Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 60
Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild
Records, 1928-[ongoing]
Descriptive summary
| creator: | Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild |
| title: | Records |
| dates: | 1928-[ongoing] |
| extent: | 18.7 linear feet (8 document boxes, 8 oversized boxes, 1 card file box, 1 map case folder) |
| collection number: | MS 60 |
| repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University |
Administrative information
| access: | Open for research |
| publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
| preferred citation: | Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild Records, MS 60, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Historical note
The Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild was initiated in 1928 with the selection of five Iowa women for the Master Farm Homemaker Award. The award was established by F. W. Beckman (editor) and Bess Rowe (women's editor) of The Farmer's Wife, a magazine published for farmwomen by the Webb Publishing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. According to a 1970 History published by the Guild, the purpose of the program was to give recognition to the contribution that farm women were making to the nation as homemakers and as voluntary community leaders. The women receiving recognitions were to be symbols of the highest values in rural life. From 1928 to 1931, five women were selected each year for Master Farm Homemakers honors. In 1931, The Farmers Wife ceased to function as the Guild's administrator, but the membership continued to function as a state group. In 1938, the Guild wished to re-institute the annual recognition of outstanding farmwomen. A committee was formed to confer with the Extension Service about the selection of future Guild members, and in 1940 a request was made to Wallace's Farmer magazine to take over sponsorship of the award. Zoe Murphy, the magazine's homemaking editor, was placed in charge of the program. The difficulties of the war years intervened, however, and no new Guild members were selected until 1947. Since that time, five to seven new members have been added to the Guild each year. (For more information on Guild History see History of the Master Farm Homemakers Guild in file 2/3). |
Collection description
This collection (1928-[ongoing]) includes historian's books, secretary's books, and scrapbooks as well as correspondence regarding annual meetings and Guild projects, including Bridging the Generations. Among the correspondents is Joan Moore. |
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Organization
The collection is listed in chronological order. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
3 |
4 |
Membership |
1928-1931 |
6 |
1 |
Scrapbook: five new members honored each year listed in index. Symbol and meaning of the IMFHG explained. Worksheet issued and filled out by all 1928 nominees. Reports of annual state meetings at Ames 1936-1938, 1940-1941. Includes 11 photographs. |
1928-1931 |
5 |
1 |
List of members |
1928-1932 |
5 |
7 |
News clippings |
1928-1970 |
3 |
5 |
Minutes - Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild Meetings |
1929-1950 |
3 |
7 |
Projects, including Reading Project and Library Project |
1931-1950 |
3 |
6 |
Minutes - National Master Farm Homemakers Guild Meetings |
1934-1950 |
3 |
2 |
Correspondence - annual meetings |
1935-1946, undated |
3 |
28 |
Selection of Guild members - letter and nomination form |
1941, undated |
6 |
2 |
Scrapbook - includes 6 photographs |
1947-1949 |
3 |
3 |
Correspondence - letters of acceptance from new Guild members written to Zoe Murphy of Wallaces Farmer |
1947-1951 |
15 |
|
Membership cards |
1947-2003 |
6 |
3 |
Scrapbook: Five or six new members honored each year listed in index. Includes news clippings, National Guild of Master Farm Homemakers newsletter (1952), brief organizational history, and 12 photographs. |
1950-1954 |
14 |
15 |
Awards Programs |
1951-1968 |
4 |
5 |
Minutes (includes Treasurer's Reports and Correspondence) |
1951-1972 |
12 |
1 |
Treasurer's Book, includes Register of Members |
1954-1990 |
7 |
1 |
Scrapbook: includes minutes from meeting September 26, 1955. Minutes from the Recognition Meeting of November 25, 1957. Report from National MFHG 1956, 1958, 1959. Includes 10 photographs. |
1955-1959 |
7 |
2 |
Scrapbook: New members honored each year listed in index. Minutes from IMFHG June 1961; August 28, 1961; June 24, 1962; Fall 1962; December 1964. Report from National MFHG August 12-13, 1962; October 1963; August 1964. Includes 27 photographs. |
1960-1964 |
5 |
3 |
Meeting minutes from June 24, 1962 |
1962 |
8 |
OVR |
Scrapbook: New members honored each year listed in index. Minutes from IMFHG December 13, 1965; December 12, 1966; June 9, 1968; June 9, 1969; November 17, 1969. Report from National MFHG, May 1965; May 12, 1967; November 26, 1968. Report on National annual meeting May 1968. IMFHG Constitution (revised) 1968. Includes 30 photographs. |
1965-1969 |
3 |
8 |
