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Box 07

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, 1940 - 1945

 Series — Box: 07
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 4
Scope and Contents Materials include several photographs of Kern as a student at Purdue and while he was active in the United States Army Air Force. Also included are potraits of Kern and one of his sister, Ruth. Lieutenant Schalliol also sent photographs of places they have been, their camp, as well as him and his wife to the family after Kern's death, which is included.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1945

As a student at Purdue University, 1940 - 1943

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents Materials include candid photographs of members in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Delta Gamma sorority.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943

Military, 1943 - 1945

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents Photographs are from Kern's time in the military which include photographs of him in uniform in numerous different places as well as a couple of group photos featuring the Officer Candidate Class No. 94 in 1943. Also included are photographs sent from Lieutenant Willis Schalliol to the Kern family featuring Schalliol and his wife as well as landscape photographs of places they were at overseas.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1945

Portraits of Kern

 File — Box: 07, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 4, File 3
Scope and Contents Photographs include several portraits of Kern throughout his life as well as one portrait of his sister, Ruth.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1945

Student Life , 1940 - 1943

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 5, File 3
Scope and Contents Materials consist of items that Kern gathered as a student at Purdue which include a student ticket for a basketball game, bookmarks, an "University Handbook" for 1940-1941, a "Purdue Memorial Union Building" brochure, a "Harem Scarem or The Sultan is a Lady" presented by Purdue Dads' and Mothers' Association program, a final exam schedule for engineering freshmen for 1939-1940, several brouchures for redsidence halls, and a poster for a Purdue Orchestra event.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943