 2)

1950

1

2

Biographical information

1941-1990

1

3

Child Development Testing Packets

ca. 1959

1

4

Child Development Testing Packets

ca. 1959-1961

1

5

Diploma – University of Nebraska

1924

1

6

Dissertation – "Problems Relating to Home and Family Life in Need of Research: An Examination of the Emphasis Given to Home and Life Under the Purnell Act"

1938

2

13

Evaluation Materials- 10th grade housing

1956

2

10

Evaluation Materials- 10th grade clothing

n.d.

2

11

Evaluation Materials- 10th grade family relations

1955

2

12

Evaluation Materials- 10th grade foods

1958

3

1

Evaluation Materials- 11th and 12th grades Child Development

1954

3

2

Evaluation Materials- 11th and 12th grades Family Relations

1955

2

14

Evaluation Materials- 8th-12th grades clothing

1961

2

17

Evaluation Materials- 9th grade Child Development

1954

2

16

Evaluation Materials- 9th grade clothing

1957

2

18

Evaluation Materials- 9th grade Family Relations

1955

2

19

Evaluation Materials- 9th grade foods

1958

2

9

Evaluation Materials- 9th grade housing

1956

1

7

Food Testing Packets

ca. 1959

3

8

Home Economics Teachers-Preservice and Inservice Levels, Their Interest In Teaching- Their Attitudes Toward Children and Families

1966

1

8

Housing Test Packets

ca. 1959

2

1

Paper – "Bases for Program Planning in Home and Family Living"

1950

2

7

Paper – "Home and Family Life Education"

1944

2

2

Paper – "Home Economics Teachers – Preservice and Inservice Levels Their Interest in Teaching – Their Attitudes Toward Children and Family"

1966

2

8

Paper – "Teacher Supply and Demand in Home Economics in Iowa, 1935-1941

1945

2

7

Paper – " Home and Family Life Education"

1944

2

8

Paper – " Teacher Supply Demand In Home Economics In Iowa, 1935-1941"

1945

3

5

Paper – "Clothing Construction Pre-Tests"

n.d.

3

4

Paper – "Cooperative Research in Home Economics Education III. Interest in teaching at the preservice and inservice levels"

1962

3

6

Paper – "Estimating the Clothing Construction Ability of 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th and 12th grade pupils

1961

3

7

Paper – "Evaluation and Research"

1964

3

3

Paper – "Reasons given by Iowa Women For Attending Homemaking Classes for Adults"

1955

2

3

State Department of Public Instruction – Report to the People of Iowa on the Present Problems and Future Goals of Reorganization in your School

n.d.

2

4

University of the State of New York – Education for Personal and Family Living and It's Relation to Home Economics

1951

2

5

US Office of Education – Evaluation Process in Community Programs in Education for Home and Family Living

1940

2

6

USDI – Community Programs of Education in Family Living From the Viewpoint of Home Economics

1937

 

Appendix 1 – Artifacts

Title

Dates

2004-R017 – Plaque – Iowa State University Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professorship in Home Economics. Wood, paper, paint, shellac, ink.

1973