Brigham Young University. College of Family Living

The College of Family Living, originating from the College of Applied Science, was established in 1954 within Brigham Young University. It continued in operation under its name until it was established as the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences in 1981. During the first year of organization, the College of Family Living was administered by a director, namely Royden C. Braithwaite. Between 1955 and 1981, the college was administered by the following deans: Marion C. Pfund (1955-1959), Jack B. Trunnell (1959-1962), Virginia F. Cutler (1962-1968), and Blaine R. Porter (1968-1981).

Description

Established: 1954

Abolished: 1981

Location: Provo, Utah (1954-1981)

Functions

The College of Family Living was organized to prepare students for homemaking, professions relating to homemaking, and to strengthen and enrich family life within their communities.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The College of Family Living was the administering body for the following departments: Clothing and Textiles, Economics and Management of the Home, Food and Nutrition, Homemaking Education, Housing Design, Human Development and Family Relationships, Housing and Home Management, Family Life Education, Child Development and Family Relationships, Home Economics Education, Environmental Design, Family Economics and Home Management, Food Science and Nutrition, Interior Design, Family Studies, Interior Environment, and Family Resource Management. The college was administered by a director during its first year of operation and the a dean under the direction of the university president in the following years.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1954-1981)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science (1922-1954)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Clothing and Textiles (1955-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Economics and Management of the Home (1955-1960)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Food and Nutrition (1955-1970)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Homemaking Education (1955-1964) (1955-1964)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Housing and Design (1955-1960)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Human Development and Family Relationships (1955-1964)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Housing and Home Management (1960-1970)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Family Life Education (1964-1966)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Homemaking Education (1966-1968)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Child Development and Family Relationships (1966-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Home Economics Education (1968-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Environmental Design (1970-1973)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Family Economics and Home Management (1970-1978)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition (1970-1974)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Interior Design (1973-1975)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Family Studies (1975-1976)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Interior Environment (1975-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Family Resource Management (1978-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Family and Demographic Research Institute (1980-1981)

Associated Archival Materials

Textile and Clothing slides, ca. 1960s (MSS 4080)

History of College of Family Living: Ladies Work Department to College of Family Living, 1875 - 1975, ca. 1976 (UA SC 120)

History of the Department of Clothing and Textiles, 1957 (UA 295)

Records, 1954-1972 (UA 309)

Coeds living on fifty cents a day, 1958 (UA 384)

Department chair records, 1954-1971 (UA 479)

Dept. of Child Development and Family Relationships Records, 1970-1973 (UA 1387)

Sources

Brigham Young University Quarterly Annual Catalog Issue, 1954: p. 366 (Royden C. Braithwaite, director; College of Family Living organization purposes)

Brigham Young University Quarterly Annual Catalog Issue, 1955: p. 398 (Marion C. Pfund, dean; Departments listed as Clothing and Textiles, Economics and Management of the Home, Food and Nutrition, Homemaking Education, Housing and Design, Human Development and Family Relationships)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1959: p. 113 (Jack B. Trunnell, dean)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1960: p. 117 (Dept. of Economics and Management of the Home and Dept. of Housing and Design combine into the Dept. of Housing and Home Management)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1962-1964: p. 81 (Virginia F. Cutler, dean)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1964-1966: p. 73 (Departments listed as Clothing and Textiles, Family Life Education, Food and Nutrition, Housing and Home Management)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1966-1968: p. 92 (Departments listed as Child Development and Family Relationships, Clothing and Textiles, Food and Nutrition, Homemaking Education, Housing and Home Management)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1968-1970: p. 96 (Blaine R. Porter, dean) p. 97 (Dept. of Homemaking Education changes to the Dept. of Home Economics Education)

Brigham Young University Bulletin Catalog of Courses, 1970-1972: p. 79 (Departments listed as Child Development and Family Relationships, Clothing and Textiles, Environmental Design, Family Economics and Home Management, Food Science and Nutrition, Home Economics Education)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1973-1974: p. 82 (Dept. of Environmental Design replaced by the Dept. of Interior Design)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1975: p. 48 (Departments listed as Child Development and Family Relationships, Clothing and Textiles, Family Economics and Home Management, Family Studies, Food Science and Nutrition, Home Economics Education, Interior Environment)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1976: p. 57 (Dept. of Family Studies no longer listed as a department within the College of Family Living)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1978: p. 44 (Dept. of Family Economics and Home Management changes to the Dept. of Family Resource Management)

Brigham Young University Bulletin General Catalog, 1981: p. 46 (College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences established within Brigham Young University)

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