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Armed Forces

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Charles William Ehrlich collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190207
Dates: 1938 - 1952
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

George Rea collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-022
Dates: 1953 - 1958
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

Naval Training School graduation program

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-125
Dates: circa 1945
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Cadets manual

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 50
Identifier: 2022-095
Dates: September 10, 1902
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

Willis A. Tacker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 537
Content Description

Includes office working file folders alphabetized, publication files, Army files, PH-D dissertations, awards, and certificates related to the establishment of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue in the 1970s and subsequent development of Purdue BME. Also contains research data and photographs of people and of hearts.

Dates: 1966 - 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections