Purdue University Board of Trustees Office records, addition 09
Content Description
Documents related to the earliest years of Purdue University, including documents related to John Purdue, Martin Peirce, university contracts, building information, insurance policies, and trustee correspondence. Also includes research notes and a manuscript by Professor George Munro on the life of John Purdue, a scrapbook about Charles Major and documentation related to Major's estate, materials from Purdue's 1924 semi-centennial, and documentation of American Association of Scientific Workers union activities from 1979.
Acquisition Type
Transfer
Provenance
Transferred from the Purdue University Board of Trustees Office on February 6, 2017.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: 1872 - 1979
Creator
- Munro, George Wesley, 1872-1964 (Person)
Extent
1.819 Cubic Feet (One cubic foot box, one full-length legal-size manuscript box, and one half-length legal-size manuscript box)
Inventory
Box 1: Charles Major materials, American Association of Scientific Workers materials Box 2: university documents, Munro research, semi-centennial Box 3: university documents, Munro research, semi-centennial
Source
- Purdue University. Board of Trustees (Organization)
Subject
- Purdue, John, 1802-1876 (Person)
- Major, Charles, 1856-1913 (Person)
- Purdue University (Organization)