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Box 5

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University College of Engineering records

Automobile Research, 1925 - 1930

 Sub-Series — Box: 5
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Included in this series are bound volumes of some of the earliest tests done in the Automobile Research labs at Purdue University in the 1920s, along with one of the first automobile research conferences held at Purdue University.

Dates: 1925 - 1930
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University College of Engineering records / Mechanical Engineering

Bound volume, Comparative Automobile Tests, circa 1925

 Item — Box: 5, Item: 1
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included in this series are bound volumes of some of the earliest tests done in the Automobile Research labs at Purdue University in the 1920s, along with one of the first automobile research conferences held at Purdue University.

Dates: circa 1925
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University College of Engineering records / Mechanical Engineering / Automobile Research

Bound volume, Report of the Flow of Heat Within the Davis Steel Car Wheel and Double Plate Car Wheel as the Result of Brake Application, Made for the American Steel Foundries. Chicago, IL, under the direction of Gilbert A. Young, Head of School of Mechanical Engineering by John W. Geiger and Vincent W. Young, Instructors in Mechanical Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Purdue University, 1927

 Item — Box: 5, Item: 2
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included in this series are bound volumes of some of the earliest tests done in the Automobile Research labs at Purdue University in the 1920s, along with one of the first automobile research conferences held at Purdue University.

Dates: 1927
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University College of Engineering records / Mechanical Engineering / Automobile Research

Programs, Conference on Automobile Servicing to be held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, under the direction of Engineering Extension Department and School of Mechanical Engineering, 1929 - 1930

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 89, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included in this series are bound volumes of some of the earliest tests done in the Automobile Research labs at Purdue University in the 1920s, along with one of the first automobile research conferences held at Purdue University.

Dates: 1929 - 1930
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University College of Engineering records / Mechanical Engineering / Automobile Research

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections