Paul E. Stanley papers

The Paul E. Stanley papers document the earliest years of the School of Aeronautics and the planning that went into creating the school. Other material among the papers pertain to the early years of the Purdue Airport and Division of Engineering Sciences. Neil Armstrong was a student of Stanley's, and there are clippings, front pages of newspapers, reports, an invitation sent by Armstrong to Stanley for his homecoming celebrating in Wapakoneta, Ohio, along with other pre and post-Apollo 11 items.

The papers contain numerous photographs from the early years of the Purdue Aeronautical Engineering labs, the Purdue Airport, staff, students from the Inter-American Aviation Training Program, and other photos of planes and pilots that Stanley had collected. The papers hold valuable planning documents and reports for the School of Aeronautical Engineering, including research material, curriculum charts and planning documents, floor plans and sketches for the addition of labs at the airport and elsewhere, and the specifications for complete construction of the Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory, Purdue University Airport, prepared by Walter Scholer and Associates, Architects, Lafayette, Indiana. There is also a wealth of pamphlets, brochures, bulletins and other such items from the earliest years of the Air Transportation Program, Aeronautical Engineering School and Engineering Sciences.

Types of materials include: annual reports, booklets, brochures, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, floor plans, negatives, pamphlets, photographs, planning drawings, publicity, records, reports, sketches, and specifications.

This series contains some of the initial planning documents for the Schools of Aeronautics and Engineering Sciences. Within this series are School of Aeronautics annual reports for 1947-1949, compiled by then Head, E. F. Bruhn. "Preliminary Report of the Advanced Planning Committee of the Division of Engineering Sciences, Purdue University," December 1959; "Aeronautical Engineering, abstracted from the History of Aeronautical Engineering at Purdue University, by Professor H. B. Knoll," June 1961; Aeronautics and Engineering Sciences Curriculum Committee minutes and documents, August 9 – October 30, 1961; "Quarter Century of BSAE," 1968, and other publicity from 1968.

The second part of this series contains material that Stanley had in envelopes marked "Air Transportation." He was one of the first professors in this area, and was instrumental in developing the curriculum, labs, and organizing conferences. One can find programs, brochures, curriculum planning documents, Air Transportation field trip information, correspondence and historical information on Purdue's Air Transportation Division.

Includes initial planning documents for the Schools of Aeronautics and Engineering Sciences, annual reports for 1947-1949, compiled by then Head, E. F. Bruhn, along with additional reports related to the School. Also included are Aeronautics and Engineering Sciences Curriculum Committee minutes and documents, and publicity from 1968.

Dr. P.E. Stanley is written on the cover.

Title is as it appears on the original folder.

Includes two press releases and a "today's student" brochure.

Includes information related to the Air Transportation program; journals containing articles about the program, brochures, curriculum information and programs from conferences. Also includes an "Aviation at Purdue" brochure which contains historical information.

Folder one of three, includes journals containing articles about Purdue's Air Transportation program, brochures and information about the Air Transportation curriculum, and programs from conferences.

The correspondence is related to the Second Annual Air Transportation Conference, and an "Aviation at Purdue" brochure (folder two of three, brochure contains historical information on the general plans of Purdue University for aeronautical engineering and aviation education in the post-war period and gives information on the aviation facilities at Purdue, pre and post-war expansion).

Includes various documents related to air transportation, including; AIAA paper, "Establishment of a Center for Research and Development in Aviation Education/Training," by Victor E. Rothe, Arizona State, 1969; a "Summary of Aircraft Control Systems Research and Development at Purdue University," and "Aerospace Curricula in Transition, School of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Engineering Science, Purdue University," by Dr. Robert L. Swaim (folder three of three).

Some of the unique items in the series include, Bulletin of Purdue University, "Purdue University at Work during the War Year of 1942-1943"; pamphlet/map/curriculum, Professional Pilot Course for Students from Other Lands, Purdue Aeronautics Corporation, Purdue University Airport, West Lafayette, Indiana, circa 1946; pamphlets, Purdue University Hammond Center, and pamphlet, "Next Step…Registration!" Registration of Professional Engineers, and "Aero and A.T. Marching Song," circa 1945; Bulletin of Purdue University, "75 Years of Service to the State of Indiana," annual report of the President, 1949, along with other Purdue, Engineering Sciences, and School of Aeronautics items from the 1940s-1950s. Please see the complete item listing.

Includes Mrs. Paul Stanley's membership card.

Included are a pamphlet, map and curriculum material.

Includes Aeronautical Engineering and Air Transportation.

The brochure contains historical information.

This is a pamphlet.

Includes two copies of the brochure.

Includes listing of Purdue grads that worked there.

Two copies of the pamphlet.

This item is a brochure.