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Prosser, Sallie May Glick, 1860-1937

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860 - April 28, 1937

Biographical Information

Sallie May Glick attended Purdue University from 1876-1879. She was one of the earliest women students at the university and took a botany course under Professor Sarah Oren, Purdue's first female faculty member. Her family was related to John Purdue and the McCutcheons.

Sallie May Glick was born in 1860 in Romney, Indiana. She was the daughter of Dr. Elias B. Glick, who served as mayor of Lafayette for two terms in the late 1800s, and Henrietta Oyler (or Oiler). She is one of three children: Benjamin, Sallie (or Sarah), and Clara (or Callie). Sallie Glick married John Prosser, a nephew of John Purdue, and they had three children together. Sallie and John lived in Devil's Lake, North Dakota. She died on April 28, 1937 in Sarasota, Florida.

Citation:
Deaths (1937, May 1). Purdue Alumnus 24(8), 38. Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries. Retrieved from: https://historicalnewspapers.lib.purdue.edu/?a=d&d=ALU19370501-01.2.44
Citation:
Prosser, F. Jr. (1930, August). Glick family. MSS 35, Glick and Prosser family papers, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Glick and Prosser family papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 94: Series MSF 529, Series 1; Series MSS 35, Series 1; Series MSS 35, Series 2; Series MSS 35, Series 3, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSS 35
Scope and Contents The collection includes papers belonging to the Glick and Prosser family, primarily those who were relatives of Sallie M. Glick and John Prosser. Materials include typed genealogies of the Glick family and the McCutcheons, who were descendants of the Glick's, a family tree for the Prosser's, photographs of Prosser children and Sallie and John Prosser's home town of Devil's Lake, and several deeds and receipts predominantly from Ohio that were likely inherited by John Prosser from his...
Dates: 1842 - 1930
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sallie M. Glick papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 92: Series MSF 173, Series 5, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSS 30
Scope and Contents

The collection includes materials created or collected by Sallie May Glick during her time as a student at Purdue University and document her academics and personal interests at the time. Materials include her specimen book from a botany course with Professor Sarah Oren, grade report, program from a Purdue event, and tickets and playbills for the Thalian Dramatic Club performances where Glick was a cast member.

Dates: 1876 - 1880
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections