Geneva Nugent collection | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

By Mary A. Sego

Collection Overview

Title: Geneva Nugent collection

Subjects: Home economics, Purdue University--Alumni and alumnae, Purdue University--Faculty, Women's Archives at Purdue University

Forms of Material: Articles

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of one folder, which contains an article about Geneva Nugent.

Biographical Note

Miss Nugent was born on a Tippecanoe county farm and lived there until she was 10 years old. She graduated from Purdue in 1915, and taught home economics, food work and managed cafeterias in Emerson School, Gary; Indiana State Normal at Muncie and at Terre Haute; operated a mess hall during the World War, and in 1926 took charge of all food work at the Purdue Union Memorial Building. She was also an instructor in Institutional Management at Purdue.

Subject/Index Terms

Home economics
Purdue University--Alumni and alumnae
Purdue University--Faculty
Women's Archives at Purdue University

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 folder

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSF 289, Geneva Nugent papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Article, 1931],
[All]

Folder 1: Article, 1931: Feeding People Is Important: Miss Geneva Nugent Tells the Story of Her Foods Work at Purdue, The Prairie Farmer, March 7, 1931. [photocopy of original]