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George Ade papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 4
Scope and Contents The George Ade papers (1878-1947; 29 Cubic ft.) document the personal and professional life of author, humorist, and playwright George Ade. The collection includes original writings, manuscripts, personal correspondece, photographic materials, and artifacts. Notable persons include: John T. McCutcheon, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington, James Whitcomb Riley, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Elsie Janis, Theodore Dreiser, "Chick" Evans, Orson Welles, Kin Hubbard, Theodore...
Dates: 1878 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1943
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Air Race Classic Team papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 54
Scope and Contents The Purdue Air Race Classic Team papers document the Purdue Air Race Classic teams' involvement in the race. The papers feature Purdue Air Race Classic team photographs, clippings, correspondence, general race information; including participant lists and race results, Purdue team updates provided throughout the races and Air Race Classic programs which document Purdue's involvement in the races from 1994 – 2005. Some of the miscellaneous materials include a pamphlet from the...
Dates: 1994 - 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Aldrin Family papers

 Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSP 18
Scope and Contents

The Aldrin Family papers include an autobiography of Robert Hutchings Goddard, letters, notes, and newspaper articles relating to Robert Goddard and rocketry, compiled by Edwin E. Aldrin, Sr, father of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The papers are organized into three series.

Dates: 1929-2007; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2006
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

T. A. Alford collection

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 14, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 13
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter written about Professor T.A. Alford by a former student, recalling the positive influence Professor Alford had upon him as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1968
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Alumni Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 182
Scope and Contents The Purdue Alumni Association (PAA) records consist of material documenting the history and activity of the PAA. Also included are records relating to the various local and regional Purdue alumni clubs affiliated with the PAA, as well as the records of the PAA’s affiliate organization, the Purdue Black Alumni Organization (PBAO).The collection includes correspondence between PAA members, alumni, and outside organizations; PAA election ballots, financial documents, committee...
Dates: 1887 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1948
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William Arganbright letter

 Collection — Communal Collections Box: 3, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 44
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one letter written by William E. Arganbright to Dr. Robert L. Thompson, Dean of Agriculture, September 9, 1991. The letter addresses Arganbright's experiences while a Purdue student, including time serving in the Indiana National Guard Battery B, from the perspective of a then ninety-seven year old man.

Dates: September 9, 1991
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Neil A. Armstrong papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Dates: 1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (AROTC) collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 55
Scope and Contents The Purdue Army Reserve Officers Training Corps collection documents the history of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (AROTC) at Purdue University. The collection contains many photographs of the Purdue Army ROTC, focusing on the various commissioning classes and their activities. There are also valuable historical documents, military awards and trophies. Other types of materials include: books, clippings, correspondence, handbooks, manuals, printed material, programs, records and...
Dates: 1876 - 2001; Other: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Authors letters collection

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 73, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSP 315
Scope and Contents

The Indiana Authors Letter Collection contains letters from some of the state's most successful authors. The collection encompasses the "Golden Age of Indiana Literature," a time period in which Hoosier authors achieved both national prominence and popular acclaim.

Dates: ca. 1833-1930
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Whitman Bailey papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 14, Placement: 18
Identifier: MSF 26
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one letter from Eleanore Cammack, Order Librarian, addressed to Mr. Whitman Bailey, dated May 13, 1948, and two short notes.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

H. M. Baldwin papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 14, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSF 23
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one letter: correspondence Professor Baldwin had sent to international students, as an Advisor for Students from Other Lands, dated March 28, 1934.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1934
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles R. Barnes papers

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 70, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 25
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two folders with articles written by Charles Barnes, one folder of letters, and a book written by Barnes.

Dates: 1882 - 1899
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Marion Baumgardner Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 562
Content Description

Personal and professional papers that include family history, photographs, awards, and correspondence from Marion Baumgardner.

