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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 2

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Greeting cards, 1939-1953

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1939-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.

Postcards to Jeanie Schroeder, 1937-1940's

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1937-1940's
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.

Programs, 1939-1953

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1939-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.

Business cards

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1938-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.

Personal identification cards and receipts, 1941-1943

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1941-1943
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.

Blair Schroeder hair, 1943 and undated

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1943 and undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.

Greeting cards and invitations, 1938-1953

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1938-1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jean Schroeder papers / Series 2. Greeting Cards, invitations, postcards, business cards, programs and newspaper clippings.