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Box 4

 Container

Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:

Papers, 1894 - 1939

 Series — Box: 4
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1894 - 1939

Downs, Lawrence Aloysius (1894). Maintenance of Existing Railroads, a thesis submitted to the faculty of Purdue University for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering (B.C.E.) , June 1894

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: June 1894

Lacher, Walter S. (1923). It Is Much Better to Lead Men Than to Drive Them: Mr. Down says that no man can afford to rely entirely on native ability in directing the work of others. Railway Engineering and Maintenance, vol. 19. no. 9, September, 1923, pp. 351-353. Downs, L. A. (1927). Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service. Bulletin of Purdue University, vol. XXVII, no. 18, May, 1927. Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University, 1923 - 1927

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1923 - 1927

Downs, Lawrence A.; Davis, Dr. Ralph Marshall (1928). Convocation Addresses, Bulletin of Purdue University, vol. XXIX, no. 1, October, 1928. Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University, 1928

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1928

Downs, L. A. (1928). Problems for Business Men. Illinois Central Magazine, November, 1928, pp. 23-24, 1928

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1928

Downs, L. A. (1928). The Railroad and the City. Illinois Central Magazine, February, 1928, pp. 17-19, 1928

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1928

Front Page Color Photograph of L. A. Downs, Illinois Central Magazine, January 1929

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: January 1929

Strong, Glynnie (1931). L. A. Downs Is Made an LL. D. Illinois Central Magazine, July 1931, pp. 10-11, 1931

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1931

Downs, L. A. (1932). Signs of Business Improvement. Illinois Central Magazine, October, 1932, pp. 7-8, 1932

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1932

Address by L. A. Downs, President, Illinois Central System - "Modern Mass Production in the Railroad Industry." Address given before the Railroad Forum of the Twenty-fifth Annual Convention of the Investment Bankers Association of America at Augusta, Georgia, December 3, 1936

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: December 3, 1936

"Turret Lathe Work" , undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 10
Scope and Contents (No additional information is available.)
Dates: undated

Fifteen Specification Drawings - Purdue University, Department of General Engineering: Speed Reducer Assembly, 1939

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSA 96, Series 3, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1939

Lawrence A. Downs papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 96
Scope and Contents The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates: 1894 - 1939