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Box 1

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1936-1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1936-1938
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1939
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1941-1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1941-1942
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1943 March-July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1943 March-July
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1943 August-December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1943 August-December
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1944

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1944
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1945-1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1945-1949
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters to Jeanie Schroeder, 1950-1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1950-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters and notes from Jeanie Schroeder

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1936-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Letters from Ken Leighton to Jeanie Schroeder, 1941-1944

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1941-1944
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters

Blair Boston artwork, and letters, 1943-1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Content Description From the File: This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World...
Dates: 1943-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 1. Letters