Box Communal Collections 3
Container
Contains 74 Collections and/or Records:
Esther Conelley Boonstra papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 20
Identifier: MSA 57
Scope and Contents
Recollections by Esther Boonstra of the years she spent at Purdue from 1941 to 1945. Transcription The Way It Was at Purdue 1941-1945, by Esther Conelley BoonstraI came to Purdue as a freshman in September 1941. There were four male students for every female student. The Music Hall (now Elliott Hall of Music) was new and in it we freshmen had an orientation talk and an initial assessment of each one's capabilities for the assignment to...
Dates:
1941 - 1945
Collection on Edwin M. Allen
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 41
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains an issue of the Exponent with a front page photograph and short article about E. M. Allen.
Dates:
1928
Silverio Apostol papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 42
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains publications by Silverio Apostol.
Dates:
1909 - 1928
H. M. Appleman autobiography
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 43
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an autobiography written in 1960.
Dates:
1960
William T. Berkshire papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSA 51
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a lab manual William Berkshire compiled when he was 15 years old, as part of his entrance exam to Purdue University.
Dates:
circa 1888
Mary Lou Seaburg Bieber collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 53
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains programs, Exponents and Exponent clippings, along with other memorabilia from Mary Lou Seaburg Bieber's days as a Purdue student.
Dates:
1940 - 1948
John R. Bittner collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSA 54
Scope and Contents
Two back and white photographs of John R. Bittner, circa 1997
"Faculty Footnotes - John Bittner," The UNC Journalist, Wintter 1997, p.5.
The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England - entry, Bittner, John Robert, circa 1997.
Curriculum Vitae, John R. Bittner, 2002.
Dates:
1997 - 2002
Charles E. Boonstra sketchbook
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 19
Identifier: MSA 56
Scope and Contents
Greenwalt, Charles E. (1906). A Few Inside Glimpses of Student Life at "Perdoo" from the Sketchbook of Greenawalt. (No other publication information available.)
Dates:
1906
William Arganbright letter
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 44
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one letter written by William E. Arganbright to Dr. Robert L. Thompson, Dean of Agriculture, September 9, 1991. The letter addresses Arganbright's experiences while a Purdue student, including time serving in the Indiana National Guard Battery B, from the perspective of a then ninety-seven year old man.
Dates:
September 9, 1991
William A. Atkins collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSA 45
Dates:
1887 - 1901
C. E. Augustine papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 46
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains a technical paper co-authored by C. E. Augustine.
Dates:
1914
Harvey Austin collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSA 47
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains photocopied newspaper clippings featuring Austin's basketball and track career. (Some articles are not dated.)
Dates:
1950 - 1960
George Dealbert Babcock papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 48
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by George De A. Babcock.
Dates:
1915 - 1916
Ralph O. Barrett collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 50
Scope and Contents
Certificate of Ralph Orren Barrett's initiation into Alpha Delta Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, April 4, 1927.
Dates:
1927
Purdue University calendar, 1917
Item — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 05, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 267, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Albert Atherton Purdue University calendar is a monthly calendar which features photographs of the Purdue University campus, along with the dates for each month in 1917.
Dates:
1917
Exponent Article, 1928
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 01, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
"E. M. Allen," The Purdue Exponent, vol. XXXIX, no. 196, May 9, 1928, p.1.
Dates:
1928
Publications, 1909-1928
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 02, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Apostol, Silverio, Camus, Jose S. (1909). Corn Culture. Circular No. 17, The Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Agriculture.Apostol, Silverio (1909). Rice in the Philippines. [no other publication information available]Apostol, Silverio (1909). Additional Notes On Rice Culture. The Philippine Agricultural Review, vol. II, no. 7, pp. 379-380.Apostol, Silverio (1909). Report On Rice Cultivation In...
Dates:
1909-1928
Theta Chi Certificate, 1927
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 11, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Certificate of Ralph Orren Barrett's initiation into Alpha Delta Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, April 4, 1927.
Dates:
1927
Lab Manual
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a lab manual William Berkshire compiled when he was 15 years old, as part of his entrance exam to Purdue University.
Dates:
circa 1888
Photocopies of letters and schedule card
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 14, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Jack L. Beckett papers include photocopies of several letters written by Beckett while an undergraduate student at Purdue. The collection also includes a copy of Beckett's schedule card from 1942.
Jack L. Beckett earned a BS in Metallurgical Engineering in 1943. During some of his time at Purdue, Beckett lived at Cary House. His letters include observations about the effects of World War II on Purdue’s campus, especially campus housing and services. They also comment on Purdue’s curriculum...
Dates:
1942 - 1943; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2008
John R. Bittner career documentation and photographs
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 16, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Two back and white photographs of John R. Bittner, circa 1997
"Faculty Footnotes - John Bittner," The UNC Journalist, Wintter 1997, p.5.
The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England - entry, Bittner, John Robert, circa 1997.
Curriculum Vitae, John R. Bittner, 2002.
Dates:
1997 - 2002
Alumni Association Lifetime Membership, 1920
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 18, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 55, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Receipt - Purdue Alumni Association Life Membership, 1920 (Initialed "Paid HGL," by Harry G. Leslie, '04, who was executive director of the Association at that time, and who later was elected Governor of Indiana.)
Dates:
1920
A Few Inside Glimpses of Student Life at "Perdoo", 1906
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 19, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 56, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Greenwalt, Charles E. (1906). A Few Inside Glimpses of Student Life at "Perdoo" from the Sketchbook of Greenawalt. (No other publication information available.)
Dates:
1906
Correspondence, circa 1914 - 1918
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 21, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 58, File 1
Scope and Contents
Typed versions of thirteen letters that Lieutenant Julius L. Born wrote home to his parents while stationed in France during World War I.
Dates:
circa 1914 - 1918
Augustine, J. K., Frazer, J. C. W., Augustine, C. E. Factors Governing the Combustion o Coal in Boiler Furnaces: A Preliminary Report. Technical Paper 63, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1914
File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 07, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 46, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of one folder which contains a technical paper co-authored by C. E. Augustine.
Dates:
1914