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Box 1

 Container

Contains 18 Collections and/or Records:

Certificates, citations, placement file and c.v., 1941 - 1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1941 - 1993

Manuscript, "Semper Paratus," Skipper of the SPARS, circa 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: circa 1943

Correspondence and other materials, 100th birthday celebration, 1999

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1999

Clippings, 1943 - 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1943 - 2005

Funeral information and obituary clippings, 2006

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 2006

Manuscript, "Guinea Pigs: The Experimental Curriculum for Women at Purdue, 1939 - 47, " by Sara Barnes, 1997

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1997

Coast Guard ID Bracelet, Legion of Merit Ribbon, medal authorization card, 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1945

Various keepsakes, circa 1944 - 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents Includes Presidential Inauguration invitation and progra.
Dates: circa 1944 - 1945

Miscellaneous Dorothy Stratton materials compiled by Beverley Stone, circa 1990s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents Includes greeting cards from Dorothy Stratton and clippings.
Dates: circa 1990s

Correspondence, Purdue, 1944 - 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1944 - 1947

Correspondence, SPARS, 1943 - 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1943 - 1946

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1978 - 1995

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1978 - 1995

Correspondence to Sally Watlington, 1989 - 1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1989 - 1998

Note, Eleanor Roosevelt to Admiral Waesche, 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1943

Purdue Student Handbooks, 1936 - 1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1936 - 1940

"Purdue News" Student Handbooks, 1941 - 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 1941 - 1946

Transcript, "Conversation with 3 Generations of Deans", circa 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: circa 1985

Title IX Distinguished Service Award, 2012

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dorothy Stratton Papers (1935-2012; 1.5 cubic feet) predominately document Stratton’s work as Dean of Women at Purdue and as Director of the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (also known as SPARS) through correspondence, pamphlets and photographs. Also of interest are a number of speeches and essays by Stratton about the role of women’s education in a democratic post-war world. Materials from later in Stratton’s life are generally secondary sources such as clippings about her...
Dates: 2012