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University Archives. Purdue University Archives

 Collecting Area
Identifier: University Archives
The University Archives preserves materials created by or related to Purdue University, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and associated organizations.

Found in 1716 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur O. Gates papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 22, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSF 142
Scope and Contents

Four folders containing publications by Arthur Gates.

Dates: 1896 - 1921

Robert M. Gates collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 6, Placement: 25
Identifier: MSA 119
Scope and Contents

Front cover of Purdue Alumnus, December 1943, vol. XXXI, no. 3, features Robert M. Gates receiving the coveted "M" from Admiral Howard L. Vickery, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission. Page one also features a column about Gates.

Dates: undated

Kenneth R. Geiser papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 378
Scope and Contents

The Kenneth R. Geiser papers document Geiser's experience as a Purdue student in the 1930s. In addition to news clippings, a program from the 1937 Purdue vs. Fordham football game, and small paper pennants, the collection includes a scrapbook of programs, clippings, receipts, and postcards from Geiser's student years. Included in the scrapbook are clippings related to Amelia Earhart.

Dates: 1931 - 1939

Leroy C. Glass diary

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 122
Scope and Contents

Diary ("Sunshine book") of Leroy C. Glass. Front cover embossed "Purdue University Chemistry Laboratory Notes," but inside contains diary entries for October 30, 1915 - June 14, 1916.

Dates: 1915 - 1916

Michael J. Golden papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 145
Scope and Contents

The Michael J. Golden papers contain lecture notes, course syllabi, an article written by Michael Golden, another article about him (author unknown), and two copies of An Elementary Course In Wood Turning by Golden.

Dates: 1910

John L. Goldthwaite collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 123
Scope and Contents

The collection includes Goldthwaite's Purdue student notebook, inside cover signed, "John L. Goldthwaite, Purdue '18;" forty-fifth anniversary directory, Class of 1921, 1966; a photograph of Class of 1921 from 1968; and an itinerary for Gala Week from the same year.

Dates: 1918 - 1968

Fremont Goodwine collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 124
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of one folder which contains newspaper clippings and an autobiographical sheet about Fremont Goodwine.

Dates: 1883 - 1956

Collection on Harold Gray

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 255
Scope and Contents

Nine Christmas cards created by Gray, newspaper clippings, cartoons from Debris yearbook created by Gray, one printing plate used for a Debris yearbook page created by Gray.

Dates: 1913 - 1950s; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1928

James R. Griffith papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSA 126
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one folder which contains articles by James R. Griffith.

Dates: 1917 - 1929

Arthur Goss papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 23, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 147
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of one folder which contains publications by Arthur Goss.

Dates: 1895 - 1927

William F. M. Goss papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 148
Scope and Contents One folder containing correspondence from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott upon the death of William Goss, concerning Purdue's representation at his funeral services. Also contains a thank you note from Mrs. Goss. The folder also contains a copy of Professor Goss' obituary, a report he had written: Facts Concerning Graduates of Purdue University, during the ten years ending with 1894, and a report; Thermal Tests Of Car Wheels, done by Goss for the Griffin Wheel Company and submitted to...
Dates: 1894 - 1964

John E. Griner collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSA 128
Scope and Contents

Program from Purdue University's eighty-first commencement, Sunday, October 28, 1945.

Dates: undated

Frederick W. Greve papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 154
Scope and Contents

The Frederick W. Greve papers include articles published by Greve, primarily about hydraulics, as well as an membership certificates from the American Society of Civil Engineering and American Society of Mechanical Engineering, both from 1943.

Dates: 1918 - 1943

Otis E. Griner papers

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 129
Scope and Contents The papers of Otis Edward Griner (1911-1916) include one photograph album and two folders. The majority of the album is composed of black and white photographs, a few cyanotypes, and a few newspaper clippings documenting Otis Griner's time as a student at Purdue University, 1911-1914.  Included in the collection are a Purdue tank scrap marshal ribbon (1913), and photographs of a variety of local and Purdue events, such as automobile races, the mechanics burning tradition, the Purdue Circus,...
Dates: 1911 - 1916

George E. Halliday collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 131
Scope and Contents "A Mighty Oak," written by John A. Wallace who served under Lieutenant Colonel George E. Halliday during World War II, circa 2000Letter from John R. Wallace to Gregory A. Zawisza, Director of Special Projects, Purdue University, June 12, 2000.Letter from Gregory A. Zawisza, Director of Special Projects to John R. Wallace, March 29, 2000.History of the 633rd Field Artillery Battalion, March 1943 - June 1944.Letter from E. Charles McInnis...
Dates: 1987 - 2000

George F. Hamilton collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSA 132
Scope and Contents

Papers and photographs relating to the Purdue Class of 1897.

Dates: 1896 - 1944

Warren G. Hansen collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 23, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSF 159
Scope and Contents

Papers relating to Warren Hansen, including correspondence regarding Professor Hansen's request for leave from Purdue to pursue further studies in theology and related subjects.

Dates: 1970 - 1971

Clarence Hansell collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 133
Scope and Contents

Bob Long (1948). Indiana's Edison: If the Mail Arrives Some Day by Television, Thank Clarence Hansell, a Local Boy Who Made Good. Indianapolis Star Magazine, February 22, 1948.

Dates: undated

Charles Francis Harding papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 23, Placement: 14
Identifier: MSF 160
Scope and Contents

Three folders containing articles by Charles Harding.

Dates: 1908 - 1932

Bruce F. Hardy collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSA 134
Scope and Contents

Purdue anniversary testimonials, photographs from dedication of Hardy Lake and highway to the lake, circa 1970. Papers relating to Hardy Lake, circa 1970. Conservationist of the Year Award, undated.

Dates: 1967 - 1977

Edward R. Harper collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 135
Scope and Contents

The Edward R. Harper collection contains a photograph of Edward R. Harper, a photograph of locomotive, and a set of drawing tools used by Harper while a student.

Dates: 1890 - 1892

R. B. Harvey papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 7: Series MSA 135, Series 1, Placement: 14
Identifier: MSA 136
Scope and Contents

Harvey, R.B. (1915). A Recent Buchu Adulteration. The Lilly Scientific Bulletin, Series 1, no. 6, p. 253-254.

Dates: undated

James D. Hoffman papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 179
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of seven folders which contain publications by James Hoffman. Most of the material appears to be the original copy, so publication information is not available for many of the articles.

Dates: 1907 - 1922

Warren E. Howland papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 24, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSF 182
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of three folders which contain publications by Warren Howland.

Dates: 1930 - 1962

Albert Charles Houser papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 341
Scope and Contents

The Albert Charles Houser papers contain Houser's letter of admittance to Purdue University for the fall of 1910, addressed to "L. L. Houser" from Registrar E. H. Davis. Also included is Houser's scrapbook containing newsclippings and ephemera dated 1913 through 1915 affixed to pages of a Saturday Evening Post magazine dated October 1909.

Dates: 1909 - 1915