Buena Maris Mockmore Papers, 1916-1969

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I.  	Personal Information, 1916-1969:
	Photographs, 17 portraits of Mockmore, including her high school graduation 
	   photograph; group of young women, marked "Montana"
	eleven group photographs that include Mockmore presenting demonstrations 
	   or meeting with people, 1916-1967	

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	Memorials for Mockmore; clippings of obituaries from several newspapers; 
	   funeral cards; criteria for the Mockmore Memorial scholarship, and
	    other related letters; biographical data; 1967-1969
	Miscellaneous personal papers: favorite poem; accounting records of 
	   scholarship loan funds; annotated bibliography of fiction dealing with 
	   family life compiled by Mockmore
	Certificates of award: Phi Kappa Phi, 1939; Alpha Mu Chapter of Epsilon Sigma 
	   Phi, 1958; State of Iowa Executive Department, 1958

II.	Speeches and Presentations, 1952-1967:
	"Time For Spring Housecleaning," subject: personality cleaning, 1957
	"Building Responsible Personalities," [note on copy says "Johnson 
	   Co."], n.d.
	"Growing Healthy Personalities, The Young Sprouts (in late childhood);" 
	   "Growing Healthy Personalities, Not Bent Twigs - Those Deep-Rooted Teens;" 
	   "Putting Down New Roots, The School Child," [two copies], n.d.
	"Our Families, Bane or Blessing," Walla Walla Conference, 1957
	   "Let's Work with the Grain," 1st Presbyterian Church, 
	   [Corvallis?], 1961
	"Women from Around the World on Common Ground," ca. 1960
	"Who's A Twig Bender?" ca. 1960
	"What Do You Want?" n.d.
	"Who Gets The Lead," [several versions, same speech], n.d.
	"What Do These Teenagers Want?" WMT Series, n.d.
	"Leadership Makes the Difference," Leaders Conference, Berkeley, 
	   California, 1952
	"Understanding Teenagers," n.d.
	"Launching Youth," notes, n.d.
	List of speaking engagements, 1941-42 and 1946-47
	Correspondence: thank you letters from various Home Economics organizations, high
	   schools, and other places Mockmore spoke, 1942-1964	
	News clippings, Oregon and Iowa, showing presentations given by Mockmore, 1940-1964

III.	Radio and Television Programs, 1939-1960: 
	"When Your Children Leave Home," Radio Child Study Club, Family 
	   Series, #10, 1955
	"The Family Plans," aired on KOAC Radio, 1939
	"Choosing Family Goals," 1940
	"Untying Apron Strings;" [note says "read by Zelda Rodenwald"], 1945
	"Rural Homemaking and the Children," aired on Radio 
	   Station KKX program "National Farm and Home Hour," 1939
	"Smoke Signals," speech given on "Your Home Hour" television 
	   show, 1954
	White House Conference Report on the welfare of families, children and
	   youths, presented on WOI TV, ca. 1960

IV.	Publications and Teaching Aids, 1939-1958:
	"Lasting Values in a Changing World," draft of article 
	   written for and published copy of Journal of Home Economics, 1958
	"Problems from Teenagers," questions submitted by teenagers, n.d.
	"Maris' Mimeos," handouts about Family Relationships, 
	   Oregon State College, Home Economics Extension, 1938-1941
	Plan of Work, University of Illinois, Extension Service, 1940
	News Release, "Democracy Gets Start in Family, says Mrs. Maris," 1939
	Questionnaires and handouts about relationships with families, teenagers, and
	   children, 1936-1942
	Oregon State College Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Charter Day Convocation, program 
	   booklet; [historic images of OSC campus], 1943

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