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National Association of Women Deans, Administrators & Counselors

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 2000
  • Usage: 1973 - 1990
  • Usage: 1956 - 1973
  • Usage: 1990 - 2000

Historical Information

Started in 1916 as a National Association of Deans of Women, the organization that would eventually be the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Councilors (NAWDAC) was important in developing the professional and social community of women college administrators, especially through its quarterly journal and annual meeting.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara Cook papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 467
Abstract

The Barbara Cook papers predominantly document Barbara Cook's career in the Dean of Women and Dean of Students office and as professor of education at Purdue University (1956 - 1989), including her leadership roles in Mortar Board and NAWDAC -- National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors. Types of material include correspondence, speeches, teaching material, articles and essays, and biographical information.

Dates: 1932 - 2012; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Dean of Women records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 41
Abstract

This collections contains annual reports, budgets, correspondence and other official documents from the Office of the Dean of Women.

Dates: 1948 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1974
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

Beverley Stone papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 466
Abstract

Collection includes biographical documents, correspondence, speech notes and other materials documenting the life of Purdue’s first Dean of Students, Beverley Stone.

Dates: 1934 - 2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections