Purdue University. Department of History
Organization
While instruction in History has been offered at Purdue Univeristy since 1887, the Department of History at Purdue University was fully established on July 1, 1967. The History Department belongs to the College of Liberal Arts. Currently, the department offers more than 156 courses.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Department records, 1925 - 2013
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 90, Series 2
Scope and Contents
This series contains records from the departments and programs that constitute the College of Liberal Arts. The bulk of records are from the English department and the department of Visual and Performing Arts.
Dates:
1925 - 2013
Hepburn and Sears papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSF 503
Scope and Contents
This collection contains information compiled by William Hepburn and Louis Martin Sears for an unpublished book on the history of Purdue's academic departments: Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, the Engineering Experiment Station, Engineering Extension Service, Agriculture, Indiana Experiment Station, Agricultural Extension, Pharmacy, Home Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Education, English, History and Economics, Modern...
Dates:
1922 - 1928
Paul Million papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 512
Scope and Contents
The Paul Million papers document Million's career as a history professor at Purdue, research into the history of Purdue and of the History Department, and involvement with the Matchette Foundation.
Dates:
1874 - 1984
Louis Martin Sears papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 338
Scope and Contents
The Louis Martin Sears papers document the professional career, personal life, and family history of historian and author Louis Martin Sears. Types of materials in the collection include writings by Sears, correspondence, research materials, and Sears family materials.
Dates:
1858 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1943