Box 13
Container
Contains 18 Results:
John Purdue Biographical and Purdue Family Genealogical Research Material, 1847 - 1981
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4
Scope and Contents
The research material consists of Purdue family genealogical information gathered in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Lafayette, Indiana. There are photographs from Purdue Mountain, PA, where it is thought that John Purdue's family lived when he was born. There is a roll of microfilm that is thought to contain information gathered by a relative in Galena, Ohio. Also related to the genealogical material is correspondence from those who had asked questions of Knoll, and who he in turn wrote to, in...
Dates:
1847 - 1981
Purdue family history, 1963
File — Box: 13, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents
The file includes certification of research done in 1963.
Dates:
1963
Purdue genealogy, by C.P. Thompson, 1962
File — Box: 13, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents
The material is undated and also includes a photograph of Pennsylvania countryside, dated June 1962 on the back.
Dates:
1962
Spiral notebook with handwritten notes, labeled, W.M. Hepburn, undated
File — Box: 13, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The research material consists of Purdue family genealogical information gathered in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Lafayette, Indiana. There are photographs from Purdue Mountain, PA, where it is thought that John Purdue's family lived when he was born. There is a roll of microfilm that is thought to contain information gathered by a relative in Galena, Ohio. Also related to the genealogical material is correspondence from those who had asked questions of Knoll, and who he in turn wrote to, in...
Dates:
undated
Correspondence, John Purdue, 1847
File — Box: 13, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The research material consists of Purdue family genealogical information gathered in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Lafayette, Indiana. There are photographs from Purdue Mountain, PA, where it is thought that John Purdue's family lived when he was born. There is a roll of microfilm that is thought to contain information gathered by a relative in Galena, Ohio. Also related to the genealogical material is correspondence from those who had asked questions of Knoll, and who he in turn wrote to, in...
Dates:
1847
Purdue family in Ohio, William Hepburn's research material, 1958 - 1962
File — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The research material consists of Purdue family genealogical information gathered in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Lafayette, Indiana. There are photographs from Purdue Mountain, PA, where it is thought that John Purdue's family lived when he was born. There is a roll of microfilm that is thought to contain information gathered by a relative in Galena, Ohio. Also related to the genealogical material is correspondence from those who had asked questions of Knoll, and who he in turn wrote to, in...
Dates:
1958 - 1962
John Purdue – his sisters and their families, 1790 - 1961
File — Box: 13, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents
Folder title appears as Knoll had labeled it. Folder includes handwritten notes.
Dates:
1790 - 1961
John Purdue - notebook and handwritten notes, 1960
File — Box: 13, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The research material consists of Purdue family genealogical information gathered in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Lafayette, Indiana. There are photographs from Purdue Mountain, PA, where it is thought that John Purdue's family lived when he was born. There is a roll of microfilm that is thought to contain information gathered by a relative in Galena, Ohio. Also related to the genealogical material is correspondence from those who had asked questions of Knoll, and who he in turn wrote to, in...
Dates:
1960
John Purdue surname and ancestry, 1932 - 1961
File — Box: 13, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 8
Scope and Contents
Contained in the folder is research compiled by Knoll.
Dates:
1932 - 1961
Munro - notes on, 1946
File — Box: 13, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 9
Scope and Contents
The folder title appears as Knoll had labeled it.
Dates:
1946
Purdue family in Pennsylvania, 1802 - 1804
File — Box: 13, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 10
Scope and Contents
This material mainly consists of letters containing information about the family, specifically 1958 - 1959 material.
Dates:
1802 - 1804
John Purdue – Lafayette Property Bought and Sold, 1961 - 1963
File — Box: 13, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 11
Scope and Contents
Folder appears as Knoll had marked it.
Dates:
1961 - 1963
John Purdue in New York 1847 to 1865 , 1958 - 1962
File — Box: 13, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 12
Scope and Contents
The folder appears as Knoll had labeled it. Inside are actual notes gathered circa 1958 - 1962.
Dates:
1958 - 1962
Bibliography , 1958 - 1962
File — Box: 13, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 13
Scope and Contents
Included are notes and correspondence.
Dates:
1958 - 1962
Purdue, John as a business man, 1961
File — Box: 13, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 14
Scope and Contents
Title of folder appears as Knoll had it. Included is one small sheet of notes and two articles about other famous area business people of that era, as described by John McCutcheon and George Ade.
Dates:
1961
The Name Purdue, as found in several European countries, 1962
File — Box: 13, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 15
Scope and Contents
The folder title is as Knoll indicated. Inside is special comment on the nationality of John Purdue, founder of Purdue University, by William M. Hepburn.
Dates:
1962
Family History Purdue, by Mrs. Lawrence L. Lant , 1963
File — Box: 13, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 16
Scope and Contents
Folder includes certification papers, and "A Student From a Pioneer Family at Purdue," by Harry O. Garman, and information about Purdue from his grand-nephew, C.P. Thompson.
Dates:
1963
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