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Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 19
Identifier: MSA 222
Scope and Contents
Publication co-authored by Lena Sutton entitled, "The Efficiency of the Preparation of Ether from Alcohol and Sulfuric Acid." Reprinted from the Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. XXXV, no. 6, June, 1913, pp. 794-800.
Dates:
1913
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 24
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The Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers document the lives and careers of Cliff Swanlund and Jo Carty Swanlund. The collection contains an extensive number of letters written by Cliff and Jo from the beginning of their relationship through the early years of their marriage. It also contains many letters written by Cliff's parents to him, while he was a student at Purdue University. The correspondence gives one a unique perspective not only on the family itself, but on outside events which...
Dates:
1943 - 2002; Other: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 558
Content Description
Includes one binder of the unpublished manuscript of the history of Purdue's Industrial Engineering Department, a disk of correspondence and working files. Collection also includes a biography/ c.v. of Barany & a document written by Dr. Sweet nominating Dr. Barany for an award. Collection is related to the history of the Industrial Engineering Department at Purdue. Dr. Arnold Sweet was on the committee that was writing a history of Industrial Engineering at Purdue, and Dr. James Barany...
Dates:
1955 - 2013
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 38, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 372
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains articles by Glen L. Swiggett.
Dates:
1905
Collection — Box: 1 Box
Identifier: MSP 210
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The Thomas Taber papers (2001-2010; .4 cubic feet) documents Thomas T. Taber III’s research on the history of railroads. The collection compiles thousands of resources and citations of publications related to railroads in the United States from approximately 1820-2000, focused primarily on the mid-19th through early 20th centuries. This collection would be useful to researchers interested in doing railroad research, particularly in and relating to the Antebellum United States. Types of...
Dates:
2001 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 537
Content Description
Includes office working file folders alphabetized, publication files, Army files, PH-D dissertations, awards, and certificates related to the establishment of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue in the 1970s and subsequent development of Purdue BME. Also contains research data and photographs of people and of hearts.
Dates:
1966 - 2000
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 122
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to Purdue University's involvement in the Formosa Taiwan project. Relates to work Professor R. Norris Shreve and others at Purdue were involved in to expand curricular offerings, particularly in engineering, in Taiwan. The university Purdue worked with eventually became known as the National Cheng Kung University.
Dates:
undated
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.
Dates:
1921 - 1946
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSR 10
Scope and Contents
The Frederick W. Tase artifacts collection includes four artifacts collected during Tase’s time at Purdue:
1) A large Purdue University banner, 18” x 45”
2) A bracelet of six oaken barrels that together spell “Purdue”
3) A Purdue belt buckle, possibly from an ROTC uniform
4) Two lapel pins, each shaped like aviator wings with a ‘P’ in the center
Dates:
1937 - 1940
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 50, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSP 258
Scope and Contents
Drawing, Lathe No. 2, 1884
Dates:
1884
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 38, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSF 373
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains two reports by W. O. Teague.
Dates:
1906
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 58, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 141
Scope and Contents
The Fredrick C. Tegeler collection comprises materials related to Purdue University, including photographs, football posters, and a supplement to the Purdue Alumnus.
Dates:
circa 1920s - 1963
Collection — Box: 3 shelves
Identifier: MSP 248
Scope and Contents
Telephone directories for Lafayette and West Lafayette, Indiana.
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 11
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 38, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSF 374
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of one folder, which contains an article by Mildred Templin.
Dates:
1938
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 38, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSF 375
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two folders which contain articles by Oliver P. Terry.
Dates:
1905 - 1929
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 38, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSF 376
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The collection consists of one folder which contains articles by Louis A. Test.
Dates:
1925 - 1927
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 38, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSF 377
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one article: Bactericidal Properties of Commercial Antiseptics: Effect of pH, Bittenbender, W. A.; Degering, Ed. F.; Tetrault, P. A. Reprinted from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, vol. 31, pp. 742-747,
Dates:
Other: 1939
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]
Dates:
undated
Collection — Box: vhs, dvd
Identifier: MSP 214
Scope and Contents
The Frank and Lillian Gilbreth films collection includes a VHS cassette and duplicate DVD of two short films.
The Quest of the One Best Way: The Original Films of Frank B. Gilbreth, by James Perkins and Ralph Barnes, features film footage taken by Frank Gilbreth, particularly those used in his Motion Studies and Fatigue Studies research. The film includes commentary by James Perkins and Lillian Gilbreth, who narrate various aspects of Frank and Lillian...
Dates:
1968; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2011
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 313
Scope and Contents
This collection includes issues of The Purdue Exponent student newspaper.
Dates:
1889 - 2021
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 70, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSP 312
Scope and Contents
Includes three issues of The Purdue student newspaper of 1875.
Dates:
April 1875 - June 1875
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 245
Scope and Contents
Includes a complete run of The Purdue student newspaper of the 1880s, which ran from 1882-1888. A total of 54 issues appear in the collection, separated into six volumes. Volume 1 has eight issues, published monthly from November 1882 until June 1883. Volumes 2 through 6 have nine issues each, published monthly from October to June. There is also a Special Edition issue published in June 1888, in addition to the regularly published June issue for that year. Also present in the...
Dates:
November 1882 - June 1888
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 121
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Centennial collection (1968-1969; 0.95 cubic feet) chronicles the year-long commemoration of Purdue’s centennial. Items of interest include congratulatory letters and certificates from state and federal dignitaries and various colleges and universities, proclamations and resolutions passed by state and university officials and representative bodies, booklets commemorating Purdue’s centennial, and the single issue newspaper magazine Hail Purdue...
Dates:
1968 - 1969
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 120
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Semi-Centennial collection (1922-1925; 2.05 cubic feet) predominantly consists of correspondence (mostly correspondence to and from President Elliott), programs and program drafts, and newspapers and newspaper articles, in addition to a modest assortment of meeting minutes, posters, announcements, invitations, financial records, photographs. These materials offer the researcher a comprehensive glimpse into the planning of the 1924 semi-centennial and the commemoration...
Dates:
1922 - 1925
