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Box 08

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

The Proviso Pageant, 1944-05-11

 File — Box: 08, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 394, Series 7, File 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of newspapers from either Purdue publications such as Purdue Exponent and The Yellow Dog or other publications such as The Chicago Daily News and The Stars and Stripes. Also included are various newspapers clippings are included about Kern, more specifically about his death in the war. Some have the following titles; "Named Fildom's Best for 1941", and "When" by Charles T Holman as well as one with photographs of "As British Took Over an Ancient Syrain City".
Dates: 1944-05-11