ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA

GLINDA CRAWFORD PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL#1320

DATES: 1973-2004

SIZE: 1.75 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION:The Glinda Crawford Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Glinda Crawford, Dept. of Sociology, University of North Dakota, on December 18, 1995 (Acc.#95-2047). There have been numerous additions made to the Glinda Crawford Papers: Acc. #98-2253; #99-2283; #2002-2585; #2004-2685; #2004-2679; and #2005-2734.

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Glinda Crawford received a Bachelor's of Science in Vocational Home Economics Education at Northeast Missouri State University in 1969. She earned her master's degree at Iowa State University in 1975. That same year, she moved to the University of North Dakota where she accepted a position as Head of the Home Economics Department. She returned to Iowa State in 1978 and earned a Ph.D from that institution in 1980. Crawford then resumed her role at UND. As Department Head, she advised student teachers, recruited students, and supervised curricula.

Crawford worked with national Home Economics groups and professors throughout her career. Her goal was to promote the UND program on the national level.

When the Home Economics Education program was eliminated in 1995, Crawford moved to the UND Department of Sociology.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Glinda Crawford Papers contain materials related to Crawford's tenure as head of the UND Department of Home Economics Education. These include publications, correspondence, home economics curriculum schedules for UND and other universities, lists of Home Economics graduates, student teacher placement lists and guidelines, and home economics career outlook reports and statistics. Publications by Crawford include articles, a student teaching handbook, and Home Economics Department program reviews and reports. Articles about Crawford comment on her artistic abilities and teaching techniques. One folder contains an article on UND alumna H. Christine Finlayson, who served as North Dakota State Supervisor of Vocational Home Economics from 1922 to 1963. Correspondence includes letters to and from supporters of the UND home economics program and letters to cooperating teachers participating in student teacher placements. The collection also contains material about the Home Economics Advisory Committee, formed in 1991 to advise about the feasibility of retaining UND's home economics program.

