Luster Ray Kleinknight collection
Collection
Identifier: L396
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs, photographs, and papers from Luster Kleinknight ranging from 1877 to 1949 regarding his early life, high school, Purdue University and his study of engineer, the Triangle Fraternity, Field Artillery Central Officers Training School (F.A.C.O.T.S.) at Camp Zachary Taylor, travel, and social functions. Included is a great deal of ephemera, theatre, orchestra, and other entertainment programs, as well as tickets for events and transportation, photographs, invitations, greeting cards, dance cards, receipts, and writings by Henry G. Wanty of Michigan.
Dates
- 1896-1949
Creator
- Kleinknight, Luster Ray., 1986-1977 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Luster Ray "Bus" Kleinknight was born on December 21, 1896 in Wells County, Indiana. He graduated from Tocsin High in 1913 and Bluffton High in 1914. He attended Purdue University from 1914 to 1918. After college, he graduated from Field Artillery Central Officers Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. He lived in several towns throughout Indiana, as well as Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Washington D.C. He passed away in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
Source:
Items in collection.
Ancestry.com.
Source:
Items in collection.
Ancestry.com.
Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Howard N. Cornett and Robert S. Conrich on 1987/01/03.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/10/03 by Kori Nell. EAD finding aid created 2016/10/03 by Kori Nell. EAD finding aid updated 2016/11/21 by Lauren Patton.
- Brazil (Ind.)
- Camp Zachary Taylor (Ky.)
- Camp Zachary Taylor (Ky.)
- Correspondence
- Dance programs
- Engineering
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.)
- Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.) -- Maps
- Invitations
- Maps
- Military veterans
- Photographs
- Programs
- Purdue University -- Archives
- Tickets
- Triangle Fraternity
- Wells County (Ind.)
Creator
- Kleinknight, Luster Ray., 1986-1977 (Person)
- Wanty, Henry G. (Person)
- Title
- Luster Ray Kleinknight collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
