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Box 9

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Two clippings, Herr, V. B. (1996, July 12). Purdue team wins cross-country airplane race. Lafayette Leader, p. unknown (includes news photo, "Lauren T. Nicholson and Jacqueline C. Battipaglia are the first collegiate team to win the Air Race Classic-a 2,400-mile, all-female airplane race"); Rahner, M. (date unknown). Women fly to a victory: Purdue students top 50 teams in Air Race Classic. Journal and Courier, p. unknown, (includes news photo, "Triumphant Return: Lauren Nicholson gets a congratulatory hug from her roommate, Sarah Lapenta, after her return to the Purdue Airport Thursday") , 1996

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 10
Identifier: UA 12, Series 1, Sub-Series 8, File 10
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: 1996