Purdue University. Alumni and alumnae
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Cornell A. Bell papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 18
Scope and Contents
The Cornell A. Bell papers document the personal and professional life of Dr. Cornell Bell from his childhood through his retirement from Purdue and eventual passing in 2009. Materials include: Cornell’s personal papers, such as records from his elementary, high school, and college days, funeral programs for friends and colleagues, and contact information; material owned by members of Cornell’s family, including his wife Dr. Mildred Bell’s doctoral dissertation, his uncle Henry Sanders’s...
Dates:
circa 1800s-2010; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s
Chesterfield H. Janes papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 301
Scope and Contents
The Chesterfield H. Janes papers document the life of Janes as a Purdue student and as an IBM employee. Included within this collection are items from Janes stay in the X-Hall (presently called Meredith Hall), some memorabilia of the NASA astronauts, a collection of space related stamps and first day covers, and photographs of the Apollo-Saturn 202 (AS-202) launch. Strengths in this collection are the X-Hall ephemeral materials. Included are receipts from the housing contract...
Dates:
1953 - 2012; Other: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1975
Janice Voss papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 9
Scope and Contents
The Janice Voss papers (1962-2004) document the early years and career highlights of astronaut Janice Voss. The collection includes materials from Voss’ childhood, including elementary school class pictures and report cards as well as materials from her time as an astronaut. Items pertaining to her professional career consist primarily of materials created and collected by her parents to celebrate her participation in space shuttle missions during the period of 1993-2000, and also includes...
Dates:
1962-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1990-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2008
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
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
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- Black-and-white photographs 4
- Correspondence 3
- Artifacts (Object genre) 2
- Awards 2
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
- Diplomas 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Aerospace engineering 1
- Affirmative action programs 1
- African American students 1
- African Americans 1
- Certificates 1
- Color photographs 1
- Cords 1
- Corduroy 1
- DVDs 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Notebooks 1
- Optical disks 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Postage stamps 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- VHS 1
- Women aerospace engineers 1
- Women astronauts 1
- Women engineers 1 + ∧ less
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