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Engineering

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 12
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records document the historical background of the department, the Purdue University Airport, and key moments in the history of aviation in Tippecanoe County. Scrapbooks compiled by the department provide a rich collection of photographs and news clippings which highlight key historical moments, individuals, additions of labs and simulators, and aircraft at the Purdue University Airport. Publications among the...
Dates: 1928 - 2010; Other: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

"Back to Old Purdue" record album

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 33
Identifier: 20170316
Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Mark N. Brown papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 302
Scope and Contents The Mark N. Brown papers include papers and memorabilia of retired astronaut and Purdue Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering alumnus, Mark N. Brown. Included are Brown's textbooks from his studies at Purdue, Air Force ROTC certificate, Apollo program photographs that were pinned to Brown's Purdue dorm room wall while he was a student in the early 1970s, a Purdue paper airplane contest trophy, along with other Purdue memorabilia.  The collection also includes NASA...
Dates: 1963 - 1991
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles A. Huffman papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-071
Dates: circa 1946 - 2014
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Class of 1909 collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 7
Identifier: 20141218
Dates: 1909
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Richard G. Dukes papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 20, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSF 111
Scope and Contents

Folder contains two publications by Richard Dukes.

Dates: 1908 - 1925
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Robert Eckles papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series MSF 539, Series 1; Series MSF 539, Series 2; Series MSF 539, Series 3
Identifier: MSF 539
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the Dean Potter biography written by Dr. Eckles as well as the materials he used when writing it. There are also publications, information booklets, and reports from the Library of Congress and American Microform Academy.

Dates: 1925 - 1974
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Harry O. Garman papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 22, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSF 141
Scope and Contents

One folder containing publications by Harry. O. Garman.

Dates: 1907 - 1914
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Library of Management Research and Professional papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 8
Scope and Contents The Gilbreth Library of Management documents the pioneering research of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth in the fields of time and motion study. Commonly referred to as the N-file, the collection covers the Gilbreths quest to find The One Best Way in job performance, worker satisfaction, efficient office management, and home economics.Types of material in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research...
Dates: 1845 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1924
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Roberta Banaszak Gleiter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 251
Scope and Contents The Roberta Banaszak Gleiter papers (8 cubic feet; 1931-2011) contain materials that document both Gleiter’s personal and professional life such as letters of appreciation and commendation, awards, certificates, speeches and presentations, photographs, academic transcripts, items pertaining to Gleiter’s involvement in professional organizations, and materials documenting Gleiter’s time at Purdue. These include her Purdue University student identification card, materials pertaining to...
Dates: 1931-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1956-2011; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Jerome M. Goldman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 461
Scope and Contents The Jerome Goldman papers document Goldman's career as a Purdue University student in Aeronautical Engineering, his service in the United States Army Air Corp and his work afterwards as a pilot for United Air Lines, along with his key role in establishing Purdue Aeronautics Corporation and Purdue Air Lines as chief pilot, director of operations, and later vice president for operations and maintenance. Also included are papers from his work with International Learning Systems, the Federal...
Dates: 1941 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1972
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Harry Rodhe papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20190228.1
Dates: 1946 - 2014
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ross W. Hippensteel papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 34
Scope and Contents The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934,...
Dates: 1912 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1950
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management collection of Purdue photographs and memorabilia

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 82
Scope and Contents The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management collection of Purdue photographs and memorabilia collection (1890-1991; 4.8 cubic feet) documents general Purdue history and various Hospitality and Tourism Department events and activities. Photographs portray various student activities and campus scenes from the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century, originally on display in the HTM Café. Photographs also depict culinary events during the 1980s. Types of materials include:...
Dates: 1890 - 1991
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Indiana Engineering Society records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 16
Scope and Contents The Indiana Engineering Society Records (1913-1937, 0.5 cubic feet) document the correspondence, activities and conferences of the Indiana Engineering Society. Highlighting individual members and other regional engineering societies, the collection shows the Indiana Engineering Society's involvement with the community. Although the records span the years of 1913 to 1937, the majority of the records cover from 1927 to 1937. Types of materials include: correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws,...
Dates: 1913 - 1937
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Indiana limestone Purdue Engineering Experiment Station bulletin

 Unprocessed Material — Communal collections box 13
Identifier: 20181108.1
Dates: 1928
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Royce Lambert papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 56, Placement: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 298
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one pamphlet, entitled "Pictorial Description of Engineering Activities at Purdue University." It is an official publication of the Engineering Department at Purdue. The bulletin contains photographs of engineering-related facilities and activities as well as campus sceneries.

Dates: 1923
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William K. Lebold papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 2
Scope and Contents

Papers, reports, and related materials of Purdue professor William Lebold. Materials primarily relate to vocational interests and student success, freshman engineering students, and similar studies. Includes information on women's choice of engineering as a profession. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: 1955 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

George M. Palmer papers

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSF 482
Abstract

Student course assignment results for AE 420, titled "Extrapolation 59," completed by K.E. Beyer, R. B. Chaffee, W. B. Fouts, and W. D. Harvey, May 23, 1957.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Paul E. Pontius Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 550
Content Description

Materials created, written and collected by Paul Edward Pontius about research and innovative engineering practices and policies when he was a graduate student at Purdue and when he was a Director of Optical Physics at the US Department of Standards.

Dates: 1924 - 1982
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Engineering Report Card collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 65, Placement: 11, Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 168
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one 1939 freshman year report card in Engineering. The report card was issued to Vern C. Vanderbilt, native of Indianapolis, who graduated from Purdue with a Bacelor in Mechanical Engineering in 1942.

Dates: 1939
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Libraries records, addition 34

 Unprocessed Material — Box 01
Identifier: 20180620.2
Dates: 2017
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Allan C. Soderberg papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 247
Scope and Contents

The Allan C. Soderberg papers (1976; 0.4 cubic feet) documents the research and planning Allan C. Soderberg conducted when working for Arthur G. McKee and Company in Warsaw, Poland to build an antibiotics plant. Materials include descriptive material, an equipment list, and project drawings. The descriptive materials include the following information: project scope, process descriptions, utilities and services, cost estimate, and engineering schedule. Each book is bound together.

Dates: 1976
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections