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:
Theodora Andrews papers
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 38
Identifier: 20191012.1
Dates:
1993 - 2000
Agnes Tilson papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 39, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 384
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of one folder which contains an article by Agnes Tilson.
Dates:
1930
Collection on Mildred Tingley
Collection — Box Communal Collections 13, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 228
Scope and Contents
"Purdue Sends Girl to China," (the girl being Mildred Tingley) 1922. [newspaper clipping, no publication information available]
Dates:
undated
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190808.1
Dates:
1913 - 2019
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records, addition 01
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20191125.3
Dates:
1924 - 2019
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records, addition 02
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20191220
Dates:
1913 - 2011
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records, addition 03
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-041
Dates:
1943 - 2011
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records, addition 04
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-144
Dates:
1963 - 2022
Robert W. Topping papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 33
Scope and Contents
The Robert W. Topping papers (1930-1996; 2.75 cubic feet) collection consists of many newspaper clippings, news releases, ten interviews on cassette tapes and miscellaneous printed ephemera that Robert W. Topping collected, while on the staff of the Purdue University Office of Publications for twenty-eight years. Also included are the files used for his published book; “The Hovde Years,” 1980 and the original manuscript for “A Century and Beyond,” 1988, along with manuscripts for “Gentle...
Dates:
1930 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1988
Tri Kappa, West Lafayette Beta Associate Chapter records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-141
Dates:
1968 - 2020
Virginia A. Ulrey Humnicky papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 8, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 145
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Virginia A. Ulrey Humnicky's time as a Purdue and Indiana University student.
Dates:
1941 - 1989
Rudolph Van Meter photographs of Amelia Earhart
Collection — Box Communal Collections 42, Placement: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 6
Scope and Contents
The Rudolph Van Meter photographs of Amelia Earhart contains 12 photographs, most taken by Van Meter of Earhart in Hawaii, during her first world flight attempt. Also included are a photograph of Rudolph "Rudy" Van Meter and photographs taken by the US army.
Dates:
1937
Leslie L. and Ruth G. Vaught papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 362
Scope and Contents
Papers of Leslie Vaught and Ruth Vaught documenting Purdue student life in the 1920s and 1930s. Types of materials include papers, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts (primarily Purdue memorabilia such as Reamer boards and clothing such as sweaters and hats, also called beanies or pots.) Includes information on the Ross Surveying Camp.
Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.
Dates:
circa 1928-1932
Vermillion Homemakers Home Demonstration Club records
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20120919.1
Dates:
1947 - 1994
Virginia Nilles collection on Virginia Claypool Meredith
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-069
Dates:
1892 - 1928
"Votes for Women" pin
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 25
Identifier: 20201102
Dates:
before 1920
Loretta Mae Wallace photo album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 327
Scope and Contents
The Loretta Mae Wallace photo album was created by Wallace during her time as a Purdue student from 1906 to 1910, with most photos dating to 1908-1909. Photographs include campus scenes, buildings, Lafayette and surrounding areas, Mechanics Burning, a visit to Indiana University, Civil Engineering projects, and other scenes of student life.
Dates:
1909
Sarah J. Watlington speech
Collection — Box Communal Collections 13, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 14
Scope and Contents
Program and speech by Sarah "Sally" Watlington about Helen Schleman, for Chronicling Women's History: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives event at Purdue University, 2008.
Dates:
2008; Other: Majority of material found in 2008; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2012
Bernice Roberts Moreland Wells papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 44, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSF 451
Scope and Contents
Wells, Bernice Roberts Moreland Wells (1988). A Quilt: An Autobiography.
Dates:
1988
Kate Wentz collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 13, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 237
Scope and Contents
Includes a clipping of Wentz's obituary.
Dates:
1938
Terry White photographs of Amelia Earhart
Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSP 321
Scope and Contents
Includes ten 3"x5" black and white photographs taken by Terry White of Amelia Earhart in Hawaii on her first world flight attempt in 1937.
Dates:
1937
Helen Bass Williams papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310
Overview
This collection includes documents, correspondence, published materials, photographs, and audio recordings collected and created by Helen Bass Williams that document her personal life, education, and her work as a civil rights activist in the South, educator, and counselor and professor at Purdue University.
Dates:
1915 - 2004; Majority of material found within circa 1960s and 1970s
Windsor Residence Halls counselors photograph
Unprocessed — Box Box 1 - 1 Folder
Identifier: 20130413
Dates:
1979 - 1980
Windsor Residence Halls "Little Lady" lapel pin
Unprocessed — Box Box 1 - 1 Folder Inside
Identifier: 20130404
Dates:
undated