Scope and Contents The photographs and slides in the North Dakota Extension Homemakers Council collection were accessioned as part of the initial records deposit by the North Dakota Extension Homemakers Council. The records were processed as Manuscript 275. The visual images document the people and activities of the council spanning from the 1940s to the 1980s. The images have been organized into three series: People, Exhibitions, and Events. The copy photographic prints and copy slides related to the...

Abstract Organized in 1942 to assist individual homemakers' clubs at the local level. Circa 1992 the council changed its name to North Dakota Association for Family and Community Education. It assists individual homemakers' clubs at the state and county level. The Homemakers' Council sought to ease the homemakers' lives as well as improve their standard of living and aid in financial planning. Many issues discussed at annual meetings included controversial community and human interest issues such as the...