Aerial photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographs of the earth taken from aircraft. For photographs taken from beyond the earth's atmosphere, use "space photographs." For photographs of celestial bodies or astronomical phenomena, use "astrophotographs."
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Assorted Aviation History , 1920 - 1991
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes various documents, photographs, and clippings related to airlines, aircrafts and equipment, airmail, and museums in Indiana dedicated to aviation history. Of note are clippings on the start of Airmail in Indiana in the 1930s and a proposal for an aviation history museum on the Purdue University campus from 1990.
Dates:
1920 - 1991
Aviation History of Indiana, 1920 - 1995
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 4
Scope and Contents
This series includes materials on the aviation history of Indiana that Cornish was heavily involved in throughout his extensive career. Materials include clippings, photographs, and correspondence related to early Indiana pilots such as Art Smith and Roscoe Turner, the start of Airmail service in Indiana, early airlines and aircrafts, and Indiana airports such as the Paul Baer Municipal Airport (now the Fort Wayne International Airport) and the now defunct Guy Means Airport in Fort Wayne,...
Dates:
1920 - 1995
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
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
Clarence Frank Cornish papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323
Scope and Contents
The Clarence Frank Cornish papers consist of letters, correspondence, photographs, awards and certificates, flight logs, aviator textiles and goggles, newspaper clippings, and artifacts documenting Clarence "Cap" Frank Cornish's air training and service during World War One, his service at Army Air Forces Headquarters during World War Two, his work for the Aeronautics Commission of Indiana, his participation in several aeronautical organizations, and his role in the development aeronautics...
Dates:
1908 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1995
John H. Ferguson Collection of Purdue photographs
Collection — Communal collections box 42, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 327
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 30 photographs of Purdue's campus, taken when John visited Purdue along with other students and faculty from the University of Missouri in the Spring of 1973. Notations on the back of each photograph identify the building or location present.The subjects of the photographs consist primarily of campus buildings, including but not limited to University Hall, Stewart Center, and Agriculture buildings. Also included are aerial photographs of Purdue and West...
Dates:
circa February 1973 - April 1973
Purdue University News Service photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 19
Scope and Contents
The News Service Photograph collection contains photos taken by the News Service Office from 1948 to 2000. The majority of the collection are negatives, but there is also one box of slides removed from slide carousels (notes includes) and a small box of loose slides. There is also a small stack of loose photos from 1977 with negatives included. Negatives from more recent years are B&W and color 35mm while older negatives are B&W 4”x5” large format negatives. The collection...
Dates:
1948 - 2000
Purdue University Architect records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 154
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Architect records contain images in varying media formats of Purdue University buildings and landscapes. Reports from the University Architect’s office regarding the different buildings on the West Lafayette as well as satellite campus located within the State of Indiana can also been found.
Dates:
1949 - 2012
Albert H. Rerick and Donald J. Rerick papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 308
Scope and Contents
The Albert H. Rerick and Donald J. Rerick papers (1915-1986; 1.25 cubic feet) documents student life of two generations of Purdue University alumni: Albert H. Rerick (1915-1917) and his grandson Donald J. Rerick (1968-1973). This collection includes a handful of Albert’s correspondence and personal artifacts, as well as a more expansive collection of Donald’s papers and artifacts that represent his experience at student events in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Types of materials include:...
Dates:
1915 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2015