Beverley Stone papers, 1934-2004 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

By Jonathan McConnell

Collection Overview

Title: Beverley Stone papers, 1934-2004

Primary Creator: Beverley Stone (1916 - 2003)

Extent: 2.5 Cubic feet

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into eight series: 1) Biographical Information 2) Correspondence 3) Clippings 4) Miscellaneous Materials 5) Publications and Printed Material 6) Photographs 7) Speeches and Essays 8) Artifacts and Scrapbooks

Date Acquired: 11/15/2007. More info below under Accruals.

Languages: English

Abstract

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

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Beverley Stone papers documents the personal and professional life of Beverley Stone, from her time as a student at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in the 1930s, through her long career at Purdue University from 1956-1980, her subsequent city council service from 1984–1988, up until her death in 2003. A large part of the collection consists of Stone’s speech notes from her numerous speaking appearances at Purdue and elsewhere. Types of materials include: books, certificates, clippings, correspondence, photographic prints, speeches, and scrapbooks.

Collection Historical Note

Beverley Stone began her 24-year career at Purdue in 1956, serving in the Office of the Dean of Women as an advisor to student organizations such as the Student Government, Panhellenic Association and Mortar Board. In 1968, she succeeded Helen Schleman as Dean of Women with the rank of assistant professor. In addition to successfully pulling through the "campus wars" during the turbulent 1960s, she ensured that students' voices were heard, requiring that they be appointed to faculty committees and held "speaking seats" at the Board of Trustees meetings. In 1974, after the Dean of Women and Dean of Men offices were combined, Stone was named Purdue's first Dean of Students, the first woman ever to hold such a position at a Big Ten university. It was also in this year that she coauthored a book with her colleague Barbara Cook entitled Counseling Women. Stone was an active member of many professional and community organizations and recipient of numerous honors and awards. In 1980, Stone retired, and Barbara Cook became her successor as Dean of Students. A sculpture honoring both women resides in between Schleman and Hovde halls. After her retirement from Purdue University, Stone remained active in community affairs and successfully ran for City Council in West Lafayette in 1983 and served from 1984–1988.

Biographical Note

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Accruals:

Donation by Betty Nelson, November 15, 2007.

Donation by Sarah J. Watlington, March 7, 2008.

Acquisition Method: .

Related Materials: Beverley Stone had close ties to three other Deans of Women: Dorothy Stratton, Helen Schleman, and Barbara Cook. More photos, correspondence, and other materials relating to Stone can be found in those collections.

Processing Information: Whenever possible, original order of the materials has been retained. All materials have been housed in polyester sleeves, acid-free folders, and acid-free boxes. Loose newsprint clippings have been photocopied and the original clippings discarded. Newsprint in scrapbooks has been left intact. Several oversized documents have been stored separately due to their size. Reduced-size photocopies of these separated documents have been inserted in their proper place in the collection. Speech notecards in Series Seven have been placed in individual acid-free envelopes and organized by date when possible.

Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/msf466_stone.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Information, 1936 - 2004],
[Series 2: Correspondence, 1941 - 2004],
[Series 3: Clippings, 1941 - 2004],
[Series 4: Miscellaneous materials, 1965 - 2001],
[Series 5: Publications and printed material, 1934 - 1980],
[Series 6: Photographs, circa 1918 - 2003],
[Series 7: Speeches and essays, 1944 - 1990],
[Series 8: Artifacts and scrapbooks],
[All]

Series 1: Biographical Information, 1936 - 2004

This series contains many revisions of Stone's curriculum vitae, along with numerous official records (military, education, professional, and medical), and memorial documents. Taken together, these records provide an overview of Beverley Stone's life events and accomplishments.

Box 1

Folder 1: Vita and Profile, 1977 - 1996
Folder 2: Military records, 1943 - 1976
Folder 3: Placement file and recommendations, 1946 - 1955
Folder 4: Teaching certificate, diploma, honorary doctorate documentation, 1936 - 1986
Folder 5: Awards and honors, 1955 - 2004: Oversized award certificates separated and filed with oversized items.
Folder 6: Medical records, 1956 - 1979
Folder 7: Travel expenses, 1973 - 1980
Folder 8: Stone's city council election materials, 1983
Folder 9: Memorial service documents, 2003
Folder 10: English 515 papers about Dean Stone, 1984
Folder 11: Certificate of Distinction, Purdue University, 1980
Folder 12: Diploma, Doctor of Human Letters, 1986
Item 13: Helianthus, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Yearbook, 1936

Series 2: Correspondence, 1941 - 2004

In addition to general and professional correspondence, a large portion of the correspondence included in this series consists of letters from alumni, providing a testament to how loved and successful Stone was as Dean of Women and Dean of Students.

Box 2

Folder 1: General correspondence, 1944 - 1972: Correspondence containing an oversized original comic strip separated and filed as OV M3
Folder 2: General correspondence, 1973 - 1996
Folder 3: General correspondence, undated
Folder 4: Employment correspondence, 1941 - 1956
Folder 5: Retirement cards and speeches, 1980
Folder 6: Alumni correspondence and clippings, 1970 - 2004
Folder 7: Alumni correspondence and clippings, 1986 - 1993
Folder 8: Alumni correspondence and clippings, 1975 - 1991
Folder 9: Greeting cards and post cards, circa 1947 - 1996
Folder 10: Nominations and recommendations written by Stone, 1981 - 1991
Folder 11: Correspondence regarding Time Magazine football article, 1967

Box 3

Folder 1: Scrapbook, retirement notes from Mortar Board students, 1980
Folder 2: Congratulatory correspondence received for honorary degree, 1986

Series 3: Clippings, 1941 - 2004

This series contains newspaper clippings about Beverley Stone and other individuals. Additional clippings are located in Series 8.

