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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 235 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Office of the Provost records

 Collection — Box 1: Series UA 197, Series 1
Identifier: UA 197
Scope and Contents

This collection contains material created or collected by the Purdue University Office of the Provost. It includes speeches, programs, and correspondence from events attended by the Provost.

Dates: 1997 - 2023; Majority of material found within 2003 - 2009
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University President's Council records, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20141120
Dates: circa 2000s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 9
Scope and Contents The George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers documents the personal life, aviation career, and business activities of pilot Amelia Earhart. Types of materials include: advertisements, articles, artifacts, awards, blueprints, books, certificates, charts, commemorative coins, contracts, correspondence, data sheets, diagrams, ephemera, flight logs, licenses, maps, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, permits, photographs, poetry, postage stamps, press releases, scrapbooks,...
Dates: 1785 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1937
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Carol Pyle collection of Dean of Women and Dean of Students Memorabilia

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 281
Scope and Contents The Carol Pyle Collection of Dean Of Women And Dean Of Students Memorabilia includes correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia documenting Pyle’s relationships with Dorothy Stratton, Helen Schleman, Beverley Stone, and Barbara Cook. The correspondence is generally of a casual nature, such as what books are being read and reports of social gatherings. The collection consists of one folder of correspondence and clippings and one envelope containing an empty jewelry box with a note...
Dates: 1980 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Regional Campuses records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 97
Scope and Contents

This collection contains administrative documents, publications, and promotional information relating to the regional campuses of Purdue University and their libraries.

Dates: 1943 - 2008
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Albert H. Rerick and Donald J. Rerick papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 308
Scope and Contents The Albert H. Rerick and Donald J. Rerick papers (1915-1986; 1.25 cubic feet) documents student life of two generations of Purdue University alumni: Albert H. Rerick (1915-1917) and his grandson Donald J. Rerick (1968-1973). This collection includes a handful of Albert’s correspondence and personal artifacts, as well as a more expansive collection of Donald’s papers and artifacts that represent his experience at student events in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Types of materials include:...
Dates: 1915 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2015
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Rick Strassman papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 93
Scope and Contents

The Rick Strassman papers (1989-1991; 1 folder) contains correspondence, a DMT Rating Scale questionnaire, and an article reprint.

Dates: 1989-1991; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2011
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Paul R. Robbins papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSF 556
Scope and Contents

Paul Robbins papers, including letters, correspondence, and publications, some of which relate to types of pasture in Indiana and the pork industry. The book "The Pork Industry: Problems and Progress" and his thesis "An Economic Evaluation of Different Kinds of Pasture In Central Indiana" is also included.

Dates: 1949 - 1983
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Robert E. May papers, addition 04

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-146
Dates: 1969 - 2015
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Thomas B. Roberts papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 71
Scope and Contents

The Thomas B. Roberts papers documents his research in psychoactive substances through articles, clippings, correspondence, conference materials, and a course syllabus.

Dates: 1967-2006
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Jerry L. Ross papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space...
Dates: 1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Janalyce Rouls papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 499
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, clippings, publications, etc. documenting the career of Janalyce Rouls, a prominent figure in home economics extension work.

Dates: 1917 - 2007
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ruth Ann Ingraham Materials on Clarence Frank Cornish, 1920 - 2018

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 5
Scope and Contents This series consists of a variety of materials Cornish's daughter, Ruth Ann Ingraham, compiled such as biographical files, photographs, clippings, and materials Ingraham used for research for her publication on her father. The original order of these materials are present, including numbering done by Ingraham for placement of photographs in her book, "'Cap' Cornish, Indiana Pilot, Navigating the Century of Flight." Digital files include interviews Ingraham and Mark Copple conducted with...
Dates: 1920 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clarence Frank Cornish papers

Charles Savage papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 70
Scope and Contents The Charles Savage papers document Savage’s work as a psychiatrist, specifically his research on the therapeutic use of LSD-25 and marijuana during the 1960s. Materials range from correspondence between Savage and his colleagues and Savage and his patients, article reprints written by Savage or used by Savage for his research, as well as Savage’s manuscripts and miscellaneous manuscripts, some of which appear to have been created by patients. Patient notes, accounts and transcripts of LSD...
Dates: 1936 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1970
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Scabbard and Blade collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 163
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Scabbard and Blade collection documents activities of Company E (Purdue University), along with the National Society of Scabbard and Blade. Some of the unique items include constitutions from 1926, 1966, 1968 and 1970, an IBM printout of names, addresses and information for members of the National Society of Scabbard and Blade initiated in the 1960-1970 and 1970-1971 school years, and a 1973 issue of The Scabbard and Blade Journal that features a cover story of Purdue...
Dates: 1924 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1973
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Helen B. Schleman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334
Scope and Contents The Helen Schleman papers document the life of Helen B. Schleman from her time as a student at Northwestern University in the 1920s up until her death in 1992. Much of the collection documents Schleman’s tenure at Purdue University as Head of the Women’s Residence Halls, Dean of Women, and Dean Emeritus, as well as her military service in the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs) during World War II. Additionally, the collection contains Schleman’s collection of newspaper clippings pertaining...
Dates: 1920 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1980
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Erwin E. Schumann family papers on meeting Amelia Earhart

 Collection — Communal collections box 94: Series MSF 529, Series 1, Placement: 05, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 28
Scope and Contents

Materials include a letter from George Palmer Putnam to Erwin E. Schumann dated January 24, 1935 detailing Schumann riding with Putnam and Amelia Earhart to Rapid City, South Dakota. Also included is a handwritten route of Schumann's travels hitchhiking from Chicago to Los Angeles, a map of his route created by his daughter in 2025, and a newspaper clipping on Amelia Earhart.

Dates: 1934 - 2025
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Louis Martin Sears papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 338
Scope and Contents

The Louis Martin Sears papers document the professional career, personal life, and family history of historian and author Louis Martin Sears. Types of materials in the collection include writings by Sears, correspondence, research materials, and Sears family materials.

Dates: 1858 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1943
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Lawrence Senesh papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 489
Scope and Contents

The Lawrence Senesh Papers (1949-2004; 11.25 cubic feet) documents the work of Lawrence Senesh. Types of materials include activity books, correspondence, phonograph records, problems books, resource guides, scriptbooks, and textbooks. Most of the materials in this collection pertain to Senesh’s work on the Our Working World textbook series developed and written for primary school students.

Dates: 1949 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1974
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

College of Agriculture, Short and Winter Course records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 70
Scope and Contents The College of Agriculture, Short and Winter Courses, records (1889-1974; 12.2 cubic feet) consists of administrative files (including correspondence, directories, financial records, newsletters, publicity materials, questionnaires, scholarship information and records, etc.), 1948-1967; correspondence, 1917-1920, 1942-1950; programs, announcements, etc., 1900s-1940s; and other materials documenting the history, activities, and administration of agricultural Short and Winter Courses at Purdue...
Dates: 1889 - 1974
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Simon P. Rosen papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-122
Dates: 1959 - 2000
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Simon P. Rosen papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-123
Dates: 1957 - 2004
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 150
Scope and Contents The Sisters for Health Education (S.H.E.) records (1979 – 1982; 1.4 cubic feet) documents the creation and operations of this Purdue student organization. The educational materials in this collection record the kinds of sexual and reproductive health information available to college students at the time. The collection also shows the difficulties encountered trying to establish an organization that talked openly about issues of abortion, birth control, and rape during this era. Types of...
Dates: 1978-1982; Other: Date acquired: 10/01/2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Robert E. Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 535
Scope and Contents 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

David Solomon papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 92
Scope and Contents

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections