Arvill Wayne Bitting papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 38
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material collected by William Murray Hepburn, Librarian Emeritus, in regards to Arvill Bitting's career: bibliography of publications, vita information, correspondence to Department of Veterinary Science, and original cards containing bibliographic information. The collection also contains materials on glass-making from the United States Patent office that was collected by Arvill Bitting.
Dates
- Other: Majority of material found in 1945
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Biographical Information
Arvill Wayne Bitting was born in 1870 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 1891 with a B.S. in Agriculture. Subsequently he received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Iowa State College (1895) and an M.D. from the Medical College of Indiana University (1900). While at Purdue University, Arvill Bitting was Editor-in-Chief of both the Exponent and the 1891 edition of The Debris. From 1893 to 1907 Arvill was affiliated with the University's Agricultural Experiment Station. He left Purdue in 1907 to serve as food technologist with the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry. At the start of World War I, he worked with the Subsistence Division of the War Department. Bitting was also the director of food exhibits for Chicago's Century of Progress World Fair from 1931-1933, and the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1937. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Purdue in 1935. He died in 1946.
Extent
0.589 Cubic Feet (One legal-size half-width manuscript box and one letter-size full-width manuscript box)
Arrangement
Collection materials are arranged by type and have been placed in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
Date and source of acquisition are unknown.
Processing Information
This collection was removed from a communal box and combined with the materials from US patent office. Boxes and folders were renumbered and labeled.
Creator
- Title
- Arvill Wayne Bitting papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amanda Rumba, Sarah Kenny, and Mary A. Sego
- Date
- 2020-04-07
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Third edition. Collection description first completed 2011-01-06 by Mary Sego and revised 2019-03-01 by Sarah Kenny.
Revision Statements
- 2019-03-01: This collection was taken out of a communal box, placed in boxes, and the folders were relabeled by Sarah Kenny. Material that was inappropriately grouped with the Arvill W. Bitting collection on World Expositions and Fairs was added.
- 2020-04-07: Collection description updated by Amanda Rumba to more fully meet standards.
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