Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 12/6/14
Ercel Sherman Eppright (1901-1992)
Papers, 1948-1971, n.d.
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Eppright, Ercel Sherman (1901-1992) |
| title: | Papers |
| dates: | 1948-1971, n.d. |
| extent: | 2.1 linear feet (5 document boxes) |
| collection number: | RS 12/6/14 |
| repository: | University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Ercel Sherman Eppright Papers, RS 12/6/14, University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical note
Ercel Eppright was born May 4, 1901 in Isabel, Illinois. She received her B.S. (1923) from the University of Missouri, her M.S. (1930) from the University of Texas, and her Ph.D. (1936) in Physiological Chemistry from Yale University. Eppright was employed as an Instructor (1928-1931) of Foods and Nutrition at the University of Texas; as Professor and Department Head (1935-1945) of Home Economics at the Texas State College for Women; and at Iowa State University she served as Professor and Department Head (1945-1961) of Food and Nutrition; Assistant Dean, College of Home Economics; Assistant Director (1961-1966) of the Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station; Professor (1966-1971) of Nutrition; and Professor Emerita (1971-1992). She held concurrent positions as Home Economist (1957-1958) with the Food and Agriculture Organization, Iraq; Instructor (1957-1958) at the Queen Aliya College for Women, Baghdad, Iraq; and as a Ford Foundation Consultant (1966-1967) at the University of Baroda, India. Her professional memberships included Pi Lambda Theta; Omicron Nu; Sigma Xi; Phi Upsilon Omicron; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Kappa Gamma; the American Home Economics Association; the American Dietetic Association; the American Institute of Nutrition; and the American Public Health Association. Eppright was the recipient of the Borden Award (1961) of the American Home Economics Association; a Faculty Citation from the Iowa State University Alumni Association; an Alumnae Citation from Central College (Fayette, MO); and a Citation of Merit (1965) from the School of Home Economics and University of Missouri Alumni Association. Her research involved dietary studies; food acceptance; the nutritional status of school children; and the significance of certain salts and groups of salts in the nutrition of the albino rat. She also published several books, including A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University (1971), which she co-authored with Elizabeth Storm Ferguson. Dr. Eppright died in 1992 in Texas. |
Collection description
The papers document the activities of Ercel Sherman Eppright as Head of the Department of Food and Nutrition, Assistant Dean of the College of Home Economics and Assistant Director of the Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station. The collection contains news clippings, articles, correspondence, and notes. It also includes the typed manuscript of A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University, and a bound copy of Syllabus in Nutrition and Dietetics. |
Organization
The collection is arranged alphabetically, with the bound book, Syllabus in Nutrition and Dietetics, in box 4. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Awards |
1961 |
1 |
2 |
Biographical data |
1958-1970, n.d. |
1 |
3 |
Correspondence |
1957-1970 |
1 |
4 |
Correspondence-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
1970 |
1 |
5 |
Food and nutrition newsletter notes |
n.d. |
1 |
6 |
Newsclippings |
1944-1971 |
1 |
7 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
1 |
8 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
1 |
9 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
1 |
10 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
1 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
2 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
3 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
4 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
5 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
6 |
Notes-A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
2 |
7 |
Report – Food Habits and Preferences – A Study of Iowa People of Two Age Groups |
1950 |
3 |
1 |
Typescript chapters 1 thru 4 – A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
