Harriett Evelyn Swaim

Title: Harriett Evelyn Swaim
LC Subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty Portraits Home economics
Description: Harriett Evelyn Swaim was a supervisory teacher in home economics from 1941 to 1943. She was born in 1911 in Marshall, Indiana. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics with additional study in English, biological science, chemistry, and physical education, from Purdue University in 1932. She completed graduate work at University of Colorado and Purdue University, graduating from the latter with an Master of Science in Home Economics Education, with additional study in clothing and home administration, in 1940. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “A Comparison of Integrated and Problem-Discussion-Demonstration Methods of Teaching Home Economics.” Before coming to OSC, she worked as an assistant in home economics education at Purdue for three years, and taught home economics at various high schools throughout Indiana. In 1941, she was hired at $1800 for a ten month term. She resigned in 1943.
Work Type: photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date: 1940-10
Identifier: P092:0890
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution: Oregon State University