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Collection — Box: Communal Collections 14, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSF 29
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a publication of the Purdue University Department of Agricultural Extension, August, 1918; Eat More Milk, by Miriam Beall, Division of Home Economics.
Dates:
1918
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 14
Identifier: MSA 321
Scope and Contents
The Jack L. Beckett papers include photocopies of several letters written by Beckett while an undergraduate student at Purdue. The collection also includes a copy of Beckett's schedule card from 1942.
Jack L. Beckett earned a BS in Metallurgical Engineering in 1943. During some of his time at Purdue, Beckett lived at Cary House. His letters include observations about the effects of World War II on Purdue’s campus, especially campus housing and services. They also comment on Purdue’s...
Dates:
1942 - 1943; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2008
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 43, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 432
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 14, Placement: 22
Identifier: MSF 30
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two folders containing articles written by Charles Behrens.
Dates:
1914 - 1935
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
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
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 66, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSF 530
Content Description
The manuscript, "Memoirs of an Insatiable Technologist", is a detailed description of Arden L. Bement Jr.’s personal and professional life. It covers his genealogy, starting in the 17th century and his life history starting at his birth in 1932 through 2013. The manuscript contains 14 chapters, and 171 pages. Chapter 10 and 13 are related to his tenure at Purdue University. His first appointment at Purdue was from 1992-2001 with the School of Materials Engineering, and his last appointment...
Dates:
2013
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 73, Placement: 2
Identifier: UA 48.1
Scope and Contents
Two letters from Benjamin Harrison to Purdue President James Smart, 1896
Dates:
1896
Item — Box: Communal Collections 47, 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
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 32
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two folders which contain articles by and about Albert Berg. It includes a picture with notation, "Albert Berg, a deaf mute was a football coach at Purdue."
Dates:
1886 - 1945
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 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
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 161
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the career of James Berlin, Professor of English at Purdue University and major figure in the development of cultural studies pedagogy in rhetoric and composition. Materials include NEH Seminar (1977-1979), Teaching Materials (1980-1994), Research Materials (1884-1993), Collegial Correspondence (1979-1992), and Faculty Governance and Community Activism (1985-1993). Included in the Faculty Governance series is a report on "The Status of Women at Purdue and the Need for a...
Dates:
1978 - 1994
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 386
Scope and Contents
Bernard S. Gross collection include one 1932 wool Purdue Jacket.
Dates:
Other: 1932
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSF 33
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two folders with articles written by O. C. Berry.
Dates:
1916 - 1918
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 377
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one item: a decorative cloth souvenir of Tau Beta Pi.
Dates:
undated
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 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
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 266
Scope and Contens
This collection consists of three items: one decorated storage box with a photo of University Hall on the front, one Purdue University matchbook cover with the 1975 football schedule on the back, and one Purdue-themed painted display plate with the inscription "Purdue 01." The three items were retrieved from a Westminster Village Retirement Community garage sale in 2017.
Dates:
1970's
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSF 34
Scope and Contents
The collection contains one article by Alice Biester.
Dates:
1914
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 35
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one folder with a study by Dr. Bilhuber - "This study concerns itself with the effect of menstruation on the motor ability of college women in certain sports".
Dates:
1926
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSF 506
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a set of five tin cups/mugs that are part of a Class of 1910 50th Anniversary collection. Each metal cup is decorated with scenes of Purdue and the class of 1910 crest. The postcard shows the "Marmora," one of the famous "Eddy Clocks" locotmotives. It became part of the Railway Museum at Purdue University in 1907. The Purdue Collection was transferred to the National Museum of Transport at St. Louis in 1951.
Dates:
1960 - 1960; Other: Postcard of Locomotive was transferred to the Libraries by Robert
(Pete) Bill on October 3, 2017.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 314
Scope and Contents
Frederick Billerbeck's files on the Limited Editions Club. Files include issues of Monthly Letters of the Limited Editions Club published between 1944 and 1989, annual prospectuses (yearly catalogs of books offered), and other communications from the LEC including holiday greetings and signed plates from artists.
Dates:
1944 - 1989
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSF 36
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one folder with one article written by W. W. Binkley.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1939
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 18
Abstract
Reports and Newsletters documenting the history and activities of the Department of Biochemistry
Dates:
1936 - 2010
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 37
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one folder with two articles written by Guy Richard Bisby.
Dates:
1916 - 1920
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 531
Scope and Contents
The Arvill W. Bitting Collection on World Expositions and Fairs includes promotional materials, newspaper articles, publications, photographs, and exhibit planning materials pertaining to World Fairs held in the United States. The majority of the material is on the 1933-1934 Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago, where Bitting worked as director of food exhibits.Materials of note include newspaper articles and photographs from the Golden Gate International...
Dates:
circa 1876-1948
