Box 11

Scope and Contents This series consists of the working files that Knoll had compiled for Purdue presidents, Richard Owen, James H. Smart, Winthrop E. Stone, Edward C. Elliott and Frederick L. Hovde, along with edited typescripts, and final manuscripts. Material was left as received, which appears in the order in which the Purdue presidents served their terms.

Scope and Contents Material is in regards to Knoll's work done by the "Committee on Students of Superior Ability."

Scope and Contents The Exponent articles include: "Students Voice Bitter Feelings Toward Destruction of Oval," in regards to removal of oval drive in front of Hovde Hall.”

Scope and Contents Included in this folder are excerpts from Knoll’s book that appeared in the Purdue Alumnus.

Scope and Contents Knoll had labeld this folder, "Memorable Papers." Included in the folder is correspondence about what Knoll had labeled, "illiterate soldiers," some on USO stationery, autobiographical stories, and other stories, some with grades, possibly by Knoll's English students.

Scope and Contents Included in the folder is correspondence, design documents, and other material related to the Class of 1921 gift of bronze plaques of Purdue's founders and past presidents, along with biographical briefs about individuals in the Purdue Class of 1921.

Scope and Contents Some of the articles in the folder feature Purdue presidents, one is an issue of "The Responsible Screw, by the writers of the Purdue Tool and Die Co.," some feature Purdue Centennial information.

Scope and Contents The folder was labeled "document" by Knoll. Contained within are items ranging from Purdue employee conditions of employment, including establishing a union, a strike, Tippecanoe County election material, Purdue English Department documents, along with other various documents.

Scope and Contents This folder contains information on V-12 plan of study.

Scope and Contents Included are various tests of English as a foreign language material.

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...