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Title: Lulu Thornton Papers, 1893-1895

ID: MSS Thornton

Primary Creator: Thornton, Lulu

Extent: 0.15 cubic feet. More info below.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2000

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Lulu Thornton Papers consist of two items created and assembled by alumna Lulu Thornton that document her student experience at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC), and training for a career in teaching. Lulu Thornton graduated from OAC in 1895 with a degree in home economics.

The Lulu Thornton Papers consists of two items created and assembled by alumna Lulu Thornton that document her student experience at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC), and training for a career in teaching. This collection is made up of a book of sewing samples compiled by Thornton as a class assignment and a teaching certificate registered by the State of Oregon. The certificate is dated 1895.

Born in 1876 in Missouri, Lulu Catherine Thornton graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1895 with a degree in Home Economics. In 1903, she married William Isadore Brown and together they raised three sons: Loyde, Virgil, and Vesper. She died in Portland, Oregon in 1945.

Author: Karl McCreary

More Extent Information: 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The materials were donated to the former University Archives in 2000 by Lulu Thornton's granddaughter, Nancy L. Brown.

Related Materials: Other collections that contain examples of student sewing work for home economics classes include: the Mary Jones Sewing Sample Book (MSS JonesM); the Virginia Esther Simmons Sewing Book (MSS Simmons); the Ivy G. Burton Collection (MSS Burton); the Amy Cyrus Sewing Book and Photographs (MSS Cyrus); and the Mary Margaret Smith-Watson Sewing Books (MSS SmithWatson).

Preferred Citation: Lulu Thornton Papers (MSS Thornton), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: Certificate is rolled up and requires humidification.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information that was placed online in 2012.

Thornton, Lulu

Dressmaking--Patterns.
Home economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae.
Oregon Agricultural College. Department of Household Economy and Hygiene.
Thornton, Lulu
University History
Women--Education (Higher)--Oregon--Corvallis.

Sewing (visual works).