Guide to the Wyoming Extension Homemakers Council/Wyoming Association for Family and Community Education Collection
Scope and Content
Among the records are various scrapbooks containing programs, reports, minutes, and photographs. Many of the records reflect on the council’s attempts to educate rural women in modern domestic and homemaking practices. Some individual clubs predate the formation of the council.
Dates
- 1929-2022
Creator
- Wyoming Extension Homemakers Council (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Historical Note
Formally organized in 1939, the Wyoming Homemakers Council is an offshoot of the Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service. It is an organization for rural women to primarily serve as a place for social activities and to discuss homemaking practices and issues. Later, the council took an interest in community, educational, and civic issues. In 1994, the council was renamed the Wyoming Association for Family and Community Education.
In 1946, with funds provided by Susan J. Quealy, a rural women’s recognition program was begun in cooperation with the Wyoming Homemakers Council and the University of Wyoming’s Cooperative Extension Service. Ms Quealy, a rural homemaker from Kemmerer, WY, felt farm women did not receive enough recognition for their efforts. The first four Quealy award recipients were selected based on their contributions to leadership and community service. In 1961Quealy award recipients organized the Quealy Club, which meets annually to welcome the year’s four inductees and to conduct business.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Abstract
Formally organized in 1939, the Wyoming Homemakers Council, an offshoot of the Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, is an organization for rural women for social activities and to discuss homemaking practices and issues. Among the records are various scrapbooks containing programs, reports, minutes, and photographs. Many of the records reflect on the council’s attempts to educate rural women in modern domestic and homemaking practices. Some individual clubs predate the formation of the council.
Arrangement
Alphabetical
Acquisition Information
Donated in 1998 by Elvira Call.
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared in 2016. Updated in August 2022.
Processing Note
In 2022, this collection was reprocessed and H71-81, Quealy Awards Scrapbooks, integrated.
- Home Demonstration Club (Wyo.)
- Home demonstration work -- Wyoming
- Homemakers--Wyoming
- Quealy, Susan Jane, 1870-1956
- Women -- Societies and clubs -- Wyoming
- Women--Wyoming
- Wyoming Association for Family and Community Education
- Wyoming Association for Family and Community Relations
- Wyoming Extension Homemakers Council
Creator
- Wyoming Extension Homemakers Council (Organization)
- Wyoming Association for Family and Community Education (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Wyoming Extension Homemakers Council/Wyoming Association for Family and Community Education Collection, 1929-2016
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Suzi Taylor
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Wyoming State Archives, Wyoming Cultural Resources Division, Wyoming Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources Repository
Barrett Building
2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne Wyoming 82002 United States
(307) 777-7826
wyarchive@wyo.gov