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Hist.
Mss. 1-916
Olive G. Wyse, 1906-
Papers, 1905-1984
5 Boxes (Large)
Administrative
Information
These papers were deposited into
the Archives by Olive G. Wyse, Goshen, Indiana,
in 1997.
Preliminary Inventory Listing
by Dennis Stoesz, September 18, 1997.
September 4, 2001 – April
22, 2003 / Collection completely gone through,
culled and weeded, organized, and file titles
added with inclusive dates, by Marilyn Voran.
Voran was a Home Economics major at Goshen College
in the 1950s, who studied under Olive Wyse.
Biographical
Sketch
1906 Born
at Wayland, Iowa, to Amos Wyse and Luvina Gerig-Wyse
ca. 1912 Douglas School,
Iowa
1922 Wayland
High School, Graduate
1924 Iowa
Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Graduate
1926 B.
A., Goshen College, Graduate
1926-32 Teacher of Home
Economics and English at Goshen Academy, and Teacher
of Physical Education and also Nutrition (1930-32)
at Goshen College
1933 M.
S., State University of Iowa, Graduate, "A Study
of Consumer’s Problems
in
the Selection of Certain Foodstuffs, 1933."
1933-38 Instructor in
Home Economics, Goshen College
1938-43 Summer Schools,
Columbia University
1938 Home
Economics Curriculum changed from B. S. to a
B. A. program
1939-46 Assistant Professor
in Home Economics, Goshen College
1940 Foods
laboratory modernized, Goshen College
1946 Ed.
D., Columbia University, "Appraising the Program
of Home Economics at
Goshen College, 1946."
1946-76 Professor of Home
Economics, Goshen College
1947 Letter
to Mennonite Board of Education and President
of Goshen College, regarding "equal
pay for equal work" for women and men faculty.
1957 Department
moved from Science to Arts Building. This Arts
Building was renamed
the Olive G. Wyse Building in 2002.
1976-94 Retirement, 1804
South 12th Street
1978 The
Sebastian Gerig Family (Goshen, Indiana:
Olive G. Wyse)
1993 Retirement,
Greencroft Center
Series Listing
1. Personal Life, Page 3
2. Goshen College, Home Economics
Department, 1926-83, Page 3
a. History of Home Economics,
1916-63
b. Records of Home Economics Department, 1928-83
c. Courses Taught, 1929-75
d. Food and Clothing Laboratory, 1928-75
e. Transcultural Program, 1961-73
3. Professional Organizations
and Involvements, 1935-74, Page 6
a . American Home Economics Association, 1935-74
b. Indiana Home Economics Association, 1937-74
c. North Central Regional Conference, Section for College
and University Teachers of Food and Nutrition, 1955-70
d. Continuing Education, 1948-68
4. Education, 1924-65, Page 8
a. Iowa Wesleyan College, 1924
b. M.S. Degree, State University of Iowa, 1933
c. Ed.D Degree, Columbia University, 1938-46
d. Sabbatical, 1964-65
5. Goshen College Involvements,
1927-83, Page 9 (Files organized A-Z)
6. Mennonite Community,
Correspondence, Finances, and Amos Wyse, 1905-76,
Page 10
a. Mennonite Community, 1947-52
b. Personal Correspondence, 1937-1976
c. Personal Finances, 1937-75
d. Family, Amos Wyse, 1905-54
Inventory
Listing
Box
1 (Large)
1. Personal Life
1/1 Biographical Sketch, 1969-72,
by Olive Wyse, which includes "My Pilgrimage".
1/2 Senior Statement, 1976, by
Olive Wyse, Goshen College, entitled "We have
come a Long Way, [1926-1976]", given on October
27, 1976. Includes cassette tape of presentation.
Statement was published in Mennonite Quarterly
Review April 1978. File also includes responses
from faculty.
1/3 Writings & Chapel Talks,
1976-82, including "Identity as History," for
September 1978 Perspectives Week, Goshen College.
