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This bulletin, signed by John G. Stutz, executive director of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee, describes their policy of encouraging home canning as part of a larger home economics project. In order to help families make the most out of their food supplies, the committee hired a Home Economics Specialist named Conie Foote to teach housewives about canning. Assistance would be provided for families on relief.
Creator: Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Date: June 22, 1934
This source demonstrates how women contributed to their family's welfare by making the most out of their food budgets, thus illustrated the personal experiences of women during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. It could be grouped with other sources about the KERC and relief efforts, particularly the photo of canning kitchens in Wichita.
KS:11th:2.1:Dust Bowl experiences (2005)
Item Number: 211824
Call Number: Records of the Doniphan County Poor Commissioner, KERC/WPA Files, Box 1, Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211824
Collections - State Archives
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Dust Bowl experiences (Indicator 1) - Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Date - 1930s - 1934
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking - Canning and preserving
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Bulletin
People - Notable Kansans - Stutz, John Godfrey, 1893-1995
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Printed materials - Bulletins
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