A GUIDE TO THE FREDERICK L. HOVDE PAPERS PURDUE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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1 A GUIDE TO THE FREDERICK L. HOVDE PAPERS PURDUE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Last Revised: February 17, 2017 Compiled By: Joanne Mendes, Archives Assistant

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page(s) 1. Descriptive Summary Restrictions on Access.3 3. Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Inventory of the Papers Business Career Personal & Family Life Photographic Materials Audio-Visual Materials Artifacts Oversized Materials Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 2 of 81

3 Descriptive Summary Creator: Hovde, Frederick Lawson, Title: The Frederick L. Hovde Papers Dates: [bulk ] Collection Identifier: UA 51 Abstract: Quantity: Repository: Business and personal papers, photographs, audio-visual materials, and personal belongings documenting the life and career of engineer and educator Frederick L. Hovde cubic ft. Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries Location: Boxes 1-39 located in Storage (Range 397) Boxes A-R and Oversized Materials located in Archives and Special Collections Stacks, Aisle 7 Preferred Citation: The Frederick L. Hovde Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries Processed by: Joanne Mendes, October 2004 Restrictions Access: Revision History: Collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite; 24 hours notice is required to access the collection. Collection identifier updated from UA 2.07 to UA 51 as of February 17, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 3 of 81

4 Biographical Sketch Frederick Lawson Hovde ( ), Rhodes Scholar, Oxford rugby star, chemical engineer, educator, chief of U.S. rocket ordnance research, and seventh president of Purdue University was born February 7, 1908, in Erie, Pennsylvania to parents Martin and Julia Hovde. He spent his boyhood at Devils Lake in North Dakota. Hovde received his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota in Elected to a Rhodes scholarship, he spent three years, , at Brasenose College, Oxford University, receiving first a B.A. degree and then a B.S. degree in the Final Honors program in Chemistry. While at Oxford, he was a member of the varsity rugby football team and in 1931 he became the third American in history to win his Oxford blue in the annual Oxford-Cambridge rugby match. Hovde returned to the United States in 1932 to accept a position as Assistant Director of the newly established General College of the University of Minnesota. He married Priscilla Louise Boyd in The couple had three children: F. Boyde, Jane, and Linda. In 1936, Hovde accepted a position at the University of Rochester in New York, serving as Assistant to the President and Lecturer in Chemistry. In 1941, following the outbreak of World War II, Hovde was called to government duty with the newly established National Defense Research Committee, which later became a part of the war-time Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). His first assignment was as head of the London Mission of the OSRD. While in England, he received his Master s degree from Oxford University. In 1942, he assumed the position of Executive Assistant to Dr. James B. Conant, chairman of the National Defense Research Committee, in Washington, D.C. In 1943, Hovde was made Chief of Division 3, Rocket Ordnance Research, of the National Defense Research Committee. In recognition of his war services he received the President s Medal for Merit and was awarded the King s Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom by the British Government. In January 1946, he began his tenure as President of Purdue University. While at Purdue, he also served as chairman of the Committee on Guided Missiles of the Research and Development Board ( ) and was chairman of the Building Research Advisory Board of the National Research Council ( ). In September 1951, he was appointed to membership on the Board of Foreign Scholarships of the Department of State and served on that board until 1955, acting as board chairman from 1953 to He served as a member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, Board of Visitors to the Air University, Air Training Command Advisory Board, Board of Consultants to the National War College, and Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy. He served as a member of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel, Department of the Army ( ), chairing the panel from 1956 to Hovde served as President of the National Association of State Universities and Land- Grant Colleges ( ), as vice chairman of the American Council on Education ( ), and a member of the President s Committee on Education Beyond High Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 4 of 81

