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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 collection consists of one folder which contains an article by E. J. Petry.

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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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The College of Agriculture, Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, records (Circa 1910s-1998; 2.0 cubic feet) documents the history, administration, and activities of the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, known before 1974 as the Department of Forestry and Conservation, and before 1939 as the Department of Forestry.  The collection consists largely of correspondence (1942-1950) and lantern slides (1910s-1940s).

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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.

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Includes one Civil Engineering notebook on the topic of stresses from 1914. The notebook includes drawings, graphs, and calculations.

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Latino Cultural Center. This includes records, publications, correspondence, and media related to the Latino Cultural Center and its goals and activities, both within Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area and surrounding communities. This collection may be helpful to researchers interested in minority communities, student life, immigration studies, and minority women...

Content Description Scrapbook belonging to B.L. (Ben) Harvey of Lafayette, Indiana. The book was originally a ledger, with entries beginning in 1870. Later, it was used as a scrapbook by Harvey while at Purdue University from 1883 to 1889. Harvey appears to have been a student at Purdue from 1885-1888; however, there is not record of him graduating. Pasted on the pages of the ledger are newspaper clippings, ephemera, and articles related to activities at Purdue. Highlights include College Programs...

Scope and Contents The research notes, publications, photographs, recordings, and personal items detailing the life and work of Purdue alumnus and author Mark Shaw. The collection documents Shaw's research and writing, and includes the transcripts of the Jack Ruby trial, extensive research regarding twentieth century journalist and reportor Dorothy Kilgallen, research regarding Marilyn Monroe, and several books, news clippings, and other articles. The collection also contains many works by Shaw, including the...

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Includes three issues of The Purdue student newspaper of 1875.

Scope and Contents The Harriet J. Potter residence hall recipes and photographs document the work of Harriet J. Potter in Purdue University residence halls. The collection includes 12 wallet-sized black and white photographs of staff at the residence halls, dessert recipes for Purdue residence halls, and related documents. The recipes are either hand written or collected from food packages, newspapers, or magazines, and the related documents include a table of contents for each section of recipes, list of...

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Materials created by or about Charles R. Brouse, including an extensive journal of his experience serving in Europe during World War I. Also includes photographs, news clippings, and the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator of October 12, 1918.

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Materials created, written and collected by Paul Edward Pontius about research and innovative engineering practices and policies when he was a graduate student at Purdue and when he was a Director of Optical Physics at the US Department of Standards.

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Materials created, written, and collected by Henry Gerald Venemann when he was a Purdue student and faculty in Mechanical Engineering. Also includes materials collected and written about him after his death. Includes book, newspaper clippings, certificates, photographs, letters, and a letter sweater awarded to him in 1947, many years after his athletic achievements.

Scope and Contents The Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers were created and collected by Gershman and document her time as a student at Purdue University from 1948 until she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1953. Types of materials include dance programs, many from Sigma Eta of Sigma Alpha Mu sorority dances, personal correspondence, photographs, papers, and artifacts related to student life on campus. Also included are reports and class notes from Gershman's invovlement in the science department,...

Scope and Contents The Purdue Air Race Classic Team papers document the Purdue Air Race Classic teams' involvement in the race. The papers feature Purdue Air Race Classic team photographs, clippings, correspondence, general race information; including participant lists and race results, Purdue team updates provided throughout the races and Air Race Classic programs which document Purdue's involvement in the races from 1994 – 2005. Some of the miscellaneous materials include a pamphlet from the...

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Oral History Honors Project by Marcy Boynton, Fall 2002. Includes interviews with Dr. Victor Cicirelli, Dr. Clifford Swenson, and a third, unnamed senior Purdue psychology professor.

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The Herbert S. Jackson papers (1908-1931; 0.25 cubic feet) consist of several of publications authored by Herbert Jackson.

Content Description Collection contains two boxes of VHS tapes of events recorded by the Purdue University News Service. It contains one tape of video from the Purdue Newsreel from 1957-1958, but most of the videos are from the 1980s through the late 2000s with the bulk from the late 1990s through the late 2000s. The videos contain local, regional, and national news stories, research stories, stories about nuclear programs at Purdue, Rube Goldberg competitions, INside Indiana Business, training videos and...

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Materials include one program from the October 12, 1980 Homecoming Breakfast of Iron Key, one pin, and one coin.