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creator:
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Clark, Helen E.
(1912- ) |
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title:
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Papers |
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dates:
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1939-1995, n.d. |
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extent:
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0.42 linear ft. (1 document box)
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collection number:
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MS 295 |
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repository:
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Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Helen E. Clark
Papers, MS 295, Archives of Women in Science and Engineering,
Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Biographical
note
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Helen E. Clark was born in Saskatchewan in 1912
and received her Bachelor of Household Science degree (1939) from
the University of Saskatchewan. She taught home economics in
British Columbia (1939-1942) and then received a research
assistantship in nutrition at Iowa State University. Her M.S.
thesis research was based on the protein quality of the egg for the
growth of young rats. Her Ph.D research was directed to the amino
acid requirements of adult rats. Dr. Clark was an Assistant
Professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition at Kansas State
University (1950-1954) and then Purdue University (1954-1977).
There she developed a project related to protein and amino acid
requirements of man, whether these were provided by foods alone,
amino acid mixtures, or combinations of foods and amino acids.
She is the
recipient of numerous awards including the Borden Award (1968), the
Centennial Award of the College of Home Economics (ISU) (1971), the
first woman to be recognized as a Distinguished Professor (Purdue,
1974), and honorary Doctor of Science (1994). In 1995, Dr. Clark
was awarded a Distinguished Achievement Citation from the Iowa State
University Alumni Association. She is currently Professor Emerita
of Foods and Nutrition of Purdue University. |
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Collection description
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The collection (1939-1995, n.d.) contains
biographical information, a reminiscence, correspondence, published
articles, clippings, photographs, certificates, and diplomas.
The papers include correspondence and other
information concerning Clark’s career and her numerous awards,
including the Borden Award and Schleman Award. The core of the
collection is published materials which document the results of
Clark’s research. Included are numerous articles detailing Clark’s
work with the nutrition requirements of human beings and the use of
dietary supplements.
Clippings and
awards as well as certificates and diplomas also illustrate Clark’s
career and her numerous honors. Of special interest are the
photographs in the collection, including images of Clark, her
colleagues and graduate students, friends and family, and
experiments with sorghum and soil. |
Container list
| Box
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Folder |
Title |
Dates |
| 1 |
1 |
Biographical |
1988-1994 |
| 1 |
2 |
Diploma
Folder |
n.d. |
| 1 |
3 |
Certificates and Diplomas |
1945-1994 |
| 1 |
4 |
Clippings and Awards |
1968-1995 |
| 1 |
5 |
Correspondence |
1971-1993 |
| 1 |
6 |
Experiments with Animals |
1950-1978 |
| 1 |
7 |
Experiments with Human Subjects |
1957-1987 |
| 1 |
8 |
Photographs: Graduate Students (6-3.5x3.5 color, 1- 3.5x5 color, 1-
5x7 color photographs) |
1967-1969, n.d. |
| 1 |
9 |
Photographs: Helen E. Clark (1- 2x3 b/w, 1- 3x4 b/w, 2- 3.5x5 b/w,
1- 8x10 b/w, 3- 3.5x3.5 color, 3- 3.5x4.5 color, 2- 2.5x5 color, 2-
4x6 color photographs) |
1939-1994, n.d. |
| 1 |
10 |
Photographs: Iowa State Alumni (1- 2x3 b/w, 1- 3.5x5 color, 1- 3.5x7
color, 1- 4x6 color photographs) |
1984,
n.d. |
| 1 |
11 |
Photographs: Iris Nawar (Iris Nawar, grad. student; family and
sorghum used in her work) (2- 3.5x3.5 color, 1- 5x7 color, 1- 6x9.5
color photographs) |
1966-1968, n.d. |
| 1 |
12 |
Photographs: Preparing Experimental Diets (2- 4x5 b/w, 1- 3.5x3.5
color photographs) |
1958,
n.d. |
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