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Box 2

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Paul E. Stanley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 50
Scope and Contents The Paul E. Stanley papers document the earliest years of the School of Aeronautics and the planning that went into creating the school. Other material among the papers pertain to the early years of the Purdue Airport and Division of Engineering Sciences. Neil Armstrong was a student of Stanley's, and there are clippings, front pages of newspapers, reports, an invitation sent by Armstrong to Stanley for his homecoming celebrating in Wapakoneta, Ohio, along with other pre and post-Apollo 11...
Dates: 1909 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1969
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Paul E. Stanley papers

Air Transportation, 1945 - 1972

 Sub-Series — Box: 2
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Includes information related to the Air Transportation program; journals containing articles about the program, brochures, curriculum information and programs from conferences. Also includes an "Aviation at Purdue" brochure which contains historical information.
Dates: 1945 - 1972
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSF 50, Paul E. Stanley papers / School of Aeronautics reports and records