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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:

Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 150
Scope and Contents The Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) records (1979 – 1982; 1.4 cubic feet) documents the creation and operations of this Purdue student organization. The educational materials in this collection record the kinds of sexual and reproductive health information available to college students at the time. The collection also shows the difficulties encountered trying to establish an organization that talked openly about issues of abortion, birth control, and rape during this era. Types of...
Dates: 1978-1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/2013

South Shore Country Club program

 Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 14
Identifier: 20111007.1

Speech Correction alumna papers

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20170717

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20181217
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 02

 Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20180801.1
Dates: Majority of material found within 1953, 2018

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 03

 Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 37
Identifier: 20210304

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

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 05

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-112

Speech Correction alumna papers, addition 06

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

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

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

Evaleen Stein papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 2, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSP 190
Scope and Contents The Evaleen Stein papers (1889-2005; 0.1 cubic feet) document the life and career of Evaleen Stein, one of the first female authors of note from Indiana. The collection consists of seven of Stein’s poems and letters from Ms. Stein to Mrs. William Graham, one of which describes a benefit that was thrown for Ms. Stein by several notable Indiana authors (George Ade, James Whitcomb Riley, Charles Major, etc) to enable her travel to Europe. All but one poem in the collection are handwritten by Ms....
Dates: 1889-2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1889-1909

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

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

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 111
Scope and Contents This collection contains programs, a dvd, photographs and ephemera documenting 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, Dorothy Stratton.
Dates: 2010 - 2012; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2012

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

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 204
Scope and Contents The Richard (Dick) G. Strippel Research and Writings on Amelia Earhart (1931-1999; 4.3 cubic feet) comprise the materials used to write the book, Amelia Earhart: the myth and the reality….  Strippel compiled the materials presented here in preparation for the book’s publication. The collection also contains the book proposal and drafts for Amelia Earhart: the myth and the reality…, correspondence related to the publication of the...
Dates: 1931-1999; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/2016

Betty M. Suddarth collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 44, Placement: 02, Folder: 1
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

Gertrude Sunderlin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 493
Scope and Contents The Gertrude Sunderlin papers (1939-1954; 2.2 cubic feet) document the life and career of Gertrude Sunderlin, an early foods and nutrition professor at Purdue University.  Much of the collection is comprised of theses written by Sunderlin’s students over the years that were based on experimental foods work.  Many of the recipes developed from these experiments were subsequently published in magazines or extension publications and reflect Sunderlin’s larger impact on the development of...
Dates: 1939 - 1954; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/1987

Susan Bulkeley Butler papers, addition 02

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-048

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

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

Tamara Morse papers

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20160209

Tamara Morse papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 18
Identifier: 20170427.1

Mildred Templin papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 38, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSF 374
Scope and Contents Collection consists of one folder, which contains an article by Mildred Templin.
Dates: 1938

The National Exchange Club Honorary membership award presented to Amelia Earhart

 Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 42
Identifier: 20170809.4