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Title: Florence L. Kohlhagen Notebook, 1923

ID: MSS Kohlhagen

Primary Creator: Kohlhagen, Florence L.

Extent: 0.03 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Florence L. Kohlhagen Notebook consists of class notes of the Rural Sociology course taken by Kohlhagen at Oregon Agricultural College in 1923.

The Florence L. Kohlhagen Notebook consists of class notes of the Rural Sociology course taken by Kohlhagen at Oregon Agricultural College in 1923. The course was taught by Hector Macpherson. Topics addressed in the course include the evolution of rural institutions; the rural community, family, and school; rural societies and associations, including churches; rural systems of transportation and communication; the dependence of national welfare upon the rural community; and the role of agriculture.

Florence Louise Kohlhagen, from Roseburg, graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1923 with a degree in home economics. By 1925, she was married to H.L. McHenry and living in Portland, Oregon.

Hector Macpherson was a faculty member in economics and sociology at Oregon Agricultural College from 1911 until 1926, when he resigned his faculty position to offer his services to the movement for reorganization of higher education in Oregon. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1927, 1929, and 1939.

More Extent Information: 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The notebook was transferred from the Horner Museum in the late 1970s.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include the Zorn-Macpherson Bill Collection (MSS ZornMacpherson) and a variety of other collections that include Oregon State University students' class notebooks.

Preferred Citation: Florence L. Kohlhagen Notebook (MSS Kohlhagen), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Kohlhagen, Florence L.
Macpherson, Hector (1875-1970)

Kohlhagen, Florence L.
Sociology, Rural--Study and teaching--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History