“We cannot change the world but we can change the people in it.” The Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers


Document 1: Diary Entry on Love and Marriage     |     Introduction to Documents 2 & 3
Document 2: 21 November 1924, Eleanor to Bill Stevenson     |     Document 3: 17 November 1925, Bumpy to Bill Stevenson
Document 4: Girl Trouble and Divorce     |     Document 5: “The Soldier Takes a Wife”
Document 6: Recreational Program     |     Document 7: Fair Employment Practices Council and Democracy
Document 8: Women’s Group Tea     |      Document 9: The Weaker Sex      |      Document 10: PAUW the Challenge to Education Today
Document 11: Making Use of Their Education     |      Document 12: Letter of Condolence      |     Bibliography


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Oberlin College Archival Collections:

William Edward and Eleanor Bumstead Stevenson Papers (1809-18, 1857, 1885-1987), Record Group 30/219, O.C.A.

 

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Relevant Websites:

Ancestry.com

This is a highly useful source for general genealogical information, and personal data.

Encyclopedia Britannica

A valid alternative to Wikipedia. This encyclopedic source provides basic information on world events, people and places, and is a good place to go for citable background information.