5 School ( ). In March 1960, Hovde served on a special National Academy of Sciences committee which met at the Jacksonville, Florida Naval Air Station to review the ship-building and modernization needs of the U.S. Navy. He also served as chairman of the President-Elect s Task Force Committee on Education in January From he was a member of the National Advisory Health Manpower Council of the Public Health Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. From 1970 to 1973, he served on the President s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. From 1971 to 1973 he was also a member of the Reorganization Committee of the Indiana State Department of Public Instruction. In October 1971, he was honored with membership in the Indiana Academy. He served from 1972 to 1977 as a member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Inland Steel Company from 1959 to 1978 and as a director of General Electric from 1956 to He was also a trustee of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation from Hovde was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in He received the Exceptional Civilian Service Award from the Department of the Air Force in 1961, the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Department of the Navy in 1963, the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of the U.S. Army in 1963, and the Distinguished Public Service Medal from the Department of Defense in In 1967, Hovde received the Washington Award from the Western Society of Engineers and the Gold Medal Award from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. In 1968, he was awarded the National Order of the Southern Cross by the Brazilian government and the Academic Award Medal by the government of Taiwan. In 1970, he was selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to receive its Theodore Roosevelt Award. Hovde was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Investors Mutual, Investors Stock, Investors Selective, Investors Variable Payment, IDS Progressive, and the IDS Bond Funds. Upon retirement from the presidency of Purdue University in 1971, he was named President Emeritus of Purdue. In the spring of 1975, in honor of his years of service as President of Purdue University, the Board of Trustees of the University renamed the Executive Building the Frederick L. Hovde Hall of Administration. In 1979, Hovde accepted membership on the Board of Governors of the Purdue Foundation, and he became a member of the President s Council in Hovde received more than 20 honorary doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines from colleges and university throughout the United States. Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 5 of 81

6 Scope and Content Note The Frederick L. Hovde Papers ( ; 63.5 Cubic ft.) document the life and career of engineer and educator Frederick L. Hovde. The Papers are divided into five series: 1. Business Career, (40 Cubic ft.) 2. Personal and Family Life, (9 Cubic ft.) 3. Photographic Materials, (2 Cubic ft.) 4. Audio-Visual Materials, ca. 1950s-1978 (0.5 Cubic ft.) 5. Artifacts, ca (9 Cubic ft.) 6. Oversized Materials, (3 Cubic ft.) The vast majority of the papers document Hovde s business career, particularly his tenure as President of Purdue University ( ), but also his work for the U.S. government and other agencies on nuclear and atomic energy, weapons research, national defense, and rocket ordnance research. A group of personal papers is included, documenting Hovde s academic career, family, and personal life. A significant collection of Hovde s mementoes and personal belongings, such as souvenirs from trips, medals and awards, academic regalia, and sports uniforms are included in the artifacts series. Types of materials in the papers include: correspondence; reports; studies; meeting minutes; printed material (brochures, publications, newspaper clippings, handbooks, manuals, directories); biographical information; financial information; legal documents; notes and transcripts of speeches; petitions; resolutions and citations; certificates; diplomas; interview transcripts; schedules and itineraries; rosters and lists; charts; research notes; photographic materials; audio-visual materials; artifacts; ephemera; blueprints; press releases; proposals; works of art on paper; school papers; daily calendars and journals; book manuscripts; and obituaries. The correspondence includes letters between Hovde and other important individuals, such as Richard Nixon, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, Albert Einstein, J. Edgar Hoover, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Other significant correspondence includes letters regarding astronauts Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee, Purdue alumni killed during an Apollo space training mission. Hovde s correspondence with astronaut Eugene Cernan is also included. Original order of the files has been retained. For this reason, some personal correspondence has been left within the business correspondence series, accurately reflecting the order of Hovde s working files and the way he used them. Oversized materials, photographs, and artifacts have been separated and grouped into individual series for preservation purposes as deemed appropriate by the archivist. Most photographs relating to Purdue events were removed and transferred to the Purdue Photo File, with photocopies of the original photos remaining in the Hovde Papers for reference purposes. Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 6 of 81

