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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:

Clippings from Campus Copy, Purdue Flies High, pp. 6-7, January 1959

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 6, Item 1
Scope and Contents (Includes a flow chart which shows how the Department of Aviation Technology fits into the University Extension Administration.)
Dates: January 1959

Two clippings, Rebirth of a Wreck: Purdue University's Aeronautics Corporation took four "beyond repair" Air Force planes and is making them into three smaller craft," by Jerry T. Hill; clipping/photos with captions - visit of Noland Co., Inc. Turbo-Prop Jet, first time jet of this caliber had landed at the Purdue Airport, 1959

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 6, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The eight scrapbooks in this series document the history of Purdue's Aviation Technology Department, and one scrapbook provides a history of Purdue's Air Race Classic teams. Compiled by the department, the scrapbooks contain a rich collection of photographs and news clippings, along with staff information, brochures, memos and other key documents from the featured years. The 6th and 7th scrapbooks appear to have been compiled by Professor James R. Maris, Head of the Department of Aviation...
Dates: 1959

Article and three photo clippings with captions, "'Beyond-Repair' Plane Rebuilt at Purdue: 5,000 Hours of Lab Work" , June 1959

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 3
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 6, Item 3
Scope and Contents (Article about DC-3 airplane renovated by Aviation Technology students.)
Dates: June 1959