Dates: April 13, 1872 -2024; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2016
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Cornell A. Bell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 18
Scope and Contents The Cornell A. Bell papers document the personal and professional life of Dr. Cornell Bell from his childhood through his retirement from Purdue and eventual passing in 2009. Materials include: Cornell’s personal papers, such as records from his elementary, high school, and college days, funeral programs for friends and colleagues, and contact information; material owned by members of Cornell’s family, including his wife Dr. Mildred Bell’s doctoral dissertation, his uncle Henry Sanders’s...
Dates: circa 1800s-2010; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Benjamin Harrison letters

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 73, Placement: 2
Identifier: UA 48.1
Scope and Contents

Two letters from Benjamin Harrison to Purdue President James Smart, 1896

Dates: 1896
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Black Cultural Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 176
Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Purdue University Black Cultural Center (BCC) from its inception in 1969 up until the present day. It includes publications about the African American community; newspaper clippings and marketing material created by or with the subject of the BCC; photographs of the BCC, its events, students, and staff; speeches delivered by or about the BCC; correspondence between members of the...
Dates: 1969 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

James Blakesley papers

 Collection — Communal Collections Box: 1, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 358
Abstract

Materials documenting James Blakesley's tenure as VP and president of the University Club.

Dates: 1965 - 1971
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Donald A. Bloodgood papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 314
Scope and Contents The Donald A. Bloodgood papers (1946-1949; 1 cubic foot) documents the student life and fraternal pledging of former Purdue student Donald A. Bloodgood. The collection consists primarily of artifacts, with limited documentation concerning their use and function by the alumnus. These objects may be useful for researchers interested in the material culture of Purdue’s ROTC and fraternity organizations during the late 1940s. Types of materials include: pledge sashes, pledge boards, letters, and...
Dates: 1946 - 1949; Other: Date acquired: 09/06/2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Donald E. Bloodgood papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 41
Abstract

Publications, reports, correspondence, clippings, photos, and daily planners documenting the professional career of Purdue Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Donald E. Bloodgood.

Dates: 1926 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1979
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles C. Bock, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 315
Scope and Contents The Charles C. Bock, Jr. papers document the vast career of a test pilot. Within the collection, there is material about the Bell X-2, the X-15 (Rocket aircraft), the SR-71 Blackbird (Jet reconnaissance plane), the Rockwell B-1 (Bomber), and many other types of experimental aircraft. Included are photographs of fellow Purdue University alumni and "America's No. 1 Spaceman" Iven C. Kincheloe, Jr. In addition to the thirty-one photographs, the collection consists of nine 16mm films, one of...
Dates: 1956 - 2014
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Julius L. Born correspondence

 Collection — Communal Collections Box: 3, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 58
Scope and Contents

Typed versions of thirteen letters that Lieutenant Julius L. Born wrote home to his parents while stationed in France during World War I.

Dates: circa 1914 - 1918
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sol Boyk collection

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 4, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 20
Scope and Contents

One folder containing correspondence, letters of recommendation, transcript records, documents regarding Sol Boyk's graduate assistantship at Purdue University while working towards his Ph.D. in the Chemistry Department.

The folder also contains a letter written by M. G. Mellon to Mrs. Eleanor Boyk, which describes his fond memories of Sol Boyk and how he stood out as an exemplary graduate student in the Chemistry Department at Purdue University.

Dates: 1934 - 1976
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates: 1950 - 2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Mark Brown United States Space Shuttle Patches collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 274
Scope and Contents

The Mark Brown United States Space Shuttle Patches collection consists of two Space Shuttle patches with certificates of authenticity, signed by Purdue alum and Mission Specialist, Colonel Mark N. Brown. The patches include: Thirtieth Flight of the Space Shuttle (STS-28), Columbia, August 8 - 13, 1989 and Forty-third Flight of the Space Shuttle (STS-48), Discovery, September 12 - 18, 1991.  Also included is a copy of a letter from the donor, Curtis Haley to Ms. Flanary.

Dates: 1989 - 2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ralph O. Brown papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 180
Scope and Contents The Ralph O. Brown papers document Brown's businesses, Southside Studio, Huntington, Indiana and the Northern Indiana Aerial Photographic and Survey Service. The papers are comprised of Ralph O. Brown's pilot flight records and log books, which include his remarks and notations and Brown's journal which contains stories, including, "My First Solo Flight," and "Flying Dangerous or Not?" Also included are business receipts (1950s), business related correspondence, two clippings about Brown and...
Dates: 1940 - 1976
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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