Box 2
Container
Contains 11 Collections and/or Records:
Mechanical Engineering, 1859 - 2017
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1
Scope and Contents
With Mechanical Engineering being the first School to be established within the College of Engineering, this series contains some of the oldest historical information, including the history behind some of the earliest laboratories established on campus.
Dates:
1859 - 2017
Purdue University College of Engineering records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 89
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University College of Engineering records document the historical background of the College; included are many historical documents, annual reports, pamphlets, publicity, department brochures, pamphlets, and programs, newsletters, publications, alumni information and various related material.Some items of note are key historical documents from the earliest Purdue Engineering Laboratories, such as the Locomotive and Automobile Test Laboratories. Also included is...
Dates:
1859 - 2023
Railway Mechanical Engineering, 1859 - 1995
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
1859 - 1995
Pamphlet, New Engineering Laboratory, opened , January 1892
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
January 1892
Brochure, Locomotive Testing at Purdue University , 1894
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
1894
Brochure, The Purdue University Locomotive Testing Plant, 1895
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
1895
Report, American Railway Master Mechanics’ Association, Slide Valves, 1896
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
1896
Bound volume, Lectures Delivered Before the Students of Purdue University in Railway Engineering and Allied Subjects, 1897 - 1898
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Program, "…The Western Railway Club…, Program of Excursion, Chicago and Lafayette, Indiana, Shops of Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway, and Purdue University," Tuesday, April 19, 1898
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
April 19, 1898
Bulletin of Purdue University, Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service, by L.A. Downs, President of the Illinois Central Railway, May 1928
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Purdue was one of the pioneering institutions when it came to Railway Engineering. This series contains some of the historical information pertaining to the School's establishment and the testing laboratories. There are booklet's related to the locomotive testing plants (1892 - 1895), along with a bulletin of Purdue University titled, "Opportunities for Engineers in Railroad Service," by L.A. Downs, from 1928. A key item within this series is the publication, Purdue University and...
Dates:
May 1928
Booklet, Museum of Transport, Barretts Station Road, Saint Louis, Missouri , circa 1946
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents
Three of the locomotives acquired through Professor W.F.M. Goss for Purdue were later donated to this museum and are featured in the booklet.
Dates:
circa 1946