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Elizabeth J. Agnew Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FC 001
Elizabeth Jane Agnew was born in 1871 in Princeton Kansas. She earned a bachelor of science in home economics from Kansas State University where she also taught until 1903. She then attended Columbia University where she earned a graduate degree in 1905. She taught home economics at Wichita High School for five years before being hired as head of the new home economics department at Fort Hays State College.

During the First World War she volunteered as a dietitian at the Army Hospital at Camp Travis near San Antonio Texas. After she returned to Fort Hays State College in 1919 she was appointed the first Dean of Women and served in that capacity until her retirement in 1943. In 1955 the Kansas Board of Regents named the new women’s dormitory Agnew Hall in her honor. Agnew passed away in 1961.

The contents of this scrapbook date from 1910 through 1940. The scrapbook contains cards, pamphlets, programs and documents related to campus and social events Elizabeth J. Agnew was involved in during her time as Dean of Women at Fort Hays State.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Scrapbook



Dates

  • 1910-1940

Creator

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Conditions Governing Use

Written permission must be obtained from the Fort Hays State University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (1 oversized box )

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