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Box 3

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

William M. Hepburn papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173
Scope and Contents This collection includes materials related to Hepburn's research and work at Purdue University Libraries, including materials on 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...
Dates: circa 1828-1963

Purdue Library Administration, 1881 - 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 content related to the Bruce Rogers and Charles Major collections.

Dates: 1881 - 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 — Multiple Containers
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, 1941-1945

 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, 1941-1945

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, 1881 - 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: 1881 - 1959

Library staff, circa 1938-1941

 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: circa 1938-1941

Reports of Librarian, 1905 - 1944

 File — Multiple Containers
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, Circa 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: Circa 1931

Special reports to President Coxtrotter: Memorandums on the library, 1933 - 1939

 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 - 1939

Library budgets, 1934 - 1939

 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 - 1939

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