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A Pictorial History of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
Phillip C. Wankat and Cristina D. Farmus
This coffee-table book uses color photographs and captions to tell the story of the first one hundred years of the Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering. Formed four years after a chemical engineering curriculum was established at the University, the School grew rapidly in size and reputation. It was a leader in encouraging women and minority students to become engineers, and it produced many substantial scientific contributions. The School continues to provide expertise and solutions to the “grand challenge” problems that the world faces today, whether in energy, nanotechnology, biotechnology, health care, or advanced materials. Among its thirty faculty members, five are members of the National Academy of Engineering.
cloth 128pp / 2011 / 9781557536211/ $29.95
Order No. 2947
Heartbeat of the University: 125 Years of Purdue Bands
John Norberg
Celebrating 125 years of Purdue Bands, this beautifully-illustrated book traces the history of Purdue University’s Department of Bands from its humble origins as a drum unit for the student army training corps to the 2010 appearance of the “All-American” Marching Band as leader of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, seen by over fifty million television viewers. It follows the lives of the organization’s members and legendary directors, such as Paul Spotts Emrick and Al G. Wright, and highlights some of the band’s iconic features, such as the “World’s Largest Drum” and its legendary twirlers; the Golden Girl; the Girl in Black; the Silver Twins; and the Goldusters.
Beyond the glitz, the story includes tragedy, such as the Halloween day train collision that claimed the lives of seventeen people in 1903, as well as groundbreaking success. But, through it all, the beat of one of the Midwest’s great treasures goes on, bringing fulfillment to its members as well as inspiration to its myriad fans.
cloth 200pp / 2011 / 9781557535962 / $49.95
Order No. 2949
History of Education in Indiana
Richard G. Boone
Education in Indiana in the 19th century.
cloth 454 pp. reprint 1941 (1892) / ISBN 1-885323-46-8 / $5.00
Order No. 4029
Ball State University: An Interpretive History
Anthony O. Edmonds and E. Bruce Geelhoed
A narrative and interpretive history of a major institution of higher education. This publication tells the story of Ball State by focusing on the people who inhabited the institution.
cloth 374 pp. 2001 / ISBN 0-253-34017-9 / $29.95
Order No. 2288
The Courage to Inquire
Thomas Ehrlich
A university president gives his views of the goals and problems of higher education from athletics to political correctness and tenure.
cloth 164 pp. 1995 / ISBN 0-253-32913-2 / $24.95
Order No. 2178
Historians For The Future: A History of the Indiana Junior Historical Society 1938-1998
Kendal Gladish and Hester Ann Hale
This historical society fosters history education through a network of history clubs to explore and appreciate Indiana's history.
cloth 144 pp. 1999 / ISBN 0-87195-133-9 / $5.00
Order No. 3037
Earlham College: A History, 1847-1997
Thomas D. Hamm
Founded by Indiana Quakers in 1847, it attained collegiate rank in 1859, gaining its national position in this century as a stronghold of liberal activist and modernist Quakerism.
cloth 448 pp. 1997 / ISBN 0-253-33256-7 / $35.00
Order No. 2200
Temples of Knowledge: Andrew Carnegie's Gift to Indiana
Alan McPherson
A compilation of photographs and history of use of Indiana's Carnegie Libraries. Dates and lists of Carnegie's contributions to Indiana libraries are included.
paper 240 pp. 2003 / ISBN 0-9636978-4-6 / $24.95
Order No. 2420
Hoosier Schools, Past and Present
William Reese (ed.)
