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Technical drawings

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: The broad class of drawings that are intended for constructional, mechanical, or mapping purposes and that follow precise conventions of scale and projection, including cross-sections, details, diagrams, elevations, perspectives, plans, etc., made for use in a technical context.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

John H. Ehresman papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 302
Content Description

This collection contains materials that belonged to John Ehresman, a student who attended the Purdue Preparatory School in 1893-94 and attended Purdue University during the 1894-1896 academic years. Items include class notes, personal essays, commonplace book, engineering drawings and lab notes. This collection will be helpful to researchers interested in Purdue's early mechanical engineering education curriculum and farming practices of the late 1800s.

Dates: circa 1894-1896

Engineering Tools artwork

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 24
Identifier: 20180131

Gilbert family papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-055
Dates: circa 1910 - 1950

Ralph S. Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25
Scope and Contents The Ralph S. Johnson papers document the pioneering aviation career of Ralph S. Johnson. Included among the papers are aeronautical engineering drawings done by Johnson, along with articles and papers authored by him. The newspaper clippings, awards, and honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Purdue University focus on the latter part of his career, as he was being recognized as an aviation pioneer. The biographical information was often collected and written by the authors, as a...
Dates: 1924 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1947

Robert E. Frost papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-015

Ronald G. Reifenberger papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-142

W. N. Wilson engineering notebook

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 380
Scope and Contents

Includes one Civil Engineering notebook on the topic of stresses from 1914. The notebook includes drawings, graphs, and calculations.

Dates: 1914