Box 3
Container
Contains 18 Collections and/or Records:
Purdue Library Administration, 1880 - 1960
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1
Scope and Contents
This series contains administrative documents from Hepburn's time as Librarian. In addition to reports and operational documents, this series includes significant content related to the Bruce Rogers and Charles Major collections.
Dates:
1880 - 1960
Library buildings, 1911 - 1913
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
Materials included are photos/postcards of the Library (1913), Sweeper Plant Blueprints (1912), and Library Shelving Specifications (1912).
Dates:
1911 - 1913
Library publications, 1906 - 1959
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 3
Scope and Contents
Materials include a Purdue University Library Publication booklet from 1906; 'A Guide to Chemical literature' (1942), 'Southern Sketches' by C.H. Benjamin and 'Contemporary American Fiction", a list recommended to students for general reading (1916); announcements of two library events featuring lectures (1923); and Library Events 1923), and Library bulletins (1927-1959).
Dates:
1906 - 1959
Reports, 1905 - 1944
Sub-Series — Box: 3
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1905 - 1944
Policies and Procedures, 1906 - 1944
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents
Materials include library manuals from 1906 to 1930, a request to update the library hours in an executive committee meeting in 1928, correspondence and notes about the library fees and fines from 1938, and documents from the Committee on Library policies from 1944.
Dates:
1906 - 1944
Library collections, 1937 - 1946
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents
Library collections include materials from the Elliot Library of Education from 1939 to 1941, the Library Administration Book provenance from 1937 to 1946, from the Amelia Earhart collection inventory from 1941 to 1942, and correspondence about 'The Great Steam Duck' from 1946. Also included are notes by Hepburn on book collections from 1946 and the George Barr McCutcheon collections which is undated.
Dates:
1937 - 1946
Library during the war years, 1917 - 1945
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
Dates:
1917 - 1945
Departmental Libraries, 1934 - 1944
File — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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.
Dates:
1934 - 1944
Library Operations, 1880 - 1959
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1880 - 1959
Library staff, 1904 - 1940
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents
Materials include a list of library staff members from 1904-1940 as well as the academic statuses of the library staff in 1939.
Dates:
1904 - 1940
Reports of Librarian, 1905 - 1944
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1905 - 1944
Library reports and correspondence, 1925 - 1939
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1925 - 1939
Reports on endowments and library progress, 1931
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1931
Special reports to President Coxtrotter: Memorandums on the library, 1933 - 1943
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1933 - 1943
Library budgets, 1934 - 1944
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1934 - 1944
Report of Graduate Committee on Library, 1935
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1935
"A Study of the Use of the Reserved Book Room", 1941
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 3, File 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains reports about the library and its administration written or compiled by Hepburn.
Dates:
1941
William M. Hepburn papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173
Scope and Contents
Materials relate to 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 publications from both the Indiana Library Association and the American Library Association.An unknown...
Dates:
1880 - 1962