Benns mss., 1914-1996
Summary Information
Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Sturgeon, Kate, 1916-1997
TitleBenns mss., 1914-1996
Collection No.
LMC 1083
Extent
ca. 700 items
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Benns mss., 1914-1996, consists of
the correspondence and papers of the F. Lee Benns family, and particularly of Kate
Lee (Benns) Robinson Sturgeon, 1916-1997.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Frank Lee Benns was professor of history at Indiana University from 1920-1945; his
papers are in the Indiana University Archives. Kate Lee was the only child of the
Benns's. She was schooled in Bloomington, graduated from Indiana University in the
late 1930s, and married Keith Bates Robinson, a newspaper publisher in Rensselaer,
Indiana. They had one child, Schuyler Lee Robinson, b. 1941, who died of
complications from Hodgkin's disease in 1973. Following her husband's death in 1989,
Kate returned to Bloomington and subsequently married widower, Robert Sturgeon,
professor emeritus of Economics at IU. She died in Bloomington in 1997.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Photographs; III. Financial; IV. Miscellaneous.
Scope and Content Note
The Benns mss., 1914-1996, consists of the correspondence and papers of the F. Lee
Benns family, and particularly of Kate Lee (Benns) Robinson Sturgeon, 1916-1997. The
collection is primarily correspondence of Kate with her parents and of her son,
Schuyler, with both his parents and grandparents, particularly while he was an
undergraduate and one semester law school student at Indiana University. Also
included are financial papers and photographs.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Related Material
Frank Lee Benns Papers; located at the Indiana University Office of University
Archives and Records Management, Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift, Kate Lee Sturgeon. 1995.
Usage Restrictions
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Benns mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
Correspondence
folder 1: 1914-1940
folder 2: 1941-1949
folder 3: 1950
folder 4: 1951-1957
folder 5: 1958
folder 6: 1959
folder 7: 1960
folder 8: 1961, Jan.-June
folder 9: 1961, July-Dec.
folder 10: 1962
folder 11: 1963-1964
folder 12: 1965, Jan.-Mar.
folder 13: 1965,
Apr.
folder 14: 1965,
May
folder 15: 1965, June-Dec.
folder 16: 1966-1969
folder 17: 1970-1979
folder 18: 1980-1995
folder 19: Undated
Series:
Photographs
Box 1
folder 20: Althouse, Frances Lathrop
(1 photograph)
folder 21: Benns, F. Lee
(9 photographs)
folder 22: Benns, George W.
(1 photograph)
folder 23: Benns, Jessie Coon w/aunt or grandmother
(1 photograph)
folder 24: Buildings
(16 photographs)
folder 25: Coon, Alice Lathrop
(11 photographs)
folder 26: Coon, Talcott and Eunice (Bergen) and Jane Coon (2nd
wife)
(7 photographs, includes tintypes)
folder 27: Lathrop, Abner
(1 photograph)
folder 28: Lee, Harlow W. and Sylvia Thurston Lee and Henry W.
Lee
(1 tintype)
folder 29: Robinson, Max
(2 photographs)
folder 30: Robinson, Schuyler Lee
(2 photographs)
folder 31: Robison, Thomas H. and Frances (Rockwell) Robinson
(1 photograph)
folder 32: Sturgeon, Kate Lee (Benns) Robinson
(2 photographs)
folder 33: Unidentified Persons 1
(33 photographs)
folder 34: Unidentified Persons 2
(19 photographs, includes tintypes &
silhouettes)
Series:
Financial
Box 1
folder 35: Benns, F. Lee. Intangibles Tax Forms, 1940's-1960's
folder 36: Benns, F. Lee. Papers & transactions,
1915-1918
folder 37: Sturgeon, Kate. Papers, 1926-1995
folder 38: Miscellaneous, 1928-1996
Series:
Box 2
Miscellaneous
folder 1: Includes date books, Arabic currency, &
facsimile of Ulster County Gazette
folder 2: Biographical. Includes obituaries &
genealogical records
folder 3: Autobiographical writings
folder 4: Medical
folder 5: Religion. Includes prints of church architecture,
church bulletins, standards of church elders
folder 6: St. Joseph's College. Papers
folder 7: Benns, F. Lee and Jessie Coon. Academics and
certificates
folder 8: Benns, F. Lee. Copyright papers, 1974
folder 9: Benns, F. Lee. Legal Papers, 1924-1970
folder 10: Robinson, Keith. Academics. Includes diploma from
Indiana University, 1938
folders 11-14: Robinson, Keith. European Tour, 1950. Includes scrapbook materials,
newspaper clippings, maps and magazine clippings
folder 15: Robinson, Schuyler. Academics and certificates.
Includes birth certificates, student essays, scholarship
recognition
folder 16: Robinson, Schuyler. Papers and correspondence
concerning his death and memorial fund
folder 17: Sturgeon, Kate. Academics. Includes report cards from
elementary school through I.U. and student essays
folder 18: Sturgeon, Kate. Arts. 1957-1996. Includes a 45rpm recording
and Bloomington HS literary journal
folder 19: Sturgeon, Kate. Artwork. Contains two watercolor
journals
folder 20: Sturgeon, Kate. Organizations, 1958-1975. Includes
Christian Children's Fund & Mothers of Beta Theta Pi
Sturgeon, Kate. Travel, 1962-1963
