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Records of World Wars I and II

 Collection
Identifier: 46/2
Abstract

The Records of World Wars I and II related to Northwestern University fill two archival boxes and span the years 1914 to 2005. The records are divided into WWI and WWII with the majority of the records relating to WWII. Records document both activities during the Wars and commemorative activities postwar and include information about both general programs and specific individuals.

Dates: 1914-2005

Nancy E. Rennick Price Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/38
Abstract

Nancy Ellen (Rennick) Price was a member of the class of 1954 of Northwestern University's College of Liberal Arts. Her papers are contained in one archival box and span the years 1951 to 1954. There are nine folders containing schedules and class notes (scant) from some of Price's courses, including three courses in biology, and one folder each from courses in anthropology, American history, English, experimental psychology, genetics, and philosophy.

Dates: 1951-1954

Records of the University Guild

 Collection
Identifier: 0/4/1
Abstract The University Guild was founded on June 3, 1892, at a meeting of 11 women in the home of Emma W. Rogers, wife of Northwestern University President Henry Wade Rogers (1890-1900). The Guild’s purposes, as stated in its Constitution, were: “To bring to the membership the intellectual resources of the University. To promote the interests of the University. To work for the collection and exhibition of objects of art. To advance the development and appreciation of the fine arts in the University...
Dates: 1892-2004

Doris Overboe (1934-2012) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 41/12
Abstract

The Doris Overboe Papers fill five boxes and one card-file, and document her involvement with the Northwestern University Settlement Association (NUSA) and –the bulk of the materials—her research into the life of Harriet Vittum, long-time Head Resident at the Settlement.

Dates: c. 1990-2000

Virginia Buettner (1917-2004) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/185
Abstract

The collection consists materials reflecting Virginia Buettner’s social activities while a student at Northwestern University (1937-1942): pages from a scrapbook, and loose artifacts.

Dates: 1935 - 1939

Records of the Board of Trustees Executive Committee

 Collection
Identifier: 1/1/2
Abstract The Executive Committee of Northwestern University's Board of Trustees is composed of from eleven to seventeen Trustees, including the Chairman of the Board. The Executive Committee meets regularly, and is empowered to act for the full Board in all matters concerning the university except the appointment of a Chancellor, President, Vice President, Provost, or Professor; the establishment of chairs; and the enactment of by laws governing the university. The Records of the Executive Committee...
Dates: 1853-1898

Joan Wagner Beck (1923-1998), 1941-1954 Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/203
Abstract

Joan Wagner Beck (September 5, 1923-December 11, 1998) was a columnist and trailblazer at the Chicago Tribune, where she was the first woman with a regular column in the editorial or op-ed pages, the first woman in charge of a daily section and the first woman to serve on the paper’s editorial board.

Dates: 1941-1954

Blanche Grigson Croxton (1883-1969) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/39
Abstract

Schoolteacher Blanche Grigson Croxton attended Northwestern University from 1902 through 1906. The Blanche Grigson Croxton Papers comprise one half-size box containing one scrapbook. The scrapbook consists of thirty - six “boards,” mounted on both sides of which is Mrs. Croxton's history of her class, the class of 1906.

Dates: 1902-1906

Carrie M. Walkup Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/85
Abstract

This series consists of an album and diary kept by Carrie M. Walkup, a student at Northwestern Female College in the 1860s, and a journal kept by her husband, A.V. Teeple. Her journals provide insight into student life and rules during the Amerivcan Civil War, the Copperhead convention, and the Presidential election of 1864.

Dates: 1861-1922

Dance Cards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 31/6/52
Abstract

This collection consists of dance cards from events spanning the years 1903 - 1935. The majority of dance sponsors were fraternities and sororities. However, there are also dance cards from Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Prom in addition.

Dates: 1903-1935, 1944-1949

Records of the Student Senate

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/15
Abstract

The Records of Northwestern University's Student Senate (1960-69; replacing the Student Governing Board (1933-1960) and itself replaced by the Associated Student Government (1969- )), include complete minutes, memoranda, committee reports, correspondence, brochures, press releases and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1960-1969

Qudsia Khurshid Holozada Ahmad (1912-2009) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 55/59
Abstract

Qudsia Ahmad (1912-2009), born in Palestine, was recognized as a poet and worked as a radio broadcaster for the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS) before moving to the United States in January 1948. Residing in Forty Fort Pennsylvania, she was an active member of the local community and often lectured about Islam or Palestinian culture to educate the community on these topics.

