Women's Archives. Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives

Collecting Area

Identifier: Women's Archives

Staff Only

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 359 Collections and/or Records:

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 04

Unprocessed — Digital folder 2022-020 Speech Correction alumna papers addition 04

Identifier: 2022-020

Dates: July 7, 2021 and November 17, 2021

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 05

Unprocessed — Box 1

Identifier: 2022-112

Dates: 1940 - 1948

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 06

Unprocessed — Digital folder 2022-130 Speech Correction alumna papers addition 06

Identifier: 2022-130

Dates: 2022

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Donna N. Stahl papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSA 372

Scope and Contents The Donna N. Stahl papers includes photographs, dance cards, clothing, and other ephemera, along with newspaper clippings and correspondence, all of which is memorabilia of Donna N. Stahl, a 1949 Purdue graduate in Home Economics. Of interest may be her personal reflections and article on the 1947 Purdue Bleacher Collapse. This collection may be useful to researchers interested in women in higher education, changing roles of women in the twentieth century, material culture of the...

Dates: 1945 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1951

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Donna N. Stahl papers

Opal D. Stech scrapbook

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: MSA 36

Scope and Contents The Opal D. Stech collection is contained in a scrapbook, which documents Opal Stech's time as a Purdue student. The scrapbook includes programs from various events, invitations, newspaper clippings, news photographs and mementos. Some of the organizations and subjects in the scrapbook include the Purdue Christian Foundation, the Little Theater, the Women's Athletic Association, numerous convocations and lectures, Kappa Beta, Mother's Day events, The Twelve (Christian group), R. O. T. C., the...

Dates: 1928 - 1934

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Opal D. Stech scrapbook

Evaleen Stein papers

Collection — Box Communal Collections 2, Placement: 12

Identifier: MSP 190

Abstract The collection includes poems and letters written by Evaleen Stein. All but one poem are handwritten.

Dates: 1889-2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1889-1909

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Evaleen Stein papers

Beverley Stone papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSF 466

Overview Collection includes biographical documents, correspondence, speech notes and other materials documenting the life of Purdue’s first Dean of Students, Beverley Stone.

Dates: 1934 - 2012

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Beverley Stone papers

Dorothy Stratton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Christening and Commissioning collection

Collection — Box Box 1

Identifier: MSP 111

Abstract This collection contains material documenting two events: the christening in 2010 and the commissioning in 2012 of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, named after Purdue University’s first full-time Dean of Women, and Director of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, Dorothy Stratton.

Dates: 2010 - 2012; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2012

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Dorothy Stratton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Christening and Commissioning collection

Richard (Dick) G. Strippel Research and Writings on Amelia Earhart

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSP 204

Abstract This collection contains research and reference files, correspondence, manuscripts, publication records, photographs, and oversized materials related to the writing and publication of Amelia Earhart: the myth and the reality…

Dates: 1931-1999; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/2016

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Richard (Dick) G. Strippel Research and Writings on Amelia Earhart

Betty M. Suddarth collection

Collection — Box Communal Collections 44, Placement: 02

Identifier: MSF 449

Scope and Contents Factors Influencing the Successful Graduation of Freshmen Who Enroll at Purdue University, 1957 Chart of Degrees Given by Purdue, circa 1956-1957

Dates: circa 1956-1957

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Betty M. Suddarth collection

Gertrude Sunderlin papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSF 493

Abstract The collection includes various work from and relating to Sunderlin’s food and nutrition students, including theses based upon experimental work, recipes, clippings of published recipes, and correspondence relating to publication. Also included are reprints of Sunderlin’s work and clippings about her.

Dates: 1939 - 1954; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/1987

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Gertrude Sunderlin papers

Susan Bulkeley Butler papers, addition 02

Unprocessed — Box 1

Identifier: 2022-048

Dates: 1999

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Lena A. Sutton papers

Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 19

Identifier: MSA 222

Scope and Contents Publication co-authored by Lena Sutton entitled, "The Efficiency of the Preparation of Ether from Alcohol and Sulfuric Acid." Reprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. XXXV, no. 6, June, 1913, pp. 794-800.

Dates: 1913

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Lena A. Sutton papers

Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSA 24

Scope and Contents The Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers document the lives and careers of Cliff Swanlund and Jo Carty Swanlund. The collection contains an extensive number of letters written by Cliff and Jo from the beginning of their relationship through the early years of their marriage. It also contains many letters written by Cliff's parents to him, while he was a student at Purdue University. The correspondence gives one a unique perspective not only on the family itself, but on outside events which occurred...

Dates: 1943 - 2002; Other: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers