David E. Ross papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 188
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Ross, inventor, businessman, and chair of the Purdue Board of Trustees. Materials include certificates, deeds and other legal papers, genealogy materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts documenting the life and career of David Ross. His papers cover a wide variety of subjects relating to his life and various farms and land he owned, and Martin Steel Products, as well as subjects relating to Purdue University, such as athletics, the airport, the Board of Trustees, the construction of the Purdue Memorial Union building, WBAA, the Glider Club, and the Purdue Research Foundation.
Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.
Dates
- 1870 - 1943
Creator
- Ross, David, 1871-1943 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
No use restrictions.
Extent
15.00 mss._boxes
Separated Materials
Oversized certificate is located in ASC Map Case.
Creator
- Ross, David, 1871-1943 (Person)
- Title
- David E. Ross papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Keertana Marella
- Date
- 2020-04-20
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Second edition. Collection description was first completed 2008-05-12.
Revision Statements
- 2020-04-03: Collection identifier updated from 0000DER1 to MSA 188 by Adriana Harmeyer.
- 2020-04-20: Collection description updated by Keertana Marella
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- Box: Communal Accessions 26 (Realia)
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- Box: 20 (Realia)
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu
504 W. State Street
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu