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Box Communal Collections 12

 Container

Contains 45 Collections and/or Records:

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.
Dates: 1901 - 1902

Woody Strong collection

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 18
Identifier: MSA 221
Scope and Contents Articles about Woody and Penny Strong's mission trips to Nepal.
Dates: 1988 - 1995

Articles, 1988-1995

 File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 18, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents Ditmer, Joanne; Harrington, Maureen (1988). Growing old: It's not for sissies. Meet a tough, active lineup of busy Coloradans -gutsy people whose golden years are the best yet. The Sunday Denver Post, Contemporary, July 24, '988, p. 24. [2 copiesDitmer, Joanne (n.d.). A World of Help. The Denver Post - Colorado Living, p. E1.Martin, Sharon (1994). Woody Strong: A gentle man brings hope to the people of Nepal (front page photograph). The Purdue Alumnus, December, 1994,...
Dates: 1988-1995

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...
Dates: 1951-1991

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.
Dates: 1951 - 1991

Collection on A. A. Sego

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 30
Scope and Contents The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: 1917 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

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.
Dates: undated

Photographs and Articles, 1917 - 2004

 File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 06, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: 1917 - 2004

Purdue Gala Week Program, 1917

 File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 06, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 30, File 2
Scope and Contents The program was from Sego's Purdue graduation.
Dates: 1917

Photograph of Sego from Debris, Outdoor Track Team, 1917

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents (Sego was a member of the Purdue track team for four years.)
Dates: 1917

Photograph of Sego in his aviator gear, 1917

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: 1917

Entry for Second Lieutenant Arthur A. Sego, from Aerial Age Weekly, p. 45, July 28, 1919

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: July 28, 1919

Purdue University, fifty years of progress, page 162, which contains entry for Arthur Anthony Sego, 1925

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: 1925

The Gold Star Honor Roll, 1914-1918 - Newton County Soldiers Who Died During World War I, The Newcomer: a publication of the Newton County Historical Society, Inc., v. 9, Issue 2, p. 22, Spring and Summer, 2004

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: Spring and Summer, 2004

Kentland, Indiana Newspaper Clipping Regarding Sego Funeral Services, 1918

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 30, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: 1918

Stockton family collection

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 22
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials relating to Purdue alumni James W. Stockton and Ann Stockton, 1919-1947. Includes one postcard of Theta Xi house at Purdue University, one report card for James W. Stockton, and one newspaper clipping on Ann Stockton's injury in the Purdue bleachers collapse.
Dates: 1919 - 1947

Postcard, Report Card, Newspaper Clipping, 1919-1947

 File — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents Materials relating to Purdue alumni James W. Stockton and Ann Stockton, 1919-1947. Includes one postcard of Theta Xi house at Purdue University, one report card for James W. Stockton, and one newspaper clipping on Ann Stockton's injury in the Purdue bleachers collapse. Part of the newspaper clipping is missing.
Dates: 1919-1947

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.
Dates: 1919 - 2003

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.
Dates: 1919-2003

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.
Dates: Other: 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.
Dates: Other: January 1977

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.
Dates: Other: 2003

Clippings about Edward C. Elliott's death, 1960

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 11, Folder: 01
Identifier: MSA 213, Series 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: Historical newspapers, newsletter, and class of 1953 reunion photograph from 1978.
Dates: 1960

Robert Thomas papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 23
Identifier: MSA 226
Scope and Contents Articles and notations by Robert Thomas.
Dates: 1949 - 1951

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]
Dates: 1949-1951