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Dorothy C. Stratton papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 366
Abstract
This collection contains papers, clippings and photographs documenting Dorothy Stratton’s life, especially her role as Purdue Dean of Women and Director of the USCG SPARS.
Dates:
1935-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1947; Other: Date acquired: 11/09/1980
Mary Lou Schiltz papers on Purdue in World War Two
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 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
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
Totsye Harper Winslow collection on the Curtiss-Wright Cadettes
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 195
Scope and Contents
The Totsye Harper Winslow papers on the Curtis-Wright Cadettes (1943-1997; 0.25 cubic feet) documents role and history of the Curtis-Wright Cadettes at Purdue and in the Curtis-Wright Corporation during World War II. Photographs, newsletter, and clippings document their time at Purdue as well as the Engineering Cadette Program. Programs, newsletters, and papers document local and national reunions of the cadettes, as well as their history. Also included is information on the individual...
Dates:
1943 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2008