Special Collections. Purdue University Special Collections

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The F. H. Howard Collection on Steam Locomotives was compiled by Frederick Howard and contains photographs, articles, and correspondence regarding the history of steam locomotives.

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Postcards relating to Indiana scenes and history, including numerous court houses and schools, collected by the Knowles family.

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The Etchings of Famous Engineers album, measuring 20 x 24 inches, contains print portraits of notable engineers alongside brief typewritten biographies of each. A typed table of contents lists fifty names in both chronological and alphabetical order, though fifty-nine men appear in the album. It is likely that the initial fifty names were in the album at the time of its donation to Purdue University and the additional entries added later.

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The Collection of Robert Dale Owen notebooks contains three notebooks kept by Owen as a young man. Owen organized his notes by topic, with volumes related to science, engineering, Galileo, and a daily journal of his activities in spring 1824.

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The George Jacob Holyoake papers contain drafts and correspondence related to the creation of Holyoake's will in the 1870s. Correspondence with his lawyer includes discussion of his relatives and intentions upon his death.

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The Werner Stark manuscript on Jeremy Bentham's Deontology is a typescript of W. and K. Stark's edited edition of Jeremy Bentham's writings on deontology with handwritten annotations.

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The Collection on Charles Bradlaugh contains materials related to Bradlaugh, the Bradlaugh Fellowship, and associated secularist political organizations that used his name. It includes correspondence of his daughter Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and associate Ambrose Barker, clippings, broadsides, a photograph of a Bradlaugh statue, and a political cartoon.

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The Ancient and Medieval Manuscript Leaves collection contains leaves from a variety of primarily religious texts in multiple languages. Most of the leaves are vellum; however, a few of the leaves are paper. The collection demonstrates a variety of medieval texts, languages, inks, and artistic styles. This particular collection is an excellent teaching tool for many classes in the humanities.

Scope and Contents The George W. Miller papers (1853-1865; 0.2 cubic feet) document the participation of George W. Miller, a baker, as a Union soldier in the Civil War. There are a few date discrepancies in the diary. In Diary 1 (1862-1863), Pages 1 through Page 80, Entry August 10 are thought to have been written in 1863. Although Diary 1 itself says 1861, on pages with entries for Saturday, January 17 through Thursday, January 22, Miller has marked out the date and written in "1863" instead. He has also had...

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Bound volumes of medieval manuscripts, primarily religious texts. Further description is available in each item's details.