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Box 16

 Container

Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:

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 order...
Dates: 1847 - 1981

John Purdue manuscripts , 1960

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 41
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 41

John Purdue Potpourri, 1960 - 1989

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 42
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 42
Scope and Contents Folder is marked as Knoll had indicated, and consists of articles about John Purdue, Purdue University and "100 Years Ago Today" columns from the Lafayette Journal and Courier, also includes, "A Proposal to a Biography of John Purdue, submitted by H.B. Knoll" and an article, "John Purdue Runs for Congress: 1866," by Professor H.B. Knoll.
Dates: 1960 - 1989

John Purdue Potpourri, 1953 - 1971

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 43
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 43
Scope and Contents Folder labeled as Knoll had indicated. Contents include Lafayette Journal and Courier articles and other publications about John Purdue, Purdue University and Lafayette, IN.
Dates: 1953 - 1971

Black, Rachel, 1961 - 1963

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 44
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 44
Scope and Contents The folder is marked as Knoll had indicated. Within the folder is correspondence and notes between Knoll and Black.
Dates: 1961 - 1963

First Draft material, undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 45
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 45
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 order...
Dates: undated

DeHart Past & Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana – notes, undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 46
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 46

Campaign '66, 1966

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 47
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 47
Scope and Contents Knoll's handwritten manuscript used to write, "John Purdue Runs for Congress: 1866," includes December 1966 issue of Campus Copy in which the article appeared.
Dates: 1966

John Purdue, undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 49
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 49
Scope and Contents As Knoll indicated, this folder contains further writings on John Purdue.
Dates: undated

Journal and Courier articles, 1981

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 50
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 50
Scope and Contents The articles include: "Portrait of Purdue founder donated to his namesake," October 17, 1981; and several editorial rebuffs from a June 1981 story run about John Purdue. Also included are a few additional notations.
Dates: 1981

Copies of Lafayette City Directory, 1860

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 51
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 51
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 order...
Dates: 1860

Various notes , February 5, 1970

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 52
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 52
Scope and Contents Also includes a letter from Diane Gilbert, Wells Library, thanking Knoll for help with publicity for John Purdue portrait.
Dates: February 5, 1970

Poker Skills won Purdue its namesake, by Jack Alkire, Lafayette Journal and Courier, February 8, 1984

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 53
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 53
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 order...
Dates: February 8, 1984

Purdue family in Pennsylvania – Maps, 1952

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 54
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 54
Scope and Contents The folder is marked as Knoll had indicated, includes notations on the Purdue family.
Dates: 1952

Purdue, John – Photographs, 1962

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 55
Identifier: MSF 521, Series 4, File 55
Scope and Contents The folder includes information from the 1900 Debris, and photographs taken of Germany Valley, PA where it is thought John Purdue was born. T, these photos were taken in 1962 by Knoll's relatives.
Dates: 1962

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