Box 5
Container
Contains 8 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
Electrical Engineering notes , 1952 - 1961
File — Box: 5, Folder: 48
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 48
Scope and Contents
This folder includes, handwritten notes and edited, typed text, a clipping about Dr. E.M. Purcell, EE '33 winning the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics; obituary for Professor Harold B. Smith; program for School of Electrical Engineering open house, 1954; "A Radio Network is Born, by Robert E. Lyon;" WBAA information; "Ten Years Experience with the Purdue Network Analyzer," 1954; "Outstanding Alumni of the School of Electrical Engineering, by D.D. Ewing, Head School of Electrical Engineering,"...
Dates:
1952 - 1961
Aeronautical Engineering – notes, 1941 - 1961
File — Box: 5, Folder: 49
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 49
Scope and Contents
Included in the folder: pages from "Articles of Incorporation of Purdue Aeronautics Corporation;" handwritten notes; edited text "Brief Summary of Aviation at Purdue;" "The Development of the Purdue University Airport and Its Potential Activities are Major Responsibilities of the Department of Research Relations with Industry and Purdue Research Foundation," November 9, 1941; "Career in Air Transportation," by L.T. Carnino, undated; "The Purdue Glider Club, February 1954," by Bill Disser; and a...
Dates:
1941 - 1961
Aeronautical Engineering – carbon copy , 1924
File — Box: 5, Folder: 50
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 50
Scope and Contents
"Accurate copy" is written on cover of the original folder.
Dates:
1924
Whither Engineering Education, by Andrey A. Potter, and David E. Ross and the XR Fund, 1954 - 1961
File — Box: 5, Folder: 51
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 51
Scope and Contents
The folder includes summary paragraphs, "in regards to graduate fellowships and donor’s wishes," also covers Ross' work in providing pensions for Purdue employees.
Dates:
1954 - 1961
Purdue University Schools of Engineering, Graduate Engineering Program at U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis 18, Indiana, Report No. 1, History and General Considerations, by W.E. Howland and G.A. Hawkins, September 1951
File — Box: 5, Folder: 52
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 52
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:
September 1951
Purdue University Schools of Engineering, Graduate Engineering Program at U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis 18, Indiana, Report No. 2, by W.E. Howland and G.A. Hawkins , September 1952
File — Box: 5, Folder: 53
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 53
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:
September 1952