Box 8
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Purdue University and Purdue Engineering Brochures, Posters, and Information on Purdue Engineering Staff, 1889 - 1969
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Within this series are historical Purdue University and Purdue Engineering brochures that date back to 1911. Most likely they were gathered by Knoll for the value of their content and provide a good look at campus from the early 1900s – 1930s. Many of the brochures feature photographs.The last section of this series contains material related to Purdue Engineering staff; staff lists (1889 – 1961), Engineering staff "necrologies" (as noted on the folder by Knoll), and "Special...
Dates:
1889 - 1969
Purdue Engineering Staff Information, 1889 - 1965
Sub-Series — Box: 8
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
Sub-Series three contains Purdue Engineering staff lists, along with information collected by Knoll on prominent Purdue Engineering staff members. that Knoll had collected.
Dates:
1889 - 1965
Staff Lists, 1889 - 1961
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-Series three contains Purdue Engineering staff lists, along with information collected by Knoll on prominent Purdue Engineering staff members. that Knoll had collected.
Dates:
1889 - 1961
W.F.M. Goss publications, 1930
File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-Series three contains Purdue Engineering staff lists, along with information collected by Knoll on prominent Purdue Engineering staff members. that Knoll had collected.
Dates:
1930
Hawkins, G.A, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 3
Scope and Contents
Within the folder are a few handwritten notes about George Hawkins.
Dates:
undated
Wiley, H.W. (typed manuscript), undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-Series three contains Purdue Engineering staff lists, along with information collected by Knoll on prominent Purdue Engineering staff members. that Knoll had collected.
Dates:
undated
W.E. Howland, 1933 - 1953
File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents
Included in the folder are various publications by Howland, including his work on "Cultural Opportunities."
Dates:
1933 - 1953
Van Ness , 1965
File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents
Included here are notations about Hendrick C. Van Ness, along with a spiral bound book, "President Pro Tem Emeritus," by Harriet B. Van Ness, © 1965.
Dates:
1965
Huston, Henry A., 1930 - 1959
File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-Series three contains Purdue Engineering staff lists, along with information collected by Knoll on prominent Purdue Engineering staff members. that Knoll had collected.
Dates:
1930 - 1959
Waters, Elmer, 1952
File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents
Waters' account of Purdue's earliest days and notations about earliest staff/professors.
Dates:
1952
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