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Black-and-white photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to a broad class of photographs having images in gray tones, black, and white, and sometimes one hue (which can result from chemical processes used, including toning, or from aging).

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

University Photographic Services photos

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 78
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised primarily of negatives and occasional photographs that were produced and maintained through the work of Purdue University’s Photographic Services division, which provided photography services on campus. Subjects vary widely and include faculty and staff, student activities, major athletic and cultural events, campus buildings, and department-related materials. Most of these images were produced between the mid-1940s and the mid-1980s. In some cases, negatives are...
Dates: 1839-2004; Majority of material found in 1910-2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Video and Multimedia Production Services photos

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 148
Abstract

Photographs, slides, and negatives documenting the activities of Purdue’s Video and Multimedia Production Services from 1956 to 1977.

Dates: 1956 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Washburn family correspondence

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-058
Dates: 1897 - 1946
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Wayne Johnson collection of Tarkington Hall materials

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 46
Identifier: 20150918.1
Dates: 1961 - 1963
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

WBAA Photos of Staff and Studio

 Collection — Communal collections box 56, Placement: 06, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 263
Scope and Contents

The collection includes six black and white photos of WBAA staff and surrounding studio in the 1950's. The collection may be useful for researchers interested in Purdue University and WBAA.

Dates: 1950 - 1957
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William A. Swartz collection of locomotive photographs, publications, and records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20101007
Dates: circa 1800s - 1980s; Majority of material found within 1930s - 1960s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Donald E. Williams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 12
Scope and Contents

The Donald E. Williams papers document Williams' two shuttle missions; STS-51-D and STS-34, along with memorabilia from STS-1, the first mission. Also included are various mission patches and decals. The artifacts include his flight helmet, and items used in space; gloves, knife, fork, teaspoon, and can opener.

Types of materials include: artifacts, checklists (mission), clippings, decals, memorabilia, NASA press kit, papers, mission patches, and photographs.

Dates: 1978 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Carlton A. Wilmore papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 293
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and ephemera collected by Carlton A. Wilmore during his time at Purdue, as well as some items from after he moved to Alabama.

Dates: 1902 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1906
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Totsye Harper Winslow collection on the Curtiss-Wright Cadettes

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 195
Scope and Contents The Totsye Harper Winslow papers on the Curtis-Wright Cadettes (1943-1997; 0.25 cubic feet) documents role and history of the Curtis-Wright Cadettes at Purdue and in the Curtis-Wright Corporation during World War II.  Photographs, newsletter, and clippings document their time at Purdue as well as the Engineering Cadette Program.  Programs, newsletters, and papers document local and national reunions of the cadettes, as well as their history.  Also included is information on the individual...
Dates: 1943 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2008
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

World War I training unit panoramic photograph

 Unprocessed Material — Box 01
Identifier: 20180925
Dates: 1914 - 1918
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

John S. Wright papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 27
Scope and Contents

The papers of John Wright are comprised of notebooks, financial records (one ledger and additional receipts), publications, and photographs which document John Wright's time as a student at Purdue University, and material from his career as a botanist and drug inspector for Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dates: 1884 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1892
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections