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Box Communal Collections 3

 Container

Contains 74 Collections and/or Records:

Car full of students in front of fraternity, car marked "Old Timers" on side, circa 1938 - 1940

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 3, Folder: 1, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 259, File 1, Item 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.
Dates: circa 1938 - 1940

Student on high wheel bike, appears to be part of senior parade day activities on football field, circa 1939

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 3, Folder: 1, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 259, File 1, Item 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.
Dates: circa 1939

Front of Civil Engineering Building, circa 1940

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 3, Folder: 1, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 259, File 1, Item 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.
Dates: circa 1940

Arthur and Roberta Bitzer papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 259
Scope and Contents The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.
Dates: 1937 - 1942

Jack L. Beckett papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 14
Identifier: MSA 321
Scope and Contents 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

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

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

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

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

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

W. F. Baker papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSA 49
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one folder which contains articles by W. F. Baker.
Dates: 1912 - 1915

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

Newspaper Clippings, 1950 - 1960

 File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 08, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 47, File 1
Scope and Contents Clippings:"Austin's Record Jump Paces 11 Bison Olympic Winners," by Tony Wurzer, Buffalo Evening News, 1950 (no additional publication information available)Two Yale Cup Records Fall, Austin Scores 46; East Wins, 95-76," by Phil Ranallo, Buffalo Courier-Express, Wednesday, February 14, 1951, p. 16."3 1/2-Points-a-Minute Pace Shatters 2 Scoring Marks," by Mike Calandra, circa 1951 (no publication information available)Emerson Sets Team Mark: Eagles...
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

Babcock, George De. A. Exact Control of Manufacture, Purdue Engineering Review, No. 12, pp. 15-27, 1915 - 1916

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 09, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 48, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by George De A. Babcock.
Dates: 1915 - 1916

Articles, 1912-1915

 File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 10, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents Baker, W. F., Miller, F. A. (1912). The Potency Of First Year Cultivated Digitalis Leaves As Indicated By Physiological Assay, Reprinted from Original Communications, Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry, vol. XVII, pp. 51-55.Baker, W. F. (1913). How Far Variations In Frogs Can Be Obviated By The Use Of Ouabain, Lilly Scientific Bulletin, Series 1, no. 3, pp. 71-79.Baker, W. F. (1915). Some Factors In Drug Absorption In Frogs, The Lilly Scientific Bulletin,...
Dates: 1912-1915

Amar N. Bery papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSA 52
Scope and Contents Pamphlet - India For The English, by Amar Nath Bery, B.S. E.E. 1905.
Dates: circa 1905

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

India for the English pamphlet

 File — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 13, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Pamphlet - India For The English, by Amar Nath Bery, B.S. E.E. 1905.
Dates: circa 1905

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

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

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

Julius L. Born correspondence

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 58
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

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