First Degree Granted

For years I have walked by a framed diploma in one of our archives offices and never knew its significance. Today, however, I was looking through some old Tartan newspapers (December 10, 1987) and saw a brief article titled “Diploma donated for RU collections”, which caught my eye.

The article […]

Home Economics House Diaries

The Home Management House (or “Cottage”) provided Home Economics majors at Radford to live together in a house situation and actively practice skills such as home budget planning, cleaning, cooking, meal planning, housekeeping, and other tasks. Living in the Home Management Cottage carried credit, and was listed as “Home Economics 46: Home Management […]

Treasures From the Archive- Youth Looks at Marriage

There are many treasures in our archive.  I thought it might be interesting to occasionally show a photograph of one or two of them.  Today I present a booklet written by M’Ledge Moffett with the title Youth Looks at Marriage- A guide for the study of Marriage and Family Life. The booklet was written in 1949 and […]