3 |
2 |
Typescript chapters 5 thru 9 – A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
3 |
3 |
Typescript chapters 10 thru 16 – A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
3 |
4 |
Typescript chapters 17 thru 21 – A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
3 |
5 |
Typescript chapters 22 thru 23 – A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
3 |
6 |
Typescript chapters 24 thru end – A Century of Home Economics at Iowa State University |
n.d. |
4 |
|
Syllabus in Nutrition and Dietetics |
1948 |
5 |
1 |
"Dietary Differences Among School Children" |
1955 |
5 |
2 |
"Our Responsibilities to the Dietetic Intern" |
1955 |
5 |
3 |
"College Teaching of Food and Nutrition" |
1955 |
5 |
4 |
"Distribution of Calories in Diets of Iowa School Children |
1955 |
5 |
5 |
"Diet and Nutritional Status of Iowa School Children" |
1955 |
5 |
6 |
"Distribution of Nutrients Among Meals and Snacks of Iowa School Children" |
1955 |
5 |
7 |
"Food Intake and Body Size of Iowa Children" |
1955 |
5 |
8 |
"Nutrition of 9, 10, 11 year old Public School Children in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio" |
1955 |
5 |
9 |
"Very Heavy and Obese School Children in Iowa" |
1956 |
5 |
10 |
"Nutrition in the Second Decode of Life" |
1956 |
5 |
11 |
"Nutrition of Children in Theme Selected Schools in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio: a pilot study" |
1956 |
5 |
12 |
"Changing Patterns in Nutrition Education" |
1957 |
5 |
13 |
"Nutritional Status of 9, 10, 11 year old Public School Children in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio- 11 Blood Findings |
1957 |
5 |
14 |
"Teaching Experiences in a College in Iraq" |
1959 |
5 |
15 |
"Nutrition of 9, 10, 11 year old Public School Children in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio- 11 Physical Findings" |
1959 |
5 |
16 |
"Food Habits of the Teenager" |
1959 |
5 |
17 |
"Challenge to the Profession" |
1959 |
5 |
18 |
"Home Economics New Directions- a Statement of Philosophy and Objectives" |
1959 |
5 |
19 |
"Present and Future" |
ca.1960 |
5 |
20 |
"Power of Good Nutrition" |
1961 |
5 |
21 |
"Philosophy and Objectives of Home Economics- a Discussion" |
1960 |
5 |
22 |
"Influence of Inorganic Salts in the Diet on the Composition of the Ash of Certain Tissues of Rats" |
1937 |
5 |
23 |
"Influence of Specific Mineral Deficencies on the Growth of Body and Organs of the Rat" |
1936 |
5 |
24 |
"Influence of Salts in the Diet on the Intestinal Flora of the Albino Rat" |
1937 |
5 |
25 |
"Nutrition of Infants and Preschool Children in the North Central Region of the United States of America" |
1972 |
5 |
26 |
"Changes in the Water of Tissues Induced by Diets Containing Various Mineral Supplements" |
1937 |
5 |
27 |
"Case for Chemistry" |
1950 |
5 |
28 |
"American Dietetic Association Contributes to the Health of Children and Youth" |
1958 |
5 |
29 |
"Food Habits and Preferences- a Study of Iowa People of Two Age Groups" |
1950 |
5 |
30 |
"Report of the Mid Century White House Conference on Children and Youth" |
ca.1950 |
5 |
31 |
"Vitalizing Nutrition Teaching" |
1951 |
5 |
32 |
"What Iowans Eat and Why" |
1952 |
5 |
33 |
"Dietary Study Methods" |
1952 |
5 |
34 |
"Working Together For a Better Understanding of the Nutrition of School Children" |
1953 |
5 |
35 |
"Nutritive Value of the Diets Iowa School Children" |
1954 |
5 |
36 |
"Physical Measurements of Iowa School Children" |
1954 |
5 |
37 |
"Relationship of Estimated Nutrient Intakes of Iowa School Children to Physical and Biochemical Measurements" |
1954 |
5 |
38 |
"Food Habits and Preferences of Iowans" |
1951 |
5 |
39 |
"When Does Poor Nutrition Start?" |
1955 |
5 |
40 |
"A Report to Iowa School Girls: Look What Good Diets Do!" |
1963 |
5 |
41 |
"Are We ‘Food Rich' but ‘Nutrition Poor'?" |
1963 |
5 |
42 |
"Effects on Girls of Greater Intake of Milk Fruits and Vegetables" |
1963 |
5 |
43 |
"Recruiting and Developing Researchers" |
1965 |
5 |
44 |
"Eating Behavior of Preschool Children" |
1969 |
5 |
45 |
"How Can We Become on Informed and Responsible Nation in Nutrition" |
ca.1966 |
5 |
46 |
"North Central Regional Study of Diets of Preschool Children" |
1970 |
5 |
47 |
"Diets of Preschool Children in the North Central Region" |
1971 |
5 |
48 |
"Growth of Preschool Children in the North Central Region" |
1972 |