Books
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Items comprising a collection of leaves of paper, parchment, wood, stiffened textile, ivory, metal tablets, or other flat material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together in a volume.
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Purdue Alumni Association records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 182
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Alumni Association records contains records from the Alumni Association from 1907 to 2008. The bulk of the collection is correspondence pertaining to membership, bylaw changes, publications, and alumni events. Of particular interest is correspondence between the Alumni Association and the Curtiss Exhibition Company of the Curtiss Areophane Company about the possibility of another exhibition at Purdue, stating that “due to recent improvements in their machine that their aviators are...
Dates:
1907 - 2008
Andreae manuscript, summa de sponsalibus et de matrimoniis
Unprocessed — Box 01
Identifier: 20180816.1
Dates:
circa 1450 - 1475
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
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
Earl L. Butz papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 64
Abstract
Documents, photographs, letters, scrapbooks, correspondence, biographical material, speeches, artifacts, and subject files documenting the career of Earl L. Butz as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1971-1976.
Dates:
1945 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1976
Eugene A. Cernan papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288
Scope and Contents
The Eugene A. Cernan papers document the military, aeronautics, and astronautics career of Eugene A. Cernan, as well as his subsequent professional and public activities. The papers also feature records pertaining to Cernan's youth, family, and education. The collection includes but is not limited to artifacts, audiovisual recordings, awards, books, certificates, coins, correspondence, documents, mission patches, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, publications, scrapbooks, speeches,...
Dates:
1934 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2012
Department records, 1925 - 2013
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 90, Series 2
Scope and Contents
This series contains records from the departments and programs that constitute the College of Liberal Arts. The bulk of records are from the English department and the department of Visual and Performing Arts.
Dates:
1925 - 2013
Robert Eckles papers
Collection — Box 1: Series MSF 539, Series 1; Series MSF 539, Series 2; Series MSF 539, Series 3
Identifier: MSF 539
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the Dean Potter biography written by Dr. Eckles as well as the materials he used when writing it. There are also publications, information booklets, and reports from the Library of Congress and American Microform Academy.
Dates:
1925 - 1974
Charles M. Ehresman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490
Scope and Contents
The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials pertaining...
Dates:
1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009
Leslie and LaNelle Geddes papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 486
Scope and Contents
The Leslie and LaNelle Geddes paper document the personal and professional lives of Dr. Leslie Geddes and Dr. LaNelle Geddes. Dr. Leslie Geddes’ project files, lecture notes, and awards are particularly well-represented in this collection, as is Dr. LaNelle Geddes’ speeches, teaching awards, and correspondence.
Dates:
1921 - 2015
Jerome M. Goldman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 461
Scope and Contents
The Jerome Goldman papers document Goldman's career as a Purdue University student in Aeronautical Engineering, his service in the United States Army Air Corp and his work afterwards as a pilot for United Air Lines, along with his key role in establishing Purdue Aeronautics Corporation and Purdue Air Lines as chief pilot, director of operations, and later vice president for operations and maintenance. Also included are papers from his work with International Learning Systems, the Federal...
Dates:
1941 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1972
William M. Hepburn papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173
Scope and Contents
Materials relate to Purdue history, Purdue faculty members, the Purdue Library system, and various individuals affiliated with Purdue history such as Charles Major, Bruce Rogers, and Richard Owen. The collection also includes Hepburn's personal and professional correspondence, personal documents such as a passport and articles on Hepburn's birthplace, a collection of books, and publications from both the Indiana Library Association and the American Library Association.
Dates:
1880 - 1962
Herschel Hunt papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 183
Scope and Contents
The Herschel Hunt papers consist of publications Hunt wrote while a Purdue Chemistry professor, including the book, Physical Chemistry, in which Hunt made notations. Also included is a certificate Professor Hunt received from Sigma Delta Chi for "best teacher award" in 1942. There is an "A Bomb" pin, and a certificate from the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development, for Hunt's scientific research contributions during World War II.
Dates:
1937 - 1948
Jacqueline Kruper Women in Aviation papers and rare books
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 187
Scope and Contents
The Jacqueline Kruper Women in Aviation papers and rare books give a glimpse into the lives of key aviatrices in the earliest years of flight, along with pioneer aviators. The ephemera includes magazine advertisements from 1943, which provide a unique look into how women aviators were portrayed during the 1940s. The papers also include Jacqueline Kruper's writings for Woman Pilot magazine, and book reviews for Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, and H-Minerva, H-Net...
Dates:
1927 - 2015; Other: Majority of material found within 1991 - 2009
Sandor "Alex" Kvassay papers and collection of Aviation Stamps
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 144
Scope and Contents
The Sandor "Alex" Kvassay papers and collection of Aviation Stamps document the history of aviation and flight through postage stamps, postmarks and envelopes collected from all over the world. The collection spans the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century but includes examples of 19th century balloon airmail. The stamps are housed in 67 albums and total near 68,000 stamps, envelopes, postmarks and postcards. The collection was assembled over a period of 20 years, with...
Dates:
1870 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990
Lyle Cummins Library collection
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20090529
Dates:
circa 1800s - 1950s
James R. Maris papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 478
Scope and Contents
The James R. Maris papers document aspects of the Department of Aviation Technology's administration and teaching. Papers include a 1973 department administrative procedures manual; Professor Maris' course outlines, lectures and notes for Aviation Technology 358, Aviation History class, including lecture overheads which provide historical aircraft images, publications and handbooks on aviation careers, records of Purdue's Aviation Technology Flying Club, including meeting minutes, reports,...
Dates:
1944 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1993
Linda Levy Peck papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 529
Overview
The collection contains papers related to the career and various publications of Dr. Linda Levy Peck, a former History Professor at Purdue.
Dates:
1949 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1992
Clifford Blake Powers papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 80
Scope and Contents
The Clifford Blake Powers papers primarily document Powers' career with Essex Corporation and CST, Incorporated, in association with NASA. The papers also include various NASA-related publications, promotional material and memorabilia collected by Powers.
The papers contain a varied assortment of artifacts, papers and publications related to Powers' employment at Essex Corporation, where he was the project manager (publications) for the First United States Microgravity Laboratory mission...
Dates:
1962 - 2003; Other: Majority of material found within 1990 - 2002
Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Extension Administration records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20120522
Dates:
circa 1930 - 2000
Richard (Dick) G. Strippel Research and Writings on Amelia Earhart
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 204
Abstract
This collection contains research and reference files, correspondence, manuscripts, publication records, photographs, and oversized materials related to the writing and publication of Amelia Earhart: the myth and the reality…
Dates:
1931-1999; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/2016
Beverley Stone papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 466
Overview
Collection includes biographical documents, correspondence, speech notes and other materials documenting the life of Purdue’s first Dean of Students, Beverley Stone.
Dates:
1934 - 2012
Wilmer and Mildred Stultz papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 209
Scope and Contents
The Wilmer and Mildred Stultz papers document the career, travels, and family life of the Stultzes. The photo albums feature some of the 50 planes flown by Stultz, colleagues in the aviation field, aerial photographs of air fields and cities, automobiles from the 1920s, key flights flown by Stultz and events surrounding those flights, including the 1928 flight of the "Friendship" Fokker with Amelia Earhart and Louis Gordon, and other aspects of his career. Types of materials...
Dates:
1917 - 1960; Other: Majority of material found within 1928
Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190808.1
Dates:
1913 - 2019