West Lafayette (Ind.)

Scope and Contents The collection contains one typed letter, dated January 27, 1948, written by Albert Raymond Miles to Miss Caroline Dunn of the Smith Memorial Library in Indianapolis, Indiana regarding a donation of a book.

Scope and Contents This collection contains Captain Alexander Lawrie's handwritten list of his 130 portraits of United States generals from the Civil War that were hanging in the library of the Indiana State Soldier's Home at Lafayette, Indiana (now West Lafayette). Lawrie notes that the generals were from both the regular and volunteer service and that 72 were from Indiana. Captain Lawrie also supplied a list of 25 portraits that he had not yet completed when he gave the document to the Indiana State Library on...

Scope and Contents This collection comprises 3 black-and-white panoramic photographs taken by O. L. Foster, likely in Lafayette, Indiana, of the Purdue Training Detachment on June 8, 1918; and of the headquarters staff of the Purdue University Students' Army Training Corps and the 3rd Truckmaster School on November 26, 1918.

Scope and Contents This collection contains two copies of a September 15, 1944 circular letter sent to "Dear Friend" from Jim Miles, program director of Purdue University's radio station, WBAA. Each letter included a copy of the station's Monday through Saturday revised program schedule, with School of the Air programs noted with astericks. The collection also includes a copy of the transcript of a tribute to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that was prepared by Booth...