Secretary's Book (these files include correspondence, meeting attendance lists, meeting minutes, meeting programs and treasurer's reports) |
1967 |
4 |
3 |
Correspondence |
1967-1968 |
12 |
2 |
Treasurer's Book |
1967-1979 |
3 |
9 |
Secretary's Book |
1968 |
5 |
8 |
Treasurer's reports and minutes |
1968-1999 |
3 |
10 |
Secretary's Book |
1969 |
3 |
11 |
Secretary's Book |
1970 |
9 |
OVR |
Scrapbook:Includes History of the Iowa Master Homemakers Guild. List of Guild members. New members of 1970. Pamphlets of awards for 1972, 1973. Minutes from IMFHG June 14, 1970; June 12, 1971; November 22, 1971; June 4, 1972, November 20, 1972; June 3, 1973; November 19, 1973. Report from National MFHG October 1970; December 1971; November 17, 1973; November 8, 1972. Includes 14 photographs. |
1970-1974 |
3 |
12 |
Secretary's Book |
1971 |
14 |
1 |
Newspaper Clippings |
1971, undated |
3 |
13 |
Secretary's Book |
1972 |
3 |
14 |
Secretary's Book |
1973 |
4 |
6 |
Minutes (includes Treasurer's Reports and Correspondence) |
1973-1993 |
3 |
15 |
Secretary's Book |
1974 |
4 |
4 |
List of Officers |
1974, undated |
14 |
2 |
Award Programs |
1974-1989 |
14 |
3 |
Lists of Officers and Members |
1974-2005 |
3 |
16 |
Secretary's Book |
1975 |
1 |
1 |
Scrapbook: Includes list of officers and new members. Pamphlets of awards for 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980. News clippings regarding members. Minutes from IMFHG June 8, November 20, 1975; June 13, November 23, 1976; November 9, 1977; November 8, 1978; June 10, November 20, 1979; June 22, November 19, 1980; June 14, November 24, 1981; June 27, November 23, 1982; June 12, 1983. Report from National MFHG October 1974; October 1976; September 1977; October 1978; October 1980; October 1983. Includes 30 photographs. |
1975-1983 |
3 |
17 |
Secretary's Book |
1976 |
4 |
2 |
Annual Reports |
1976-1992 |
3 |
18 |
Secretary's Book |
1977 |
3 |
19 |
Secretary's Book |
1978 |
3 |
1 |
Constitution |
1978, undated |
3 |
20 |
Secretary's Book |
1979 |
12 |
3 |
Treasurer's Book |
1979-1997 |
3 |
21 |
Secretary's Book |
1980 |
3 |
22 |
Secretary's Book |
1981 |
3 |
23 |
Secretary's Book |
1982 |
3 |
24 |
Secretary's Book |
1983 |
2 |
1 |
Scrapbook: Newspaper clippings and other biographical information regarding members, meeting minutes, new member programs and photographs (51 color photographs, 7 b/w photographs) |
1983-1988 |
3 |
25 |
Secretary's Book |
1984 |
3 |
26 |
Secretary's Book |
1985 |
3 |
27 |
Secretary's Book |
1986 |
14 |
16 |
Newspaper clippings: Members |
1986-1994 |
12 |
4 |
Secretary's Reports |
1987-1991 |
10 |
OVR |
Scrapbook |
1987-1993 |
14 |
4 |
Award Programs |
1990-1999 |
14 |
5 |
Meeting Minutes |
1990-2005 |
14 |
6 |
Financial Records |
1990-2006 |
4 |
1 |
Videotape -- Celebrating Farm Homemaking: Conversations with Rural Women. Members of the Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild discuss their lives, the lives of their mothers and grandmothers, and their thoughts about life in the future. Produced by the Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild and Wallaces Farmer with production assistance from the Iowa State University Media Production Unit. |
1992 |
5 |
9 |
Slides - Annual Report in Spearfish, South Dakota and CWC (Country Women's Council in Des Moines (38 color slides) |
1992 |
5 |
10 |
Slides - Annual Report, Mozambique Project, selected slides used in presentation (12 color slides) |
1992 |
14 |
7 |
Constitution |
1992 |
14 |
17 |
Grant Application and Report: Celebrating 50 Years of Farm Homemaking |
1992-1993 |
12 |
5 |
Secretary's Reports |
1992-1994 |
11 |
OVR |
Scrapbook |
1992-1996 |
5 |
11 |
Slides - Annual Report in Topeka (24 color slides) |
1993 |
14 |
8 |
"History of the Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild" |
1993 |
5 |
12 |
Slides - Annual Meeting in Des Moines (24 color slides) |
1994 |
12 |
6 |
Secretary's Reports |
1995-1999 |
13 |
OVR |
Scrapbook - includes photographs |
1995-2000 |
5 |
13 |
Slides - Awards (5 color slides) |
1996 |
| 16 | 1-5 | Bridging the Generations exhibit pieces | 1997 circa |
| 17 | OVR | Bridging the Generations exhibit pieces | 1997 circa |
Map case |
C403 |
Bridging the Generations exhibit pieces |
1997 circa |
14 |
18 |
Bridging the Generations grant application |
1997-2000 |
5 |
5 |
Bridging the Generations Final Report (1 of 2) |
1997-2001 |
5 |
6 |
Bridging the Generations Final Report (2 of 2) |
1997-2001 |
5 |
4 |
Bridging the Generations Teacher's Packet |
1998 |
14 |
9 |
Cassette Tapes - Luncheon and Induction of New Members (3 audiocassettes) |
1998, undated |
14 |
10 |
Bridging the Generations Exhibit Material |
1998-2000 |
14 |
11 |
Correspondence |
2000 |
12 |
7 |
Secretary's Reports |
2000-2002 |
12 |
8 |
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws |
2001 |
13 |
OVR |
Scrapbook (3-2x3, 35-3x5, 15-4x5, 18-4x6, 13-4x7, 5-4x10 color photographs) |
2001-2005 |
14 |
12 |
"History of the Iowa Master Farm Homemakers Guild, 1928-2003" |
2003 |
14 |
13 |
Award Programs |
2004 |
14 |
14 |
Annual Report |
2005 |
5 |
2 |
Constitution and By-Laws |
undated |