Box Communal Collections 66

Scope and Contents The Collection on the General Electric Company documents important people, products, and electric phenomena related to the General Electric Company, primarily as they relate to Purdue University. It also shows notable members from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Noteworthy items in the collection include a lightning photograph from Lafayette, Indiana in 1938, a portrait of Thomas Alva Edison, and a portrait dedicated to former Purdue Engineering Dean A. A. Potter signed by...

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The collection consists of seven individual photo album pages (includes 54 black and white photographs) documenting student activities and campus life at Purdue during the early 1920s. The photographs were taken by Robert K. Schelke who also provides the handwritten notes on the pages. Some of the photographs show campus buildings, including a shot of the Memorial Union while under construction.

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The collection consists of one callout card for Purdue Musical Organizations in the format of the Glee Club Pete from 1962. The ephemera belonged to Richard Blunk who also played the trumpet in Purdue's All-American Marching Band during the semester he attended Purdue.

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The collection consists of one colored Purdue campus postcard, one student ID card from the mid-1940s belonging to Helen Neher, and two black-and-white photographs. One photographs shows four gentlemen, two of them possibly athletes shaking hands with two men in suits. The other photograph shows Golden Girl Adelaide Darling with giant household appliances.

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The collection consists of one card from the Alumni Address Department dated December 28, 1927 and addressed to Mr. Raymond Jolly.

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The collection consists of a copy of "A Little in Return," a compilation in honor of Constance M. Winchell, an American librarian who worked at Columbia University. A note accompanying a copy of "Jumping Jupiter" from Ernestine G. Gilbreth to Keith Dowden is also part of the collection.

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The collection consists of one color photocopy of the program from Purdue's 1964 mock political debate.

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The collection consists of one letter and envelope from 1938.

Content Description The manuscript, "Memoirs of an Insatiable Technologist", is a detailed description of Arden L. Bement Jr.’s personal and professional life. It covers his genealogy, starting in the 17th century and his life history starting at his birth in 1932 through 2013. The manuscript contains 14 chapters, and 171 pages. Chapter 10 and 13 are related to his tenure at Purdue University. His first appointment at Purdue was from 1992-2001 with the School of Materials Engineering, and his last appointment...

Scope and Contents The collection contains several clippings, pamphlets and announcements belonging to Mary Lou Schiltz, who was a Home Economics student at Purdue during World War Two. Of particular interest are materials relating to the experiences of women students during this time, including: program material for the Work to Win Conference that was compulsory for women students, an article about the RCA engineering cadette program that was modeled after the Curtiss-Wright Cadettes, and other articles...

Scope and Contents The Fifty Years of Placement Services at Purdue University report document the developments of career placement services at Purdue University from 1921 to 1971. Within the report, includes details of the types of assessments administereed, the economic climate, and how it influenced graduates with securing a job. Within a given time frame, the papers discuss the percentage of graduates known to be employed. Salaries, recruiting activity, and new developments within the office are...

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One accordion-style envelope of Purdue University prints. Includes 8 double sided panels with prints of Purdue buildings.

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This collection contains a notebook of chemistry lecture notes written by John Miller Scott during the 1925 fall semester at Purdue University.

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Includes one Civil Engineering notebook on the topic of stresses from 1914. The notebook includes drawings, graphs, and calculations.

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Includes one black, handmade photo album with gold ink titled "'Back to Old Purdue,'" featuring photographs of Purdue's academic buildings of the time as well as photographs of "The Tank," Mechanics Burning, and Happy Hollow.

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The Ray W. Schalk collection is comprised of slides from 1953. The slides document a Purdue-Notre Dame football game, a visit to Duke University, and include images of Mr. and Mrs. Schalk.

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One certificate of appreciation from the "Headquarters Multinational Corps-Iraq 38th Division Support Command- Task Force Indy." "The Garrison Command Team Proudly presents this Certificate of Appreciation to Department of Human Resource Services, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, November 23, 2006. Certificate is signed by Paul V. Foster, Task Force Command Sergeant Major and Marjorie K. Courtney, Task Force Commander.

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Purdue University Drill Team collection (2017; 1 folder) documents Purdue University President Mitch Daniels' acknowledgement of the Purdue ROTC Drill Team's accomplishments during the 2016-2017 academic year. Types of materials include: letters, proclamations.