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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