Echoes of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Stories
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Mississippi State University; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State University--Employees; Mississippi State University. Extension Service; Agriculture; Agriculture--Research; Interviews; Agricultural extension workers; Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building (Mississippi State, Miss.); Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae
Description
Oral history; interview with Dr. Jean K. Snyder, Associate Dean Emerita of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, May 4, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. It is now called the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Snyder was born in 1920 in Blossburg, Pennsylvania. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania University in 1942, and in 1953, she received her Master's degree from Cornell University. The same year she received her PhD from Florida State University, 1966, she became Head of the Home Economics Department at Morehead State University in Kentucky. She first came to Mississippi State in 1971 as Head of the Home Economics Department. She was the first woman to be named an Academic Dean at Mississippi State. At the time she was named Associate Dean of Agriculture for Home Economics, she also was serving as Head of the Home Economics Department, teaching two courses each semester, and serving as an Administrator of Research for the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. She retired in 1985. In this interview, Snyder discusses the beginnings of the Department of Home Economics, her decision to come to MSU, and many of the past faculty and staff members of Lloyd-Ricks.
Contributor
Abraham, Mattie, interviewer
Date
5-4-2012
Time Period
2010-2019
Foramt (original)
oral history; 1 sound cassette (43 min., 49 sec.) : 1 7/8 ips; 1/4 in. tape
Format (digital)
MP3
Object Type
sound; text
Digital ID#
A12_19_Snyder_Jean_audiotape
Relation
Deeply Rooted
Annotation
Location: Starkville (Miss.)
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Echos of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Collection, Special Collections Department, University Archives Division, Mississippi State University Libraries
Contact Information
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