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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: In any field, notes made in the course of creative, scholarly, or scientific inquiry.

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series MSP 154, Series 1; Series MSP 154, Series 2; Series MSP 154, Series 3
Identifier: MSP 154
Scope and Contents The Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection donated by Alexandria Cornelius, was likely gathered during her research on African American students, alumni and faculty at Purdue University. Historical information was gathered from numerous newspapers, Debris yearbooks, directories, statistics, and questionnaires sent to black alumni. Also included are Black Cultural Center newsletters, along with programs and flyers from the Black Cultural Center and The...
Dates: 1961 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1993 - 1994
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

James Berlin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 161
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the career of James Berlin, Professor of English at Purdue University and major figure in the development of cultural studies pedagogy in rhetoric and composition. Materials include NEH Seminar (1977-1979), Teaching Materials (1980-1994), Research Materials (1884-1993), Collegial Correspondence (1979-1992), and Faculty Governance and Community Activism (1985-1993). Included in the Faculty Governance series is a report on "The Status of Women at Purdue and the Need for a...
Dates: 1978 - 1994
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charlotte Richwine collection on Amelia Earhart

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2025-032
Dates: 1982 - 2001
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

David Snow papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20201007
Dates: 1978 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Felix and Selma Stefanile papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 306
Scope and Contents The Felix and Selma Stefanile papers (1920-2009; 26.75 cubic feet) document the personal and professional lives of Felix and Selma Stefanile. The collection includes rough drafts and notes of Felix and Selma's published poems and essays. It also contains personal papers which document both of their lives in New York before they came to live in West Lafayette, Indiana. Many of the photographs are focused on Felix's childhood, early life, middle and later years. The photographs document less...
Dates: 1920-2009; Majority of material found within 1944-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2010
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Gary Fisher papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 84
Scope and Contents

The Gary Fisher papers contains a notebook of Fisher's anecdotes including recollections of his colleague Joyce Martin, patient notes pertaining to LSD psychotherapy treatments for children suffering from mental illness, articles and reports, his doctoral thesis, academic transcripts, his curriculum vitae, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1948 - 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Roscoe H. George papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 483
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the research reports, notes, correspondence, patents, course material, and related papers of Roscoe George. It includes information on Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, and television research reports. Please see PDF Finding Aid for a detailed collection inventory.

Dates: 1939 - 1954
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

George W. Munro papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 58
Scope and Contents The George W. Munro papers (1826-1970; 3.5 cubic feet) consist of research materials collected by George Munro on John Purdue and the history of Purdue University, as well as Munro's personal papers. The personal papers contain manuscripts and published articles; work related papers, papers and articles related to teaching techniques; and non-work related papers and articles on various literary and timely topics. The papers cover a variety of topics such as Purdue University, John Purdue,...
Dates: 1826 - 1970
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Indiana State ornithology records

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-033
Dates: 1874 - 1994
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Horton B. Knoll papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521
Scope and Contents The Horton B. Knoll papers document Knoll's research, working papers, notes and typescripts for his books, A record of a university in the war years, 1941-1945, published in 1947, and The Story of Purdue Engineering, published in 1963. Also included among the papers is research material, working papers, notes and information related to Purdue presidents Owen, Smart, Stone, Elliott, and Hovde. There is also information Knoll compiled for his intended biography of John Purdue, and historical...
Dates: 1865 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1963
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Jill P. May papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 555
Scope and Contents The Jill P. May papers document the life and career of Professor of Emerita of the College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Education, Jill P. May. The majority of the papers date from the mid-1970s to May’s retirement in 2011. The collection documents the private and professional life of May, particularly her professional activities during her tenure at Purdue University. Some personal papers include May’s early life and education, in addition to correspondence with family members...
Dates: 1923 - 2018; Majority of material found within mid-1970s - 2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Albert Overhauser papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 485
Scope and Contents The Albert Overhauser papers documents the professional work and achievements of Purdue University professor Albert Overhauser.  The collection contains correspondence, notebooks, dissertations and theses, grant applications, graphs and figures, published articles, teaching materials, and other items related to Overhauser’s studies at the University of California at Berkeley as well as professional career at Cornell University, the Ford Motor Company, and Purdue University. The collection...
Dates: circa 1920s - 2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Paul E. Pontius Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 550
Content Description

Materials created, written and collected by Paul Edward Pontius about research and innovative engineering practices and policies when he was a graduate student at Purdue and when he was a Director of Optical Physics at the US Department of Standards.

