Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Short literary compositions on single subjects, often presenting the personal view of the author.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Department records, 1925 - 2019
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 - 2019
Janice M. Lauer papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 554
Scope and Contents
The Janice M. Lauer papers were created and collected by Lauer and document her career prior to, and during, her time at Purdue University. Lauer assisted in developing the field of Rhetoric and Composition as an academic discipline and in 1979, Lauer founded the program at Purdue out of the English Department. Types of materials include scrapbooks, program documents, seminar and lecture notes, course and workshop evaluations, syllabi, and graduate student work; published and unpublished...
Dates:
1964 - 2015
Lauren Roth collection of Purdue University broadsides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 268
Scope and Contents
The Lauren Roth collection of Purdue University broadsides (2009; 0.2 cubic feet) documents Purdue campus life and culture as well as marketing strategies of various campus groups, including Purdue University itself. It is predominantly composed of campus group callout broadsides, as well as broadsides advertising various events. The collection was created in HONR 199 Living History as a way to understand Purdue in the present day and curated by Lauren Roth....
Dates:
2009; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2011
John R. Simmons student papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 313
Scope and Contents
The John R. Simmons student papers document some of the coursework Simmons completed while an Aeronautical Engineering student at Purdue from 1950-1954. Included are "AE-90 Class Div. A" assignments/tests, and various English essays. Also included among the papers is a report titled, "Aircraft Powerplant Testing," by the instructional staff of the Powerplant Division of the School of Aeronautics, Purdue University, September 1951, and several type-written sheets of Civil Air regulations....
Dates:
1943 - 1951
Robert E. Smith papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 535
Scope and Contents
The Robert E. Smith papers include creative writings and related papers from the life and career of Robert E. Smith. The collection primarily comprises manuscripts for short stories, poems, essays, novels and novellas, sermons, and plays. The collection also includes research documents on various topics, notably orator John Walker and mystery solving; instruction materials from the classes Smith taught in the Purdue Communication Department; and personal documents such as correspondence,...
Dates:
1939 - 2014