Box Communal Collections 52
Container
Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:
Douglass Shortridge collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213
Scope and Contents
The Douglass Shortridge collection contains artifacts from Shortridge's student years at Purdue, historical newspapers from the end of World War II, a newspaper obituary of Abram C. Shortridge, and other documents accumulated during Shortridge's career.
Dates:
1919 - 2003
Kassandra Agee Chandler papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 363
Overview
The collection includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials related to Kassandra Agee Chandler's time as a student at Purdue, her career, and her reign as the first African American homecoming queen at Purdue.
Dates:
1971 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1982
John T. McCutcheon papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 278
Abstract
Box 11: McCutcheon's handwritten account of the origins of Injun Summer and The Hunter's Moon (original pencil notes in JTM's hand); McCutcheon's handwritten account of the origins of Bird Center cartoons (original pencil notes in JTM's hand); Prints (reproductions) and newspaper clippings of some of McCutcheon's popular cartoons, circa 1930s; Sketches, original pen and ink drawings for Ade's Pink Marsh, Artie, and Stories publications; Color sketches for the newspaper (several originals in...
Dates:
1897-1979
College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 44
Abstract
Administrative books, correspondence, financial records, faculty minutes, reports, and other materials documenting the administration, history, and growth of the College of Agriculture.
Dates:
1869-2009; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2008
Charles W. Cox collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 80
Scope and Contents
Notebook - Ross Camp, ten weeks of surveying, Summer 1936
Paper presented by Edmund S. Conklin, Professor of Psychology at Indiana University; "Department Management," presented at the State Meeting of the Indiana Chapters of the American Association of University Professors at Purdue University, December 11, 1937. Distributed to the faculty by Edward C. Elliott, January 5, 1937.
Paper presented by Edmund S. Conklin, Professor of Psychology at Indiana University; "Department Management," presented at the State Meeting of the Indiana Chapters of the American Association of University Professors at Purdue University, December 11, 1937. Distributed to the faculty by Edward C. Elliott, January 5, 1937.
Dates:
1936 - 1937
Henry W. Marshall collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 242
Scope and Contents
Article, on Henry Marshall, Purdue Exponent, "Henry W. Marshall,"
Sunday, May 13, 1928 [illegible, possibly 1923]
Dates:
circa 1923
Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 82
Scope and Contents
The Charles and Alice Shaw Major Papers (1847-1949; 51.25 cubic feet) document the personal and professional life of Charles Major and his wife Alice Major. Charles Major was an author and a member of the Purdue University board of trustees. The papers consist of Charles Major's literary works, materials from various theatrical productions, poetry written by Major, sketches, and materials from Major’s law career. The Majors' personal life is represented by the materials collected by Alice...
Dates:
1847-1949; Majority of material found within 1890-1924; Event: Date acquired: 11/30/1926
Council on the Status of Women records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 49
Overview
The collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, handouts, newspaper clippings, and electronic media that document the Council on the Status of Women and its activities.
Dates:
1988 - 2012
New Harmony collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 145
Scope and Contents
The New Harmony collection contains materials from and information related to the New Harmony community in Southern Indiana and the family of Robert Owen, one of its leaders. The collection includes correspondence, newspapers, illustrations, maps, pamphlets, and historical research about New Harmony.
Dates:
1820-1980s
Purdue University Libraries records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 30
Abstract
Annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, reports, surveys, training manuals, and miscellaneous materials documenting the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries.
Dates:
circa 1800s - 2000s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004