Dates: 1924 - 1982
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Professional Career, 1923 - 2018, bulk: 1975 - 2018

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 555, Series 3
Scope and Contents The Professional Career series holds materials related to May's extensive career at Purdue University and is categorized under three sub-series: Teaching, Writing and Research, and Professional Activities. A large portion of this series includes writings and research May conducted in addition to her teaching duties, and also her participation in many professional organizations such as the Children's Literature Association. Types of materials include teaching materials, manuscripts, research...
Dates: 1923 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Jill P. May papers

Purdue University Agricultural Research and Graduate Education publications and records, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 1
Identifier: 20180524
Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Rita Colwell papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20150828
Dates: circa 1960 - 2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

D. Richard Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 447
Scope and Contents Extensive research notes and publications related to D. Richard Smith's doctoral dissertation, "The Political Speaking of Henry F. Schricker of Indiana". Subjects of Smith's research include Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker, Indiana politics, and Indiana history. Sources include newspaper articles, speech transcipts, interviews, correspondence, and publications. Also included are earlier papers written by Smith on the subject of Henry F. Schricker.The collection also includes...
Dates: 1921 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1960
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Max D. Steer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 360
Scope and Contents The Max D. Steer papers (1931-2004; 17 cubic feet) document the academic and scientific career of Prof. Steer. The collection details the many different facets of his career at Purdue University including teaching, publishing, primary research, campus-wide, national, and international committee involvement, and awards. This collection would be very useful to anyone researching in the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences at Purdue because Steer is the founder of that department. There...
Dates: 1931 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Willis A. Tacker papers

 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Robert Thomas papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 23
Identifier: MSA 226
Scope and Contents

Articles and notations by Robert Thomas.

Dates: 1949 - 1951
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Toni Mayo papers and research files for "Defining Flight"

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 181
Abstract

Documentation and research notes from twenty personal narratives of Huntington County, Indiana pilots and aviatrixes who flew during the early to mid-twentieth century. The research notes from oral histories were used by Toni Mayo in the compilation of her master’s thesis and book, Defining Flight.

Dates: 1911-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1998-2001; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy Extension, Turfgrass Program and Midwest Regional Turf Foundation records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 67
Scope and Contents Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy Extension, Turfgrass Program and Midwest Regional Turf Foundation records (1931-2000; 6 cubic feet) document the work of Purdue agronomist Dr. William H. Daniel. The records include financial records, newsletters and research summaries, membership information, and meeting minutes and miscellaneous papers of the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation, Incorporated. It also includes Turf Conference Proceedings, numerous photographs...
Dates: 1931 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2010
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Richard E. Webb papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 161
Scope and Contents

The Richard E. Webb papers (1974-2006, 993 MB) document the research conducted by Dr. Richard Webb on the hazards of nuclear power plants. His research was presented at a Graduate Colloquium at Purdue University through the School of Nuclear Engineering on May 11, 2006.

Dates: 1974 - 2006; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/2007
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Thomas S. Wilmeth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 357
Scope and Contents

The Thomas S. Wilmeth papers documents Wilmeth’s time as a student during the early to mid-1930s. The types of materials include class and lab notebooks, publications created specifically for use in Purdue classes, photos, and a scrapbook of photos and clippings that Wilmeth maintained while a student at Purdue. Also included are textbooks that Wilmeth used as a student.

Dates: 1907 - 2015-01-09; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1939
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections