Women -- Political activity -- United States

The Jane Forbing Lomont scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, invitations, dance cards, programs, handbooks and other printed ephemera related to Lomont's time as a student at Purdue, her husband Allen Lomont's political career in Fort Wayne, her participation and interest in Indiana state politics, and her career in the Federal Housing Administration.

Dates: 1932 - 1937

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Research Files, 1938 - 1985

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSF 334, Series 7

Scope and Contents

This series contains clippings, reports, notes, and other resources on topics of interest to Schleman that she researched. Most of the files cover specific topics related to women's struggle for equal rights. General subject areas include women in higher education, women in the work force, motherhood, sex roles, volunteerism, and the women's movement.

Dates: 1938 - 1985

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Helen B. Schleman papers

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

Speech file, "women," 2 of 4, circa 1970s

File — Box 10: Series Series 2; Series Series 4; Series Series 5; Series Series 7, Folder: 13

Identifier: Folder 13

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The majority of this series comprises speech notes organized by year, with a subseries of Panhellenic and IFC (Interfraternity Council) speeches. Also in this series are several essays written by Stone about women in the military as well as a file of speech-writing reference material.

Dates: circa 1970s