7 INVENTORY 1. BUSINESS CAREER, (40 Cubic ft.) Box 1 Athletics Staff Contracts (Purdue University), [Contracts, memorandums, and business correspondence] Columbus Extension (Purdue University), [Business correspondence regarding Purdue University opening an extension in Columbus, Indiana] Educational Opportunity Report of Committee (Purdue University), 1965 [Reports and meeting minutes regarding equal opportunity in education] Engineering Alumni Study (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, brochure, and reports] Etchings Oct Winterrowd (Purdue University), [Business correspondence regarding the sales of etching reproductions of old Purdue buildings by the artist Winterrowd; includes postcards and pamphlet of the reproductions] Ewell, Raymond, [Telegrams, business correspondence, and reports written by Ewell] Faculty Government Ad Hoc Committee to Study (Purdue University) [Committee reports and memorandums] Flag Desecration (Purdue University), [Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and petitions demanding that Purdue University put an end to all communist activities; resolutions from Lafayette, West Lafayette, and Tippecanoe County asking Congress to make flag desecration a criminal offense and Hovde's response following a campus flag desecration incident by a non-student speaker during a rally held by Purdue University's chapter of Students for a Democratic Society] Gifts to Wiley Memorial Library (Purdue University), 1954 [Correspondence to and from donors, donation slips, and list of donors] Gifts to Daniel White Collection of Military Relics (Purdue University), [Correspondence between Purdue University and the White family regarding the housing of the collection, the theft of some pieces from the collection in the 1930s, and removal of the collection by the family in the 1950s] Grissom and Chaffee Halls, Dedication of (Purdue University), 1968 [Invitations, business correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, Grissom and Chaffee's biographies, schedules, notes, drafts of Hovde's speech; includes correspondence with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan] Hatch Act, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 7 of 81

8 [Correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, and congressional records regarding the passage of the Hatch Act, which prevents federal employees from engaging in political actions] Hawkins, G.A. Biographical Information (Purdue University), ca Mid-Western University Presidents, Minutes Committee, [Conference minutes] Pamphlets (Purdue University), 1963, 1968 Incomes and Costs of Living of the Purdue Faculty, 1963 The Federal Financing of Higher Education, 1968 Reports, Income and Goals of Living of the Purdue Faculty Report of the Faculty Committee, 1930 Progress Report and Second and Final Report of the Special Committee on Unprecedented Engineering Enrollment Problems, 1956, 1957 Studies in Higher Education, 1958 ASEE Preliminary Report on Goals of Engineering Education, 1965 Journal of Engineering Education, 1966, 1968 A Multivariable Analysis of Engineering Job Satisfaction, 1970 University Senate Committee Structure (Purdue University), 1965 [Memorandums and draft of senate by-laws] Walt Disney (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, invitations, guest lists provided by Disney Studios, telegrams, and newspaper clippings regarding the world premiere of Disney's movie "So Dear to My Heart" at Purdue University; includes business correspondence with Walt Disney and personal correspondence between Walt Disney and Purdue's Vice President Hockema; information regarding the Walt Disney Scholarship Fund, donation information; and photograph and drafts of a citation presented to Walt Disney by Purdue University] Box 2 Commission for Higher Education - Reports, [Report and business correspondence] Graduate School - Report on Committee on the Development of, (Purdue University), 1950 Graduation and Probation Standards Special Ad Hoc Committee to Study (Purdue University), Growth International Symposium, [Business correspondence and program] Krannert Building Dedication (Purdue University), 1965 [Invitations, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, biography on Krannert, dedication speeches, and agenda] Matchette Foundation (Purdue University), Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 8 of 81

9 [Correspondence and reports on lecture series funded by Matchette Foundation] Midwest Inter-Library Corporation, [Business correspondence, bylaws, memorandums, meeting minutes, and reports] Midwest Inter-Library Corporation Council of Ten, [Business correspondence, reports, and memos] Midwest Inter-Library Corporation Council of Thirteen, 1940 [Proposal and reports] Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction, Inc., Federal Communications Commission (Purdue University), 1964 [Study presented to the FCC urging the formation of a six-channel airborne educational broadcast system] Midwestern Universities Research Association, [Business correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes] Bylaws and History, Manual of Operations, Minutes, Reports, Minnesota University Office of the Controller Report on Proposed University Cost and Statistical Study and Appendices, 1953 Purdue University Laboratory Site Proposal to Midwestern Universities Research Association, 1956 Midwestern Universities Research Association Proposal for High Energy Research Facility, 1958 GAC-PSAC Panel on High Energy Accelerator Physics Report, 1963 Midwestern Universities Research Association Proposal for Ultra High Energy Experiment Using Cosmic Rays, 1965 Indiana Legislative Advisory Commission Biennial Report to the Indiana General Assembly, 1967 Purdue Fellows in Latin America, Annual Report to the Ford Foundation, Vol. 1,1968 Box 3 Centennial (Purdue University), [Correspondence, reports, programs, clippings regarding the centennial celebration of the founding of Purdue University] Fundraising for Purdue University's Centennial fund, Founders Day Convocation, 1969 [Correspondence, reports, programs] Marker and Resolutions, 1969 [Copy of congressional record declaring May 6, 1969 National "Purdue University Day"] Proclamation Luncheon and Victory Dinner, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 9 of 81

