Janalyce Rouls papers
Scope and Contents
The Janalyce Rouls papers document the career of Rouls and her influence on home demonstration work in Indiana and the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association (IEHA). Also documented is Eva Goble’s leadership in home demonstration and cooperative extension efforts. The collection reflects both women’s role in establishing the importance of the domestic sphere and in gaining university support for extension efforts and the creation of academic departments devoted to food, textiles, management, etc. Rouls’ personal life is not represented as well as her professional life. The collection would be useful for researchers interested in the history of home demonstration work and the cooperative extension service for home economics, rural life in Indiana, home economics education, the IEHA, women’s clubs and history, and educational opportunities for early women students at Purdue. Types of materials include: correspondence, clippings, photographs, publications, videocassettes, and artifacts.
Dates
- Creation: 1917 - 2007
Creator
- Rouls, Janalyce, 1912-2008 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Purdue University per deed of gift; copyrights of some published items may belong to the respective publishers of the materials, please see an archivist for further details.
Biographical Information
Janalyce Rouls was born in Kokomo, Indiana to S.D. and Ardella Rouls. She earned a B.S. from Ball State University and an M.S. from Columbia University. Prior to her work for Purdue, Rouls taught high school home economics. During this time, she was the home extension agent for Kosciusko County in Northern Indiana in service to the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association. In 1947, Rouls was appointed the Assistant State Leader of Home Economics, a position she held until 1973 when she retired. At this post, Rouls was influential in further developing Home economics adult education and growing membership, as well as further developing the role of home economics in Purdue’s cooperative extension service. Rouls’ service to Purdue, the IEHA, and countless women was honored in 1971 with creation of the Jane Award, named in her honor. The Jane Award was established to recognize women who contributed to building leadership in others, and was awarded to Rouls in its inaugural year. Rouls was further honored in 1971-1972 by the establishing of a Janalyce Rouls Year, explicitly devoted by the IEHA to increasing membership and honoring service. In addition, Rouls was honored by the USDA for her milestones of 20 and 30 years of service. Upon her retirement in 1973, she was awarded the rank of Emeritus by Purdue.
Note written by Virginia Pleasant
Extent
0.40 Cubic Feet (One full-width letter size manuscript box)
11.41 Gigabytes : Three digital files
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, clippings, publications, etc. documenting the career of Janalyce Rouls, a prominent figure in home economics extension work.
Arrangement
The Janalyce Rouls papers are arranged topically into two series.
- Home Economics Extension
- Miscellaneous
Physical Access Information
Access to select digital materials is available on-site in the Purdue Archives and Special Collections reading room. Requests to access digital materials must be made at least two days in advance. Please contact Purdue ASC staff for details.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Eva Goble on behalf of Marylou Spaulding, August 21, 2008.
Separated Materials
The People and the Profession: Selected Memories of Veteran Extension Workers Call No. 630.715073R257p1979
Indiana Extension Homemakers, Inc. Call No. W3691989 (IN Coll)
50 Years Learning and Service: Indiana Home Demonstration Association Call No. In218f1964 (IN Coll)
Processing Information
Videocassettes and microcasettes were transferred to digital files by a third party digitization specialist.
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Janalyce Rouls papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Virginia Pleasant
- Date
- 2019-10-24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition. Collection description was first completed 2015-12-03 by Virginia Pleasant.
Revision Statements
- 2019-10-24: Series were updated to reflect topical arrangement instead of arrangement by format.
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu