Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 21/7/124
Leona Hougen
Papers, 1914-1945, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Hougen, Leona |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1914-1945, n.d. |
| extent: | 1.26 linear feet (3 document boxes) |
| collection number: | RS 21/7/124 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Leona Hougen Papers, RS 21/7/124, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Leona Christina (Gronbech) Hougen was born March 19, 1905 in Jewell, Iowa. She received a B.S. (1931) from Iowa State College (University). She worked her way through college as an elementary school teacher in Radcliffe, Randall, and Coon Rapids, Iowa. Leona married Virgil Curtis Hougen on August 18, 1931 and raised five children during the Great Depression. Virgil worked as Lutheran minister in rural parishes in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa; he died in April 1991. |
Collection description
The collection (1914-1945) contains pamphlets, news clippings and articles relating to home economics and recipes collected by Leona Hougen. Subjects in the collection include food and nutrition, clothing, and child development. |
Organization
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
4-H |
1933-1938 |
1 |
2 |
Accessories |
1939 |
1 |
3 |
Art |
1924-1935 |
1 |
4 |
Beds – Bedding |
1933 |
1 |
5 |
Bread |
1934-1940 |
1 |
6 |
Buying Clothes |
n.d. |
1 |
7 |
Cakes, Cookies, and Pies |
1937 |
1 |
8 |
Candies and Holiday Cakes |
n.d. |
1 |
9 |
Canning |
1930-1939 |
1 |
10 |
Care of Clothes |
1930-1938 |
1 |
11 |
Care of the Sick |
1939 |
1 |
12 |
Cereals |
1914 |
1 |
13 |
Children's Diets |
1939 |
1 |
14 |
Child Care |
1936-1940 |
1 |
15 |
Child's Clothes |
1929-1940 |
1 |
16 |
Child's Health |
1938 |
1 |
17 |
Child's Toys |
n.d. |
1 |
18 |
Cleaning |
1914 |
1 |
19 |
Clothing |
n.d. |
1 |
20 |
Cod Liver Oil |
1914 |
1 |
21 |
Dairy Dishes |
n.d. |
1 |
22 |
Dairy Products |
1914-1936 |
1 |
23 |
Desserts |
1931 |
1 |
24 |
Families |
1938-1941 |
1 |
25 |
Fats |
1921-1940 |
1 |
26 |
Feet and Shoes |
1934-1939 |
1 |
27 |
Flower Arrangements |
1938-1940 |
1 |
28 |
Foods |
1945 |
2 |
1 |
Food Preparation |
1936 |
2 |
2 |
Fruits |
n.d. |
2 |
3 |
Health, Sickness |
1936-1940 |
2 |
4 |
Home EC Club |
1941 |
2 |
5 |
Home Efficiency |
1936-1941 |
2 |
6 |
Home Furnishings |
1940, n.d. |
2 |
7 |
House Repair |
1941 |
2 |
8 |
Housing and Equipment |
1923-1941 |
2 |
9 |
Making Things for the Home |
1936-1939 |
2 |
10 |
Meat and Protein |
1923-1940 |
2 |
11 |
Menus and Nutrition |
1921-1933 |
2 |
12 |
Music |
1940-1941 |
2 |
13 |
Nutrition |
1933 |
2 |
14 |
Parties |
1941 |
2 |
15 |
Personal Appearance |
1939-1941 |
2 |
16 |
Personal Traits |
n.d. |
2 |
17 |
Posture |
1939-1941 |
2 |
18 |
Pre-natal Care |
1936 |
3 |
1 |
Recipes |
1914 |
3 |
2 |
Recipe Notebooks |
n.d. |
3 |
3 |
Salad Dressing |
1931 |
3 |
4 |
School Lunches |
n.d. |
3 |
5 |
Sewing |
1924-1940 |
Artifact Collection |
Sewing Samples (accession number 2000-0016) |
n.d. |
|
3 |
6 |
Storage of Vegetables |
1924-1940 |
3 |
7 |
Swing |
1924-1941 |
3 |
8 |
Vitamins |
1940-1941 |
3 |
9 |
Wardrobe |
1936-1939 |