Purdue University: A Select Bibliography


General History

Dry, Dan (photographer). Purdue University. Louisville, KY: Harmony House Publishers, 1986. (pictorial work)

Hepburn, William Murray and Louis Martin Sears. Purdue University: Fifty Years of Progress. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press, ca. 1925.

Horoho, Michael. The Purdue Crest: A Visual History. Bloomington, IN: M. Horoho, 1992.

Knoll, H.B. A Record of a University in the War Years, 1941-1945. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, 1947.

Purdue Reamer Club. A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, ca. 2002.

Purdue Reamer Club. Purdue Traditions: Past, Present, and Future. West Lafayette, IN: The Club, 1989.

Purdue University. Purdue Yesterday and Today. 75th Anniversary. West Lafayette, IN: 1949. (booklet)

Topping, Robert W. A Century and Beyond: The History of Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1988.

Topping, Robert W. The Book of Trustees: Purdue University, 1865-1989. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, ca. 1989.

Topping, Robert W., et al. Purdue Visions. West Lafayette , IN : Purdue University with Harmony House Publishers, ca. 1992. (pictorial work)

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Bruhn, E. F. A History of Aeronautical Education and Research at Purdue University for Period 1937-1950. [Purdue University?], 1968.

Cargnino, Lawrence T. Aeronautical Engineering at Purdue University from 1950 to 1960. West Lafayette, IN: School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 1989.

Grandt, A. F. One Small Step: The History of Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN: School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, ca. 1995.

Norberg, John. Wings of Their Dreams: Purdue in Flight. West Lafayette , IN : Purdue University, 2003.

Agriculture

Wood, Roger James. Science, Education, and Political Economy in Indiana: A History of the School of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, and Department of Agricultural Extension at Purdue University to 1945. [Purdue University ?], 1993. (archival/manuscript material)

Athletics

Estes, John, with Bob Pence and Jim Vruggink (editors). Purdue Athletics: A Century of Excellence. West Lafayette, IN: John Purdue Club Office and Athletic Public Relations Office, Purdue University, ca. 1987.

Griffiths, Doug. Tales from Boilermaker Country: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told. Sports Pub. L.L.C., ca. 2003.

Karpick, Alan R. Boilermaker Basketball: Great Purdue Teams and Players. Chicago: Bonus Books, ca. 1989.

Lafayette Journal and Courier. The Lafayette Journal and Courier Presents Most Memorable Moments in Purdue Basketball History. Champaign, IL: Sports Pub., ca. 1998.

Vicroy, Kevin (editor). Purdue Athletics Since the Beginning. West Lafayette , IN : Purdue University , ca. 1997.

Band

Norberg, John. Hail Purdue. Owatonna, Minn.: All-American Band Club, ca. 1987.

Biographies of Select Purdue Individuals

Burrin, Frank K. Edward Charles Elliott, Educator. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Studies, 1970.

Burrin, Frank Kleiser. Edward Charles Elliott, Educator. A thesis submitted to the faculty of Purdue University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Lafayette, IN, 1956. (thesis)

Coulter, John G. The Dean, An Account of His Career and His Convictions. Lafayette, IN: Purdue Alumni Office, ca. 1940. (Biography of Stanley Coulter)

Davis, Edward Hatton. Life of John Purdue, as Prepared for the 105 th Anniversary of Our Founder's Birthday. Publisher and location unknown, undated.

Eckles, Robert B. The Dean: A Biography of A.A. Potter. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, 1974.

Freehafer, Ruth W. R. B. Stewart and Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, 1983.

Kriebel, Robert C. The Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, ca. 2002.

Topping, Robert W. The Hovde Years: A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde. West Lafayette , IN : Purdue University , 1980.

Buildings on Campus

Scholer, Walter. The Building of a Red Brick Campus: The Growth of Purdue as Recalled by Walter Scholer. Lafayette, IN : Tippecanoe County Historical Association, 1983. (booklet)

Engineering

Amrine, Harold T. Industrial Engineering at Purdue University: The Roots and First Thirty Years. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, ca. 1985.

Geddes, L. A. A Century of Progress: The History of Electrical Engineering at Purdue, 1888-1998. West Lafayette, IN: School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, ca. 1988.

Knoll, Horton Budd. The Story of Purdue Engineering. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Studies, ca. 1963.

Peppas, Nicholas A. History of the School of Chemical Engineering of Purdue University. West Lafayette , IN: School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1986.

Entomology

Wilson , M. Curtis. Mission, Entomology: A History of the Department of Entomology at Purdue University, 1884-1991. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Department of Entomology, 1991.

Nursing

Johnson, Helen R. A History of Purdue University's Nursing Education Programs. Publisher and location unknown, 1975.

Pharmacy

Belcastro, Patrick F. Seventy-Five Years of Pharmaceutical Education at Purdue University, 1884-1959. Lafayette, IN, 1959.

Eckles, Robert B. Purdue Pharmacy: The First Century. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, 1979.

Purdue University. A Brief Account of the First Fifty Years of Pharmacy Education at Purdue, 1884-1934. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, ca. 1934.

World War II

Knoll, H.B. A Record of a University in the War Years, 1941-1945. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, 1947.