Box 1
Container
Contains 20 Collections and/or Records:
Personal, 1915-1983, undated
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Series includes biographical information about Williams and her family, papers from her education at Southern Illinois University, and financial records. Materials include correspondence, tax statements, papers, notes, certificates, legal records, and some professional records.
Dates:
1915-1983, undated
Biographical information, 1915-1978, undated
Sub-Series — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes biographical information related to Helen Bass Williams and her family. Materials include birth, death, and marriage certificates; funeral programs; property deeds; resumes and biographical data; legal records such as divorce decrees; job applications; and certificates, grade cards, and transcripts.
Dates:
1915-1978, undated
Certification of birth record, March 29, 1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes biographical information related to Helen Bass Williams and her family. Materials include birth, death, and marriage certificates; funeral programs; property deeds; resumes and biographical data; legal records such as divorce decrees; job applications; and certificates, grade cards, and transcripts.
Dates:
March 29, 1964
Family history, 1915 - 1983
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes biographical information related to Helen Bass Williams and her family. Materials include birth, death, and marriage certificates; funeral programs; property deeds; resumes and biographical data; legal records such as divorce decrees; job applications; and certificates, grade cards, and transcripts.
Dates:
1915 - 1983
Certificates, transcripts, and personal records, 1927 - 1978
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes biographical information related to Helen Bass Williams and her family. Materials include birth, death, and marriage certificates; funeral programs; property deeds; resumes and biographical data; legal records such as divorce decrees; job applications; and certificates, grade cards, and transcripts.
Dates:
1927 - 1978
Resumé and biographical information, circa 1964 - 1977, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes biographical information related to Helen Bass Williams and her family. Materials include birth, death, and marriage certificates; funeral programs; property deeds; resumes and biographical data; legal records such as divorce decrees; job applications; and certificates, grade cards, and transcripts.
Dates:
circa 1964 - 1977, undated
Southern Illinois University, 1964, undated
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes papers related to Helen Bass Williams' education at Southern Illinois University. Materials include her master's thesis, class notes, papers, and assignments.
Dates:
1964, undated
Masters paper, "The Structure of the family in the writing of René Boylesve", 1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes papers related to Helen Bass Williams' education at Southern Illinois University. Materials include her master's thesis, class notes, papers, and assignments.
Dates:
1964
General Information, Modern Language and Study Abroad, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes papers related to Helen Bass Williams' education at Southern Illinois University. Materials include her master's thesis, class notes, papers, and assignments.
Dates:
undated
English 537 notes, 1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes papers related to Helen Bass Williams' education at Southern Illinois University. Materials include her master's thesis, class notes, papers, and assignments.
Dates:
1964
Malraux notes, probably 1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes papers related to Helen Bass Williams' education at Southern Illinois University. Materials include her master's thesis, class notes, papers, and assignments.
Dates:
probably 1964
Class notes, 1964
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes papers related to Helen Bass Williams' education at Southern Illinois University. Materials include her master's thesis, class notes, papers, and assignments.
Dates:
1964
Finances, 1965 - 1983
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes records related to Williams' finances. Materials include tax statements, W2 forms, copies of cheques, correspondence, and handwritten notes.
Dates:
1965 - 1983
"Tax/Money issues", 1967 - 1983
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes records related to Williams' finances. Materials include tax statements, W2 forms, copies of cheques, correspondence, and handwritten notes.
Dates:
1967 - 1983
Receipts and tax statements, 1965 - 1967
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series includes records related to Williams' finances. Materials include tax statements, W2 forms, copies of cheques, correspondence, and handwritten notes.
Dates:
1965 - 1967
Correspondence, 1918-1990, undated
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, both personal and professional, poems written to Helen Bass Williams, and a few invitations. Materials of note include letters to and from presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Senator Hubert Humphrey, her students and colleagues, as well as an invitation to Helen when she was two years old.
Dates:
1918-1990, undated; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990
"Letters to Helen", 1918, 1960-1990
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, both personal and professional, poems written to Helen Bass Williams, and a few invitations. Materials of note include letters to and from presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Senator Hubert Humphrey, her students and colleagues, as well as an invitation to Helen when she was two years old.
Dates:
1918, 1960-1990
"Poems to Helen", 1965-1971, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 2, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, both personal and professional, poems written to Helen Bass Williams, and a few invitations. Materials of note include letters to and from presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Senator Hubert Humphrey, her students and colleagues, as well as an invitation to Helen when she was two years old.
Dates:
1965-1971, undated
"Letters written by Helen", 1964, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSP 310, Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, both personal and professional, poems written to Helen Bass Williams, and a few invitations. Materials of note include letters to and from presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Senator Hubert Humphrey, her students and colleagues, as well as an invitation to Helen when she was two years old.
Dates:
1964, undated
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