Box 3

Scope and Contents The Scrapbooks sub-series contains four scrapbooks documenting Lauer's career as a scholar and teacher of rhetoric and composition. Two of the scrapbooks seem to be created by Lauer and contain photographs from the Summer Seminar series, while the other two scrapbooks are gifts from graduate students. One was gifted in commemoration of the 20th anniverary of the Rhetoric and Composition program at Purdue and one was gifted in celebration of Lauer being named a Reece McGee Distinguished...

Scope and Contents This series contains materials pertaining to Lauer's career in the developing field of Rhetoric and Composition, before and during her employment at Purdue University. Types of materials include photographs, published and unpublished writings, books by Lauer and her graduate students, materials related to a summer seminar Lauer organized before and during her employment at Purdue, interviews with Lauer, letters from editorial boards and letters of recommendation, documents related to...

Scope and Contents The Janice M. Lauer papers were created and collected by Lauer and document her career prior to, and during, her time at Purdue University. Lauer assisted in developing the field of Rhetoric and Composition as an academic discipline and in 1979, Lauer founded the program at Purdue out of the English Department. Types of materials include scrapbooks, program documents, seminar and lecture notes, course and workshop evaluations, syllabi, and graduate student work; published and unpublished...