Leah Rowena Miller scrapbook

Collection — Box: Box 1

Identifier: MSA 275

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Leah Rowena Miller scrapbook (1924-1931; 0.4 cubic feet) documents the student life of Leah Rowena Miller. It includes her time as a student at Purdue as well as her travels after graduation. The scrapbook focuses heavily on Rowena's social life with her family and friends. This scrapbook would be a valuable asset for any individual researching the history of Purdue and student life. It would also be valuable for an individual researching the time period of the 1920s. Within the scrapbook are mementos, black and white photographs, programs, holiday cards, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes. You will also find within the scrapbook is a list of all of Rowena's friends and their hometowns, two tables of sports scores for both the football and basketball teams for the 1924-1925 seasons, and a list of productions and social functions that Rowena attended during her time at Purdue.

Dates

Creation: 1924-1931
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1927
Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2013

Creator

Miller, Leah Rowena (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Information

Leah Rowena Miller, called Rowena by her friends, was a member of the class of 1927 from Decatur, Indiana. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. She married Vernon P Sharkey in 1948 and lived as a homemaker in Goshen. She passed away in 2000.