This collection contains a limited, insider’s perspective of Senator Winters’ multiple terms in the legislature, as well as selected windows into her pre-legislative work and personal life. The bulk of the collection is made up of legislative records, which provide a glimpse of the inner workings of the legislative process. The correspondence, primarily from fellow legislators and constituents, as well as extensive press items, also provide contemporary context for Winters’ work and time in the state legislature. Additionally, the select materials regarding Winters’ pre-legislative work, especially the scrapbooks of photographs, correspondence, and press from the 1970s–1980s, emphasize the main areas of professional focus for Winters during that period. The limited pieces of personal documentation supplement these professional records to provide a more comprehensive picture of Winters, her professional efforts, and her personal interests.

The collection contains papers, photographs, mimeograph sheets, transparencies, inventory cards, guestbooks, notebooks, films, pamphlets, programs, equipment, and other ephemera relating to the founding and operation of Linfield Research Institute. It also contains awards given to director Walter Dyke, as well as scientific equipment used at the Institute.

This collection contains photographs taken while in the Army, letters written to his parents while in the Army, military documents, medals and patches, as well as documents from his time participating in research about radioisotopes. The collection also houses Bob Jones’ military jacket.

Seven boxes of materials related to Helen’s life at Linfield as well as many other institutions and also her personal affairs. the collection contains letters, journals, class notes, assignment sketches, and many photos of both Helen’s work, her farm, and herself.

The archives has five oversized pieces of Helen’s artwork, photos of which are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6roof0w5mz5uaqy/AACdXHuyNCMz9n15V6MuJ8x4a?dl=
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One is located in the archivist’s office, and four are stored in the archives.

A digital collection of Helen Blumenstiel’s art is available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/155417544@N05/sets/72157687432539734/with/2352
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