Opening Windows onto Hidden Lives: Women, Country Life, and Early Rural Sociological Research

Citations from the Work of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919 1953

Citations from the Work of the division of Farm population and Rural Life, U.s. department of Agriculture, 1919–1953 introduction These citations are reprinted in full from Olaf F. Larson, Edward O. Moe, and Julie N. Zimmerman’s Sociology in Government: A Bibliography of the Work of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919–1953, originally published in 1992 by Westview Press. However, unlike the original bibliography, which was organized chronologically, the citations reprinted here are grouped together by their common subject areas. The “bibliography,” as it has become known, documents more than 1,500 pieces of work conducted by members of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life.1 The majority of these are research publications or restricted-use manuscripts intended for publication. For each of the research publications in the bibliography, a system of keywords was developed. These keywords focused on the substantive content of the publication and, when applicable, any racial, ethnic, or cultural groups included in the study as well as its geographic location. Keywords listed first were considered the most inclusive or most important . Keywords for those publications that were part of a series were entered in the same order. As women were rarely the focus of the research, there are a limited number of publications with the keyword “women.” Consequently, we provide citations to research published in the areas where the embeddedness of women is most often a part of the larger study. In locating copies of, and bringing together, the research of the Division of Farm Population, much assistance was given by former members of the Division and their families. Copies obtained by the authors were donated to the National Agriculture Library in Washington, D.C. So that others may access the items we received, the depository of each is noted in the citation. 1. Since its publication, a few additions to the bibliography have been located (Galpin 1924c; C. Hamilton 1940; Kirkpatrick, Atwater, and Bailey 1924; Loomis 1940; C. Taylor 1937, 1940a, 1940b). 84 SeLeCted bibLiograPhy Depositories {NAL} indicates that a copy is available at the National Agricultural Library, Special Collections. {NAL ##} indicates that a copy is available at the National Agricultural Library. {USDA #} indicates the number of the bound volume of Research Publications of Division of Farm Population and Rural Life, 1919–1953, located in the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Washington, D.C. {CU Archives} indicates that a copy is available at the Cornell University Archives in Ithaca, N.Y. {National Archives RG ##} indicates that a copy is available at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., and the record group number where it can be located. Common Abbreviations AES Agricultural Experiment Station BAE Bureau of Agricultural Economics DFPRL Division of Farm Population and Rural Life DFPRW Division of Farm Population and Rural Welfare, the official name of the Division from 1939 to 1947. FSA Farm Security Administration GPO United States Government Printing Office Mimeo Mimeographed RR Rural Rehabilitation USDA United States Department of Agriculture Other Notations [ ] Text in brackets is information not included in the original document but provided in Larson, Moe, and Zimmerman (1992c). * Citation not seen. Keywords based on title, abstract, or a review. [addendum] Citation was located after the publication of Larson, Moe, and Zimmerman (1992c). CitationS from the Work of the diviSion 85 bibliography 1: research publications with keywords containing “farm women,”“gender roles,”“women,” and “women in agriculture” Farm Women 0114 Galpin, Charles J. 1929. “A high standard of living: Results of interviewing ten thousand ‘back-to-the-landers.’” Radio address published in Rural America 7 (8): 5–6 under title “Gentlemen preferring farms.” Also published in Hoard’s Dairyman 75 (1): 5, 45 under original title and in Bureau Farmer (Illinois Agricultural Association Section) 5 (3): 16 under title “Read what men and women who have left the city for the country say about it.” Keywords: Attitudes/opinions; farm women; rural life. 0277 Sawtelle, Emily H. (see also Hoag, Emily F.). 1924. “The advantages of farm life—a study by correspondence and interviews with eight thousand farm women: Digest of an unpublished manuscript.” Mimeo. DC: USDA, BAE, [DFPRL]. {NAL v.63}. Keywords: Farm women; attitudes/opinions; rural life. 0592 Davidson, Dwight M., Jr. 1942. “Longview homesteads.” Pp. 162–69 in Russell Lord and Paul H. Johnstone, eds., A Place on Earth: A Critical Appraisal of Subsistence Homesteads. DC: USDA, BAE...