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Box 4

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

William M. Hepburn papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173
Scope and Contents Materials relate to Purdue history, Purdue faculty members, the Purdue Library system, and various individuals affiliated with Purdue history such as Charles Major, Bruce Rogers, and Richard Owen. The collection also includes Hepburn's personal and professional correspondence, personal documents such as a passport and articles on Hepburn's birthplace, a collection of books, and publications from both the Indiana Library Association and the American Library Association.An unknown...
Dates: 1880 - 1962

Research and Writing, 1870 - 1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 2
Scope and Contents

This series contains manuscripts and notes from Hepburn's research into Purdue and Indiana History. The series also contains copies of talks given by Hepburn and other Purdue faculty at Parlour Club meetings.

Dates: 1870 - 1962

Library collections, 1937 - 1946

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents

Library collections include materials from the Elliot Library of Education from 1939 to 1941, the Library Administration Book provenance from 1937 to 1946, from the Amelia Earhart collection inventory from 1941 to 1942, and correspondence about 'The Great Steam Duck' from 1946. Also included are notes by Hepburn on book collections from 1946 and the George Barr McCutcheon collections which is undated.

Dates: 1937 - 1946

Library's Information, 1880 - 1928

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 9
Scope and Contents

Materials include various newspaper clippings related to the library, annual registers, and volume 16 number 14 issue of the The Exponent with notes.

Dates: 1880 - 1928

Courses in Library Science at Purdue, 1925 - 1938

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains material related to library operations, including building, policies and procedures, special operations during wartime, publications, collections, statistics, and departmental libraries.

Dates: 1925 - 1938

Purdue Library radio programs, 1934 - 1935

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 1, Sub-series 4, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains material related to library operations, including building, policies and procedures, special operations during wartime, publications, collections, statistics, and departmental libraries.

Dates: 1934 - 1935

John Purdue Research materials, 1839 - 1962

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include "The Name Purdue; As Found in Several European Countries with special comment on the Nationality of John Purdue" transcript (1962), biographical notes about John Purdue in Lafayette, and correspondence with various persons including Miss Kell, Professor Knoll, Mrs. Luther Mann, and Mrs. Franklin H. Posser.

Dates: 1839 - 1962

Purdue History, 1870 - 1962

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 173, Series 2, Sub-series 1
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains notes, research materials, and manuscripts about Purdue history. It includes research on John Purdue, Purdue faculty/staff, early photos of Purdue, and a manuscript of Hepburn and Sears' book 'Fifty Years of Progress'.

Dates: 1870 - 1962