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Copies of employment related materials of Mr. Grissom from the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway Company, Monon Route.

Scope and Contents The Council on the Status of Women records document the activities and impact of the Council on the Status of Women at Purdue University.  The collection provides a comprehensive picture of the various activities and causes that Council was involved in during its tenure.  Also included are some news clippings about notable members and relevant stories about women’s rights in the news.  The collection would likely be useful for researchers interested in women’s rights, affirmative action,...

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This series includes 60 small shoeboxes of photographic negatives from 1982-2001. Materials focus primarily on departmental events and campus scenes/buildings. Negatives are organized first chronologically and then by university department or organization. This categorization system was created by the Office of Marketing and Media).

Scope and Contents The College of Health and Human Sciences records document the historical background of the college; included are many historical documents, including 75th and 100th anniversary documents and memorabilia.  Also included are annual reports, pamphlets, audio visual material; with a focus on work simplification practices or interviews involving key individuals from the college’s history, newspaper clippings, publicity, department brochures and pamphlets, newsletters and miscellaneous material. ...

Scope and Contents The Ernest J. McCormick papers document the professional and personal life of Ernest McCormick. The majority of the collection covers his professional career, including the records of professional associations that Ernest belonged to; work he completed for the United Stated military, committees and panels to which he was appointed, Purdue University, and his own company PAQ Services, Inc.; and publications written or collected by Ernest on the subject of human factors engineering,...

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The Freehafer Hall records contain building and planning reports for the original building and later addition, awards won by the office staff, and varying correspondence in regards to the day to day operations of the staff.

Scope and Contents The Linda Levy Peck papers document Peck's career (particularly her tenure at Purdue) and many publications. Of particular note in the collection is the sub-series on Women at Purdue. During her tenure at Purdue, Peck was highly involved with various women's rights organizations on campus as well as the landmark TIAA-CREF pension lawsuit. The collection includes correspondence, personal records, awards, drafts, revisions, and manuscripts. This collection would be of interest for researchers...

Scope and Contents The Janice M. Lauer papers were created and collected by Lauer and document her career prior to, and during, her time at Purdue University. Lauer assisted in developing the field of Rhetoric and Composition as an academic discipline and in 1979, Lauer founded the program at Purdue out of the English Department. Types of materials include scrapbooks, program documents, seminar and lecture notes, course and workshop evaluations, syllabi, and graduate student work; published and unpublished...

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The Matthews Hall records contains a student's academic paper documenting the history of the buildings, photographs of the exterior and interior of the building, and hand-drawn sketches.

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The Freehafer Hall records contain building and planning reports for the original building and later addition, awards won by the office staff, and varying correspondence in regards to the day to day operations of the staff.

Scope and Contents The Rita R. Colwell papers contain materials created and collected by Dr. Rita R. Colwell during her professional career as a microbiologist. The materials include correspondence, notes, manuscripts, publications, research material, speeches, interviews, videos, calendars, and awards. The contents relate to Colwell's research topics such as cholera and other infectious diseases, health, climate change, environmental policy, science and technology including sequencing, intelligence efforts,...

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The Freehafer Hall records contain building and planning reports for the original building and later addition, awards won by the office staff, and varying correspondence in regards to the day to day operations of the staff.

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This file contains papers created by, or on the subject of, Ernest's daughter Wynne.

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The Professional Career series contains records related to Ernest’s professional career, including work he completed for the United States military, committees and panels he was appointed to, lectures he gave around the world, records from professional organizations he belonged to, and records from his time at Purdue. Also included are records of awards that Ernest received for his work, and publishing agreements and correspondence related to books that Ernest wrote or contributed to.

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The Professional Career series contains records related to Ernest’s professional career, including work he completed for the United States military, committees and panels he was appointed to, lectures he gave around the world, records from professional organizations he belonged to, and records from his time at Purdue. Also included are records of awards that Ernest received for his work, and publishing agreements and correspondence related to books that Ernest wrote or contributed to.

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This series contains key information on the history of the College of Health and Human Sciences, formerly School of Consumer and Family Sciences. Materials in the series are arranged by item type.

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Includes the History and Development of the Department of Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management, Purdue University, by Kathleen Pearl Brewer.

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The administrative series contains meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, fundraising records, general administrative records, and surveys that document the operation and activities of the Council on the Status of Women at Purdue, as well as its organizational history. These materials also give insight into the types of causes the Council advocated for.

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The administrative series contains meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, fundraising records, general administrative records, and surveys that document the operation and activities of the Council on the Status of Women at Purdue, as well as its organizational history. These materials also give insight into the types of causes the Council advocated for.

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The series includes correspondence and papers related to Dr. Peck's career and professional service.

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains materials relating to Peck's involvement with the development of a new curriculum in the CLA, her service to the university senate, and the "Purdue Manuscript."It also contains materials pertaining to Dr. Peck's involvement in women's organizations and women's rights at Purdue. Materialss include papers relating to the Purdue Women's Caucus, the Council on the Status of Women, the Women's Studies Program, proposed Women's Center, women in the Grad School,...

Scope and Contents The Family Papers series contains records created or collected by members of Ernest’s immediate family, including his wife Emily McCormick, as well as his three daughters Wynne, Jan, and Colleen. These include family photographs, correspondence between members of the family, and school records for Ernest’s daughters.Also included are some items Ernest kept related to his extended family, including books and journals owned by his father or brothers, and a family genealogy for the...

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This sub-series includes drafts and final copies, pamphlets, flyers, and documents related to speeches given by Colwell or events she attended during her extensive career. Digital files includes photographs, and videos of a speech on genomics from the Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology in 2003 and a speech given at the 2007 Inauguration Lecture for Professor Pornchai Matangkasombut, Chair Professorship at Mahidol University in Thailand.

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This series contains materials pertaining to Lauer's development of the Rhetoric and Composition program at Purdue University. Types of materials include program documents, books published by graduate students, course evaluations, and a significant amount of pedagogical materials related to two foundational program courses, Rhetorical History and Composition Theory.

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The Composition Theory course sub-series contains materials used to prep and teach the first required core course in the Rhetoric and Composition doctoral program. This course was taught by Lauer for over 20 years. Materials include opening class notes, schedules, assigned reading materials, bibliographies, historiographies, lecture notes, and sample quizzes. The purpose of this course was to introduce the field of Rhetoric and Composition as a theoretical and research discipline.