Home Demonstration Club Scrapbooks

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Home Demonstration Club Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks created by members of home demonstration clubs in Jefferson County

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title: Home Demonstration Club Scrapbooks

creator: Earnest Effort Home Demonstration Club

subject: Home demonstration work -- Jefferson County (Colo.); Women in agriculture; Home Demonstration Clubs--Colorado--Jefferson County; Arvada Harvest Festival; Scrapbooks

description: Home Demonstration Clubs were a program of the County Extension Service of Jefferson County, Colorado. They were made up of farm women and college experts with goals for improvement in homes; development of the buying power of the farm dollar; promotion of social contacts; and education. The women also had to participate in Red Cross work. Scrapbooks contain monthly meeting notes; poetry and illustrations clipped from magazines; newspaper clippings about the club and their events; 4-H Club news; lists of projects completed; photographs of exhibits at various fairs; and ribbons won at the Arvada Harvest Festival, Farmers' Institute and Seed Show, Home Demonstration Clubs Achievement Day and the Jefferson County Junior Fair.

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contributor: Colorado State Association of Home Demonstration Clubs; Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Extension Service; Colorado State University. Extension

date: 1941-1943

type: Text; Still image

format: PDF

identifier: Series 247

source: Scrapbooks

language: en

relation: Home Demonstration Club Scrapbooks, Series 247

coverage: Jefferson County (Colo.); Arvada (Colo.); 20th century

rights: This resource is the property of the Jefferson County Archives and is intended for non-commercial use. Copyright not evaluated. Users of this resource are asked to please credit the Jefferson County Archives.

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