Papers of Bonnie-Blanche Schoonover, 1945-1973 (inclusive).

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Papers of Bonnie-Blanche Schoonover, 1945-1973 (inclusive).

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Collection includes biographical information; Christmas letters; lecture notes and slides of the founders of the P.E.O. Sisterhood as well as brochures and a Massachusetts P.E.O. convention program (1962); brochures, questionnaires, etc. for young people contemplating marriage, especially addressing marriage between Protestants and Catholics; notes for lectures (possibly part of a class taught by Schoonover); pamphlets by the American Institute of Family Relations on child rearing, adolescence, marriage and sex.

4 folders.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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P.E.O. Sisterhood

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P.E.O.was founded in 1869 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on the Iowa Wesleyan campus for the purpose of furthering women's education. From the description of P.E.O. records, 1892-1978. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 64396034 ...

Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

American Institute of Family Relations.

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Schoonover, Bonnie-Blanche, 1893-1981.

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Librarian Bonnie-Blanche Schoonover graduated from Sioux City High School (Iowa) and attended Morningside College in Sioux City (B.A. 1915), Columbia (B.E. 1921) and Radcliffe College (M.A. 1927). She married Lynn Irvine Schoonover (1887-1973), a finance professor at Northeastern University; they had one son. She served as night librarian at Radcliffe (1928-1942) and was head librarian at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts) beginning in 1942. She was active with the P.E.O. Sisterhood...