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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 181 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Convocations records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 42
Scope and Contents

The Purdue University Convocations Records (1892-2012, predominant 1903-2012) documents the pre-history and history of Purdue Convocations.  This collection offers researchers an excellent glimpse into the wide-variety of performances offered and showcased, courtesy of Purdue Convocations.  Types of materials include: budgets and other financial statements, committee meeting minutes, performance schedules, performer contracts, photographs, programs, newsletters, etc.

Dates: 1876-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1903-2012; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-006
Dates: 1942 - 2008
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Engineering Communications records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20091209
Dates: circa 1928 - 2004
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Faculty and Staff portrait images

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 95
Scope and Contents

Collection contains portrait negatives and images of Purdue University faculty and staff members.

Dates: 1948-2001; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Libraries records, addition 69

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-026
Dates: 1961-1973, 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Physics Department photographs and slides

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-043
Dates: 1967
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine Indiana Animal Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20130726
Dates: 1948 - 2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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:...
Dates: 1894 - 2001
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Robert Earl McEachron collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 52
Identifier: 2023-025
Dates: 1939 - 1943
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles C. Roberts photographs

 Collection — Communal collections box 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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...
Dates: 1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sigma Alpha Epsilon collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-136
Dates: circa 1920s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections