Industrial Engineering at Purdue University: The Roots & First Thirty Years
Content Description
Includes one binder of the unpublished manuscript of the history of Purdue's Industrial Engineering Department, a disk of correspondence and working files. Collection also includes a biography/ c.v. of Barany & a document written by Dr. Sweet nominating Dr. Barany for an award. Collection is related to the history of the Industrial Engineering Department at Purdue. Dr. Arnold Sweet was on the committee that was writing a history of Industrial Engineering at Purdue, and Dr. James Barany was editor. In addition to the unpublished manuscript and other correspondence, a DVD includes computer files from Dr. Barany, files of other articles written by Dr. Barany, files of documents written by Dr. Sweet about Dr. Barany, email correspondence between Dr. Sweet & Dr. Barany's daughter about publishing the manuscript and email correspondence with others.
Dates
- Creation: 1955 - 2013
Creator
- From the Collection: Sweet, Arnold L. (Person)
- From the Collection: Barany, James W., 1930-2011 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.20 Cubic Feet (One half-width letter-size manuscript box)
From the Collection: 0.437 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu