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 Organization

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Krannert School of Management photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 19
Scope and Contents

The Krannert School of Management photographs (1980-2004; 2 cubic feet) documents the Krannert Executive Forum program that at Krannert. The Krannert Executive Forum is a management class (MGMT 40100) that features top-level corporate executives sharing their experiences with students. The photographs show speakers lecturing as well as interacting with students. Photographs have labels and dates on the back.

Dates: 1980-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1993-1997; Other: Date acquired: 10/06/2009

Lydia Hildebrand Lynde collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 59: Series Series 6; Series MSA 5, Series 1; Series UA 154, Series 1, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSA 11
Scope and Contents

The Lydia Hildebrand Lynde collection includes a Master of Science diploma issued to Lydia Ann Hildebrand Lynde, June 11, 1919, and two photographs with names noted on the back.

Dates: 1919

Earl G. Maxwell collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 169
Scope and Contents

Photographs, programs, a certificate and artifacts from Maxwell's years as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1907 - 1928

John F. G. Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 277
Abstract

Materials related to the the academic and football career of John F. G. Miller, including his involvement with the Intercollegiate Conference and Purdue Athletics.

Dates: 1899 - 1936; Majority of material found within 1903, 1923-1927

Horace W. Payne collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 186
Scope and Contents

Photograph, Delta Upsilon Fraternity receipt, Delta Upsilon Fraternity paddle, freshman belt buckle, and items from memorial service, belonging to Horace W. Payne.

Dates: 1939 - 1943

J. E. Raffensperger collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 196
Scope and Contents

Programs, clippings, photographs and Purdue Semi-Centennial ephemera from J. E. Raffensperger's time as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1922 - 1929

Charles H. Reyer collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 198
Scope and Contents Photographs taken inside the Mechanical Engineering Building, includes a picture of the "Schenectady" locomotive, circa 1894-1898. Color photographs of the clock parts from the clock that was in the Mechanical Engineering Building tower in 1894 and are now on display in a case in the MSEE building. Also includes correspondence and background information from the donator of the collection, March 30, 2001.Collection also includes the article, "Mascot Is Off Rose Bowl Track:...
Dates: 1894 - 2001

Iden F. Richardson collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSA 200
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Class of 1905, Gala Week Program, May 3-5, 1940, and certificate, Purdue University 1905-1940, the seventh quinquennial of the Class of 1905.

Dates: 1905 - 1940

Robert Davis Kneale photo album

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 8, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 156
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of prominent buildings and scenes on the Purdue West Lafayette campus, circa 1906.

Dates: circa 1906

Jerry L. Ross papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space...
Dates: 1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Robert K. Schelke photographs

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 01, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 360
Abstract

Photographs documenting student life and Purdue campus in the 1920s.

Dates: 1919 - 1923

Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 261
Scope and Contents The Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook consists of black and white photographs from Schmitt's early family life, including Greencastle High School, days as a Purdue student, and some of his travels after graduation from Purdue. It also includes dance cards, a few programs and autographs from Purdue classmates from his days spent as a Purdue student. Some of the Purdue photographs include pictures of Theta Chi, the Mechanical Engineering building, the Library and Memorial Union, dated 1925; Purdue...
Dates: 1917 - 1932; Other: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1925

Collection on A. A. Sego

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 30
Scope and Contents

The Collection on A. A. Sego documents the life and career of Sego, a 1917 Purdue alumnus and test pilot. The collection includes Sego's 1917 leather bound Gala Week program, one photograph of Sego in his aviator helmet, and several photocopied articles pertaining to his life and career.

Dates: 1917 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

Fred F. and Charles W. Shafer collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 211
Scope and Contents

Family photograph, 1896, which includes Fred and Charles Shafer, information from 1907 Debris and Purdue Students' Directory, 1907-1908, along with a manuscript (interview) with Fred Fletcher Shafer, 1957

Dates: 1896 - 1957

Ella B. Silance collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 215
Scope and Contents

One photograph, with Ella B. Silance's named marked on the back, but a group of unidentified people in the photograph.

Dates: circa 1932

Joseph A. Starkey collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 219
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken at Purdue University during the 1923-1924 school year. Correspondence from Starkey's son, Mirwood A. Starkey, concerning the death of his mother, Lena Smith Starkey and the donation of the photographs.

