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Floppy disks

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Thin, round, flexible disks with magnetic surfaces for storing and retrieving data.

May include 8-inch, 5.25-inch, and 3.5-inch removable media. Iomega zip disk and Bernoulli disks can are also considered to be removable floppy disk storage.

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Administration, 1927 - 2016

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 90, Series 1
Scope and Contents This series contains administrative documents from the College of Liberal Arts (previously known as Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education). It includes annual reports and strategic plans; publications such as newsletters, brochures, and catalogs; research, primarily into reading and performance evaluations; awards, most notably the Dean's Prize; lists of Bachelors and Doctoral graduate students from before 1964; computer codes for programs-of-study; new student orientation VHS modules;...
Dates: 1927 - 2016
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Purdue University College of Liberal Arts records

Sharon Byrkett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 320
Scope and Contents This collection contains awards, certifications, and honors documenting the life and achievements in social work and disability access and awareness of Sharon Byrkett. Of most prominence is a hand-written manuscript by Byrkett titled "Understanding My Disability" written in 1983. Other materials in the collection include a journal from 1967, photo albums and scrapbooks depicting events from her personal life and conferences attended, craft items made by Byrkett, and works created and saved...
Dates: 1967 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1983 - 2010
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Connie M. Weaver papers, addition 02

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190208.1
Dates: 1969 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1996 - 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Clarence Frank Cornish papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323
Scope and Contents The Clarence Frank Cornish papers consist of letters, correspondence, photographs, awards and certificates, flight logs, aviator textiles and goggles, newspaper clippings, and artifacts documenting Clarence "Cap" Frank Cornish's air training and service during World War One, his service at Army Air Forces Headquarters during World War Two, his work for the Aeronautics Commission of Indiana, his participation in several aeronautical organizations, and his role in the development aeronautics...
Dates: 1908 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1995
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Council on the Status of Women records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 49
Abstract

The collection includes meeting minutes, correspondence, handouts, newspaper clippings, and electronic media that document the Council on the Status of Women and its activities.

Dates: 1988 - 2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles M. Ehresman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490
Scope and Contents The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials...
Dates: 1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Eta Kappa Nu Beta Chapter records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 152
Abstract

Reports, minutes, photographs, composites, correspondence, certificates, slides, digital media documenting activities, student life, and faculty in the honor society of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University

Dates: 1894 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1999; Other: Records transferred: 3/29/2016
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Evelyn Blackwood papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170705
Dates: 1980s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Phoebe Farris papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 471
Abstract

This collection contains materials that document the career of Phoebe Farris. It covers her publications, as well as her contributions to art shows and exhibitions.

Dates: 1972 - 2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Janice M. Lauer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 554
Abstract This collection includes documents, correspondence, published and unpublished materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, conference materials, student work, and lecture notes from the career of Janice M. Lauer. This collection also contains program documents and course materials related to the development of the Rhetoric and Composition program in the English department at Purdue University. These materials were collected and created by Jance M. Lauer and document her career prior, and...
Dates: 1964 - 2015
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 55
Abstract

These records document activities and administration of the League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette (formerly the League of Women Voters of West Lafayette and the Lafayette League of Women Voters).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1965 - 2000; 1920 - 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Jill P. May papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 555
Scope and Contents The Jill P. May papers document the life and career of Professor of Emerita of the School of Education and Curriculum, Jill P. May. The majority of the papers date from the mid-1970s to May’s retirement in 2011. The collection documents the private and professional life of May, particularly her professional activities during her tenure at Purdue University. Some personal papers include May’s early life and education, in addition to correspondence with family members that highlight her...
Dates: 1923 - 2018; Majority of material found within mid-1970s - 2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Personal and Professional Documents, 1967 - 2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 320, Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series includes manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and other personal documents of Byrkett's.

Dates: 1967 - 2010
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Sharon Byrkett papers

Professional Career, 1923 - 2018, bulk: 1975 - 2018

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 555, Series 3
Dates: 1923 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Jill P. May papers

Purdue Space Day student organization records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 190
Content Description

Includes Flight Space Day booklets (1996-2012), 3.5" floppy discs, individual photographs of participating astronauts, thank you letters, and news clippings.

Dates: 1996 - 2023
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Space Day student organization records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20130128
Dates: 1996 - 2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Architect records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 154
Scope and Contents

The Purdue University Architect records contain images in varying media formats of Purdue University buildings and landscapes. Reports from the University Architect’s office regarding the different buildings on the West Lafayette as well as satellite campus located within the State of Indiana can also been found.

Dates: 1949 - 2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University College of Liberal Arts records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 90
Scope and Contents

This collection contains administrative documents from the College of Liberal Arts as well as records from individual departments and programs within the college.

Dates: 1925 - 2016
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Libraries records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 30
Abstract

Annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, reports, surveys, training manuals, and miscellaneous materials documenting the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries.

Dates: circa 1800s - 2000s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Marketing and Media Strategic Communications records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170210
Dates: 2001 - 2010
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University School of Nursing records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170616.2
Dates: 1960 - 2017
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Span Plan records, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20170817
Dates: 1990s - 2000s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ruth Ann Ingraham Materials on Clarence Frank Cornish, 1920 - 2018

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 5
Scope and Contents

This series consists of a variety of materials Cornish's daughter, Ruth Ann Ingraham, compiled such as biographical files, photographs, clippings, and materials Ingraham used for research for her publication on her father. The original order of these materials are present, including numbering done by Ingraham for placement of photographs in her book, "'Cap' Cornish, Indiana Pilot, Navigating the Century of Flight."

Dates: 1920 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clarence Frank Cornish papers

Teaching, 1969 - 2011

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 555, Series 3, Subseries 1
Scope and Contents

This subseries includes papers related to May's teaching career such as course notes and research, student papers, and electronic media from courses taught at Purdue University, Hollins University summer programs in Roanoke, Virginia, and other special courses. Of note are newsletters and documents from TELL (Teachers Encouraging a Love for Literature) and May's Purdue contracts.

Dates: 1969 - 2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Jill P. May papers / Professional Career

Pierre J. Thuot papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 179
Scope and Contents The Pierre J. Thuot papers document the three shuttle missions that Thuot flew. These were STS-36, STS-49, and STS-62. Within the collection, there is material on all three but with the main focus on STS-49. There is little information about STS-36 because it is still classified by the U.S. government.  Included in the collection are over 50 color photographs of Thuot training for the Intelsat VI capture that he performed on STS-49.  In addition to the photographs, included in...
Dates: 1989 - 1994
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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