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Box 51

 Container

Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:

Box L

 other level — Box: 51
Identifier: Box 51
Scope and Contents From the Series: 0.5 Cubic ft.
Dates: ca. 1950s-1978

Materials related to the writing, publishing, and promotion of the book, The Hovde Years, by Robert Topping, 1930-1986

 File — Box: 51, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents Taped Interviews with Friends, Family, Colleagues, 1971-1978
Dates: 1930-1986

Interviews with Frederick Hovde, ca. 1970s

 File — Box: 51, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents Includes Hovde's remarks on Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, past Purdue administrations, and student unrest during the 1960s
Dates: ca. 1970s

Board of Trustees, 1942-1970s

 File — Box: 51, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10

World War II Correspondence, 1941-1943

 File — Box: 51, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents Hovde's leave of absence from the University of Rochester and his positions on the National Defense Research Committee and the United States Science Commission
Dates: 1941-1943

National Defense Research Committee and Office of Scientific Research Development Information, 1936-1944

 File — Box: 51, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents Correspondence, government paperwork, visa permission, travel vouchers, newspaper clippings, addresses and speeches, and reports regarding Hovde's work during World War II
Dates: 1936-1944