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Box 28

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Charles M. Ehresman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490
Scope and Contents The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials...
Dates: 1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (Zucrow Labs) Administration, circa 1940s - 2000s

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 2
Scope and Contents

Series two is divided into three sub-series.


  1. History and Legacy
  2. Lab Operations
  3. Research Proposals and Reports
Dates: circa 1940s - 2000s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Charles M. Ehresman papers

History and Legacy, circa 1940s - 2000s

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490, Series 2, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Sub-Series one includes subject files, photographs and images, and various multimedia materials concerning the history and legacy of Purdue’s Zucrow Laboratories (formerly known as the Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center.)

Dates: circa 1940s - 2000s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Charles M. Ehresman papers / Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (Zucrow Labs) Administration