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The Women of Alba Bales House / Prairie Public Productions ; producer, Matt Olien ; executive producer, John E. Harris III.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [Fargo, North Dakota] : Prairie Public Broadcasting, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The Beginnings of Home Economics -- Life in the House -- Looking Back Through Today's Lens -- My Education Was My Insurance.
Production credits:
  • Editor & graphics: Cassie Pierce ; videographers: Andy Garske, Tyler Gastecki, Barbara Gravel, Cassie Pierce ; production manager, Barbara Gravel.
Summary: "On the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, the Alba Bales House stands as a reminder of a bygone era when women were trained for careers in home economics. Today, the idea of students living in this 'practice house' and learning to set a table, cook, and clean seems antiquated. Prairie Public's documentary The Women of Alba Bales House reminisces with former home economics majors who fondly remember how their experiences at the house shaped their careers--and their lives."--Container
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Not for Loan Not for Loan Main Library North Dakota Collection 640.7 W872 Not for loan 33111010899033
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 640.7 W872 Available 33111010899025
Total holds: 0

DVD.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Editor & graphics: Cassie Pierce ; videographers: Andy Garske, Tyler Gastecki, Barbara Gravel, Cassie Pierce ; production manager, Barbara Gravel.

"On the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, the Alba Bales House stands as a reminder of a bygone era when women were trained for careers in home economics. Today, the idea of students living in this 'practice house' and learning to set a table, cook, and clean seems antiquated. Prairie Public's documentary The Women of Alba Bales House reminisces with former home economics majors who fondly remember how their experiences at the house shaped their careers--and their lives."--Container

Built in 1922 and open for its first residents in the fall of 1923, the Alba Bales House provided practical experience as an integral part of the requirement for the training of home economics teachers, as mandated by the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. The facility was originally named the Practice House, but was renamed in 1936 to the Home Management House to better reflect its purpose, and finally renamed the Alba Bales House in 1954, in honor of the first dean of the School of Home Economics. The structure continued to serve as a practical residential training laboratory until the fall of 1981.

The Beginnings of Home Economics -- Life in the House -- Looking Back Through Today's Lens -- My Education Was My Insurance.

Funded by NDSU Libraries, NDSU College of Human Sciences and Education, and the members of Prairie Public.

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