Box 3
Container
Contains 18 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
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
Glass plate negative, Electrical Building, Purdue University, May 13, 1901
File — Box: 3, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
May 13, 1901
Glass plate negative, Purdue Hall, May 22, 1901
File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
May 22, 1901
Glass plate negative, University Hall, May 22, 1901
File — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Item 26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
May 22, 1901
Applied Mechanics Notes, 1953 - 1958
File — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 27
Scope and Contents
These are handwritten notes.
Dates:
1953 - 1958
Applied Mechanics II, 1924
File — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 28
Scope and Contents
"Accurate copy" is written on original folder.
Dates:
1924
A History of Engineering at Purdue, presented at the Engineering Mechanics Seminar, by C.S. Cutshall, November 24, 1953
File — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 29
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
November 24, 1953
From Practical Mechanics to Engineering at Purdue University, by Harvey F. Girvin, July 8, 1956
File — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
July 8, 1956
History of the Work in Applied Mechanics at Purdue, by R.G. Dukes, May 22, 1922
File — Box: 3, Folder: 31
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 31
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
May 22, 1922
Practical Mechanics, early versions, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 32
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 32
Scope and Contents
File includes handwritten notes, and edited, typed manuscript; original folder retained due to handwritten notes on inside cover.
Dates:
undated
Practical Mechanics – carbons, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 33
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 33
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
undated
Practical Mechanics - FINAL II, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 34
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
undated
Practical Mechanics, notes , July 21, 1955
File — Box: 3, Folder: 35
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 35
Scope and Contents
File also includes "Executive Memorandum No. A-91, Subject: Administrative Order Establishing School of Industrial Engineering and Management"
Dates:
July 21, 1955
Ag. Eng. Notes, 1961
File — Box: 3, Folder: 36
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 36
Scope and Contents
Title appears as marked on the folder. The files also includes notes, research information sent from department staff, such as first graduate of department, and "Professor William Aitkenhead in memoriam."
Dates:
1961
Ag. Eng. II , 1924
File — Box: 3, Folder: 37
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 37
Scope and Contents
Title appears as marked on the folder.
Dates:
1924
Civil Engineering – notes , 1953
File — Box: 3, Folder: 38
Identifier: MSP 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 38
Scope and Contents
Folder includes handwritten notes, edited typed text, biography of Ralph Benjamin Wiley, Head, School of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Purdue University; and an "old version, The School of Civil Engineering."
Dates:
1953
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