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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 449 Collections and/or Records:

Bell Solar Energy Experiment kit

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 86
Scope and Contents

The Bell Solar Energy Experiment Kit developed by Purdue alumnus, William E. Taylor, was one of the kits designed for classroom use by students who had demonstrated high scientific aptitudes. Program materials were distributed to high schools by the local Bell System telephone companies. The pamphlets, books and manuals that came with the kits were written by Bell Telephone employees who had Ph.Ds.  The pamphlet in this kit was written by D.M. Chaplin. 

Dates: 1962
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Bob Benning photograph

 Item — Box Communal Collections 47: Series Box 1; Series MSA 18, Series 5; Series Series 2; Series UA 110, Series 1; Series UA 111, Series 5; Series MSF 508, Series 1; Series MSF 508, Series 2; Series UA 182, Series 3; Series UA 176, Series 1; Series MSA 18, Series 6, Placement: 20
Identifier: MSA 368
Scope and Contents

One matted photograph of Bob Benning, Big Ten Golf Champion of 1954. Measures 14" x 11" (including mat,) with "Bob Benning" handwritten in large, brown ink on mat. Benning's signature is on back of mat in pencil.

Dates: 1954
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William T. Berkshire papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSA 51
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a lab manual William Berkshire compiled when he was 15 years old, as part of his entrance exam to Purdue University.

Dates: circa 1888
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Bernard S. Gross collection

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 386
Scope and Contents

Bernard S. Gross collection include one 1932 wool Purdue Jacket.

Dates: Other: 1932
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Burton A. Bertenshaw collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 377
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one item: a decorative cloth souvenir of Tau Beta Pi.

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

Amar N. Bery papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSA 52
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet - India For The English, by Amar Nath Bery, B.S. E.E. 1905.

Dates: circa 1905
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

John R. Bittner collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSA 54
Scope and Contents

Two back and white photographs of John R. Bittner, circa 1997 "Faculty Footnotes - John Bittner," The UNC Journalist, Wintter 1997, p.5. The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England - entry, Bittner, John Robert, circa 1997. Curriculum Vitae, John R. Bittner, 2002.

Dates: 1997 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28
Scope and Contents

The James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950 contains memorabilia from the Class of 1950's days at Purdue. Types of material include dance cards, newspaper clippings, event programs and playbills, along with photographs, record albums, and artifacts.

Dates: 1946 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1950
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

James Blakesley papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 1: Series MSF 531, Series 6; Series UA 176, Series 3, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 358
Abstract

Materials documenting James Blakesley's tenure as VP and president of the University Club.

Dates: 1965 - 1971
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Allen C. Boggs collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 18
Identifier: MSA 55
Scope and Contents

Receipt - Purdue Alumni Association Life Membership, 1920 (Initialed "Paid HGL," by Harry G. Leslie, '04, who was executive director of the Association at that time, and who later was elected Governor of Indiana.)

Dates: 1920
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles J. Bohrer thesis

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 279
Scope and Contents The Charles J. Bohrer thesis (1876; 0.20 cubic feet) titled "Beer and Its Physiological Effects" was the capstone document of Bohrer’s undergraduate career.  This forty page thesis is all hand written on one side of lined paper.  It is organized into one series entitled the Charles J. Bohrer thesis.  The thesis is housed in nine acid free folders.  This thesis would be important to any researcher studying the history of Purdue University.  It would also be valuable to any researcher studying...
Dates: 1876
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Henry L. Bolley papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 44
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of publications by Henry L. Bolley.

Dates: 1889 - 1913
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles E. Boonstra sketchbook

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 19
Identifier: MSA 56
Scope and Contents

Greenwalt, Charles E. (1906). A Few Inside Glimpses of Student Life at "Perdoo" from the Sketchbook of Greenawalt. (No other publication information available.)

Dates: 1906
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Esther Conelley Boonstra papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 20
Identifier: MSA 57
Scope and Contents Recollections by Esther Boonstra of the years she spent at Purdue from 1941 to 1945. Transcription The Way It Was at Purdue 1941-1945, by Esther Conelley BoonstraI came to Purdue as a freshman in September 1941. There were four male students for every female student. The Music Hall (now Elliott Hall of Music) was new and in it we freshmen had an orientation talk and an initial assessment of each one's capabilities for the...
Dates: 1941 - 1945
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Julius L. Born correspondence

 Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 58
Scope and Contents

Typed versions of thirteen letters that Lieutenant Julius L. Born wrote home to his parents while stationed in France during World War I.

Dates: circa 1914 - 1918
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Helen Bosard papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 361
Scope and Contents

Papers of Helen Bosard, including letters, photographs, and artifacts relating to her time as a student at Purdue University, and information on the Purdue class of 1918. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: 1918-1983
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

George B. Bosco Jr. collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 4, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 59
Scope and Contents

Schedule Card - grades and classes listed for George Bosco Jr.'s senior year at Purdue University, September 12, 1938. Purdue University diploma, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, June 11, 1939.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sol Boyk collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 4, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 20
Scope and Contents

One folder containing correspondence, letters of recommendation, transcript records, documents regarding Sol Boyk's graduate assistantship at Purdue University while working towards his Ph.D. in the Chemistry Department.

The folder also contains a letter written by M. G. Mellon to Mrs. Eleanor Boyk, which describes his fond memories of Sol Boyk and how he stood out as an exemplary graduate student in the Chemistry Department at Purdue University.

Dates: 1934 - 1976
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Marcy Boynton papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 4, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 60
Scope and Contents

Oral History Honors Project by Marcy Boynton, Fall 2002. Includes interviews with Dr. Victor Cicirelli, Dr. Clifford Swenson, and a third, unnamed senior Purdue psychology professor.

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

Guy D. Brewer Collection on the Class of 1911

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 4, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 61
Scope and Contents

Various memorabilia from the Class of 1911.

Dates: 1911 - 1978
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates: 1950 - 2013
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

Chester L. Buchanan papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 4, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSA 63
Scope and Contents

Sea Stories: Autobiography of a Landlubber, by C. L. Buchanan, part I and II, 2004.

Dates: 2004
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

DeWitt Buchanan collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 4, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSA 62
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one folder which contains papers relating to Dewitt "Buck" Buchanan.

Dates: 1898 - 1978
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ernest A. Bureau scrapbooks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 285
Scope and Contents The Ernest A. Bureau scrapbooks (1919-1932; 0.4 cubic feet) document the publications of three Purdue periodicals in the 1920s era.  Clippings are generally labeled with the year of publication but the specific publication is usually not credited.  However, covers from three periodicals are included: Purdue Alumnus, Purdue Engineering Review, and Purdue Engineer, implying that the clippings come from these publications.  In addition, there are programs from...
Dates: 1919 - 1932; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1954
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections