University Archives. Purdue University Archives

Scope and Contents The Hicks Undergraduate Library scrapbook documents Esther E. Norton's involvement with the dedication and renaming of the Purdue Undergraduate Library (later the John. W. Hicks Undergraduate Library). The collection includes photographs of Norton with several university and library administrators at the dedication and renaming events, as well as several photographs of the Norton Reference Center. Invitations and program booklets for these events are also included. The last folder in this...

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One folder containing publications by Harry. O. Garman.

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The Barbara Cook papers predominantly document Barbara Cook's career in the Dean of Women and Dean of Students office and as professor of education at Purdue University (1956 - 1989), including her leadership roles in Mortar Board and NAWDAC -- National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors. Types of material include correspondence, speeches, teaching material, articles and essays, and biographical information.

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The Carey Ganong papers include one folder containing a Memorial Day address (1941) by Carey Kierstead Ganong.

Scope and Contents The Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Safety and Health, Breaking New Ground Resource Center, AgrAbility, records (1982-2012, predominant 1986-1997, 2005, 2007-2012; 3.4 cubic feet) contains various guidebooks (bulk 1990s), newsletters (2009-2012), brochures (predominant 2008, 2010-2012), resource manuals (1986-1987, 1991, 2000), DVDs (1990s-2000s), and other materials pertaining to the services of Purdue’s Breaking...

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The Henry C. Balcom collection documents the student life of Henry C. Balcom, mostly as a Purdue University freshman in 1905. The collection includes several photographs and clippings related to the 1905 Tank Scrap and Chain Gang, as well as various campus scenes and buildings. Also included are two newspaper clippings detailing controversies surrounding University President Winthrop Stone's wife Victoria. The collection also contains one later photograph of Balcom from 1946.

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Two boxes containing nine binders of executive memoranda and policies from the Office of the President, Purdue University, 1922-2001. Includes memos created under the presidencies of Edward Elliott, Frederick Hovde, Arthur Hansen, Steven Beering, and Martin Jischke. Also includes memoranda from the Vice President for Business Services and Treasurer's office, 1927-2001.

Scope and Contents The College of Science Centennial collection includes digitized photographs and video pertaining to the College of Science’s centennial celebrations in 2007. Nine discs include scanned historical photos from the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics. These photos were used in various centennial events. Additional discs photographs documenting the groundbreaking for Hockmeyer Hall in October 2007, and a December 2007...

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Folder contains brochure from The Industrial Recreation Workshop At Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, February 17-18, 1959.

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The papers consist of one folder containing an article by Maurice Diehm.

Scope and Contents The College of Education records document the first sixty years of Teacher Education at Purdue University (1908-1968). The majority of magazines, newsletters, pamphlets and catalogs are from the 1990s and 2000s.  Also included are the opinion survey for the various Indiana higher education planning regions for 1974, along with the Purdue University accreditation report for the National Council for The Accreditation of Teacher Education for the years 1972-1974; a detailed listing, along with...

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One folder containing an article by Walter Fitch and an obituary (date and publication not identified).

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The T. Heinbaugh papers consist of one address by Dr. Heinbaugh, Purdue University on Glanders, Annual Meeting, 1889. There is no other publication information or mention of the organization for which the annual meeting was being held.

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The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by Edwin Kemmerer.

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One folder containing an article by Eldon Jerome.

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The collection is comprised of one article by Jules Janick.

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The Purdue University Executive Vice President for Physical Facilities Office records (1960-2008; 0.4 cubic feet) document Purdue University Physical Plant purchasing procedures for 1972 and bureaucratic organization.  Includes organizational charts from 1960-2008.  Not every year in the span is represented.

Scope and Contents The Cornell A. Bell papers document the personal and professional life of Dr. Cornell Bell from his childhood through his retirement from Purdue and eventual passing in 2009. Materials include: Cornell’s personal papers, such as records from his elementary, high school, and college days, funeral programs for friends and colleagues, and contact information; material owned by members of Cornell’s family, including his wife Dr. Mildred Bell’s doctoral dissertation, his uncle Henry Sanders’s...

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The College of Agriculture, Department of Animal Sciences records (1903-1995; 15.6 cubic feet) documents the history and activities of the School of Agriculture’s Department of Animal Sciences and its predecessors, the Departments of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, and Poultry Husbandry)

Scope and Contents The Purdue University career manuals (1970, 1972, 0.45 cubic feet) documents student resources in academic departments, administrative services, and campus organizations. The manuals place particular focus on admissions and campus living, opportunities for students within their programs, and perspectives on the skills and career possibilities for students in particular fields. Though the manuals were compiled in 1970 and 1972, publication dates of the documents themselves range from...

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This collection consists of Small Town Boy Goes Away To College, an autobiography written by Fritz Ernst: '...just the simple story of the President of the B. Y. P. U. (Baptist Young People Union) of Madison, Indiana, attending Purdue University in his cutaway suit," circa 1896.

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One folder containing articles by Otis Hall.

Scope and Contents The Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook consists of black and white photographs from Schmitt's early family life, including Greencastle High School, days as a Purdue student, and some of his travels after graduation from Purdue. It also includes dance cards, a few programs and autographs from Purdue classmates from his days spent as a Purdue student. Some of the Purdue photographs include pictures of Theta Chi, the Mechanical Engineering building, the Library and Memorial Union, dated 1925; Purdue...

Scope and Contents The collection comprises one folder which contains an article by John Heiss, copies from the Debris for 1905 and 1917 which contain text about John Heiss' position at Purdue University. Programs from the Mechanic's Burning, classes of 1908, 1910, 1911. Card; Purdue Day: Purdue Yells, Purdue Songs, Purdue "Andy," Purdue Spirit. Everybody Out, Student Council, March 26, 1914. Brochure for Trade at Kimmel Herbert's Book Store, books for Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Class (no date on...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of agricultural publications collected by the Purdue University College of Agriculture. Most publications are either published by the College of Agriculture, or contributed to by College of Agriculture staff. The subjects of the publications are primarily on agricultural studies, practices, and history at Purdue, as well as in Indiana more generally. Types of materials present in the collection include booklets, reports, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, and...