Dates: 1912-2009

Kenneth (1912-2003) and Catherine (1915-2009) Stilwell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/99
Abstract

The Kenneth and Catherine Stilwell Papers include material dating from the period 1935-1950, reflecting their time as students at Northwestern.

Dates: 1935 - 1950

Ethel Robinson (1890?-1975?) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/49
Abstract

The series includes a scrapbook and a daily calendar. The scrapbook dates from the period 1909-1914 and features a variety of materials pertaining mainly to Robinson's social life and academic studies while a student at Northwestern. The daily calendar dates from 1910 and includes, for the most part, abbreviated accounts of Robinson's social engagements.

Dates: 1909-1914

Florence Emerson Herbert Heffley Scrapbook

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 35551000091109]
Identifier: 31/6/195
Scope and Contents The scrapbook of Florence Emerson Herbert Heffley affords a colorful view of student life, particularly the social and cultural activities of a very engaged student at Northwestern University during the period 1909-1911. Two additional pieces of correspondence found within the scrapbook date from 1924 and 1949. Included in the scrapbook are an array of sorority rush memorabilia; dance cards; banquet menus; ephemera; photographs; newspaper clippings and other records pertaining...
Dates: 1909-1911, 1924, 1949

Erastus O. Haven (1820-1881) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3/5
Abstract

Erastus Otis Haven was Northwestern University's sixth president, from 1869-1872. The Papers of Erastus O. Haven span one box and contain material from the years 1869 to 1999.

Dates: 1869-1999

Northwestern University Modern Language Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: 4/6/4
Abstract This series includes the minute book of the Northwestern University Modern Language Club for the period October, 1938 through January, 1962, as well as a small amount of correspondence and relates materials. From its inception in 1909, the membership of the Modern Language Club was comprised of faculty from the departments of English, Classics, German, and Romance Languages. In 1948 the group began to admit graduate students and women members of academic departments. Club programs...
Dates: 1938-1962

Patricia Murphey (1921-2011) Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/72
Abstract

The Patricia Murphey Scrapbook provides a vivid snapshot of student life during WWII. The scrapbook, documenting Murphey's busy years at Northwestern, holds newspaper clippings, programs and announcements, and photographs.

Dates: 1940-1942

Harold (1926-2004) and Joan (1926-2015) Perkin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 11/3/16/27
Abstract The papers of British social historians Harold and Joan Perkin fill 61 boxes and contain 6.28 megabytes of born-digital files. The collection documents their academic careers and personal lives in England and the United States, spanning dates 1905-2015, with bulk dates 1970-2015. Harold Perkin was one of the leaders in the British social history movement of the 1960s-1970s and a professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University from 1985 to 1997. Joan Perkin was a lecturer in...
Dates: 1905, 1930s-2015; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2015

Student War Council of Northwestern University Records

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/24
Abstract

The Student War Council of Northwestern University was founded in the summer of 1941, and began its activities immediately following the outbreak of World War II. The records include the its constitution, the constitution of the Illinois Collegiate War Council, and minutes and committee reports of the Student War Council of Northwestern University (1941-1944).

Dates: 1941-1945

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Daily Northwestern (Evanston, Ill.) 1
Daniels, Arlene Kaplan, 1930-2012 1
Deibler, Frederick Shipp, 1876-1961 1
Dickhaut, Florence Lillian Smith, 1887-1972 1
Doering, Genieve Linda, 1904-1979 1
Downs, David, 1946- 1
Elliott, Mabel A. (Mabel Agnes), 1898-1990 1
Eustice, Edith Capper, 1877-1953 1
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For Members Only 1
Foster, Leila Merrell 1
Fowler, Charles Henry, 1837-1908 1
Francis, Tod Huntington, 1959- 1
Gardner, Henry B. (Henry Brayton), 1863-1939 1
Garrison, Alice King, 1906-2002 1
Geisler, Marjorie Cowan, 1911-2012 1
Gilbert, Barry, 1876-1961 1
Gilbert, Mary Ramage Peterson, 1876-1954 1
Girton, Daisy Myrtle, 1880-1963 1
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Godeman, Ardis Kuhnen, 1929-2017 1
Goetzl, Alfred 1
Goetzl, Franz R., 1914-1981 1
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Grubb, Ethel Robinson, 1890-1975 1
Haider, Donald H. 1
Harris, Barbara, 1935-2018 1
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