Flags
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of cloth or other flexible material, usually attached along one side to a pole or cord, intended for such purposes as symbolizing a nation or organization, or as a means of signaling.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
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
Melvin J. Helmich collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 138
Scope and Contents
American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Purdue memorabilia belonging to Melvin Helmich.
Dates:
circa 1921 - 2006; Other: Date acquired: 02/02/2007
Military Career, 1917 - 1972
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2
Scope and Contents
This series includes documents, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and artifacts related to Clarence Frank Cornish's time served in World War One, his work with the Army Reserves, service with the Army Air Forces for World War Two, and his retirement. Of note are letters Cornish wrote home while at camp during World War One depicting his first flight, growing interest in flying, and mention of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, in addition to artifacts such as military pins and a...
Dates:
1917 - 1972
Purdue Alumni Association records, addition 04
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-088
Dates:
2017 - 2020
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections artifacts collection, addition 06
Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 48
Identifier: 20201217.8
Dates:
October 12, 2016
Purdue University Development Office records
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-039
Dates:
Circa 1970 - 2010
Purdue University sesquicentennial collection
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-087
Dates:
2018 - 2019
United States flag that flew over U.S. capitol
Unprocessed Material — Box 1 box
Identifier: 20130820.4
Dates:
circa 2000
World War One and Army Reserves, 1917 - 1940
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes documents, photographs, clippings, artifacts, manuals, and correspondence from Cornish's service in World War One and with the Army Reserves. Artifacts include a military service flag and a sewing kit. Other items of note are correspondence to family during World War One depicting his first flight and the Spanish flu epidemic, photographs and clippings from his early years serving in the military, and a military service flag from World War One.
Dates:
1917 - 1940