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Black-and-white photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to a broad class of photographs having images in gray tones, black, and white, and sometimes one hue (which can result from chemical processes used, including toning, or from aging).

Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Libraries records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 30
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Libraries records document, the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries.  Types of materials include: annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, miscellaneous materials, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, surveys, and training manuals.  The original order of the records was maintained in most cases.  Some boxes may include cross-departmental documents, and confidential items have been removed and housed in a...
Dates: circa 1800s - 2000s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004

Purdue University Libraries records, addition 69

 Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-026
Dates: 1961-1973, 2019

J. E. Raffensperger collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 196
Scope and Contents Programs, clippings, photographs and Purdue Semi-Centennial ephemera from J. E. Raffensperger's time as a Purdue student.
Dates: 1922 - 1929

Hermann H. Remmers and the Purdue Opinion Panel collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 533
Scope and Contents This collection contains reports generated by Hermann H. Remmers and the Purdue Opinion Panel from the 1940s to the 1970s. It also contains a photograph of Remmers.
Dates: 1940 - 2011

Charles H. Reyer collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 198
Scope and Contents Photographs taken inside the Mechanical Engineering Building, includes a picture of the "Schenectady" locomotive, circa 1894-1898. Color photographs of the clock parts from the clock that was in the Mechanical Engineering Building tower in 1894 and are now on display in a case in the MSEE building. Also includes correspondence and background information from the donator of the collection, March 30, 2001.Collection also includes the article, "Mascot Is Off Rose Bowl Track: Purdue's...
Dates: 1894 - 2001

Iden F. Richardson collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSA 200
Scope and Contents Photograph of Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Class of 1905, Gala Week Program, May 3-5, 1940, and certificate, Purdue University 1905-1940, the seventh quinquennial of the Class of 1905.
Dates: 1905 - 1940

Clarence B. Richey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 470
Scope and Contents The Clarence B. Richey papers (1940s-1990s) document the professional and scholastic career of Clarence B. Richey. Types of materials include: photo-and-slide albums, blueprints, instructional materials for courses, notebooks and workbooks, photographs, negatives, films, books, microfilm, and slides.  The papers are organized into five series, three of which have been further arranged into sub-series.
Dates: 1940s - 1990s

Robert Davis Kneale photo album

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 8, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 156
Scope and Contents Black and white photographs of prominent buildings and scenes on the Purdue West Lafayette campus, circa 1906.
Dates: circa 1906

Robert Earl McEachron collection

 Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 52
Identifier: 2023-025

Charles C. Roberts photographs

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 2, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 39
Scope and Contents The Charles C. Roberts photographs (1946-1949; 0.25 cubic feet) documents Roberts’ student and family life as a student at Purdue University from 1946-1949. Included in the collection are photographs of campus buildings such as Cary Quad, Purdue Memorial Union, Hovde Hall and Heavilon Hall. Also included in the collection are photographs of students wearing the Senior Cords. Among the photographs are images of Roberts' family and home life.
Dates: 1946 - 1949; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2009

Jerry L. Ross papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space Shuttle...
Dates: 1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Robert K. Schelke photographs

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 01, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 360
Scope and Contents The collection consists of seven individual photo album pages (includes 54 black and white photographs) documenting student activities and campus life at Purdue during the early 1920s. The photographs were taken by Robert K. Schelke who also provides the handwritten notes on the pages. Some of the photographs show campus buildings, including a shot of the Memorial Union while under construction.
Dates: 1919 - 1923

Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 261
Scope and Contents The Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook consists of black and white photographs from Schmitt's early family life, including Greencastle High School, days as a Purdue student, and some of his travels after graduation from Purdue. It also includes dance cards, a few programs and autographs from Purdue classmates from his days spent as a Purdue student. Some of the Purdue photographs include pictures of Theta Chi, the Mechanical Engineering building, the Library and Memorial Union, dated 1925; Purdue...
Dates: 1917 - 1932; Other: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1925

Ralph H. Schneck Military collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 123
Scope and Contents The Ralph H. Schneck Military collection (2.2 cubic feet; 1854-1973) documents Ralph H. Schneck’s childhood, military training, and service in the United States Army Air Corps.  The collection includes personal correspondence, photo albums with detailed captions, artifacts and a DVD of Schneck giving a personal account of his childhood until his enlisting in the Army. Schneck’s correspondence and photographs in particular give a rare, detailed glimpse into the daily existence of a soldier...
Dates: 1854 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2013

Collection on A. A. Sego

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 30
Scope and Contents The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.
Dates: 1917 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

Fred F. and Charles W. Shafer collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 211
Scope and Contents Family photograph, 1896, which includes Fred and Charles Shafer, information from 1907 Debris and Purdue Students' Directory, 1907-1908, along with a manuscript (interview) with Fred Fletcher Shafer, 1957
Dates: 1896 - 1957

Sigma Alpha Epsilon collection

 Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-136

Ella B. Silance collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 215
Scope and Contents One photograph, with Ella B. Silance's named marked on the back, but a group of unidentified people in the photograph.
Dates: circa 1932

Paul E. Stanley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 50
Scope and Contents The Paul E. Stanley papers document the earliest years of the School of Aeronautics and the planning that went into creating the school. Other material among the papers pertain to the early years of the Purdue Airport and Division of Engineering Sciences. Neil Armstrong was a student of Stanley's, and there are clippings, front pages of newspapers, reports, an invitation sent by Armstrong to Stanley for his homecoming celebrating in Wapakoneta, Ohio, along with other pre and post-Apollo 11...
Dates: 1909 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1969

Joseph A. Starkey collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 219
Scope and Contents Photographs taken at Purdue University during the 1923-1924 school year. Correspondence from Starkey's son, Mirwood A. Starkey, concerning the death of his mother, Lena Smith Starkey and the donation of the photographs.
Dates: 1923 - 2005

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 is...
Dates: 1931 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/1999

Stewart Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 110
Scope and Contents The Stewart Center records contain floor plans and materials related to the building's construction and correspondence between Dr. John H. Moriarty and various distinguished groups and individuals invited to the dedication ceremony. A program from the first student play held in Loeb Playhouse is also contained within the collection as well as several library documents.
Dates: 1955 - 1980

Martin Stob papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 507
Scope and Contents The Martin Stob Papers (1932-2014; 0.8 cubic ft.) documents the professional and personal life of Purdue alumnus and professor, Martin Stob. The papers cover his time as a faculty member of the Animal Sciences Department, as well his time as a student at Purdue. The collection also includes items that reflect his personal life and interests. Types of materials include written publications and research papers; awards and certificates; correspondence; career photographs; and some newspaper...
Dates: 1932 - 2014