Box Communal Collections 52
Container
Contains 41 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Major Memorial Grade School, 1923
File — Box: Communal Collections 52
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The series documents the professional career of Charles Major and the personal life of Charles and Ann Shaw Major. Types of materials include: newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and clipping scrapbooks compiled by the Majors. Topics include: Charles Major’s literary career, law career, tenure as a Indiana state representative, member of Purdue University’s Board of Trustees, theatrical and motion picture productions, Charles and Ann Major’s home, travels, Charles...
Dates:
1923
Other Media, 1988 - 2011
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 49, Series 4
Scope and Contents
This series includes newspaper clippings (most of which have been photocopied and originals discarded), posters, and machine readable media. Extracted files from machine readable media are available in digital format and most are replicated in hard copy throughout the collection. Audio-visual materials had not been transferred as of yet. Files contain materials representative of the Administrative and Violet Haas Award series. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically and by type.
Dates:
1988 - 2011
Posters, 1997 - 2007
File — Box: Communal Collections 52, Folder: 1, Placement: 1
Identifier: MSP 49, Series 4, File 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes newspaper clippings (most of which have been photocopied and originals discarded), posters, and machine readable media. Extracted files from machine readable media are available in digital format and most are replicated in hard copy throughout the collection. Audio-visual materials had not been transferred as of yet. Files contain materials representative of the Administrative and Violet Haas Award series. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically and by type.
Dates:
1997 - 2007
Newspapers, 2002 - 2009
File — Box: Communal Collections 52, Folder: 2, Placement: 2
Identifier: MSP 49, Series 4, File 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series includes newspaper clippings (most of which have been photocopied and originals discarded), posters, and machine readable media. Extracted files from machine readable media are available in digital format and most are replicated in hard copy throughout the collection. Audio-visual materials had not been transferred as of yet. Files contain materials representative of the Administrative and Violet Haas Award series. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically and by type.
Dates:
2002 - 2009
College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 44
Scope and Contents
The College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture, Records (1869-2009; 124.95 cubic feet) consists of administrative books, correspondence, financial records, faculty minutes, reports, and other materials relating to the administration of Purdue University’s School of Agriculture.
Dates:
1869-2009; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2008
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
Topographical map of Ross Camp site, July 22, 1936
File — Box: Communal Collections 52, Placement: 09, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 80, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
July 22, 1936
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
Purdue University Libraries records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 30
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Libraries records document, the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries. Types of materials include: annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, miscellaneous materials, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, surveys, and training manuals. The original order of the records was maintained in most cases. Some boxes may include cross-departmental documents, and confidential items have been removed and housed in a...
Dates:
circa 1800s - 2000s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004
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
Printed materials, 1919-2003
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Dates:
1919-2003
Indianapolis News Abram C. Shortridge obituary, October 8, 1919
Item — Box: Communal Collections 52, Placement: 11, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Dates:
Other: October 8, 1919
Indianapolis News V-E Day issue, May 7, 1945
Item — Box: Communal Collections 52, Placement: 11, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Dates:
Other: May 7, 1945
Indianapolis News V-J Day issue, August 14, 1945
Item — Box: Communal Collections 52, Placement: 11, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Dates:
Other: August 14, 1945
Daily Pacifican newspaper, July 4, 1946
Item — Box: Communal Collections 52, Placement: 11, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Dates:
Other: July 4, 1946
John T. McCutcheon papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 278
Abstract
Sketches, Purdue-related documents, and information files about McCutcheon's cartoons. 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,...
Dates:
1897-1979