Box

Folder

SERIES 1: DEMONSTRATION & TRAINING MATERIALS, 1932-1994

Subseries 1: Demonstrator Notes and Resources, 1936-2002

1

1

Mamer Notes, circa 1947-1955, undated

2

Mamer Notes-Talking Points, 1952-1975, undated

3-4

Mamer Notes-Talking Points, undated

5

Talking Points: Adaptors-“Slaves by the Billion,” undated

2

1

Talking Points: “How Electric Power in the Farm Home Helps to Meet Farm Production Goals,” undated

2

Talking Points: “Our Responsibility for Freedom as Farm Homemakers of Today,” undated

3

Mamer Notebooks, n.d

4

Correspondence, 1937-1975, undated

5

News Items, 1940-1941, undated

6

“A Study of Rural Electrification,” undated

7

Home Electrification & Electrification Adviser Job Outline, 1945-1961, undated

8

Mamer Work Plans, 1967-1970

9

Working Outlines, 1945-1957, undated

10

Working Outlines on Home Electrification, circa 1952

11

Working Outlines on Home Electrification, undated

3

1

“Training Outline: Farm, Home and School Lighting” (Annotated Copies), 1951

2

Home Economics Training File - Reading, 1936-1947

3

Home Economics Training File – Reading, 1940-1948, undated

4

Recipes (Mamer Notations), undated

5

Recipes & Cooking Notes, undated

25

Recipe Cards, Notes, Shopping Lists, undated

4

1

Recipe Cards & Cooking Notes, undated

2

Demonstrator’s Notes – Talking Points, 1939-1950, undated

3

Demonstrator Scripts, 1940-1950

4

Demonstrator Scripts, undated

5

Demonstrator Informational Materials, 1937-1953, undated

21

5

Demonstrator Notes – Talking Points, 1953, undated

25

Demonstrator Notes – Talking Points, undated

4

6

Oversize Handouts, undated

7

“Better Light, Better Sight,” 1940-1941

5

1

Demonstrator Informational Materials, 1942-1950, undated

2

Demonstrator Informational Materials, 1948-1952, undated

3

Home Electrification Notebook (1 of 3), 1947-1952

4

Home Electrification Notebook (2 of 3), 1947-1952

5

Home Electrification Notebook (3 of 3), 1947-1952

6

1

Power Use Demonstration Outlines, 1938-1941

2

Early Power Use Materials, 1940, undated

3

Miscellaneous Power Use Materials, 1945-1952, undated

4

REA Laboratory Handbook, 1939

5

Five Star Program Inventory Meeting (REA Telephone Co-op), 1968

6

REA Electric Co-op Radio Script, undated

7

REA Co-op Training Materials, undated

8

Rural Youth, 1943-1947

7

1

Westinghouse Home Economics Institute, 1946-1948

2

Co-op Electrification Adviser Training Outline, 1951

3

Electric Co-op Notebook, 1966-1970

4

Electric Co-op Handouts, 1948-1953, undated

5

Association of Home Equipment Educators Conference Proceedings, 1994

6

Alabama Rural Electric Co-ops Electric Fair, circa 1951

7

Morrow County, OH Spring Electrical Festival, 1938

8

Blank Forms

9

Data & Laboratory Sheets

22

1

“The Right Lamp in Every Socket,” undated

2-3

“First Steps in Load Building,” 1937

23

2

“Better Light for the Farm Home,” A Plan Book for Load Building, undated

24

6

“Suggested Layout for the Demonstration Area in a Cooperative” – Floor Plans, 1952

26

1

Grocery and Tray Lists, undated

2

Cooking School Menus, Notes, Programs, 1939-1947, undated

3

Mamer Lab and Recipe Book, undated

4

Electric Fair Cooking School, Clinton, Tennessee, 1936

5

Cool Cookery, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1936-1937, undated

6

Electric “Coolinary” School, Corinth, Mississippi, 1937

7

Electrified Living, Gibson, Mississippi, 1937

8

Demonstrations of Electrical Equipment, Shelby County, Montana, 1938

9

REA Cookbooks, 1938

10

Pickwick Cooking School, Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, 1938

11

REA Recipes, undated

12

Going A-Partying the Electric Way, undated

13

Cook Electrically, undated

27

1

Demonstrator’s Notes, 1938-1955, undated

2

Demonstrator’s Notes, 1948-1950, undated

3

Power Use Meeting, Minutes, and Correspondence, 1948-1949

4

Library Pull Slips, 1948, undated

5

Office Files: Telephone, 1966-1970, undated

6

Office File, 1985, undated

7

Mamer Biographical Information, 1968-2002

8

“Louisan Mamer: A Lifetime with theREA”, 1981

9

Mamer Scholarship, 1983-1993

28

Various Topic Note Card File, undated

29

Various Topic Oversize Note Card File, undated

31

REA Scrapbook, undated

OS-1

Oversize: Posters, Demonstration Kitchen Floor Plans, 1945-1952, n.d

Subseries 2: Electrical Appliance and Subject Files, 1932-1955

8

1

Appliance Data Sheets, (blank), undated

2

Clothes Dryers, undated

3

Coffee Makers, undated

4

Electric Fans, 1940, undated

5

Electric Mixer, 1949, undated

6

Electric Oven

7-8

Mamer Talking Points, Electric Ranges, undated

9

Electric Ranges, undated

10-11

“Electric Ranges,” 1949

12

Electric Range Manual, undated

9

1-2

Electric Ranges: Training Outline – Correction Copies, 1950

3

Electric Small Appliances, 1950, undated

4

Electric Vacuum, 1940-1943, undated

5

Electric Hotplates, undated

6

Ironing Machines & Their Parts, 1942, undated

7

Laundry, 1942-1951

8

Laundry Related Advertising & Articles, 1948-1952

9

Laundry Related Advertising, 1950-1952

21

1

Laundry Talking Points I, undated

2

Laundry Talking Points, II, undated

10

1

Laundry Talking Points III, undated

2

Laundry Equipment, undated

3

Lighting: Annotated Materials & Notes, 1948-1952, undated

4

Lighting (Mamer Notes), 1940-1950, undated

5

Lighting (Mamer Notes), 1951, undated

6

“Electric Lighting for the Farmstead,” Draft, undated

7

Lighting: Informational Materials, 1948-1951, undated

8

LP (Bottled) Gas – Pamphlets-Reference, 1932-1939, undated

11

1

LP (Bottled) Gas 1935-1950, undated

2

Refrigerators/Freezers, 1940-1953, undated

3

Refrigerators/Freezers, Publications, 1945-1952, undated

21

3

Refrigeration Talking Points

11

4

Roasters, 1940-1953, undated

5

Tea Kettle, undated

6

Toasters, undated

7

Talking Points: Toasters-Wiring, undated

8

Waffle Irons, 1938, undated

9

Washing Machines, 1955, undated

Subseries 3: Cooperative Study Courses, 1938-1953 , undated

12

1

“Organization Meeting for R.E.A. Cooperative Study Courses,” 1940

2

Cooperative Study Course Materials, 1949, undated

3

Electric Co-op Education, undated

4

“Electric Lighting”: Part I & II, 1941

5

Electric Range School – “Advance Prep,” 1953, undated

6

Electric Range School – “Day I,” 1948-1951, undated

7

Electric Range School – “Day II,” 1949-1951, undated

8

Electric Range School – “Day III,” 1949-1951, undated

21

4

Electric Range School, undated

24

1

Electric Range School, “Day I,” circa 1950

13

1

Range School, 1941-1951, undated

2

Feed Processing and Motor Course (Six Lessons), undated

3

Lighting Course (Six Lessons), undated

4

Lighting School Agenda, 1951

5

Lighting Course – School Lighting, 1948-1949, undated

6

Lighting Course – Additional Materials, 1947, undated

7

Lighting Course – Handouts, Product Info., 1945-1952, undated

14

1

Lighting Course – Handouts, Product Info., undated

2

Lighting Course – Handouts, Product Info., undated

3

Lighting Course – Handouts, Product Info., undated

4

Lighting Course – Handouts, Product Info., undated

5

Refrigeration Course, Outline, 1944

6

“Rural Electrification Lessons for Boys’ Groups,” 1941

7

Small Appliance Course - Talking Points, undated

8

Small Appliance Course: Notes & Correspondence, 1952-1953

15

1

Small Appliance Course (Six Lessons), undated

2

Wiring Course (Six Lessons), undated

3

Proposed Wiring School for Advisers, 1948

22

4

“A Farm Wiring Program,” 1946

23

3

“Training Program in Home Electrification,” 1938-1940

Subseries 4: Adviser Packets and Co-op Shop Paks, 1948-1974

4

Electrification Adviser Packet, circa 1948

5

Electrification Adviser Packet, 1951

6

Electrification Adviser Packet, March 1953

16

1

Co-op Shop Pak, Fall 1972

2

Co-op Shop Pak, Winter 1973

3

Co-op Shop Pak, Spring 1973

4

Co-op Shop Pak, Summer 1973

5

Co-op Shop Pak, Fall 1973

6

Co-op Shop Pak, Winter 1974

7

Co-op Shop Pak, Spring 1974

SERIES 2: PUBLICATIONS, 1927-1970

17

1

Publications by Louisan Mamer, 1948-1952, undated

2

“The Red Wing Project on Utilization of Electricity in Agriculture,” 1927

3

“Glossary of Important Power and Rate Terms, Abbreviations, and Units of Measurement,” 1936

