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Box Communal Collections 47

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

Newsprint, 1920 - 1930

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 111, Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Purdue Memorial Union records contain information regarding the construction of the building, its uses, and promotional materials throughout its existence, including the student petition to raise funds and encourage the Board of Trustees to finish the building when construction was delayed due to World War I. Several pamphlets contain floor plans of the Union and show how the building has changed over the years with new additions.
Dates: 1920 - 1930

Union Newsprint Publications, 1920 - 1930

 File — Box: Communal Collections 47, Placement: 01, Folder: 01
Identifier: UA 111, Series 5, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Purdue Memorial Union records contain information regarding the construction of the building, its uses, and promotional materials throughout its existence, including the student petition to raise funds and encourage the Board of Trustees to finish the building when construction was delayed due to World War I. Several pamphlets contain floor plans of the Union and show how the building has changed over the years with new additions.
Dates: 1920 - 1930

Photographs, circa 1800s-2007

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 18, Series 5
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.
Dates: circa 1800s-2007; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s

Personal Photographs, circa 1800s-2007

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 18, Series 5, Sub-Series 1
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.
Dates: circa 1800s-2007; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s