Dates

• Majority of material found within 1900 - 1970

Extent

1 archival box. Linear Feet (Ethyl Verna Oxley was born on December 7, 1891. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in 1918 from the State Teachers College of Iowa. Ethyl Verna Oxley graduated with her Master’s degree from Columbia University in 1924. Before joining the Home Economics Department at Indiana State Teachers College in 1926 , Ethyl Verna Oxley taught Home Economics to elementary and high school students in Iowa from 1911-1916. She was a prominent member of the faculty, and taught Home Economics from 1926 until her retirement in 1958. As the instructor of the Home Management Class, Oxley lived on campus in the Richards House and supervised student residents, who were taking her classes. The Ethyl Oxley papers are housed in one archival box. The collection contains newsletters and publications from the Home Economics Department, photographs of life at Indiana State Teachers College during Ms. Oxley’s tenure, and other papers. )

Language of Materials

English