Box 2
Container
Contains 9 Collections and/or Records:
Historical Information - Purdue University College of Engineering, and Book Publication Information and Reviews, 1865 - 1954
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Horton B. Knoll papers document Knoll's research, working papers, notes and typescripts for his books, A record of a university in the war years, 1941-1945, published in 1947, and The Story of Purdue Engineering, published in 1963. Also included among the papers is research material, working papers, notes and information related to Purdue presidents Owen, Smart, Stone, Elliott, and Hovde. There is also information Knoll compiled for his intended biography of John Purdue, and historical...
Dates:
1865 - 1954
History of the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1923 - 1954
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
Included are graphs showing growth of the School, dated 1923, and an additional flyer from a Mechanical Engineering open house, dated May 1, 1954. Also found in the folder are two documents marked by Knoll as, "M.E. Early Versions," and "M.E. II."
Dates:
1923 - 1954
History of the School of Mechanical Engineering, and edited versions of Purdue University: Fifty Years of Progress Part II (unpublished) by William Murray Hepburn, Librarian and Louis Martin Sears, Professor of History, Chapter 1, The School of Mechanical Engineering, 1923 - 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
Within the folder are related articles and a brochure, circa 1923
Dates:
1923 - 1924
Purdue College of Engineering Departmental Histories, 1890 - 1961
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series two covers the history of each of the Purdue Engineering Schools, which Knoll wrote about in his book, The Story of Purdue Engineering. Contained within the sub-series are his handwritten notes, earliest manuscripts, edited typescripts and what he deemed "accurate versions." There are also glass plate negatives of the early Purdue Engineering buildings and laboratories, brochures, articles related to Purdue Engineering history and its influence on America, publications and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890 - 1961
Carbon copies of manuscript for history of School of Mechanical Engineering, and edited text, 1924 - 1927
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 6
Scope and Contents
Also included are a chart listing former staff (1890 – 1960), and a clipping from The Indianapolis Star, ""Notable Honor Comes to Indiana with the Selection of Purdue from U.S. Schools to Conduct Largest Project in Locomotive History."
Dates:
1924 - 1927
History of Chemical Engineering at Purdue, 1923
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 7
Scope and Contents
Also included are a graph of instructors and students, dated 1883 – 1923.
Dates:
1923
Research Facilities, School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, 1942
File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 20
Scope and Contents
Included is a plat of Purdue campus.
Dates:
1942
History of the School of Mechanical Engineering, 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 5
Scope and Contents
Box two does contain some general Purdue Engineering information, but the majority of material is related to the various histories of the Purdue Engineering Schools.
Dates:
1924
Horton B. Knoll papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521
Scope and Contents
The Horton B. Knoll papers document Knoll's research, working papers, notes and typescripts for his books, A record of a university in the war years, 1941-1945, published in 1947, and The Story of Purdue Engineering, published in 1963. Also included among the papers is research material, working papers, notes and information related to Purdue presidents Owen, Smart, Stone, Elliott, and Hovde. There is also information Knoll compiled for his intended biography of John Purdue, and historical...
Dates:
1865 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1963