4

Farm Electric Equipment Handbook, July 1937

5

“REA Manual of Wiring & Plumbing Procedures,” 1938

6

“Rural Electrification News” Reprints, 1938-1947

7

Publications, 1940-1951

8

Articles, 1940-1975

18

1

USDA Publications – Food Preparation, 1941-1946

2

“Home Electrification” – Draft Publication, circa 1942

3

USDA Bulletins & Pamphlets, 1944-1979

4

“Home Freezing Guide, 1945-1947

5

USDA Bulletins & Pamphlets, 1946-1951

6

USDA Publications, 1947-1952

7

“Go All Electric,” 1947

8

Westinghouse, “Home Freezing Guide,” 1947-1949

9

“What’s New in Home Economics,” 1948-1949

10

Publications, 1948-1951

19

1

“The Kitchen Reporter” Lesson Plans, 1948

2

“Electric Cooking A Simplified Art, A Teacher’s Manual,” 1949

3

“Telling the Co-op Story,” 1949

4

USDA Publications, Food Preparation, 1950-1952

5

“Your Farmhouse . . . Cut-Outs to Help in Planning,” 1952

6

Trade Literature, 1949-1951 , undated

7

“Abstracts on Lighting & Wiring,” 1951

8

“Housing Needs and Preferences of Farm Families,” 1952

9

“Rural Electrification in the United States,” 1954

10

“Running Water in the Home,” 1956

11

“A Handbook of Work Plans for the Use of Electricity in the Home,” undated

20

1

“Does it End With Lights?,” undated

2

“Recipes and Suggestions from the Estate Testing Kitchens,” undated

3

Miscellaneous Power Use Materials, undated

4

Louisan Mamer REA’s First Lady, 1981 (copy of retirement scrapbook)

5

Bake the No-Knead Way, 1946

6

Cook Book, Floyd County REA Co-op, Floydada, Texas, 1952

7

Rural Electric Favorite Recipes, Camilla, Georgia, 1959

8

Holiday Recipes, 1963, undated

9

The Cookie Book, undated

21

8

“A Plan to Help Your Community’s Children Learn About Light and Sight,” undated

27

10

Deuel Bell Ringer, Clear Lake, South Dakota, 1969

11

Dial Tone, Thompson, Iowa, 1968-1970

12

Dial Tone, Dekalb County, Tennessee, 1969-1970

13

Grand River Mutual Visitor, Iowa and Missouri, 1969-1970

14

Party Lines, Tulia, Texas, 1968-1970

15

The Reservation Dial Tone, Parshall, North Dakota, 1968-1970

16

The Rockyteller, Rock Springs, Wyoming, 1970

17

Texas-Oklahoma Telephone Topics, Austin, Texas, 1969

18

Voice of the Valley, Erskine, Minnesota, 1968-1969

23

1

“A Direct Mail Campaign to Promote Adequate Wiring Serves and Saves,” undated

24

2

Oversize Articles, 1953-1970

3

“Charts and Posters on Electrical Subjects,” undated

4

“Pamphlets for Distribution Power Use Co-op Education,” 1942-1951

5

“Kitchen-Kraft” Kitchen Planning Service Template, undated

OS-1

Newspaper, Grand Opening Marias River Electrric Co-op, Shelby Promoter and Tribute of Shelby, Shelby, Montana, 1969

When Electricity Came Calling, The News Gazette, 1999

25

SERIES 3: PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMSTRIPS, SLIDES, AND VU-GRAPHS, circa 1939-1952, undated

OS-1

Panorama photo: Thirty-two Members of the REA Staff Receive Within Grade Awards for Sustained High Quality Performance, undated

30

There’s a Better Way, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1946

Go All-Electric the Modern Way, National Electric Manufacturer’s Association, undated

A Farm Production Power Use Campaign, color, undated

The Ironer Does the Work, Horton Mfg. Company, b&w, 1947

A Program to Mobilize Electric Farm Power, color, undated

Power for Growing America, Westinghouse Electric Corporation for Rural Electrification Administration, b&w, 1943

Drying Ear Corn with Forced Air, Division of Agricultural Engineering and the Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture, b&w, 1951

Electric Farming Gets More to Market, color, undated