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David C. Pfendler papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 430
Scope and Contents

Papers of David Pfendler, primarily relating to agriculture, education, and student freedoms and responsibilities. Includes some speeches and papers by Earl Butz; "Comments for Coeds" (a handbook for women students, 1958); information on flag desecration and Students for a Democratic Society; Statewide Educational Programs Committee; and information on women in agriculture. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: 1941-1973
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 392
Scope and Contents The Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers were created and collected by Gershman and document her time as a student at Purdue University from 1948 until she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1953. Types of materials include dance programs, many from Sigma Eta of Sigma Alpha Mu sorority dances, personal correspondence, photographs, papers, and artifacts related to student life on campus. Also included are reports and class notes from Gershman's invovlement in the science department,...
Dates: 1948 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Panhellenic Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 163
Scope and Contents

The Panhellenic Association records includes materials documenting the activities of both the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association, particularly as it relates to their membership. Records include scrapbooks, awards, minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, news articles, RUSH and Fraternity Life guides, and more. Topics of particular interest include alcohol policies, racial issues, community involvement, housing, and black fraternities.

Dates: 1956 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Mary Lou Schiltz papers on Purdue in World War Two

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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...
Dates: 1920 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1980
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 150
Scope and Contents The Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) records (1979 – 1982; 1.4 cubic feet) documents the creation and operations of this Purdue student organization. The educational materials in this collection record the kinds of sexual and reproductive health information available to college students at the time. The collection also shows the difficulties encountered trying to establish an organization that talked openly about issues of abortion, birth control, and rape during this era. Types of...
Dates: 1978-1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Donna N. Stahl papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 372
Scope and Contents The Donna N. Stahl papers includes photographs, dance cards, clothing, and other ephemera, along with newspaper clippings and correspondence, all of which is memorabilia of Donna N. Stahl, a 1949 Purdue graduate in Home Economics. Of interest may be her personal reflections and article on the 1947 Purdue Bleacher Collapse. This collection may be useful to researchers interested in women in higher education, changing roles of women in the twentieth century, material culture of the...
Dates: 1945 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1951
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Elizabeth Speirs collection on Ramoth H. Trask

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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Purdue University. Office of the Dean of Students 2
Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008 1
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Cook, Barbara I. (Barbara Ivy), 1929-2013 1
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Gamble, Mary Edith 1
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Helen B. Schleman Hall of Student Services (West Lafayette, Ind.) 1
Interfraternity Council (Purdue University) 1
Mortar Board (Society). Barbara Cook Chapter 1
National Association of Women Deans, Administrators & Counselors 1
Nelson, Betty M., 1935- 1
Panhellenic Association (Purdue University) 1
Pfendler, David C., 1908-1998 1
Purdue University. Office of the Dean of Women 1
Purdue University. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program 1
Schiltz, Mary Lou 1
Schleman, Helen B. (Helen Blanche), 1902-1992 1
Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) (1979-1982) 1
Speirs, Elizabeth N. 1
Stahl, Donna N., 1927-2011 1
Trask, Ramoth Huff (May 31, 1896 - December 1973) 1
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve 1
Wahls, Janetnelle Weirick Conner 1
Watlington, Sally, 1938- 1
Whisman, Marcia L. 1
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