Box 09

Scope and Contents

This series contains photographs and photographic negatives created by or sent to Dr. Cornell Bell. Subjects of the photographs include Cornell and Mildred Bell, members of the Bell family, Business Opportunity Program staff and students, and personal vacations, among others.

A small number of additional photographs can also be found within the correspondence series, where they have been stored with the letters they were initially sent with.

Scope and Contents

This sub-series includes photographs related to Cornell Bell's personal life. Subjects include Cornell and Mildred Bell, Cornell's friends and family, the families and lives of former Business Opportunity Program students, and Cornell's travels.

Subjects of interest include Cornell receiving the Special Boilermaker Award, Cornell at various stages of his life, high school reunions with former students of Cornell's, and Cornell's 20 years of service Appreciation Banquet.

Scope and Contents

This sub-group contains photographs of Cornell's numerous friends and family members. Subjects include Cornell and Mildred Bell at various stages of their lives; members of Cornell's family; former students from Cornell's time as a high school teacher and Director of the Business Opportunity Program; the families, homes, and travels of friends and former students; Cornell and Mildred's home in Gary, IN; and various wedding and funeral ceremonies.

Scope and Contents This sub-group includes photographs from Cornell's travels abroad. Locations featured include but are not limited to Heidelberg, Germany; Rome, Italy; London, England; Paris, France; and various locations in Mexico and Canada. Subjects include the Roman Colosseum, British Parliament Building, Niagara Falls, and the 1968 Mexico and 2000 Sydney Olympics.This sub-group only includes photographs of Cornell's travels. Photographs of trips abroad taken by Cornell's friends and family...

Scope and Contents The Cornell A. Bell papers document the personal and professional life of Dr. Cornell Bell from his childhood through his retirement from Purdue and eventual passing in 2009. Materials include: Cornell’s personal papers, such as records from his elementary, high school, and college days, funeral programs for friends and colleagues, and contact information; material owned by members of Cornell’s family, including his wife Dr. Mildred Bell’s doctoral dissertation, his uncle Henry Sanders’s...