Barrett S. Caldwell papers
Scope and Contents
This collection originally consisted of one folder containing one article by Barrett Caldwell. Professor Caldwell later donated seventeen cubic feet of materials. The original article was incorporated into this larger collection. The collection now consists of his papers and publications, research files, audio visual materials (including physical, analog, and digital materials), and two artifact items.
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - 2012
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1990 - 2008
Creator
- Caldwell, Barrett S. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Copyright and Use Information
Copyrights held by Purdue University or original creators/publishers. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.
Biographical Information
Prof. Barrett S. Caldwell holds a joint appointment as an Associate Professor in both Industrial Engineering and Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He also serves as the Director of the NASA-funded Indiana Space Grant Consortium. His educational background includes two Bachelor of Science degrees (1985), one in Aeronautics and Astronautics and one in Humanities (Psychology), both from MIT. He earned his Master of Arts (1987) and a PhD (1990) in Social Psychology from the University of California-Davis.
Prof. Caldwell's professional contributions to human performance in extreme and challenging environments date back to the 1980s. His graduate experience includes privacy requirements for the Freedom Space Station design, participation in a 1987 conference on Antarctica and other extreme environment analogues for human performance in long duration space flight, and a 1990 dissertation focused on group dynamics of park rangers in isolated US national park sites.
Sources:
The Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments /www.hpee.org/main/page_about_hpee_current_board_of_directors.html>
"GROUPER Lab." Purdue Engineering. /engineering.purdue.edu/GrouperLab/people/bsc/>
Extent
16.745 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
Collection materials are divided into four series: Papers and Publications (1974-2012), Research Files (1943-2011), Audio Visual (1987-2005), and Artifacts.
Technical Access Information
Born digital content has been processed and is open to research. Audio-visual content is not digitized and is currently unviewable. Some of the audio cassttees are digitized and can be access. Contact the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections if interested in using this material.
Separated Materials
*On November 3, 2017, Mary Sego removed this folder to add to the additional 17 c.f. that Barrett Caldwell donated. The lone article can now be found within those papers.
Processing Information
Material has been housed in acid-free folders and boxes.
Subject
- Purdue University. Faculty (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- The following items were deaccessioned because the disk was either damage, corrupted, or blank • MSF78_081 MDRF 238-08 • MSF78_084 Database Backup • MSF78_085 blank • MSF78_086 "untitled" MSF78_020 Barrett Caldwell's Laptop Item: 33 Caldwell Laptop was deaccessioned and added to the archive education computer collection. Caldwell Laptop did not have any files on it when examined. Hardware, disk drives, and software were deaccessioned because they did not provide any historical/relevant information to the collection. When appropriate these items were transferred to the media archaeology teaching collection. • Dual Cassette Player Item: 34 • CD Reader and ESE Box Item: 31 These items in Box 30 were also deaccessioned. • External Iomega Zip 250 Drive • Internal Zip 250 Drive • Sound Foundry ACID Pro 3.0 The rest of the content in box 30 was added to other boxes and folders.
- Title
- Barrett S. Caldwell papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Rumba and Mary A. Sego
- Date
- 2020-04-14
- 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 first completed 2010-11-07 by Mary Sego. On 2017-11-03, Mary Sego removed this folder (original single folder) to add it to the additional 17 cubic feet of material that Barrett Caldwell donated. The lone article can now be found within those papers.
Revision Statements
- 2020-04-14: Collection description updated by Amanda Rumba to align with data entry standards.
- Box: Communal Collections 17, Placement: 23 (Text)
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- Box: 9 (Text)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Text)
- Box: 13 (Text)
- Box: 14 (Text)
- Box: 15 (Computer Disks)
- Box: 16 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 17 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 18 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 19 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 20 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 21 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 22 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 23 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 24 (Audio)
- Box: 25 (Audio)
- Box: 26 (Audio)
- Box: 27 (Audio)
- Box: 28 (Audio)
- Box: 29 (Audio)
- Item: 32 (Digital Files)
- Object: Tube 35 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 36 (Realia)
- Box: 37 (Realia)
- Digital Folder: MSF00078 Barrett Caldwell papers (Digital Files)
Repository Details
Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository
504 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette Indiana 47907 United States
765-494-2839
archives@purdue.edu