Opal Waymire Beaty Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-0353

Staff Only

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