Women's Archives. Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives
Collecting Area
Identifier: Women's Archives
The Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives collects, preserves, and makes available for research original and rare materials that capture the often overlooked and under-represented stories of women and their communities in Purdue and Indiana's past. Collections include papers, photographs, audio-visual materials, digital media, rare books, and select artifacts documenting women faculty, staff, and students at Purdue University; organizations and programs at Purdue that support women; and significant women and women's organizations in Indiana. The Women’s Archives actively seeks new collections that align with this focus, particularly those that represent women from diverse backgrounds, women of color, women in the LGBTQ+ community, and women who have challenged traditional gender roles. The Purdue Archives and Special Collections established the Women's Archives in 2006 after receiving a generous donation from Susan Bulkeley Butler.
Found in 367 Collections and/or Records:
Esther E. Norton papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 10, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 181
Scope and Contents
Materials collected by Esther Norton. The collection includes prints of older campus buildings and locations including the entrance, Fowler Hall, the drive way, University Hall, the lion fountain, the library, and the Mechanical Building. Also includes flyer from the First Annual Student Show and a picture of the Zeta Tau Alpha house. Esther Ellis Norton (Purdue class of 1927) served in governmental libraries and became an important benefactor of the Purdue Libraries.
Dates:
circa 1924
Notes on Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Hammond and clipping on Alice and Edwin Ayres
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 50
Identifier: 2022-001
Dates:
Other: undated; July 24, 1915
Geneva Nugent collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 33: Series Series 1, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSF 289
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder, which contains an article about Geneva Nugent.
Dates:
1931
Zoe Dell Nutter papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 81
Scope and Contents
This collection contains aviation-related serial publications, copies of photographs, National Aviation Hall of Fame programs, and clippings pertaining to the life of aviatrix Zoe Dell Nutter.
Dates:
1965 - 2010
Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311
Overview
This collection documents Dr. Mary O'Hara's research into and relationship with Helen Bass Williams and includes research notes, correspondence, oral history recordings, interview transcripts, and published materials.
Dates:
1951 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2000
Harriet E. O'Shea papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 33: Series Series 1, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 291
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains articles about and by Dr. Harriet E. OShea.
Dates:
1934 - 1947
Panhellenic Association records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 163
Scope and Contents
The Panhellenic Association records includes materials documenting the activities of both the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association, particularly as it relates to their membership. Records include scrapbooks, awards, minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, news articles, RUSH and Fraternity Life guides, and more. Topics of particular interest include alcohol policies, racial issues, community involvement, housing, and black fraternities.
Dates:
1956 - 2002
Judith Pask papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 514
Scope and Contents
Envelope:
audio cassette, buttons, slides from the libraries
Box
with letter from Bruce A. Hufford, Director, Annual Giving, which contained a slice of the former Michael Golden Labs ("One Brick Higher").
Dates:
1981-2000
Faith Wayne Pearson papers
Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 258
Abstract
This collection includes clippings and articles pertaining to Pearson’s aviation activities while at Purdue, as well as her involvement in the Purdue engineering program, with the debate team, the WBAA campus radio station, Alpha Chi Omega, her acquaintanceship with Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, and her employment in the campus bookstore. The collection also includes one photograph of Pearson, circa 1995, a speech she composed detailing some highlights of her life and career, and a copy of her...
Dates:
1940-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1940s; Other: Date acquired: 06/04/2012
Annie S. Peck letter and photographs
Collection — Box Communal Collections 9: Series MSA 163, Series 1; Series MSA 163, Series 2, Placement: 01, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 536
Scope and Contents
The Annie S. Peck letter and photograph includes one letter from and two photographs of Annie Smith Peck. The letter is written to an unknown recipient regarding the scheduling of a lecture, the first photograph is from a magazine and depicts Peck in her mountain climbing gear, and the second is a photocopied portrait of Peck.
Dates:
undated
Linda Levy Peck papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 529
Scope and Contents
The Linda Levy Peck papers document Peck's career (particularly her tenure at Purdue) and many publications. Of particular note in the collection is the sub-series on Women at Purdue. During her tenure at Purdue, Peck was highly involved with various women's rights organizations on campus as well as the landmark TIAA-CREF pension lawsuit. The collection includes correspondence, personal records, awards, drafts, revisions, and manuscripts. This collection would be of interest for researchers of...
Dates:
1949 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1992
Peg Smith Collection on Amelia Earhart
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20080123
Dates:
circa 1932 - 2002
Nancy Bowden Peterson collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 191
Scope and Contents
Nose warmer, hand knitted by Nancy Peterson, circa 1965. Our Babies: Their Feeding, Care and Training by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, 1938. Margaret Amsden's (Peterson's mother) recipe collection from her days as a Purdue student, circa 1938.
Dates:
1938 - 1965
Philalethean Literary Society records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 101
Overview
This collection contains records ledgers, photos, and event programs documenting the activities of the Philalethean Literary Society, as well as their published constitution.
Dates:
1877 - 1924
Lynne Ann Phillips scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 343
Scope and Contents
The Lynne Ann Phillips scrapbook was compiled by Lynne Bruce as a student at Purdue University from 1957 to 1962. It contains information related to Purdue Bands, Tau Beta Sigma, cooperative housing, and student activities. Formats of materials include booklets, photographs, news clippings, dance cards, and small artifacts.
Dates:
1958 - 1962
Photograph from Amelia Earhart's 1937 World Flight, Karachi, India
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 46, Folder: 1
Identifier: 20200903
Dates:
June 16, 1937
Harriet J. Potter residence hall recipes and photographs
Collection — Box 1: Series MSF 549, Series 1; Series MSF 549, Series 2
Identifier: MSF 549
Scope and Contents
The Harriet J. Potter residence hall recipes and photographs document the work of Harriet J. Potter in Purdue University residence halls. The collection includes 12 wallet-sized black and white photographs of staff at the residence halls, dessert recipes for Purdue residence halls, and related documents. The recipes are either hand written or collected from food packages, newspapers, or magazines, and the related documents include a table of contents for each section of recipes, list of dates...
Dates:
1943 - 1964
Doris Hurt Powers papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 2
Scope and Contents
The Doris Hurt Powers papers (1942 – 2008; 2 cubic feet) documents the student, aviation, and business activities of Doris Hurt Powers. Powers’ experience as a woman breaking into the male-dominated fields of engineering and aeronautics is well documented through autobiographical speeches and her memoir Nothing but Blue Skies. One strength of the collection are the speeches delivered by Powers that address the particular challenges and opportunities encountered...
Dates:
1945-2011; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2009
Purdue Convocations Educational Travel Program records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20160901.3
Dates:
1998 - 2003
Purdue Student Section of the Society of Women Engineers records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 182
Abstract
This collection contains papers, photographs, programs, correspondence, and reports documenting the activities of Pi Omicron and its successor the Purdue Student Section of the Society of Women Engineers. The records also document the difficulties that women in science have faced over the years.
Dates:
1945-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1990; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2012
Purdue Student Section, Society of Women Engineers, addition 02
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190509
Dates:
1974 - 2018