This collection contains the personal papers of Mattilou Catchpole relating to her time as an Associate Professor at Sangamon State University (later University of Illinois-Springfield. Catchpole was hired as an Associate Professor in the Health and Human Services program and later became director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program; after that program was discontinued, she joined the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences as an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies. The collection includes school records, army and employment records, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, scholarly writing, oral histories, syllabi, lecture notes and transparencies, and similar materials, Mattilou Catchpole’s early life, education, career at Sangamon State University, and volunteer activity. It is divided into three series: Early Life, Work Files, and Course Materials.

Series I: Early Life, 1923-2004 contains personal identity documents, professional licenses, school transcripts, photographs, a short story written by Catchpole, and Catchpole’s army records. Arranged alphabetically.

Series II: Work Files, 1972-2012 contains materials relating to Catchpole’s career at Sangamon State University as well as her volunteer activities, doctoral education, and her Nurse Anesthesia Refresher Program business. Formats include correspondence, meeting minutes, article and book manuscripts, conference presentations, course proposals, newspaper clippings, photographs, and oral history interviews of Catchpole. Arranged alphabetically.

Series III: Course Materials, 1978-2006, contains syllabi, lecture notes, test prompts, and transparencies relating to courses taught by Catchpole as an associate professor of Health and Human Services and Women’s Studies. Arranged alphabetically.