Helping Hands Homemakers FCE Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Mss 360

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Helping Hands Homemakers Club Records document the activities of this Pierce County club primarily through its annual secretary’s record books that cover from 1939/1940 to 1996/1997 with several gaps. The Subject Files Series consists of a booklet of recipes compiled likely by club members on the occasion of its 75th anniversary in 1997. The North Dakota Association for Family & Community Education includes a brochure and a copy of its 1997 Forms Pad. The National Association for Family & Community Education contains only a copy of its 1997 Handbook. The Scrapbook includes a photograph of likely its early members and several newspaper clippings and several snapshots. The loose sheets originally in the scrapbook appear to have been prepared for a historical display of club members and activities from the 1920s to 1980s. Of particular interest are snapshots of members in their gardens, part of a ”Garden Project” of the 1930s; members meeting in the 1920s; lefse making (1982); a float in a parade (1986); and a series of snapshots likely from their 75 anniversary party.

Dates

1920s-1997

Creator

Helping Hands Homemakers FCE Club (Pierce County, N.D.) (Organization)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.

History

The Helping Hands Homemakers FCE Club was organized in 1922 by Pierce County Agent Howard Danielson, possibly the first homemakers club established in North Dakota. The club members had met as a group since 1918 before it was formally organized. Among its earliest programs was a demonstration on caning asparagus done by an extension employee from the North Dakota Agricultural College. The first meetings were family affairs with husbands and children attending. A meal was served for all in attendance. In the early years club members saved tin cans, silk hosiery, scrap iron and paper ‘in support of the soldiers who were serving in World War II.’ Sometime likely in the 1990s ‘FCE’ was added to the club’s name, reflecting the name change of the North Dakota Homemakers Council to North Dakota Association for Family & Community Education. In 1997 the club celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (approximately 1 linear foot)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Helping Hands Homemakers Club Records document the activities of this Pierce County club, organized in 1922, primarily through its annual secretary’s record books. There is a copy of a booklet of recipes compiled likely by club members on the occasion of its 75th anniversary in 1997. Of particular note in the scrapbooks are snapshots of members in their gardens, part of a ”Garden Project” of the 1930s; members meeting in the 1920s; lefse making (1982); a float in a parade (1986); and a series of snapshots likely from their 75 anniversary party.