Box 7
Container
Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:
School Papers, Railroad Related Materials, and Miscellaneous Material, 1912-1955
other level — Box: 7
Identifier: Box 7
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:
1912-1955
Folder 1
File — Box: 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Ross Hippensteel high school and related books and papers, undated [bible, address book, schedules, letter, railroad tickets]
Dates:
1912-1955
Folder 2
File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents
Geneva Rankin (Hippensteel's wife) high school, college, and related papers, 1912- 1930 [letter from father, high school and college schedules and grade slips]
Dates:
1912-1955
Folder 3
File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Railroad related items, 1955-1959 [boxed calendar with newspaper clippings, Popular Mechanics railroad album, postcard, two copies of Tracks: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad]
Dates:
1912-1955
Folder 4
File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
Kirkham's "Science of Railways" - portfolio plate III [interior view of railroad engine, numerous tack holes along edge]
Dates:
1912-1955
Folder 5
File — Box: 7, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents
Mexico "A Foreign Land Via A Step Away," undated [railroad tourist booklet from Missouri Pacific Lines]
Dates:
1912-1955
Folder 6
File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents
Matson Navigation Company newspaper and booklet, 1945 [Matson Line Wireless (War Shipping Administration, Voyage 26 / Matson Navigation Company, Voyage 93; Matson Navigation Company, The Ship is Yours. San Francisco, California: Matson Navigation Company]
Dates:
1912-1955
Folder 7
File — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents
Various World War II newspapers, 1945
Dates:
1912-1955