William M. Hepburn papers, circa 1915-1948 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
William Hepburn was in charge of Purdue University Libraries from 1904 until 1944. He led the system through construction of the General Library in 1913, a major stack addition in 1934, and the creation in the 1920s of departmental libraries for agriculture, biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, mathematics, pharmacy, and physics. Hepburn also co-authored a history of Purdue and served as bibliographer and curator for the Goss Library of the History of Engineering. Materials relate to Purdue history, Purdue faculty members, the Purdue Library system, and various individuals affiliated with Purdue history such as Charles Major, Bruce Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and Richard Owen.
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Box 6: Box (H1): Correspondences, 1915-1918
Box 7: Box (H2): Correspondence on the Union List, 1939-1940
Folder 1: Memorandum on Purdue Library
Folder 2: Collection of correspondences
Folder 3: Miscellaneous, 1937-1946
Item 1: A Manual of the William Freeman Myrick Goss Library of the History of Engineering and Associated Collections, 1948
Item 2: Purdue University: Fifty Years of Progress, 1925
Item 3: Addresses and Records: Semi-Centennial Ceremonial, May 1924