There were numerous additions made to the Glinda Crawford Papers, and the materials from early additions include: records that document a 1998 presentation given at the University of North Dakota by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, a Native American spiritual leader; copies of poems written by Crawford in 1997; various academic works by Crawford; and a sketch of the Home Economics Building. Materials from the later additions include: various articles written by Crawford focusing on the beauty, health benefits and preservation of Echinacea, the Purple Coneflower, along with local and regional newspaper articles and facts about Echinacea; information on the Healthy UND- Environmental Wellness Subcommittee; a program from an art show which featured Glinda Crawford's work; the Thesis Crawford wrote while attaining her Master’s Degree, and the Dissertation she wrote while earning her Doctorate; and publications recording the history of the Home Economics Department at the University of North Dakota and the North Dakota Home Economics Association. The materials from these additions date from 1973-2004.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Articles written by Glinda Crawford, 1993-1988
2. Articles written about Glinda Crawford, 1983, 1987
3. Cooperating teachers program, 1977-1989
4. Correspondence, 1988-1991
5. Curriculum of Home Economics for various universities, 1988-1989
6. Curriculum of Home Economics for UND, 1976-1989
7. Graduate list clarification of Home Economics Education, 1976-1993
8. Graduate lists of Home Economics Education, 1976-1993
9. Home Economics Education Advisory Committee, 1991-1993
10. Home Economics Education Alumna, H. Christine Finlayson, 1992
11. Home Economics Education program reviews,1993
12. Letters of support for continuance of Home Economics Education program at UND,
    1992-1993
13. Letters to supporters for Home Economics Education program, 1995
14. Reports written by Crawford. 1992
15. Resume, 1995
16. Status of Home Economics Education, 1988-1991
17. Student teaching handbook, 1987
18. Student teacher lists and papers, 1985-1993
19. Supply and demand of Home Economics educators, 1986-1993
20. Chief Arvol Looking Horse: 1995,1998
21. Rubber Stamp
22. "Moving to Higher Ground" by Glinda Crawford: 1997
23. "Poem from the River" by Glinda Crawford: 1997
24. Connecting People with the Earth, Glinda Crawford, 1998
25. Sketch of the Home Economics Building at the University of North Dakota by M A Kinsue, 1986
26. Echinacea: A Return to Earth Medicine or, The Case of the Vanishing Purple Coneflower, Poster Presentation for "Prairie Ecology" combined meetings of ND & MN Wildlife Society, February 11, 1998
27. Herbal Sales Threaten Purple Coneflower & Prairies (Native Directions, Spring 1998)
28. The Purple Coneflower Led Me Home (North Dakota Quarterly, June 11, 1998)
29. Purple Prairie Products (North Dakota Outdoors - July 1998)
30. Just Under Our Noses: Herbal Sales Threaten Purple Coneflower & Northern Prairies, Yet Provide a Glimpse of Hope (North Dakota Outdoors - August 1998)
31. Echinacea, Prairies, and Rural Life on Fire...Help! A North Dakota Report (United Plant Savers Newsletter, September 1998)
32. Echinacea: From Poaching to Protection and Promise (Poster Presented to N.D. Chapter of Wildlife Society, February 1999)
33. View From the Social Science
34. At Last Protection for the Beautiful "Purple Coneflower (Grand Forks Herald, March 1999)
35. The Root of Evil (Dan Glick - Women Outside, Summer 1999)
36. Presentations and Handouts on Echinacea
37. Correspondence and Interviews
38. "Women Healing the Earth" - Card design by Crawford (2000)
39. Monika Heinbaugh's Thesis on Echinacea
40. Echinacea Products
41. Echinacea Cultivation
42. Native Use of Echinacea
43. Threat to the Wild: The Disappearance of Echinacea
44. Echinacea: Botanical Information and Distribution
45. Echinacea Merchants' Contact Letter
46. World Wide Web Information on Echinacea
47. Political Action Against Harvesting Echinacea
48. Articles on the Medical Properties and Uses of Echinacea
49. Echinacea Activist's Source book
50. Local/Regional Newspaper Articles on Echinacea
51. Healthy UND Environmental Wellness Subcommittee meeting minutes and issues of priority, 2001 and 2002.
52. Correspondence to and from Glinda Crawford, Oct 2001 to Aug 2003.
53. Problems at UND concerning use of chemicals, September 2000 and March 2002
54. UND's Soaring Eagle Prairie, drafts: Brochure, June 2002 and "Accomplishments and Steps Ahead."
55. IAQ (indoor air quality) guidelines enforced by other states.
56. Art show program, "Musings on a Visual Expression of 'Women Healing the Earth'", April 2004 to May 2004
57. Correspondence, 1992-1993.
58. Master of Science Thesis written by Glinda Crawford: “Tasks Performed by Hospital Housekeeping Aides”, Iowa State University, 1973.
59. Ph. D Dissertation written by Glinda Crawford: “Impact of Iowa Secondary Home Economics Programs with Emphasis on Consumer Education”, Iowa State University, 1980.
60. Identification of Tasks in Home Economics Related Occupations, 1974.
61. Incorporating Career/Occupational Components into Home Economics Courses, 1975.
62. Regional Seminars in Adaptation of Vocational Programs for Special Needs in North Dakota, 1978.
63. Adaptation of Vocational Education Programs for Special Needs: A Slide/Tape Presentation, 1978.
64. Final Report: Employment and Training Needs of Independent Living
65. Paraprofessionals in North Dakota, 1981.
66. Articles Written by Crawford:
    “Wanted: The $ Value of a Homemaker”. Plainswoman, 1983.
    “Consumer Outcomes of Secondary Consumer and Homemaking Education”. Journal of Vocational Home Economics Education, 1981.
    “The Wind Sock: A Flying Idea for Junior High Home Economics”. Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1988.
    “Developing Student Global Perspective Through Undergraduate Family Resource Management”. Journal of Home Economics, 1993.
67. University of North Dakota Home Economics Education: Program Review, compiled by Glinda Crawford, 1993.
68. Winona LaDuke Promotional Bookmark citing Glinda Crawford, 1999.

Box 2
Folder

1. Reflections: History of the North Dakota Home Economics Education Program Review, 1921-1983, 1984-1996.
2. University of North Dakota Departmental History, Home Economics and Nutrition, written by Mabel Curry, 1983.
3. Brochure: North Dakota Home Economics Association, 75th Anniversary, 1984.
4. Review and Synthesis of Family and Consumer Sciences Education Research, 1985-1995.
5. Newsletters: Department of Home Economics and Office of Instructional Development, 1988, 1999, 2000.

SEPARATIONS RECORD

Ten photographs have been separated and placed in the Orin G. Libby Photographic Collection:

Five videos have been separated and placed in the video collection:

One audio tape was separated and placed in the audio tape collection:
V 2056: Toby Talk, Radio host Toby Baker interviews Glinda Crawford, Department of Sociology, about Echinacea, the Purple Coneflower: June 16, 1998.

Five books authored or coauthored by Crawford have been separated from the collection. These are:
Consumer Homemaking Education: What Are the Impacts?
Techniques for Starting and Maintaining FHA/HERO Chapters
College Teaching Monograph - Computer Applications to Instruction In a University Academic Department
Home Economics Education Computer Research and Exemplary Projects: State of the Art
Life Skills: A Concerns Approach - North Dakota Junior High Home Economics Curriculum.

Journal of Vocational Home Economics Education, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 1991, was also separated from the collection.

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