R. B. and Lillian Stewart papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0000RBS1
Scope and Contents
Papers of R.B. Stewart (Robert Bruce Stewart) and Lillian Stewart. For 36 years, R. B. Stewart served Purdue University as its chief business officer, obtaining a reputation for his financial prowess. Materials primarily relate to Purdue University, and include speeches, printed material, photographs, scrapbooks, artifacts, and documents on trusts and funds and financial matters, band trips, dedications of various Purdue buildings, development of Purdue Calumet, the Stewarts' contributions to the local community, their personal lives, and other topics. Included is information on the Purdue Memorial Center (which would later be named Stewart Center in honor of R.B. and Lillian Stewart), as well as the dedication of the land grant mural inside the building. Of note is a letter from Ronald Reagan regarding R.B. Stewart's death (1988), as well as letters from Earl Butz.
Please see PDF Finding Aid for the detailed collection inventory.
Dates
- 1886 - 2005
- Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
Creator
- Stewart, Robert Bruce (Person)
Extent
30.00 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Stewart, Robert Bruce (Person)
- Stewart, Lillian, 1886-1976 (Person)
- Title
- R. B. and Lillian Stewart papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Archives Staff
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 1 (Text)
- Box: Communal Collections 59, Placement: 11 (Text)
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- Frame: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 03 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 04 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: Communal Collections 68, Placement: 03 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu