Box 6
Container
Contains 25 Collections and/or Records:
Purdue University Military and Engineering Student Materials, 1929-1934
other level — Box: 6
Identifier: Box 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934, along...
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 1
File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934, along...
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 1
Item — Box: 6, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Cadet Officers' Manual. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, 1931 [Most of these manuals have been removed from the collection and cataloged for preservation purposes. Those missing covers and back pages are in this folder.]
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 2
Item — Box: 6, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Corps Regulations. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, 1929
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 3
Item — Box: 6, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Gunnery. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, undated [cover page and back page missing.]
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 4
Item — Box: 6, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Material. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, undated [cover page and back page missing.]
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 5
Item — Box: 6, Item: 5
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Motor Vehicle Assembly. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, undated [cover page and back page missing.]
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 6
Item — Box: 6, Item: 6
Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Policy Manual. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, 1933
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 7
Item — Box: 6, Item: 7
Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Reconnaissance. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, undated
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 8
Item — Box: 6, Item: 8
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Tactics Manual. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, 1932
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 9
Item — Box: 6, Item: 9
Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Topography Manual. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, 1932
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 10
Item — Box: 6, Item: 10
Identifier: Item 10
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Military Department, Topography Manual. Lafayette, Indiana: Military Department Purdue University, 1932
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 2
File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934, along...
Dates:
1929-1934
Item 1
Item — Box: 6, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
The Log Duplex Slide Rule: A Self Teaching Manual, 1926 [2 copies]
Dates:
1929-1934
Purdue University class notebooks, 1932-1933
File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
[Applied Mechanics 1, Applied Mechanics 2, Commercial Air Conditioning, Electrical Engineering 20, Mathematics 4, Mechanical Engineering 62, Mechanical Engineering 91, brown three ring binder with various notes and schedules.]
Dates:
1932-1933
Folder 4
File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
Purdue University laboratory notes and exercises, 1929 [Laboratory Manual and Study Outline of General Chemistry by L. A. Test and C. B. Pollard]
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 5
File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
Purdue University laboratory notes and exercises, 1931 [Mechanical Engineering/ Physics, File No. 21-J experiment booklets, one is missing a cover, thirteen items.]
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 6
File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
Purdue University laboratory notes and exercises, 1932 [Mechanical Engineering/ Physics, File No. K-7 experiment booklets, eleven items; Mechanical Engineering/ Physics, File No. 22-K-7 experiment booklets, two items.]
Dates:
1929-1934
Purdue University laboratory notes and exercises, 1933
File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
[Two ring binder entitled Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Notes, Mechanical Laboratory (172, 173), (then in handwriting) Experiment No.36 Test Nov 15, 1933, Junior and Senior Engineering Students at Purdue University by L.V. Ludy, Lafayette, Indiana, September 1932]
Dates:
1933
Folder 8
File — Box: 6, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents
Purdue University laboratory notes and exercises, undated [two items: Battle off Jutland, and Mathematics]
Dates:
1929-1934
Purdue University Military Department exercises and related documents, 1932-1934
File — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
Single page typed document detailing arm signals and whistle signals used in the postmarked dated December 17, 1932; Small typewritten card titled Range Scale for 37mm Gun on the reverse side is a handwritten bank ledger; Four typewritten documents: Map Problems - Battery of Field Artillery in the Attack; Solution of Map Problem: Battery of Field Artillery in the Attack; A Solution: Battery "C" in Forward Displacement; Organization of a Battalion - Infantry Regiment.
Dates:
1932-1934
Folder 10
File — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents
Purdue University class schedules, registration forms, and fee cards, 1930-1933
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 11
File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents
Letter from James M. Hippensteel, uncle, December 7, 1932
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 12
File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents
Purdue University Mechanical Engineering exams and answers, 1932-1934
Dates:
1929-1934
Folder 13
File — Box: 6, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents
Colored drawing, undated [colored pencil drawing of house and evergreen trees in winter, signed R. Hippensteel.]
Dates:
1929-1934