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Women's Archives. Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives

 Collecting Area
Identifier: Women's Archives
The Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives collects, preserves, and makes available for research original and rare materials that capture the often overlooked and under-represented stories of women and their communities in Purdue and Indiana's past. Collections include papers, photographs, audio-visual materials, digital media, rare books, and select artifacts documenting women faculty, staff, and students at Purdue University; organizations and programs at Purdue that support women; and significant women and women's organizations in Indiana. The Women’s Archives actively seeks new collections that align with this focus, particularly those that represent women from diverse backgrounds, women of color, women in the LGBTQ+ community, and women who have challenged traditional gender roles. The Purdue Archives and Special Collections established the Women's Archives in 2006 after receiving a generous donation from Susan Bulkeley Butler.

Found in 394 Collections and/or Records:

Betty Lark-Horovitz Purdue University buildings sketches

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 40
Scope and Contents

The Betty Lark-Horovitz Purdue University Buildings sketches (1930; 0.5 cubic feet) shows drawings of five buildings on Purdue University's campus in 1930.  These buildings include University Hall, Ladies' Hall, Purdue Men's Hall, Mechanical Engineering buildings and the Pharmacy/Science building.  All of the sketches are in black and white pencil except for the sketches of University Hall, which are in color. [Note: author is sometimes referred to as Betty Lark-Horowitz.]

Dates: 1930; Other: Date acquired: 07/08/2011

Agnes Tilson papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 39, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 384
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of one folder which contains an article by Agnes Tilson.

Dates: 1930

Eulora Miller papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 49: Series MSA 29, Series 2; Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series MSF 83, Series 3; Series MSP 142, Series 2, Placement: 14
Identifier: MSA 280
Scope and Contents

The papers include Eulora Miller's diploma from Purdue and a play she wrote.

Dates: 1880 - 1905

Doris Hurt Powers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 2
Scope and Contents The Doris Hurt Powers papers (1942 – 2008; 2 cubic feet) documents the student, aviation, and business activities of Doris Hurt Powers. Powers’ experience as a woman breaking into the male-dominated fields of engineering and aeronautics is well documented through autobiographical speeches and her memoir Nothing but Blue Skies. One strength of the collection are the speeches delivered by Powers that address the particular challenges and opportunities...
Dates: 1945-2011; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2009

Eva Goble papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 3
Abstract

This collection contains materials that document the activities of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service in the 1950s, as well as the activities of Eva Goble and her contributions to the Purdue University School of Home Economics.

Dates: 1920 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2008

Evaleen Stein papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 2, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSP 190
Scope and Contents The Evaleen Stein papers (1889-2005; 0.1 cubic feet) document the life and career of Evaleen Stein, one of the first female authors of note from Indiana. The collection consists of seven of Stein’s poems and letters from Ms. Stein to Mrs. William Graham, one of which describes a benefit that was thrown for Ms. Stein by several notable Indiana authors (George Ade, James Whitcomb Riley, Charles Major, etc) to enable her travel to Europe. All but one poem in the collection are handwritten by...
Dates: 1889-2005; Other: Majority of material found in 1889-1909

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Library of Management Research and Professional papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 8
Scope and Contents The Gilbreth Library of Management documents the pioneering research of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth in the fields of time and motion study. Commonly referred to as the N-file, the collection covers the Gilbreths quest to find The One Best Way in job performance, worker satisfaction, efficient office management, and home economics.Types of material in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research...
Dates: 1845 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1924

George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 9
Scope and Contents The George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers documents the personal life, aviation career, and business activities of pilot Amelia Earhart. Types of materials include: advertisements, articles, artifacts, awards, blueprints, books, certificates, charts, commemorative coins, contracts, correspondence, data sheets, diagrams, ephemera, flight logs, licenses, maps, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, permits, photographs, poetry, postage stamps, press releases, scrapbooks,...
Dates: 1785-1948; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1937

Leslie L. and Ruth G. Vaught papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 362
Scope and Contents

Papers of Leslie Vaught and Ruth Vaught documenting Purdue student life in the 1920s and 1930s. Types of materials include papers, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts (primarily Purdue memorabilia such as Reamer boards and clothing such as sweaters and hats, also called beanies or pots.) Includes information on the Ross Surveying Camp. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: circa 1928-1932

Avanelle "Nell" Kirksey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 502
Scope and Contents The Avanelle (Nell) Kirksey papers document the life and career of Dr. Avanelle Kirksey, a prominent researcher in maternal and infant nutrition. The collection reflects the impact of Kirksey as an educator and researcher, as well as the continued significance of her research on maternal and infant nutrition. The coverage of her work in Egypt and on vitamin B6 is particularly strong. Additionally, the collection is an indication of Kirksey’s ongoing legacy via the research of her graduate...
Dates: 1943 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1995

Helen Bosard papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 361
Scope and Contents

Papers of Helen Bosard, including letters, photographs, and artifacts relating to her time as a student at Purdue University, and information on the Purdue class of 1918. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: 1918 - 1983

Irma Jean Bowman scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 227
Scope and Contents The Irma Jean Bowman scrapbook documents Bowman’s attendance at a wide variety of musical, theatrical, dance, lectures, and related cultural performances at Purdue University and in Northwestern Indiana. The majority of the contents relate to concerts held at the Purdue University Hall of Music (now known as Elliott Hall of Music). Performances at Purdue were primarily offered through Purdue Convocations and Lectures, Purdue Musical Organizations, Purdue Playshop, and Victory Varieties. A...
Dates: 1935 - 1980

Mary Lou Seaburg Bieber collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 53
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one folder which contains programs, Exponents and Exponent clippings, along with other memorabilia from Mary Lou Seaburg Bieber's days as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1940 - 1948

Pearl E. Child collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 4, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 66
Scope and Contents

The Pearl Child papers include correspondence, teacher's certificates, Tri-State College certificate, clippings, report cards, tuition receipts, recommendation letters, postcards, photographs, Mansfield Machine Works catalog, issue of The Valley Register, two issues of The Ohio Farmer, cards detailing food traits.

Dates: 1865 - 1979

Dorothy Christoff papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 304
Scope and Contents The Dorothy Christoff papers (1963-1967; 0.5 cubic feet) document Christoff’s time at Purdue as an engineering student. The collection consists of various artifacts, including Christoff’s senior cord skirt, stickers and decals, a class photograph, and a decorative wooden t-square with Christoff’s affiliations on the front and signed by her classmates on the back. These materials reflect only Christoff’s time as an undergraduate civil engineering student at Purdue, although she did...
Dates: ca. 1963-1967; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2000

Jewel C. Hardkopf papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 309
Scope and Contents

Papers of Jewel Hardkopf, including manuscripts, correspondence, teaching notes, printed material and related documents. Materials primarily relate to teaching; some materials relate to Lillian Gilbreth. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Blanche Brown Johnson papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 9
Scope and Contents Materials include a diary, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed material pertaining to items of interest to Blanche Brown Johnson such as art, bridges, cooking, mysticism, home decorating, poetry, religion, sex, and sewing. Some ephemera, primarily Christmas gift tags and cards collected by Johnson, are also included.  Of note is a constitution and program for the The Art Club of Lafayette, Indiana, 1912-1915.The bulk of the papers consist of...
Dates: 1875 - 1921

Alida M. Cunningham papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 5, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSA 84
Scope and Contents

Articles written by Alida Mabel Cunningham.

Dates: 1898

Vivian A. Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 00000VAJ
Scope and Contents

Scientific papers, notes, correspondence and lectures of physicist Vivian Johnson, Purdue faculty member. Some of the subjects covered in the papers include electrons in crystals, radiation, electric quantum theory, structure of metals, the polaron, and multicontact theory. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: 1937 - 1985

Lella R. Gaddis papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 22, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 138
Scope and Contents

This collection includes an article written by Lella Gaddis in 1917 as well as clippings and photographs pertaining to her life, activities, and work.

Dates: 1917 - 2009

Mary Matthews papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 515
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook

Dates: 1951-1953; Majority of material found in 1951-1953

Virginia Claypool Meredith papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 31, Placement: 14
Identifier: MSF 265
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of three folders which contain 63 articles about or by Virginia Claypool Meredith as well as a four leaf clover she found on the site of the Purdue Memorial Union Building immediately preceding the building dedication ceremonies.

Dates: 1851 - 2002

Philalethean Literary Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 101
Abstract

This collection contains records ledgers, photos, and event programs documenting the activities of the Philalethean Literary Society, as well as their published constitution.

Dates: 1877 - 1924

Marguerite G. Mallon papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 30, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 240
Scope and Contents

One folder containing multiple articles authored or co-authored by Marguerite Mallon.

Dates: 1919 - 1933

Pauline Mariotte-Davies papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 99
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two series: "Class Announcements, Publication and Miscellaneous" and "Student's Verb Blank."

Dates: 1897