Box 7
Container
Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert W. Topping papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 33
Scope and Contents
The Robert W. Topping papers (1930-1996; 2.75 cubic feet) collection consists of many newspaper clippings, news releases, ten interviews on cassette tapes and miscellaneous printed ephemera that Robert W. Topping collected, while on the staff of the Purdue University Office of Publications for twenty-eight years. Also included are the files used for his published book; “The Hovde Years,” 1980 and the original manuscript for “A Century and Beyond,” 1988, along with manuscripts for “Gentle...
Dates:
1930 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1988
Files on Frederick Hovde used in writing Topping's book, "The Hovde Years", 1945 - 1980
File — Box: 7
Identifier: MSA 33, Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
Folder
1 Visit of King and Queen of Afghanistan, September 16, 1963
2. Athletics, 1958-1975
[newspaper clippings and photographs of Hovde playing golf]
3. Legislative, 1963-1967, newspaper clippings
4. Miscellaneous, circa 1960-1970, newspaper clippings
5. Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild and Contest, 1946
[correspondence, issues of Guild News, Plans and Instructions for building
a miniature model Napoleonic Coach, 1946 competition]
6. Hold for Questions – Hovde ...
Dates:
1945 - 1980