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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 391 Collections and/or Records:

Dean of Women records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 41
Scope and Contents The Dean of Women Office records (1958 – 1986; 6.35 cubic feet) document the official records of the Office of the Dean of Women, including correspondence, budgets, organization records, annual reports, and affiliated professional organizations. The Date File, which is a copy of outgoing mail from the Dean, offers researchers a glimpse into the day-to-day duties of the Dean of Women. However, any Date File that may have existed prior to 1960 is not included in these records, and there is a...
Dates: 1960-1974; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2009

Joni Comstock collection on Janice Voss

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 309
Scope and Contents

The collection relates to Janice Voss' involvement with her first space flight, STS-57 (in 1993).  Included are three photographs of the mission, an autographed mission t-shirt, and a letter written by Voss to Comstock.  These materials would be useful to researchers interested in the history of NASA flight missions, women in space, women in STEM fields, and space research.

Dates: 1993

Helen Gould collection of Purdue dance cards and theater programs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 294
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 41 dance cards, four theater programs and seven Purdue related ephemera and miscellaneous memorabilia from Helen Gould's tenure are a Purdue student, 1922-1926.

Dates: 1922 - 1926; Other: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1924

Lana Murphy Couch papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 312
Scope and Contents

The Lana Murphy Couch papers document Couch's forty year career with NASA, first as a wind tunnel test engineer, and later in management positions. Types of materials include: correspondence, newsletters, papers, photographs, programs, publications, research and work reports, technical reports, VHS tapes, writings, and material related to award recognition.

Dates: 1953 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995

League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 55
Scope and Contents

The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette records document the history and administrative actions of various League of Women Voters organizations in the Greater Lafayette area.  Types of materials include correspondence, photographs, news clippings, administrative records, printed ephemera, programs, financial records, and websites. Links to the archived website can be found in "External Documents".

Dates: Majority of material found within 1965 - 2000; 1920 - 2019

Joan L. Marshall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 534
Scope and Contents The Joan L. Marshall papers document Dr. Marshall's career at Purdue University as an Assistant Professor of Education and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts (CLA). The collection includes both physical and electronic materials. Physical materials include letters related to Marshall's fellowship in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's (CIC) Academic Leadership Program and her Title IX Service award, an academic paper by Marshall entitled "Mentoring in Academia: Gender...
Dates: 1985 - 2012

Marguerite Hall Albjerg papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 14, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 11
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three articles written by Marguerite Albjerg.

Dates: 1927 - 1930

Mabel L. Harlan papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 24, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 163
Scope and Contents

One folder containing publications by Mabel Harlan.

Dates: 1915 - 1954

Mary Lou Schiltz papers on Purdue in World War Two

 Collection — Communal collections box 66, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 370
Scope and Contents The collection contains several clippings, pamphlets and announcements belonging to Mary Lou Schiltz, who was a Home Economics student at Purdue during World War Two. Of particular interest are materials relating to the experiences of women students during this time, including: program material for the Work to Win Conference that was compulsory for women students, an article about the RCA engineering cadette program that was modeled after the Curtiss-Wright Cadettes, and other articles...
Dates: 1942 - 1943

Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311
Abstract

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

Sharon Byrkett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 320
Scope and Contents This collection contains awards, certifications, and honors documenting the life and achievements in social work and disability access and awareness of Sharon Byrkett. Of most prominence is a hand-written manuscript by Byrkett titled "Understanding My Disability" written in 1983. Other materials in the collection include a journal from 1967, photo albums and scrapbooks depicting events from her personal life and conferences attended, and craft items made by Byrkett. Digital files include...
Dates: 1967 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2010

Elizabeth Speirs collection on Ramoth H. Trask

 Collection — Communal collections box 86
Identifier: MSP 335
Scope and Contents

Includes Ramoth H. Trask's student pilot's permit from 1928, newspaper clippings of her obituary and posthumous donations to Purdue, and a photograph of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1919 where Trask was a member.

Dates: 1919 - 1973

Florence A. Gates papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 6, Placement: 24
Identifier: MSA 118
Scope and Contents

The Florence Gates papers include one item, "Some Health Conditions Existing Among Our High School Girls." Reprinted from The Pedagogical Seminary, vol. XXVI, no. 2, June, 1919, pp. 153-161. [2 copies]

Dates: 1919

Esther L. Gault papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 120
Scope and Contents

The Esther L. Gault papers, including transcripts, receipts, admission application, teaching license, newspaper clippings and her framed diploma, BS 1928.

Dates: 1924 - 1978

Katherine E. Golden Bitting papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 16, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 39
Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of articles written by Katherine Golden Bitting from the 1890s to the 1900s. Also included are articles and correspondence about Katherine Bitting which appeared in the Phoenix Flame, as well as material compiled by Librarian Emeritus William Hepburn on Katherine Bitting, including a bibliography of Katherine’s publications, bibliographic notecards, and a summary of Katherine’s career.

Dates: 1890 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1909

Laura A. Fry collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 22, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSF 136
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a press release from the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art announcing Laura A. Fry's exhibition of decorative arts; Rookwood art pottery and contemporary art glass.

There are also two pages of references to Laura Fry from the Special Collections card catalog index to Purdue publications (Debris, 1899-1914).

Dates: 1982

Helen E. Clark papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 19, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 91
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of four folders containing publications by Helen Clark and her professional record.

Dates: 1957 - 1978

Bernice Roberts Moreland Wells papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 44, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSF 451
Scope and Contents

Wells, Bernice Roberts Moreland Wells (1988). A Quilt: An Autobiography.

Dates: 1988

Marguerite A. Clifton papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 19, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 92
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one folder that contains items from the 58th Convention of Midwest District of AAHPER, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1972, the year Marguerite Clifton was president.

Dates: 1972

Margaret Church papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 17, Placement: 19
Identifier: MSF 74
Scope and Contents

Folder 1 contains an obituary, a short autobiography, an article about her from The Indianapolis News, four English exams from Harvard, and a rough draft of a paper written by Margaret Church, along with a catalog record for a book written by her. Folder 2 contains various Church publications and a photograph of Tennessee Williams and Tom Adler.

Dates: 1939 - 1982

Mabel Post Coulter papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 17, Placement: 22
Identifier: MSF 77
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one notebook of Mabel Coulter containing notations, compositions and Greek prose and some of her correspondence.

Dates: 1880 - 1917

Emma P. Ewing papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 21, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 127
Scope and Contents

One folder containing publication information by Emma Pike Ewing.

Dates: 1888 - 1892

Laurentza Schantz-Hansen papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 44, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 440
Scope and Contents

Three folders containing correspondence, writings, conceptual drawings, newspaper clippings, programs, publications and donation papers of Laurentza Schantz-Hansen.

Dates: 1910 - 2003

Betty M. Suddarth collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 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

Christina Faulkner collection of Purdue women materials

 Collection — Communal collections box 65, Placement: 02, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 275
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of papers sent to or collected by Ruth Bender including letters from and clippings relating to Helen Schleman, Dorothy Stratton, and Beverly Stone. In addition, there are typed poems written by Goldeen Papenguth.

Dates: circa 1984-1992