Communal collections box 82

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This series contains manuscripts and notes from Hepburn's research into Purdue and Indiana History. The series also contains copies of talks given by Hepburn and other Purdue faculty at Parlour Club meetings.

Scope and Contents The Reference Material captures a wide range of material from throughout Craig's career. The series contains eight sub-series.Some of the key items include: Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, and Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report; Post-Apollo Planning of the Space Task Group, September 1969; Apollo 11 Mission Report, prepared by Mission Evaluation Team, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971; The Vision for Space Exploration,...

Scope and Contents Within this series are nine sub-series. Items of note include, but are not limited to: photographs of Cap Sur L'Espace French Television Panel, 1991 (includes six photographs with other participants, Cosmonaut Vitaly Sevastyanov, Cosmonaut Vladimir Solovyev, and French astronaut Patrick Baudry; Craig's NASA Oral History (2006); Handbook of Astronautical Engineering (Astronaut Jim McDivitt's personal copy, his name is in pencil on the inside cover. Signed by Dr. Koelle with a personal note to...

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This series contains administrative documents from Hepburn's time as Librarian. In addition to reports and operational documents, this series includes content related to the Bruce Rogers and Charles Major collections.

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Materials included are photos/postcards of the Library (1913), Sweeper Plant Blueprints (1912), and Library Shelving Specifications (1912).

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This sub-series contains research notes, documents, and articles edited by Hepburn about Indiana history, particularly the history of Tippecanoe County and the Wabash River area.

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This sub-series contains material related to library operations, including building information, policies and procedures, special operations during wartime, publications, collections, statistics, and departmental libraries.

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This sub-series contains research notes, documents, and articles edited by Hepburn about Indiana history, particularly the history of Tippecanoe County and the Wabash River area.

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This sub-series contains correspondence, receipts, reports, contracts, and other documents related to the experimental farms operated by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Purdue. Experimental farms whose records are present in the sub-series include the Moses Fell Annex Farm, Pinney Purdue Farm, Cason Farm, and Experimental Livestock Farm.

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This sub-series contains material related to library operations, including building information, policies and procedures, special operations during wartime, publications, collections, statistics, and departmental libraries.

Scope and Contents This series consists of administrative records generated by the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES). It includes but it not limited to financial records; regular reports to the university and AES Director; records on Purdue’s experimental farms, including the Moses Fell Annex Farm, Pinney Purdue Farm, Cason Farm, and Experimental Livestock Farm; contracts maintained by the AES; documents from the North Central Experiment Station Directors, North Central Regional Hybrid Corn Technical...

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Materials in this folder include, but are not limited to, photographs of Herbert S. O'Brien, Purdue football players in the 1910s, and members of the Class of 1915. Also present are notes, news articles, and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents This collection includes materials related to Hepburn's research and work at Purdue University Libraries, including materials on Purdue history, Purdue faculty members, the Purdue Library system, and various individuals affiliated with Purdue history such as Charles Major, Bruce Rogers, and Richard Owen. The collection also includes Hepburn's personal and professional correspondence, personal documents such as a passport and articles on Hepburn's birthplace, a collection of books, and...

Scope and Contents The College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station records document the history and functions of the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) at Purdue University. The collection consists of correspondence to and from the AES; administrative records including financial records, reports, documentation of AES’s experimental farms, contracts, and activities of the North Central Regional Hybrid Corn Technical Committee; research conducted by the AES; publications produced by the AES, or...

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Contains various documents related to the planning of Lilly Hall, including correspondence, expense reports, technical drawings, space need reports, staff hours and teaching reports for departments which would be housed in the new building, and reviews of similar life science buildings at other American institutions.

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Specifications for the construction of the Life Science Building (Lilly Hall), prepared by the architecture firm Walter Scholer and Associates. Included are specifications for the Life Science Building “unit one,” buildings one and two, south wing foundations, and research laboratories.

Scope and Contents The Publications and Graphic Materials series includes newspaper clippings about Mary Beatrice Noonan and George Palmer Putnam waiting for word of their spouses survival in the days and months following their last reported communication with the Itasca vessel. Also in this series is an oversized extensive scrapbook documents the first flight of Pan American Airways China Clipper in 1935, Noonan’s career as a navigator, the 1938 fatal crash of Pan American Airways’ Samoan Clipper, and Mary...

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Correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and scrapbook, relating to Frederick Noonan’s career as a navigator for Pan American Airways China Clipper and as navigator for Amelia Earhart’s 1937 world flight attempt.

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The Lilly Hall of Life Sciences records document the planning, development, and construction of Lilly Hall. It consists of correspondence, technical drawings, floor plans, maps, architect construction specifications, photographs and negatives, reviews of life science buildings at other institutions, and reports of departmental needs for the new building. Also included are two booklets advertising the building following its completion.

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The Herbert S. O'Brien papers contain materials that were created by, received by, or that are about Herbert O'Brien. Contents include, but are not limited to, a Class of 1915 photo album, photographs of O'brien, letters, notes, newspaper clippings, and various publications.