1/4 Talk, 1984, to Historical
Committee on reflections on Mennonite Church,
October 30, 1984. File contains handwritten notes,
and The Anabaptist Vision, by Harold S.
Bender (reprint 1945). This presentation may
also have been taped, although cassette tape
not in file.
1/5 Wyse Honor Lectureship, 1976-95
1/6 Photographs, 1915-59. Includes
Wyse in 1915 (grade 3 class), 1923, 1939, 1958-1959.
2. Goshen College, Home Economics Department,
1926-1983
(Note:
additional records are found in the Goshen College’s
Home Economic Department Collection, dating 1972-88,
cataloged as V-4-31)
a. History of Home Economics, 1916-63
1/7 History of Home Economics
Department of Goshen College, 1916-62
Wyse first taught in the Goshen
College Academy, starting in 1926, and then was
head of the Home Economics Department at Goshen
College from 1933-74.
1/8 A History of Home Economics
in Indiana, 1913-1963 (which includes a
section on Goshen College, page 50-51)
1/9 Developments in Home Economics,
1916-1960s (includes Wyse’s 1944 notes,
during her Ph. D. studies)
b. Records
of Home Economics Department, 1928-83
1/10 Academic counseling, 1966-70
1/11 Academic counseling, 1972-77
1/12 Alumni Class of 1952 Christmas
Newsletter
1/13 Alumni Correspondence, 1955–57
1/14 Alumni List, 1928-54, of
graduates of department Also includes list of
Goshen College Home Economics teachers from 1916–48
1/15 Alumni List, 1945-74, of
graduates of department
Annual Report,
1982-83, Home Economics Department
1/16 Correspondence, 1939, 1960-67
1/17 Correspondence, 1963-75,
professional, including Catherine Mumaw’s
appointment to Goshen College Home Economics
faculty
1/18 Correspondence, 1969-75,
professional, including correspondence with Representative
John Brademas
1/19 Home Economics Club, 1945-71.
Affiliation with American Home Economics Association
1/20 Home Economics Club, 1960s
1/21 Minutes, Agenda, and Correspondence,
1974-76
1/22 Student Commendation, of
Wyse, 1959. Written by one of her students, forwarded
by Karl Massinari
1/23 Student Evaluations, Foods
and Nutrition Class, n.d.
1/24 Student, Prospective, New
Student Photos, 1970-75
1/25 Student Recommendations,
1946-68, for dietetic internships and other graduate
programs
1/26 Student Recommendations,
1968-76, for dietetic internships and other graduate
programs
1/27 Student Recommendations,
1951-74, for employment
1/28 Student Transfers, 1955-57
1/29 Student Teaching Evaluations,
1966-69
1/30 Student Teaching Evaluations,
1970-71
1/31 Student Teaching Evaluations,
1972-74
1/32 Student Teachers, Observation
Notes, 1970. Contains notebooks in which Wyse
recorded her observations of student teachers
when she visited them in their classrooms
1/33 Student Testing, Mental
Ability, General Education, 1940s
1/34 Student Writing, Personnel
Management, 1968 (contains research papers)
c. Courses Taught,
1929-75
1/35 American Cooking Bibliography,
1929-39
1/36 Academy and Goshen College
Cooking Class Laboratory, 1927. Includes rules
for use of cookery laboratory
1/37 Academy Foods Class, 1929-30,
teaching notes
Box 2 (Large)
c. Courses
Taught, 1929-75 (continued)
2/1 Child Development and Family
Health Course Outlines, 1960-73
2/2 Clothing, House Planning,
personal notes
2/3 Food Preparation and Selection,
c. 1967
Includes course outline
2/4 Home Management House, 1936,
1947-48
2/5 Meal Management – Appetizers,
undated pamphlets (one dated 1960)
2/6 Meal Management – Buffet
Suppers, 1942-1955
2/7 Meal Management – Faculty
Banquets, 1928-49
2/8 Meal Management – Faculty
Banquets, 1950-60
2/9 Nutrition, Home Economics
307, Includes course outline, 1974-77
2/10 Nutrition, and World Hunger,
includes "How Can I Respond to World Hunger,
by Carl Kreider, 1974
2/11 Nutrition, Food Fadism,
1970’s
2/12 Nutrition, Food Additives,
1970’2
2/13 Nutrition, Effect of Cookery
and Storage on Vitamin Content, a paper by Wyse,
1943
2/14 Nutrition, Curriculum Workshop,
Cornell University, (by invitation), 1963
2/15 Nutrition, Symposium on
Nutrition Education at undergraduate and Master’s
level, 1972
2/16 People to People – Home
Economists in Europe, 1972. Includes itinerary
of Wyse’s tour Wyse traveled with a group
of Home Economists in Europe for the purpose
of building international relationships
2/17 People to People, Certificate
for participation.
