Dunham, Robert Lanson
Person
Biographical Information
Robert Lanson Dunham was a student at Purdue University around 1940. He left Purdue University to enlist in the US Air Force and served as an instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen. He knew fellow Purdue students Faith Wayne Pearson and George Pickels.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Lanson Dunham papers on George Pickels
Collection — Communal collections box 86
Identifier: MSS 3
Scope and Contents
Materials include one black and white photograph of Pickels with three other men at the Purdue University Airport. One of the men is Robert Lanson Dunham, roommate of Pickels. Also included is a clipping from the Purdue Exponent discussing Pickels's death.
Dates:
ca. 1940
Faith Wayne Pearson papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 258
Scope and Contents
This collection includes clippings and articles pertaining to Pearson’s aviation activities while at Purdue, as well as her involvement in the Purdue engineering program, with the debate team, the WBAA campus radio station, Alpha Chi Omega, her acquaintanceship with Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, and her employment in the campus bookstore. The collection also includes photographs of Pearson's aviation activities, in addition to one photograph of Pearson, circa 1995, a speech she composed detailing...
Dates:
1940-2000; Majority of material found in ca. 1940s
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- Aeronautics 1
- Air pilots 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Books 1
- Photographs 1
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Speeches 1
- Women -- Employment 1
- Women -- History 1
- Women air pilots 1 + ∧ less
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