creator:

Sleight, Alethea E. Paul (1915-2001)

title:

Papers

dates:

ca. 1937-2008

extent:

0.21 linear ft.  (1 half-document box)

collection number:

RS 21/7/207

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Alethea E. Paul Sleight Papers, RS 21/7/207, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Alethea Elizabeth Paul was born September 25, 1915. She transferred to Iowa State College (University) as a sophomore in 1937 after first taking classes at Muscatine Junior (Community) College in Iowa. As a student at Iowa State, Alethea was active in Sigma Alpha Iota (national music fraternity), Home Economics Club, Campus 4-H Council, Dormitory Council, Mixed Chorus, Women's Glee Club, and Y.W.C.A. Alethea received her B.S. (1939) in dietetics from Iowa State.

Alethea married Norman Sleight, who studied graduate-level chemistry at Iowa State from 1940 until 1942. Together they had two children, Douglas and Susanne. Alethea Paul Sleight passed away on February 5, 2001, in Newark, Ohio.

 

Collection Description

 
The collection (ca. 1937-2008) contains a notebook (ca. 1937) compiled by Alethea Paul Sleight for a class she took at Iowa State called Textiles and Clothing 104: General Textiles. The notebook includes hand-written class notes, assignments, and fabric swatches. The collection also contains a small amount of biographical information about Alethea Paul Sleight.