Box 2
Container
Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:
"Aviation at Purdue, 1930-1973," and one color, 3 ½" x 5" photograph of Purdue plane, 1973
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 4, Item 1
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:
1973
15 clippings, 1973
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 5
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 4, Item 5
Scope and Contents
News photo, "Nearly Finished," Indianapolis Star, February 8, 1973 (Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control tower at Purdue University Airport); "Air Wisconsin adds Metro service; cuts Chicago Flight time," Purdue University Summer Times, July 20, 1973 (includes photo of Air Wisconsin Metro); News photo, "Two Lafayette Aircraft Displayed at Oshkosh," and McClure, C. W. (1973, August 15). Local Aviators at EEA Fly-In. Journal and Courier, August 15, 1973; McClure, C. W. (1973, August...
Dates:
1973
11 clippings, April 25, 1973
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 8
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 4, Item 8
Scope and Contents
News photo, "Happy Hilda," Campus Copy, Vol. 25, No. 5, January 1973 (helicopter part of equipment of Aviation Technology Department); News photo, "New $300,000 FAA air traffic control tower at the Purdue Airport," Campus Copy, February 1973, p. 1; "Invitational Fly-In Seminar Set For May 15," Indianapolis Star, March 1, 1973, p. unknown; "'Fly-In' Set At Purdue," Valparaiso Vidette - Messenger, March 7, 1973; "'Fly-In for Profit' Seminar Slated in Indiana, General Aviation News, p. unknown,...
Dates:
April 25, 1973
Clipping, "Flying Farmers, 400 of 'Em, Due At Purdue," Indianapolis Star, July 18, 1975; University News Service, press release, "…Purdue University's Aviation Technology Department has acquired a J79 turbojet aircraft engine as an aid in teaching gas turbine courses…" , 1975
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 4
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 6, Item 4
Scope and Contents
(Includes photograph, b&w, 5"x7".)
Dates:
1975