Box 9
Container
Contains 8 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
Floor plans and related documents, 1939 - 1960
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of plans for the expansion of the Purdue Airport and Aeronautics labs to accommodate the new and growing School of Aeronautics. One can find the reports; "A Program for Training Aviation Mechanics at Purdue University," 1939 (includes photographs of Engineering Shops and Michael Golden Labs), and "Improvement of Facilities for Instruction in Aeronautical Engineering," by K. D. Wood and Joseph Liston, June 3, 1940 (includes blueprints); various floor plans, and related...
Dates:
1939 - 1960
"A Program for Training Aviation Mechanics at Purdue University," and “Improvement of Facilities for Instruction in Aeronautical Engineering,” by K. D. Wood and Joseph Liston, 1940 - 1949
File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7, File 1
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Engineering Shops and Michael Golden Labs, along with blueprints and floor plans of Aeronautical Engineering facilities.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Aviation at Purdue; "Survey of Possible Wind Tunnel Requirements for School of Aeronautics, Purdue University;" floor plans; issue of Flying, article by Max Stanley inside, “I Flew ‘The Wing’,” pp. 34-35, 66, 68; and Valley Times, special supplement, “50 Years of Aviation in the U.S.A.” , 1945 - 1953
File — Box: 9, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7, File 2
Scope and Contents
Includes a brochure, "Aviation at Purdue," 1945 (two copies); "Survey of Possible Wind Tunnel Requirements for School of Aeronautics, Purdue University"; floor plans; September 1946 issue of Flying, and Valley Times, special supplement, "50 Years of Aviation in the U.S.A.," October 13, 1953 (folder two of two).
Dates:
1945 - 1953
Aircraft Engine Laboratory, planning documents, budget, floor plans, and related documents , 1941 - 1947
File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is comprised of plans for the expansion of the Purdue Airport and Aeronautics labs to accommodate the new and growing School of Aeronautics. One can find the reports; "A Program for Training Aviation Mechanics at Purdue University," 1939 (includes photographs of Engineering Shops and Michael Golden Labs), and "Improvement of Facilities for Instruction in Aeronautical Engineering," by K. D. Wood and Joseph Liston, June 3, 1940 (includes blueprints); various floor plans, and related...
Dates:
1941 - 1947
Aircraft Engine Laboratory, planning documents, budget, floor plans, curriculum plans/charts, and related documents , 1941 - 1947
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is comprised of plans for the expansion of the Purdue Airport and Aeronautics labs to accommodate the new and growing School of Aeronautics. One can find the reports; "A Program for Training Aviation Mechanics at Purdue University," 1939 (includes photographs of Engineering Shops and Michael Golden Labs), and "Improvement of Facilities for Instruction in Aeronautical Engineering," by K. D. Wood and Joseph Liston, June 3, 1940 (includes blueprints); various floor plans, and related...
Dates:
1941 - 1947
Wind tunnel planning documents, and Aeronautical Engineering building plans, sketches and curriculum plans, 1941 - 1944
File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is comprised of plans for the expansion of the Purdue Airport and Aeronautics labs to accommodate the new and growing School of Aeronautics. One can find the reports; "A Program for Training Aviation Mechanics at Purdue University," 1939 (includes photographs of Engineering Shops and Michael Golden Labs), and "Improvement of Facilities for Instruction in Aeronautical Engineering," by K. D. Wood and Joseph Liston, June 3, 1940 (includes blueprints); various floor plans, and related...
Dates:
1941 - 1944
School of Aeronautics annual report to the President, Purdue University, and specification for complete construction, Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory, Purdue University Airport, Walter Scholer and Associates, Architects, Lafayette, Indiana, 1951 - 1960
File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSF 50, Series 7, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is comprised of plans for the expansion of the Purdue Airport and Aeronautics labs to accommodate the new and growing School of Aeronautics. One can find the reports; "A Program for Training Aviation Mechanics at Purdue University," 1939 (includes photographs of Engineering Shops and Michael Golden Labs), and "Improvement of Facilities for Instruction in Aeronautical Engineering," by K. D. Wood and Joseph Liston, June 3, 1940 (includes blueprints); various floor plans, and related...
Dates:
1951 - 1960