Opal Waymire Beaty Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0353
Scope and Contents
The Opal Waymire Beaty papers comprise 8 inches and span the years 1906-1972. This collection consists primarily of printed materials relating to home economics. There are classroom materials from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) on different ethnic styles of cooking. There are also several volumes of the NMCA&MA journal, The New Mexico Courier. The papers contain correspondence between Beaty and Merle Blinn Brown, an alumna of NMCA&MA and poet. Additionally, there is correspondence between Beaty and former faculty and students of the Department of Home Economics. The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Dates
- 1906-1980
Biographical / Historical
1926 B.S. Oklahoma A&M
1939 M.S. Colorado State University
1940-1946 Acting Itinerant Teacher-Trainer of Home Economics, New Mexcio College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (NMCA&MA)
1946-1964 Assistant Professor, Department of Home Economics, NMCA&MA
1960-1961 Acting head of the Department of Home Economics, NMCA&MA
1964 Retires from the New Mexico State University (formerly NMCA&MA)
1970 Writes The Pattern of the Years, A History of the Department of Home Economics at New Mexico State University
1939 M.S. Colorado State University
1940-1946 Acting Itinerant Teacher-Trainer of Home Economics, New Mexcio College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (NMCA&MA)
1946-1964 Assistant Professor, Department of Home Economics, NMCA&MA
1960-1961 Acting head of the Department of Home Economics, NMCA&MA
1964 Retires from the New Mexico State University (formerly NMCA&MA)
1970 Writes The Pattern of the Years, A History of the Department of Home Economics at New Mexico State University
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Portia Vescio, with Paula Barraza, June 2002
- Title
- Guide to the Opal Waymire Beaty Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Portia Vescio, with Paula Barraza
- Date
- 2002
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository