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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 542
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This collection consists of the papers of Glenn Smith, Purdue faculty member known as the "Father of Golden Bantam Cross Corn." Papers primarily relate to agriculture, in particular growing, breeding, and developing corn. Types of materials include farm bulletins, newspaper articles and clippings, correspondence, awards and certificates, and printed material. Includes letters to Smith from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins on subjects...
Dates:
1933 - 1954
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 324
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The Guy Smith scrapbook includes forty-two pages of photographs documenting student life, Purdue customs, and campus buildings and landmarks from around 1908. Notable images include a number of buildings that are no longer standing such as the Electrical Building, Purdue Hall, and Ladies Hall. There are also images related to early campus rituals such as the Mechanics Burning and the Tank Scrap, and scenes of Guy Smith passing time with friends, mainly other men from Tau Beta Pi and Emanon...
Dates:
1908 - 1913; Majority of material found in 1908 - 1908
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 30, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSA 356
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Howard E. Smith's gold 1906 class ring is embellished with College of Science and Purdue University insignias.
Dates:
1906
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 535
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The Robert E. Smith papers include creative writings and related papers from the life and career of Robert E. Smith. The collection primarily comprises manuscripts for short stories, poems, essays, novels and novellas, sermons, and plays. The collection also includes research documents on various topics, notably orator John Walker and mystery solving; instruction materials from the classes Smith taught in the Purdue Communication Department; and personal documents such as correspondence,...
Dates:
1939 - 2014
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 36, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSF 351
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The collection consists of two folders which contain articles and publications by Zora M. Smith.
Dates:
1906 - 1931
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 218
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Correspondence from William Snyder describing the U.S.S. Lafayette, photograph of the Lafayette's launch, a U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65 baseball cap, and a Trident tie clip.
Dates:
1989 - 1991
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSF 354
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The Bernard Sobel papers include published articles and typescript research notes on topics related to theater, love, and Sobel's time at Purdue.
Dates:
1916 - 1953
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 247
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The Allan C. Soderberg papers (1976; 0.4 cubic feet) documents the research and planning Allan C. Soderberg conducted when working for Arthur G. McKee and Company in Warsaw, Poland to build an antibiotics plant. Materials include descriptive material, an equipment list, and project drawings. The descriptive materials include the following information: project scope, process descriptions, utilities and services, cost estimate, and engineering schedule. Each book is bound together.
Dates:
1976
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 92
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The David Solomon papers contains Solomon's typescript for "Psychedelic Satire," a letter to Timothy Leary, other correspondence, a photocopy of Don Allen's talk on LSD, a poem, notes and correspondence pertaining to "Flight to Reality," Duncan Blewett's proposal for an "Institute for Studies in Normal Psychology, survey of a psychedelic questionnaire, description of a mescaline trip, materials pertaining to Solomon's friend, Robert Burdette.
Dates:
April 23, 1963 - August 31, 1965
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 46, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 505
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This collection consists of the papers of Phillip Soneson, including a photo album and a Memorial Resolution for Phillip Ervin Soneson, Professor Emeritus of Architectural Engineering.
Dates:
1950 - 1979
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSK 4
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The Songs and Poetry from the Debris collection document some of the poetry and songs written by Purdue students during the late 1880s-1920. Some of the material is actual pages taken from the original Debris yearbook, and some years just list poetry and songs of particular interest and the pages they can be found on. Types of materials include: original poetry and songs along with illustrations.
Dates:
1889 - 1920; Other: Majority of material found within 1890 - 1899
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5
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This collection contains Flight and Space recordings. Included are films produced by the Audio-Visual Center Motion Picture Production Units. These recordings contain footage of Astronauts visiting campus and extra stock footage used by the Motion Picture Production Unit for their films.
This collection contains flight and space recordings made for educational uses. Many recordings were produced by NASA.
Dates:
1939 - 2012
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 128
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The Space Exploration News Collection features several newspapers and magazines relating to the space race and space exploration. Included in the collection are front page news stories relating to the Apollo 11 moon landing, John Glenn's history making orbit around the Earth on Friendship 7, and other monumental moments in the history of space exploration.The original periodicals will be retained for historical value and use in displays and exhibits. The collection consists of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1962 - 1969; February 21, 1962 - January 29, 1986
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 38
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The Span plan records (1971-2001; 2.3 cubic feet) document the SPAN plan program at Purdue University, Dean of Women office. The collection includes brochures, pamphlets, news releases and other promotional materials which document the advertising that was done for the program. Correspondence, annual reports, and newsletters document the actions of the program and those heavily involved in the Span plan. Types of materials include: correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, news releases, annual...
Dates:
1971-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1996; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2001
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 37, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSF 355
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The collection consists of two folders which contain articles by George Spitzer.
Dates:
1909 - 1931
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 37, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSF 356
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The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by Robb Spalding Spray.
Dates:
1920
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 400
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The Harry E. Spring papers collection consists of his thesis and several lab report assignments from when he was an Electrical Engineering student at Purdue University.
Dates:
1909-1911, 1914
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 37, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSF 357
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Two letters Albert W. Stahl wrote to his sister in New York, while he was teaching at Purdue University. There is also a program for the Indiana College Association, where Albert Stahl gave the address "Courses in Engineering," dated December, 27-28, 1886. The program had been enclosed with one of the letters.
Dates:
1884 - 1886
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 372
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The Donna N. Stahl papers includes photographs, dance cards, clothing, and other ephemera, along with newspaper clippings and correspondence, all of which is memorabilia of Donna N. Stahl, a 1949 Purdue graduate in Home Economics. Of interest may be her personal reflections and article on the 1947 Purdue Bleacher Collapse. This collection may be useful to researchers interested in women in higher education, changing roles of women in the twentieth century, material culture of the...
Dates:
1945 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1951
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 37, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 358
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The collection consists of two folders which contain articles by John M. Stalnaker.
Dates:
1928 - 1929
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 50
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The Paul E. Stanley papers document the earliest years of the School of Aeronautics and the planning that went into creating the school. Other material among the papers pertain to the early years of the Purdue Airport and Division of Engineering Sciences. Neil Armstrong was a student of Stanley's, and there are clippings, front pages of newspapers, reports, an invitation sent by Armstrong to Stanley for his homecoming celebrating in Wapakoneta, Ohio, along with other pre and post-Apollo 11...
Dates:
1909 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1969
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 37, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSF 359
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The collection consist of one folder which contains an article by W.E. Stanley.
Dates:
1919
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 12, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 219
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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
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 36
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The Opal D. Stech collection is contained in a scrapbook, which documents Opal Stech's time as a Purdue student. The scrapbook includes programs from various events, invitations, newspaper clippings, news photographs and mementos. Some of the organizations and subjects in the scrapbook include the Purdue Christian Foundation, the Little Theater, the Women's Athletic Association, numerous convocations and lectures, Kappa Beta, Mother's Day events, The Twelve (Christian group), R. O. T. C.,...
Dates:
1928 - 1934
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 360
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The Max D. Steer papers (1931-2004; 17 cubic feet) document the academic and scientific career of Prof. Steer. The collection details the many different facets of his career at Purdue University including teaching, publishing, primary research, campus-wide, national, and international committee involvement, and awards. This collection would be very useful to anyone researching in the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences at Purdue because Steer is the founder of that department. There...
Dates:
1931 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1983; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/1999
