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Nancy Fowler Papers

An inventory of her papers at the Syracuse University Archives

Summary

Creator: Fowler, Nancy, 1932-
Title: Nancy Fowler Papers
Dates: 1950-circa 2010s
Size: 2 linear feet
Abstract: Papers related to Nancy Fowler's time as a student at Syracuse University
Language: English
Repository: University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Nancy Fowler (b. 1932) is a Syracuse University alumna. She attended from 1950 to 1954 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Fowler was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and participated in the Women’s Athletic Association and the Onondagan yearbook. Post-graduation, she lived for a few years in New York City and worked in the art department of Good Housekeeping magazine, after which she returned to suburban Chicago and married Donald Puls.

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Scope and Content Note

The Nancy Fowler Papers contains correspondence, artwork, and other materials that document her life during and after her time at Syracuse University. Fowler’s letters home to family are a vivid description of college life at Syracuse University in the 1950s and she created much of the artwork in the collection as a student. Her father's correspondence contains replies to his daughter and communications from Syracuse University and Pi Beta Phi about Fowler's attendance and membership.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Selected Search Terms

Names

Fowler, Nancy, 1932-
Pi Beta Phi.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Art students.
College students.
Greek letter societies.
Higher education.

Types of material

Correspondence.
Drawing (image-making)
Holiday cards.
Newspaper clippings.
Paper dolls.
Photographs.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Nancy Fowler Records,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Stacy Kimbark Prince in 2021.

Processing Information

Items were placed in acid-free folders and boxes.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Halsey Van Allen
Date: 2022
Revision history:

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Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically.

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Inventory

Papers
Box 1 Artwork circa 1950-1954
Oversize 1 Artwork circa 1950s
Box 1 Clippings 1950s
Box 1 Correspondence, Fowler, Nancy 1950-1954, undated
Box 1 Correspondence, Fowler, William 1950-1953
Box 1 Holiday cards 1957, undated
Box 1 Photographs circa late 1960s, circa 2010s
Box 1 Syracuse University transcript record 1954

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