Box Communal Collections 12
Container
Contains 38 Collections and/or Records:
Excerpts and Obituaries, 1921-1946
File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 20, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Card with sports figures and "May" on it.Excerpts from the book, My Maiden Effort, by Gelett Burgess, which includes some of the first writings of Booth Tarkington."Booth Tarkington's Death Widely Mourned; Beloved Writer Was Hoosier Born," May 20, 1946, p.1."Tarkington Rites Brief and Simple," Lafayette Journal and Courier," May, 1946.
"Booth Tarkington," Lafayette Journal and Courier,"May, 1946."Booth Tarkington Once Purdue Man," no publication...
Articles and Notes, 1949-1951
File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Thomas, Robert (1949). Discovery or Rediscovery of the Application of the Natural Laws of Astronomical Genetics to Animal and Human Breeding. [2 copies]
Thomas, Robert (1951). Measuring Results of Teaching Farm Veterans. The Agricultural Education Magazine, April 1951, pp. 222-223, 230. [2 copies]
Correspondence to Dr. F. L. Hovde and notes concerning "Astronomical Genetics," September 8, 1951. [3 packets of information]
Thomas, Robert (1951). Measuring Results of Teaching Farm Veterans. The Agricultural Education Magazine, April 1951, pp. 222-223, 230. [2 copies]
Correspondence to Dr. F. L. Hovde and notes concerning "Astronomical Genetics," September 8, 1951. [3 packets of information]
Printed materials, 1919-2003
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Class of 1953 reunion photograph, 1978
Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 09, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Eli Lilly memorial letter and newsletter, January 1977
Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 09, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Intercessors for China calendar, 2003
Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 09, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Class of 1926 Material, 1951-1991
File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 03, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mechanical Engineering Class of '26 announcing the 25th anniversary, signed by Ed Kaegi [includes statistics about the Mechanical Engineering Class of 1926]Letter announcing 25th anniversary of Class of 1926 during Gala Week, April 27-29, 1951, letter signed by Walter W. Walb, February 16, 1951.Black & gold, felt '26.List of Mechanical Engineering graduates, Class of 1926, includes addresses, 1951.Itinerary for Gala Week events for...
Correspondence
File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 14
Identifier: File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence from William Snyder describing the U.S.S. Lafayette, photograph of the Lafayette's launch, a U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65 baseball cap, and a Trident tie clip.
Booth Tarkington collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 20
Identifier: MSA 223
Scope and Contents
Excerpts from the book, My Maiden Effort, by Gelett Burgess, which includes some of Booth Tarkington's first writings. Obituaries and stories written upon Tarkington's death.
Collection on Karl R. Templeton
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 224
Scope and Contents
Information about Karl R. Templeton taken from Purdue Students' Directory, 1909-1910 and Debris, 1910.
Paul M. Thayer papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 22
Identifier: MSA 225
Scope and Contents
"The Book Nobody Will Read," by Paul M. Thayer, 1983. [2 copies]
Robert Thomas papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 23
Identifier: MSA 226
Scope and Contents
Articles and notations by Robert Thomas.
Joseph A. Starkey collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 219
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken at Purdue University during the 1923-1924 school year. Correspondence from Starkey's son, Mirwood A. Starkey, concerning the death of his mother, Lena Smith Starkey and the donation of the photographs.
William M. Snyder collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 218
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from William Snyder describing the U.S.S. Lafayette, photograph of the Lafayette's launch, a U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65 baseball cap, and a Trident tie clip.
Roger H. Schnurlein Collection on the Class of 1926
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 208
Scope and Contents
Roster of Class of 1926 Mechanical Engineering graduates, 25th, 60th, 65th, Class of 1926 anniversary testimonial certificates, and other items from the Class of 1926, post-graduation.
Howard E. Satterfield papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 206
Scope and Contents
"From Whence We Came," by Frances Gilchrist Gibson Satterfield, 1973 [family history]
Albert Scheible papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 207
Scope and Contents
Booklet and article written by Albert Scheible.
J. Edgar Scholl diary
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 209
Scope and Contents
Daily diary of J. Edgar Scholl, January 1, 1901 to December 8, 1902 . The diary provides a daily account of the life of a young man in Indiana, as he begins farming and prepares to marry.
Lynn A. Scipio papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSA 210
Scope and Contents
Articles by Lynn Scipio.
Jim Shearer collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSA 212
Scope and Contents
Membership card, Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Purdue University, circa 1904.
Program, Philalethean, Twenty-seventh Annual, Friday, April 28, 1905.
Program, Philalethean, Twenty-seventh Annual, Friday, April 28, 1905.
Douglass Shortridge collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213
Scope and Contents
The Douglass Shortridge collection contains artifacts from Shortridge's student years at Purdue, historical newspapers from the end of World War II, a newspaper obituary of Abram C. Shortridge, and other documents accumulated during Shortridge's career.
E. E. Sickler papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSA 214
Scope and Contents
"Thoughts At The Anvil," by E. E. Sickler.
Ella B. Silance collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 215
Scope and Contents
One photograph, with Ella B. Silance's named marked on the back, but a group of unidentified people in the photograph.
Vern M. Smiley collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSA 216
Scope and Contents
Gala Week 1921 booklet; Pi Omicron National Sorority - program, 1933-1934; Pi Omicron National Sorority directory, April 1935, and small Alpha Chapter Pi Omicron scrapbook, 5" x 4" with thirty-six photographs in it, 1930-1931.
C. F. Smith collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSA 217
Scope and Contents
C. F. Smith was the chief engineer for The Bournonville Rotary Valve Motor Company, Hoboken, New Jersey, and there are three catalogs/manuals from the company in the collection.