Box 3

Folder 3: Clippings, circa 1947 - 1985
Folder 4: Clippings, 1986 - 2003
Folder 5: Clippings, undated
Folder 6: Scrapbook of Old Masters clippings, 1969

Series 4: Miscellaneous materials, 1965 - 2001

This series contains various documents collected by Stone, such as pages of poetry, memorial programs, conference information, and annotated notes from Robert W. Topping’s book on Purdue history.

Box 3

Folder 7: Manuscript excerpts, Robert W. Topping's Purdue History, 1988
Folder 8: Miscellaneious essays, poems, notes, quotations, circa 1960 - 1990
Folder 9: Ephemera, 1965 - 2001
Folder 10: Esther Lloyd-Jones conference materials, 1966

Series 5: Publications and printed material, 1934 - 1980

This series contains publications of particular interest, including materials written by Purdue luminaries Dorothy Stratton, Helen Schleman, and Herbert C. Brown, as well as a small handwritten book of poetry and narratives from 1936.

Box 3

Folder 11: Schleman, Helen. Group Golf Instruction, 1934
Folder 12: Small poetry notebook, 1936
Folder 13: "Marching to Victory" WAVES song booklet, 1943

Box 4

Folder 1: Corse book, "Great Moments in Great Issues", 1971
Folder 2: Brown, Herbert C. A Life in Chemistry, 1980
Folder 3: Schleman, Helen and Dorothy Stratton. Your Best Foot Forward, 1955

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1918 - 2003

This series contains photographs of Stone and others organized by size into two folders. Additional photographs can be found in the scrapbooks of Series 8.

Box 4

Folder 4: Smaller photographs (wallet-size to 4x6), circa 1918 - 2003
Folder 5: Larger photographs (4x6 to 8x10), circa 1950 - 1989

Series 7: Speeches and essays, 1944 - 1990

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.

Box 4

Folder 6: Essays by Stone about women in the military, 1944 - circa 1954
Folder 7: Speech notes, 1962 - 1963
Folder 8: Speech notes, 1964 - 1966
Folder 9: Speech notes, 1967

Box 5

Folder 1: Speech notes, 1968 - 1969
Folder 2: Speech notes, 1970
Folder 3: Speech Notes, 1971 - 1972
Folder 4: Speech Notes, 1973 - 1975
Folder 5: "Books and Coffee" speech on Times to Remember by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1975
Folder 6: "0076" Employees Luncheon, 1976
Folder 7: Speech Notes, 1976
Folder 8: Speech Notes, 1977
Folder 9: Speech notes, 1978 - 1979

Box 6

Folder 1: Speech notes, 1980
Folder 2: Speeches, Parlor Club, 1971 - 1985: Includes "Deans or Demons" speech, whis is about the history of women at Purdue
Folder 3: Speech notes, 1981 - 1982
Folder 4: Speech notes, 1985 - 1989
Folder 5: Speech notes, undated
Folder 6: Speech notes, undated
Folder 7: Freshman Orientation speeches, 1964 - 1974
Folder 8: Miscellaneous speech file, 1970 - 1980
Folder 9: Speech material file, 1959 - 1990
Folder 10: Speech material file, 1963 - 1975

sub-series 1: Panhellenic, IFC (Interfraternity Council), 1950 - 1985

Box 7

Folder 1: Speech notes, 1950 - 1963
Folder 2: Speech notes, 1964 - 1967
Folder 3: "Kappa Alpha Theta Scholarship Dinner", Dec. 7, 1967
Folder 4: Speech notes, 1968 - 1969
Folder 5: Speech notes, 1971 - 1972
Folder 6: Speech notes, 1975
Folder 7: Speech notes, 1976
Folder 8: Speech notes, 1977
Folder 9: Speech notes, 1978 - 1985
Folder 10: "Panhellenic Reception for Senior Women", April 17, 1985
Folder 11: Untitled speech notes, undated
Folder 12: Speech notes, undated
Folder 13: Miscellaneous documents from the "Panhellenic - IFC" file, 1966 - 1985

Series 8: Artifacts and scrapbooks

This series contains items from Stone’s office, such as her nameplate and several plaques, as well as several scrapbooks. The red scrapbook is especially interesting, with several photos of Stone as a small child, clippings, and a variety of certificates.

Box 8

Item 1: Plaque, Who's Who in America, 2000
Item 2: Plaque, President's Council, undated
Item 3: Shoemaker Award, wooden vase, 1999
Item 4: Desk nameplate
Item 5: Red scrapbook: Contains certificates of citation and group membership, newspaper clippings about Stone, and photographs
Item 6: Blue Scrapbook, 1980: Cards, letters, and photographs from former students
Item 7: Campaign button "Bev Stone for West Lafayette City Council"
Item 8: Campaign button "Beverley Stone Council-at-large"
Item 9: Photograph Album, Beverley Stone's retirement dinner, 1980
Item 10: Photograph album, Beverley Stone's retirement dinner, 1980
Item 11: Scrapbook, Old Master's Program letters