2/18 Problems in Home economics,
bibliography
2/19
Trip to Chicago, May 20, 1941. Includes photo
of Wyse and her home economics class on visit
to Swift & Company
d. Food
and Clothing Laboratory, 1928-75
(Files arranged in chronological
order)
(Laboratory was updated in 1940
and 1957)
2/20 Account Book, 1928-58
2/21 Photographs of Laboratory,
1940-57
2/22 Planning Home Economics
Lab in Arts Building, 1955-56
Kitchen Planning – Arts Building, 1955
2/23 Alumni Contributions, 1955.
Designated for new Home Economics Laboratory
2/24 Photographs of Laboratory,
1957-58
2/25 Photographs of Home Coming
Brunch, 1966
2/26
Photographs of Alumni Brunch, November 1975
e. Transcultural
Program, 1961-73
2/27 Food Composition Table for
use in Latin America, 1961
2/28 Home Economics Education
Spanish Workshop, 1964
2/29 Correspondence, Catherine
Mumaw, 1972, regarding Home Economics Transcultural
Education program
2/30 Home Economics Education
Transcultural Field Experience, Jamaica, 1973
2/31
International Education Grant Travel to Haiti
and Jamaica, 1973
3. Professional
Organizations and Involvements, 1935-74
a. American
Home Economics Association, 1935-74
This is the national organization that Wyse was a member of
for 40 years. She specifically
contributed to the accreditation standards from 1959-68.
2/32 Annual Meeting, 1935-48.
Program books (with notes)
2/33 Annual Meeting, 1951-74.
Program books (with notes)
2/34 Annual Meeting, Denver,
1960. Complete folder of materials kept as a
sample of materials received at such a meeting.
2/35 Colleges and Universities
Section, Workshop, Milwaukee, 1959, (Wyse was
a group discussion leader.)
Box 3 (Large)
a. American
Home Economics Association, 1935-74 (continued)
3/1 Accreditation Committee,
Correspondence, 1959-63
3/2 Accreditation Committee,
Correspondence, 1964
3/3 Accreditation Committee,
Correspondence, 1965-67
3/4 Accreditation Committee,
Correspondence, 1968
3/5 Conference for Home Economists from
2 & 4 year Institutions, Atlantic City NJ,
June 1973
3/6
Certificate of Life Membership, 1972
b. Indiana
Home Economics Association, 1937-74
3/7 Correspondence and Programs,
1937-74
3/8 Newsletters
3/9 Speech given at Spring Session,
1965
3/10
Certificate awarded to Olive Wyse, April 11,
1969, for her distinguished service to the association.
Includes picture.
c. North
Central Regional Conference, Section for College
and University Teachers
of Food and Nutrition, 1955-70
3/11 Correspondence, 1955-57
3/12
Correspondence, 1958-70
3/13
Conference, October 13-15, 1966, Wyse’ report
d. National
Council of Home Economics Administrators, 1962-74
3/14 Correspondence, 1962-65
3/15 Correspondence, 1965-66
3/16 Correspondence, 1967
3/17 Correspondence, 1968-69
3/18 Correspondence, 1969-74,
(Wyse was Vice President 1970-72)
e. Continuing Education, 1948-68
3/19 National Education Association
of the United States. Document, 1948, "Higher
Learning and the World Crisis", speeches delivered
at the Annual meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, July
5, 1948.
3/20 Home Economics Education
Conference, 1962. This conference was put on
by the United States Government, Department of
Health and Welfare, and it was held in Chicago. "Home
Economics Education in the Future" Conference,
1962
3/21 Associated
Colleges of Central Kansas, Home Economics Faculty,
1968. Meeting of Home Economics Faculty of the
Associated Colleges of Central Kansas, 1968.
Wyse served as a consultant at this meeting.
4. Education,
1924-65
a. Iowa
Wesleyan College, 1924
3/22 Class Notes: Costume Design,
Home Furnishing, Home Nursing, 1920s.
Box 4 (Large)
a. Iowa
Wesleyan College, 1924 (continued)
4/1 Class Notes: Domestic Science
Laboratory, 1923.
4/2 Folk Games and Gymnastic
play, 1914.
4/3
Musik Bog I. Music for children’s games
and exercises
b. M.S.
Degree, State University of Iowa, 1933
4/4 Clothing Construction, class
notes and samples
4/5 Consumer Education, class
notes
4/6 Nutrition and Dietetics,
class notes
4/7 Nutrition, Foods and Cookery
4/8 Physiology, class notes
4/9 Experimental Foods, 1933
4/10 Diploma, M. S. Degree, 1933,
University of Iowa
4/11
University of Chicago, Biological Sciences class,
1936
c. Ed.D Degree, Columbia University, 1938-46
4/12 Correspondence RE Doctoral
program, 1938-49
4/13 Introduction to Child Study,
class notes, 1938
4/14 Advanced Nutrition, class
notes
4/15 Home Economics Education,
class notes, 1938
4/16 Foods, Term Paper, ca. 1941
4/17 Curriculum and Teaching
Problems, class notes
4/18 Techniques in Collecting &Organizing
Data, class notes
4/19 Dissertation Project Outline,
1945
4/20 Educational Pilgrimage,
ca. 1944
4/21 KAPPA DELTA PI & PI
LAMBDA THETA, 1944
4/22 New York City Information
4/23
Comprehensive written exam for Doctorate, 1945
d. Sabbatical,
1964-65
4/24 Correspondence re sabbatical
planning
4/25 Harvard School of Public
Health, Nutrition I Class notes, 1964-65
5.
Goshen College Involvements, 1927-83
(Files organized
A-Z)
4/26 Appointment to full Professorship
with tenure, 1945 (5/16a)
4/27 Articles collected by Wyse,
1938-81. Topics on Christian faith, such as church,
Sunday School, use of Bibles, John H. Yoder’s
Peace Oratorical Contest (1947), education, Melvin
Gingerich on retirement, faith and intimacy.
4/28 Chapel Talks, articles written
by Wyse, clippings, 1937-76
4/29 Chapel Talks, articles,
clippings, 1946-1966
Box 5 (Large)
5.
Goshen College Involvements, 1927-83 (continued)
5/1 College Mennonite Church, Senior Adult
Council, Minutes, 1960-63
5/2 College Union Dedication Souvenir booklet
and dedication, 1950
5/3 Conference on the Church and Older
People, Goshen College, October 30-Nov. 2, 1961, and AHEA
Conference, Chicago, 1961
5/4 Conference on Education of Women, Dedication
of High Park Dorm for Women, Goshen College, October 18,
1957
5/5 Conference on Home Economics in Liberal
Arts Education, Goshen College November 7, 1958
5/6 Correspondence with President E.E.
Miller- name for new girl’s dormitory, 1951
5/7 Dedication programs, High Park Residence
Hall for Women & Arts Building, 1957, Good Library,
1968, Schrock Plaza, 1969
5/8 Faculty Fellowship Committee, 1951-1969
5/9 Faculty Receptions for International
Students, 1949 –1950’s
5/10 Faculty Retreat, 1957-1961 (1/9) [programs]
5/11 Faculty Retreat, Little Eden, 1962.