A series of studies on public schools from the crucial decades before the Civil War to the most recent efforts to reshape local schools for a postmodern society.
cloth 226 pp. 1998 / ISBN 0-253-33362-8 / $29.95
Order No. 2210
paper 226 pp. 1998 / ISBN 0-253-21154-9 / $14.95
Order No. 2211
The Hill: A History of the Indiana Boy’s School
William J. Seibold
Mr. Seibold was hired to teach at the Boy’s School in 1967. His book details the history of the institution from 1867 to today, including many pictures, land diagrams, bibliography, teachers, and activities over the years.
paper 207 pp. 2004 / ISBN 0-9724033-9-6 / $15.00
Order No. 2531
Leadership for the Future: Changing Directorial Roles in American History Museums and Historical Societies
Bryant F. Tolles
Essays, aimed at executive officers of historical museums, societies, and organizations, addressing concepts of leadership, greater professionalism, and principles of organizational management.
paper 196 pp. 1991 / ISBN 0-942063-11-2 / $18.95
Order No. 3011
Butler University: A Sesquicentennial History
George "Mac" Waller
Founded in 1855 by the Disciples of Christ as North Western Christian University, Butler University was renamed in 1877 for Ovid Butler, an attorney and abolitionist, who had been the chief moving force behind the school’s creation. While "Christian faith and Christian morality as taught in the sacred Scriptures," was part of the original charter, over the years the school developed along the lines of the classic collegiate university. Now with a student body of over 3,000 in its college of liberal arts and sciences and five professional schools, Butler University is an important part of Indiana’s educational, sports, and cultural landscapes.
cloth 505 pp. 1996 / ISBN 0-253-34723-8 / $35.00
Order No. 2662
Being Lucky
Herman B Wells
Herman Wells recalls his formative boyhood years in a small Indiana town, gives his views on how to run a university, and describes some of his national and international service.
cloth 493 pp. 1980 / ISBN 0-253-11556-6 / $29.95
Order No. 2026
Indiana's Main Street
Nancy Wolfe and Suzanne Stanis
At one time the National Road in Indiana, or what is now U.S. Highway 40, was the major thoroughfare across the state. Towns and businesses developed along the road as people moved west.
"This curriculum packet offers a look at the role the National Road played in Indiana's past and highlights important people and places vital to the road's history. Lessons will assist you in meeting the fourth grade social studies standards but can also be adapted for use at other grade levels. Throughout the lessons, primary source materials and documents will be used. It is our hope that the history of the National Road as presented here will enrich your students' understanding of this corridor of Indiana's past and inspire them to expand their understanding of Indiana's larger role in history."
paper 129 pp. 2003 / $10.00 / Order No. 2598
Broadsides: Education
Dani B. Pfaff
Reproductions of primary source materials from Indiana history for use across the curriculum; activities, maps, timelines, reference materials, finding aids.
paper / $0.75
Order No. 6006
Broadsides: Indiana, The Early Years Resource Guide
Dani B. Pfaff
Reproductions of primary source materials from Indiana history for use across the curriculum; activities, maps, timelines, reference materials, finding aids. The Resource Guide provides introductions to the period and the subjects covered, including document introductions, activities, maps, timelines, reference materials, various finding aids to help match subject areas with the documents, and two supplemental related documents for each of the twenty-five packet documents.
paper 424 pp. ISBN 1-885323-50-6 / $8.50
Order No. 4006
Broadsides: Document Packets
Dani B. Pfaff
Document packets each consist of five document reproductions (two views each) and two supplementary sheets in an envelope. The Five document topics are Commerce, Trade, and Agriculture (Order No. 6004); Daily Life (Order No. 6005); Education (Order No. 6006); Politics (Order No. 6007); and Transportation and Communication (Order No. 6008)
Document Packet Set 1987 / $3.00
Order No. 6009
Related Issues of The Indiana Historian
paper / ISSN 1071-3301 / $1.00 (1-19 copies); $.30 (20 or more copies)
The Borden Legacy
William W. Borden, Indiana philanthropist of New Providence, whose educational goals and scientific collections have preserved his memory.
16 pp. 1995 / Order No. 7034
State Seal
1.5" / $0.50 / Order No. 6105
3" / $0.75 / Order No. 6106
12" / Special Order Only / Order No. 6108
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