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Box 13

 Container

Contains 12 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Information, 1921 - 2003

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 1
Scope and Contents This series contains materials pertaining to Schleman's education, career, and personal life. Types of materials include notes, programs, curriculum vitae, and personal files.
Dates: 1921 - 2003

Other Purdue Material, 1940 - 1985

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 6
Scope and Contents This series contains miscellaneous materials related to Schleman's tenure at Purdue, including her advocacy for equal rights for women students and faculty. Of particular note are materials that document Schleman's nomination of ten women for President of Purdue in 1970, the Schleman Gold Medallion Award and the 1979 TIAA pension lawsuit.
Dates: 1940 - 1985

Research Files, 1938 - 1985

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 7
Scope and Contents This series contains clippings, reports, notes, and other resources on topics of interest to Schleman that she researched. Most of the files cover specific topics related to women's struggle for equal rights. General subject areas include women in higher education, women in the work force, motherhood, sex roles, volunteerism, and the women's movement.
Dates: 1938 - 1985

Collier's Magazine SPARS cover, large photographs of Schleman, 1944 - 1945

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 1, Sub-series 2, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The sub-series Military Career contains certificates and other documents pertaining to Schleman's service in SPARS.
Dates: 1944 - 1945

Department of Defense and Army Certificates, 1957 - 1959

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 1, Sub-series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The sub-series Military Career contains certificates and other documents pertaining to Schleman's service in SPARS.
Dates: 1957 - 1959

Sagamore of the Wabash Award, 1990

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 1, Sub-series 1, File 25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Purdue and Career in Education Sub-series contains papers relating to Schleman's career as an educator, her trnure at Purdue, and her involvement with the University after her retirement. It also includes her honorary Doctorate and some awards.
Dates: 1990

Special Purdue Newspaper Publications, 1968 - 2001

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 6, File 14
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains miscellaneous materials related to Schleman's tenure at Purdue, including her advocacy for equal rights for women students and faculty. Of particular note are materials that document Schleman's nomination of ten women for President of Purdue in 1970, the Schleman Gold Medallion Award and the 1979 TIAA pension lawsuit.
Dates: 1968 - 2001

Los Angeles Free Press (Women Rise Up Issue), 1970

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 7, File 60
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains clippings, reports, notes, and other resources on topics of interest to Schleman that she researched. Most of the files cover specific topics related to women's struggle for equal rights. General subject areas include women in higher education, women in the work force, motherhood, sex roles, volunteerism, and the women's movement.
Dates: 1970

Progressive Woman Magazine and NYT Magazine Women's Lib issue, 1970 - 1971

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 7, File 61
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains clippings, reports, notes, and other resources on topics of interest to Schleman that she researched. Most of the files cover specific topics related to women's struggle for equal rights. General subject areas include women in higher education, women in the work force, motherhood, sex roles, volunteerism, and the women's movement.
Dates: 1970 - 1971

Purdue and Career in Education, 1924 - 1992

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 1, Sub-series 1
Scope and Contents The Purdue and Career in Education Sub-series contains papers relating to Schleman's career as an educator, her trnure at Purdue, and her involvement with the University after her retirement. It also includes her honorary Doctorate and some awards.
Dates: 1924 - 1992

Military Career, 1943 - 1964

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The sub-series Military Career contains certificates and other documents pertaining to Schleman's service in SPARS.
Dates: 1943 - 1964

Helen B. Schleman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334
Scope and Contents The Helen Schleman papers document the life of Helen B. Schleman from her time as a student at Northwestern University in the 1920s up until her death in 1992. Much of the collection documents Schleman’s tenure at Purdue University as Head of the Women’s Residence Halls, Dean of Women, and Dean Emeritus, as well as her military service in the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs) during World War II. Additionally, the collection contains Schleman’s collection of newspaper clippings pertaining to...
Dates: 1920 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1980