Box 7

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934,...

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Ross Hippensteel high school and related books and papers, undated [bible, address book, schedules, letter, railroad tickets]

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Geneva Rankin (Hippensteel's wife) high school, college, and related papers, 1912- 1930 [letter from father, high school and college schedules and grade slips]

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Railroad related items, 1955-1959 [boxed calendar with newspaper clippings, Popular Mechanics railroad album, postcard, two copies of Tracks: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad]

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Kirkham's "Science of Railways" - portfolio plate III [interior view of railroad engine, numerous tack holes along edge]

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Mexico "A Foreign Land Via A Step Away," undated [railroad tourist booklet from Missouri Pacific Lines]

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Matson Navigation Company newspaper and booklet, 1945 [Matson Line Wireless (War Shipping Administration, Voyage 26 / Matson Navigation Company, Voyage 93; Matson Navigation Company, The Ship is Yours. San Francisco, California: Matson Navigation Company]

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Various World War II newspapers, 1945