Papers and responses presented at retreat
5/12 Fiftieth Anniversary Planning Committee.
1953
5/13 Goshen College – history, 1947-69
5/14 Goshen College (publicity pamphlet)
article by Wyse, late 1940’s
5/15 Goshen College Alumni Banquets, 1931-40
5/16 Goshen College Apartment Plans, 1945
5/17 Goshen College Calendar, block prints
by art department, 1942
5/18 Home Interests Study Conference, August 31, 1959
5/19 Home Interests Study Conference, Goshen
College, August 1959
5/20 Idea of a Church College- Institutional
Self Study Committee, 1962-63
5/21 Letter of appreciation to President
E.E. Miller, 1962
5/22 Mary and Martha, A Woman’s Relationship
to Her Home, Josephine Moffett Benton, a Pendle Hill Pamphlet,
probably from the 1950s
5/23 Mennonite Board of Education, Annual
Report, 1952
5/24 Mennonite Board of Education, Letter
from Wyse to C. F. Yake regarding "equal pay for equal
work" for women and men faculty at Goshen College, 1947.
File includes correspondence back and forth between Wyse,
President Ernest E. Miller, Board of Education, etc., concerning
this issue
5/25 Mennonite Board of Education, Minutes
and Reports, 1949
5/26 Retirement Certificate, 1967
5/27 Student-Faculty Directories, 1949-52
and 1957
5/28 Teaching Contracts, 1946-59
5/29 Teaching Licenses, Indiana, 1927,
1932
5/30 Witmer, Edith M. "Contents" for Historical
Files, in tribute to Witmer, 1983. Witmer was Professor
in the Home Economics department at Goshen College from
1926-29. Includes list of Gospel Herald articles
related to Edith Witmer, and several copies of periodical
1950s
5/31 Women’s Gospel Teams, 1943,
46, Wyse traveled with teams
5/32 Women’s House Government Association,
constitution (nd)
6. Mennonite
Community, Correspondence, Finances, and
Amos Wyse, 1905-76
a. Mennonite Community,
1947-52
5/33 Magazine articles submitted to Wyse,
Assoc. Editor 1950-52
5/34 Correspondence, Mary Emma Showalter,
includes Wyse’s review of the Mennonite Community
Cookbook, 1947-1950
5/35 Household Hints, submitted to Wyse,
1947-
5/36 Recipes, submitted to Wyse, late 1940s
5/37 Quilt Blocks from Mrs. Amos Neff,
1949
5/38 Articles published, most by Wyse’s
students, 1947-50s
5/39 Articles published, mostly by Wyse’s
students, 1940s.
b. Personal Correspondence, 1937-1976
5/40 Correspondence, 1937-38
5/41 Correspondence, 1940-1949
5/42 Correspondence, 1950-1959
5/43 Correspondence, 1960-1967
5/44 Correspondence,
1970-1976
c. Personal
Finances, 1937-75
5/45 Personal Finances, 1937
5/46 Check Stubs, 1939 and 1959, samples
5/47 US Treasury Bond, 1943
5/48 Bank Statements, 1973, samples
5/49 Income
Tax Documents, 1944, 1950, 1975, samples
d. Family, Amos Wyse,
1905-54
5/50 Amos Wyse, Property Insurance, Tax
Receipts, 1905-1912
5/51 Amos Wyse, Real Estate Sale, Land
Lease, Trustees’ Certificates, 1926-1932.
5/52 Amos Wyse, Estate settlement, 1953-54
5/53 Douglas Wyse, kindergarten coloring
and printing (no date).
Name
and Subject Tracings (Archives Card Catalog)
Goshen College, Gospel Teams
Goshen College, Home Economics Department
Mennonite Board of Education
Mennonite Community
Miller, Ernest E., President, Goshen College
Mumaw, Catherine
Showalter, Mary Emma
Women, Mennonite
Women, Role of
Wyse, Amos
Wyse, Olive G., 1906-
February 13, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca
Allen
December 16, 2003 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File: "HM1-916.doc"
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