Dates: 1923 - 2005

Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 24
Scope and Contents The Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers document the lives and careers of Cliff Swanlund and Jo Carty Swanlund. The collection contains an extensive number of letters written by Cliff and Jo from the beginning of their relationship through the early years of their marriage. It also contains many letters written by Cliff's parents to him, while he was a student at Purdue University. The correspondence gives one a unique perspective not only on the family itself, but on outside events which...
Dates: 1943 - 2002; Other: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953

Robert C. Thompson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 253
Abstract

Photographs, publications, and artifacts documenting the scholastic career of Robert C. Thompson and campus life at Purdue.

Dates: 1947 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1999

John "Jack" Tipton collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 13, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 229
Scope and Contents

Photograph of John "Jack" Tipton, with notations on the back. Letter from the donor which states, "The young man pictured is John Jack Tipton who faithfully corresponded all through the war (WWI) with my mother, and they shared a great love of learning and respect for an education as means of bettering themselves through life."

Dates: circa 1921

Miller J. Tonkel papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 15
Abstract

Photographs, certificates, and artifacts documenting Miller J. Tonkel’s time at Purdue University in the early 1940s.

Dates: 1939 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1942

Robert W. Topping papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 33
Scope and Contents The Robert W. Topping papers (1930-1996; 2.75 cubic feet) collection consists of many newspaper clippings, news releases, ten interviews on cassette tapes and miscellaneous printed ephemera that Robert W. Topping collected, while on the staff of the Purdue University Office of Publications for twenty-eight years. Also included are the files used for his published book; “The Hovde Years,” 1980 and the original manuscript for “A Century and Beyond,” 1988, along with manuscripts for “Gentle...
Dates: 1930 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1988

Donald E. Williams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 12
Scope and Contents

The Donald E. Williams papers document Williams' two shuttle missions; STS-51-D and STS-34, along with memorabilia from STS-1, the first mission. Also included are various mission patches and decals. The artifacts include his flight helmet, and items used in space; gloves, knife, fork, teaspoon, and can opener.

Types of materials include: artifacts, checklists (mission), clippings, decals, memorabilia, NASA press kit, papers, mission patches, and photographs.

Dates: 1978 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1989

John S. Wright papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 27
Scope and Contents

The papers of John Wright are comprised of notebooks, financial records (one ledger and additional receipts), publications, and photographs which document John Wright's time as a student at Purdue University, and material from his career as a botanist and drug inspector for Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dates: 1884 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1892

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Artifacts (Object genre) 13
Clippings (Information artifacts) 12
Certificates 11
Color photographs 10
Correspondence 8
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Programs (documents) 8
Diplomas 7
Scrapbooks 7
Personal papers 6
Air pilots, Military 4
Astronauts 4
Awards 4
Letters (Correspondence) 4
Manuscripts (Documents) 4
Memorabilia 4
Notebooks 4
Photograph albums 4
Printed ephemera 4
Reports 4
Aerospace engineering 3
Articles 3
Books 3
Business records 3
Handbooks 3
Manuals (instructional materials) 3
Mission patches 3
Records (Documents) 3
Test pilots 3
Textbooks 3
Air pilots 2
Air pilots--Indiana 2
Annual reports 2
Audiocassettes 2
Audiovisual materials 2
Checklists 2
Color slides 2
Dance cards 2
Directories 2
Engineering 2
Mechanical engineering 2
Negatives (photographs) 2
Newsletters 2
Optical disks 2
Publications (Documents) 2
Slide rules 2
Sound recordings 2
Space flights 2
Space shuttles--United States 2
Speeches (documents) 2
Student activities 2
Textiles 2
Theses 2
Transcripts 2
VHS 2
Working papers 2
"First Flights" documentary 1
Administrative records 1
Aerial photographs 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
Aerospace engineering -- Handbooks 1
Aerospace engineering -- Periodicals 1
Aerospace engineering -- Textbooks 1
Aircraft 1
Airplanes--Piloting 1
Astronautical charts 1
Astronautics 1
Astronautics--Periodicals. 1
Astronautics--Research 1
Astronautics--United States--History 1
Astronauts--1960-1970 1
Astronauts--Training of--United States 1
Beanies 1
Black-and-white slides 1
Brochures 1
Businessman 1
Cartoonists 1
Cartoons (humorous images) 1
Centaur rocket 1
Civil engineering 1
Class reunions 1
Clothing 1
Columbia (Spacecraft)--Accidents--Investigation 1
Commencement addresses 1
Cords 1
Corduroy 1
Coursework 1
Cyanotypes (photographic prints) 1
DVDs 1
Decals 1
Diagrams 1
Diagrams (Mission Module) 1
Diaries 1
Digital images 1
Dormitories--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
Drafting equipment 1
Dress codes 1
Electronic mail 1
Engineers 1
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