10 Hail Purdue '69 and Other Publications, [Centennial publications from various Purdue University schools] Chapel (Purdue University), ca [Research conducted by the Sophomore Class Chapel Committee regarding the funding and construction of chapels at other universities] Conscientious Objection to Military Training (Purdue University), [Reports and correspondence mainly between Hovde and local Mennonite pastors regarding the university's policy of mandatory ROTC service] Education in North Central Indiana Committee to Study the Needs for Higher, 1964 [Business correspondence and draft of report] Engineering at Purdue University, History of, [Personal and business correspondence regarding Professor Knoll's book; History of Engineering at Purdue University] Gavin, James M, [Lt. General James Gavin, personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photograph, and articles regarding Gavin and his visit to Purdue] Gifts, RW Herrick (Purdue University), [Donation information and reports regarding the Herrick Foundation] Graduate Study, Off Campus, Committee on (Purdue University), [Reports and business correspondence regarding off-campus graduate studies] Herrick Laboratory (Purdue University), [Newspaper clippings, business correspondence, reports, dedication invitations, and programs] Hooker Chemical Corporation (Purdue University), [Business correspondence regarding patent agreement with Purdue and research laboratory funding] Indiana Sesquicentennial (Purdue University), 1966 [Business correspondence, brochure, and memorandums regarding Purdue's celebration of Indiana's sesquicentennial] Industrial Research National Conference, 1966 [Business correspondence and proceedings report] Kaminsky, Mark L. (Purdue University), ca [Statement by President Hovde and Russian newspaper article regarding the whereabouts of Purdue student Mark Kaminsky, who disappeared in the Soviet Union] Kemmer, Alva E. vs. Purdue University Board of Trustees, 1951 [file with court documents from the case] Kennedy, John F. (Purdue University) 1963 [Correspondence and program regarding Purdue's Kennedy memorial service] Legislative Advisory Commission, 1965 [Report to the Indiana General Assembly] Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 10 of 81

11 Linee Fields Golf Course (Purdue University), [Business correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the donation of a golf course to Purdue University] Mars, Nick Plaque (Purdue University), [Business correspondence regarding plaque of Albert Einstein created by Purdue graduate Nick Mars. Mars presented the plaque to Purdue's School of Electrical Engineering. Includes copy of Einstein's letter endorsing the plaque] Metropolitan Opera (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, invitations, guest lists, and programs regarding Purdue University's hosting of Metropolitan Opera productions] Reports, Years of Foundation Graduate Research in Chemistry, 1956 Laboratories for Mechanical Engineering a new program in Purdue School of Mechanical Engineering, 1960 Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission Progress Report and Supplement, 1961 Materials Research in Science and Engineering at Purdue University First Annual Report, 1962 Purdue Conference International Affairs, 1962 Committee on International Education Programs, 1966 Box 4 "Cultural Opportunities at Purdue," by W.E. Howland, 1934 [Report] Cowley, W.H., [Business correspondence, articles, and reprints written by Cowley] Krannert Building (Purdue University), ca [Brochures and information on the dedication of the Krannert building] Land Grant Association, [Meeting addresses, reports, and programs regarding the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges] Land Grant Centennial (Purdue University), [Correspondence, addresses, donations to centennial fund, and printed materials relating to the Morrill Land Grant Act and Purdue's centennial celebration of the passage of the act] Memorial Center Dedication (Purdue University), 1958 [Memorandums, brochures, business correspondence, congratulatory telegram from Indiana Governor Handley, newspaper clippings, and program from the opening play at Loeb Playhouse] Network Analyzer (Purdue University), [Annual reports from Purdue's School of Electrical Engineering regarding a calculator board] Purdue Engineer, 1968 Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 11 of 81

12 "Purdue Engineering Experiment Station, Conceptual Study of a University Nuclear Research Reactor," 1958 [Report] Purdue University Institutional Profile Reports, Prepared for Accreditation Visit of North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Lafayette Campus, 1968 Calumet Campus, 1968 Fort Wayne Campus, 1968 Indianapolis Campus, 1969 Religion in Higher Education University of Minnesota Conference, 1955 [Business correspondence, reports, and brochure] Box 5 Admissions, Annual Reports, Previous Year Admissions, Agriculture (Purdue University), "High School Record as Criterion for Admission to Purdue," 1951 "Why Students Choose Purdue," 1951 Lark, Karl (Purdue University), 1958 Transcript of talk: "Horovitz and Physics at Purdue, " Libraries, 1967 "Past and Future of 58 Research Libraries ," 1967 Life Science Building (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, blueprints, and budgets involved with the planning and construction; information and correspondence regarding the building dedication] Minnesota - University of, 1958 [Business correspondence and brochures regarding the inauguration of the president of University of Minnesota; copy of Hovde's inauguration speech] Mural Purdue Memorial Center, [Business correspondence regarding the search for an artist, correspondence with mural artist Eugene Francis Savage, correspondence dealing with the cost and installation of the mural, brochures, correspondence, press releases, and invitations to the dedication of the mural] National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Purdue Reports, 1960, 1966 [Business correspondence and reports] National Institute of Animal Agriculture (Purdue University), [Brochures and business correspondence regarding National Institute of Animal Agriculture convention held at Purdue] Navy ROTC Cruises (Purdue University), [Business correspondence regarding Purdue's ROTC program] Nuclear, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 12 of 81

13 Nuclear Reactor (Purdue University), [Business correspondence with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission regarding Purdue's license application to build a nuclear reactor, reactor design reports, meeting minutes, proposals, and telegrams] "Proposal Program for Nuclear Engineering Education at Purdue," 1953 Political Convention (Purdue University), 1968 [Souvenir programs from Purdue's mock political convention] Purdue Traditions, Heavilon Hall Chimes, 1950 [Business correspondence regarding the purchase of chimes] Old Oaken Bucket, [Correspondence and articles regarding the traditional football game between Purdue University and Indiana University] Religion in Higher Education, [Business correspondence, reports, and brochures] Box 6 Midwest Program on Airborne Television (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, reports, and Purdue's application to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the use of airplanes to transmit educational television programs to rural elementary and high schools. The planes, which took off from Purdue's airport, transmitted the program tapes over Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and a small portion of Canada] Application for UHF Channel, Folder #1, [Correspondences, reports, Purdue's application to the FCC] Federal Communications Commission, [Copies of commission reports] General, [Brochures, bulletins, business correspondence, committee meeting reports, programs, and background information] Operating Manual, 1960 Purdue Membership, [Membership certificates, business correspondence, voting designation, membership fees] Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, [Staff roster, copy of bylaws, reports] Audit reports for Purdue University, year ended June 30, 1970 [binder, For the Desk of Mr. F. Hovde, Purdue University, Year Ended June 30, 1970, Laventhol, Krekstein, Horwath and Horwath, Certified Public Accountants] Purdue University Previous Year Annual Reports, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 13 of 81

14 Registrar - ROTC, Service Enterprises Technology, Television - Victory Varieties, Purdue University, State of the University Reports of the Committee, [Committee reports on the state of Purdue University] Television Chicago Jr. College, [Business correspondence and reports regarding a three year experiment using public television to broadcast college courses] Television International Seminar, [Business correspondence, reports, and a copy of Hovde's address to the National Association of Educational Broadcasters] Tulane University, [Newspaper clippings and copies of the lawsuits brought against Tulane University regarding the admission of African Americans] Box 7 Marcott, George L. Memorial, 1958 [Pamphlet] Purdue University Previous Year Annual Reports, Personnel Administration Purdue Research Foundation (PRF), Regional Campus, Humanities Musical Organizations, Home Economics, Airport Dean of Women, Schedules & Share-Science, Taiwan-Bulletin of President Harde's Visit, 1965 [Brochures regarding Taiwan's Chung Kung University] Technical Extensions Division Calumet Center (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, clippings, and related materials regarding Purdue University's Calumet extension program in Hammond, Indiana] Selection of property for Purdue's Calumet extension, Groundbreaking ceremony and construction, Dedication ceremony, 1951 Opening, Television Study, 1966 "Engineering Report to Purdue University on a Television System Study and the Development of a Technical Design Utilizing the Telecommunications Media in Education," 1966 (Report) Box 8 Astronaut Scholarship Fund, 1967 Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 14 of 81

15 [List of fund contributors, memos, and acknowledgment cards for donations to Purdue's Grissom Chaffee Astronaut Scholarship Fund] Controller's Circulars (Purdue University), [Memorandums from Purdue University's Office of Vice-President and Controller regarding employee compensation, payroll administration, administrative supplies, telegraph and telephone usage] Enrollment Reports, ca "The Indiana Plan to Meet the Tidal Wave of College and University Students Predicted for 1970," author unknown, n.d. "Purdue University, Enrollment as of October 1 each year , with Estimates for 1950 to 1965," by N.M. Parkhurst, 1950 "Potential Enrollment for Indiana Colleges and Universities," by N.M. Parkhurst and Betty M. Suddath, 1955 "Potential Enrollment for Purdue University, ," by Betty M. Suddath, 1956 "Factors Influencing the Successful Graduation of Freshmen who enroll at Purdue University," by Betty M. Suddath, 1956; 1957 John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, 1966 [Board of Directors information packet] National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Purdue University), 1962, 1963 [Copy of proposal sent to NASA regarding their Predoctoral Research Training Grant Program, 1962] Report by Hovde recommending the Lafayette area for the location of NASA's proposed Elections Research Center; includes pictures of Purdue University and the Lafayette area, 1963 Radio Frequency Modulation (F-M) Channels (Purdue University), [Correspondence and reports regarding Purdue's School of Engineering efforts to build a FM radio transmitter at the university] Records of 1922, Dr. Hovde Talks To Class of 1922 [record albums for 1922 Class Committee for Purdue Scholarship Foundation, 1922-A and 1922-B] Riley, James Whitcomb, [Business correspondence and clippings regarding James Whitcomb Riley] Ross Biological Reserve (Purdue University), [Correspondence and reports regarding the establishment of the Purdue University Ross Biological Reserve] ROTC Reports, 1962 "Student Attitudes Toward Reserve Officer Training Corps Program: A Survey of Freshmen at the University of Minnesota," by Robert L. Lathrop, 1962 "Students Decisions to Elect ROTC after One or More Quarters of University Attendance, a Supplementary Study," by Robert L. Lathrop and Elliot H. Donnels, 1962 S.S. Purdue Victory, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 15 of 81

16 [Correspondence, telegrams, brochures, and clippings regarding Purdue University's namesake, the S.S. Purdue Victory, a U.S. Naval ship which served briefly in the Pacific during World War II; includes sales manual and brochure of the world-famous Mechanical Cow which was installed on the ship] Shortridge, Abraham C. (Purdue University), [Correspondence regarding Purdue University's President Shortridge, requests from researchers; includes correspondence and clippings regarding the commission of Shortridge's portrait by Purdue University] Smart, James H. (Purdue University), [Correspondence from various researchers requesting information on Purdue's President Smart; includes copy of letter that Smart sent to former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison in 1896 and a letter from Smart's daughter donating James Smart archival materials to Purdue University] Speech Communication, 1965 (Book by Raymond S. Ross) Steam, 1946 "A Survey of the Present and Proposed Steam Distribution at Purdue University," 1946 [Report by Albert Spalding] Student Affairs, Purdue s Office of, [Business correspondence, memorandums, and reports regarding the formation and the organizational structure of the Office of Student Affairs] Talks by President Hovde and Earl Butz [reel tape], 1961 Side One: Talk by President Hovde to entire counseling staff, September 3, 1961 Side Two: Talk by Dean Butz, September 5, 1961 Veterinary Science and Medicine - School of (Purdue University), [Business correspondence, speeches, and programs regarding the ground breaking ceremony and building dedication] "Water Resources Research Center, Purdue University" [Annual reports] Waves of Green, 1950 [Business correspondence, invitations, and information packet regarding the premiere of the motion picture Waves of Green; a film about agriculture produced by Dearborn Motors] Wiley, Harvey W. (Purdue University), [Personal and business correspondence, addresses by Hovde regarding Wiley's induction into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans; informational brochures, programs, and press releases regarding the 50 th Anniversary of the Federal Pure Food and Drug Law and the U.S. postage stamp issued in Wiley's honor; includes clippings and articles on Mrs. Wiley] Box 9 Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 16 of 81

17 Airport - Purdue University, [Reports regarding the expansion of Purdue's airport] Airport Needs Indiana, 1960 [Business correspondence and report given to the Governor of Indiana regarding air cargo transportation issues in the state of Indiana] Aviation at Purdue Brochure, 1945 [Brochure about Purdue's aviation program] Arthur, J.C. (Purdue University), [Correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the legal issue of whether a collection belongs to the professor that collected, classified, and maintained it or to the university where the collection is kept and the professor employed. This issue was raised in 1918 when Dr. Joseph Charles Arthur attempted to remove his herbarium from Purdue University. Contains Arthur's obituary and Purdue University paperwork from ] Bureau of Information (Purdue University), [Purdue press releases, authorizations by Hovde for journalists to use his statements, newspaper clippings, and business correspondence regarding Purdue University and various press agencies] Busts (Purdue University), [Business correspondence and information regarding the commission and execution of the busts of Elliott, Smart, and Ross] Butterfly and Moth Collection, Mattes (Purdue University), ca. 1950s-1960s [Business correspondence regarding the acquisition of the Josef Mattes Butterfly Collection; a gift to Purdue University from Josef's son Max Mattes] Butz, E.L. Addresses and Speeches (Purdue University), [Copies of talks, speeches, and papers by Butz] Butz, E.L. Ralston Purina Directorship (Purdue University), 1958 [Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and articles regarding the controversy surrounding Dean Butz's acceptance of a directorship with the Ralston Purina Company. Farmers called into question the ethics of having the Dean of Agriculture on salary to the one of the world's largest feed processors. Includes Hovde's replies to calls for Butz's resignation, papers written by Butz, and list of talks given by Butz] California University Loyalty Oath, [Personal and business correspondence, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings regarding a plan by the University of California's Board of Regents to require all faculty members to take an oath swearing that they were not communists; and the ensuing controversy that surrounded this decision] "Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering History of School" (Purdue University), 1951 [Paper written by John L. Bray] Einstein, Albert, 1947 [Brochure and letter from Einstein about the need to halt atomic weapons] Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 17 of 81

18 Box 10 National Electronics Conference, 1946 [Copies of Hovde s talks from the conference, programs, correspondence, reprints of Hovde's talk: "Science, Politics, and the National Welfare"] National Military Industrial Conference, [Copy of Hovde's talk, transcript of panel discussion, agenda, correspondence] National Recreation Association, [Business letter and copy of proceedings] Newspaper Articles, [Newspaper columns written by Hovde for the Martinsville Daily Reporter, business correspondence, Purdue press release regarding Hovde's columns, and other newspaper articles written by Hovde] Newspaper Education Workshop, 1961 [Speech, business correspondence, and newspaper clippings] Newsweek, 1966 [Copies of Newsweek article about Hovde, personal correspondence regarding article including a letter from Indiana Senator Bayh] North Dakota State University, 1949 [Copy of address by Hovde and commencement program] Northwestern University, 1960 [Business correspondence and copy of Hovde's commencement address] Northwood Institute, 1969 [Hovde's library dedication address, program, correspondence] NYU Law Center Symposium on General Education and Law School Training, [Hovde's speech, personal and business correspondence] Case and Comment, 1953 (with reprint of Hovde's speech) Off to College, 1966 [Publication's request of a letter from Hovde for upcoming issue] Oral History (Purdue University), 1971 [Outline for Hovde's interview for Purdue's Oral History Program and University Archives] Owens Corning Fiberglass, 1961 [Business correspondence, research articles collected by Hovde, and copy of Hovde's dedication speech for Owens Corning's Technical Center] Personal Correspondence, [Correspondence inviting Hovde to write his biography] PIC Article about Hovde, 1948 [Article, personal and business correspondence regarding article] Policy Statement on Education (Purdue University), 1963 [Hovde's statement to Purdue University's Board of Trustees] Principals High School Conference, 1946, 1957 Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 18 of 81

19 [Copies of Hovde's remarks at conferences] Public Safety Institute, n.d. [Notes] Purdue Philosophy, n.d. [Copy of Purdue Philosophy, author unknown] Radio, 1946 [Copies of Hovde's remarks made on WBAA and WASK] Research Executives Conference (Purdue University), 1957 [Reports and roster of Purdue University's Executive Conference on Problems Relating to Research] Rochester, University of, 1941, 1965 [Letter from the University of Rochester's archive department requesting permission to use portions of Hovde's 1941 letter in which he describes his visit with Winston Churchill; includes copy of original letter] Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1948 [Copy of Hovde's commencement address, "The Engineer, His Education and Responsibilities"] Rotary, 1946 [Copy of talk: "University Business" by Hovde, newspaper clippings] St. Mary's College, 1955 [Copy of Hovde's address for St. Mary's Centennial, newspaper clipping] Science and Technology Education & Management, [Correspondence, notes, reports, clippings, research articles collected by Hovde, copy of Hovde's suggestions to the U.S. Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Hovde's statement to the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; includes a copy of the story from The Lafayette Journal & Courier in which Hovde talks about National Scientific Progress, a letter regarding the award that the newspaper won for the article, and comments regarding the story] Scientech Club, 1946 [Copy of Hovde's talk: "Science & Politics," correspondence, newspaper clippings] Sigma Delta Chi, 1958 [Copy of Hovde's talk:" Science & Our Newspapers," newspaper clippings, correspondence] Success, Formula for, 1962, 1965 [Quotes Hovde provided for a writer and a teacher] Taylor University, Inauguration of President Bergwall, 1952 [Copy of Hovde's address and program] Technical Societies Council, 1956 [Copy of Hovde's talk: "Educational Operations Research," business correspondence, magazine reprints of talk, and newspaper clippings] Television, 1961, 1970 [Correspondence, copy of Hovde's talk on televised educational instruction] Time Magazine, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 19 of 81

20 [Personal and business correspondence regarding Hovde's comments in Time Magazine article; includes copy of article] Tri-State College, n.d. [Copy of Hovde's inaugural address at Tri-State] Twenty-Five Year Story (Purdue University), 1971 The Journal Courier's "Frederick Hovde, Twenty-Five Years with Purdue University" issue Twenty Year Story (Purdue University), [Correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding Hovde's 20 th anniversary as Purdue's president, copy of congressional record saluting Hovde, letters from members of the U.S. House of Representatives, congratulations letter from U.S. Senator Bayh, copy of Purdue University's "20 Years With President Hovde" press packet, article written by a sports columnist from The San Francisco Chronicle in which he writes that "Hovde comes across as the biggest square since Wayne King, The Waltz King," ensuing articles and letters in defense of Hovde, and Hovde's response to the article] Tyme, 1949 (Purdue University), 1973 [Rivet parody featuring Hovde and a letter requesting a copy of the magazine] University Description of a, 1958 [Letter written by Hovde to the Chancellor of the University of Kansas] "University and National Strength," n.d. [Report, author unknown, [Hovde?] Utility Executives Ebasco, 1959 [Business correspondence, address, meeting notes, meeting agenda] Voice of America Lecture, [Business correspondence, drafts, invoices, speeches, programs, and copy of Hovde's lecture "The University & National Strength"] Wabash College Commencement Address, 1946 [Copy of Hovde's address "Our Urgent Uncompleted Tasks," newspaper clipping, commencement program] Wisconsin, University of, 1962 [Copy of Hovde's speech, "100 Years of Progress," for the University of Wisconsin's Farm & Home Week, correspondence, program] Young Men's Christian Association, 1946 [Copy of Hovde's remarks at the YMCA's 75 th Anniversary Convention] Box 12 General Electric, [Hovde was on GE's board of directors, ; business correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, transcripts of anti-trust suits, printed material] Inland Steel, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 20 of 81

21 [Hovde was on the board of directors, ; business correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes and agendas] President's Committee on Education Beyond High School, [Hovde was a member of the council, ; business correspondence, reports, articles, and materials regarding higher education] President's Committee on Employment of Physically Handicapped, [Business correspondence, information brochures, membership cards, and Purdue University's membership certificate] President's Conference on Technical and Distribution Research for the Benefit of Small Businesses, 1956 [Report and telegram from Hovde turning down the offer of chairmanship] President's Council Physical Fitness and Sports, [Hovde served on the council, ; business reports, correspondence, and clippings] Sears Roebuck, Board of Directors Meeting, 1977 [Hovde was a trustee, ; board of directors meeting minutes, reports, and budget] Box 13 Notes for Talks, ca Box 14 General Electric, [Hovde was on GE's board of directors, ; correspondence, reports, directories, court transcripts of various lawsuits, bylaws, printed materials] Lockheed Program, 1971 [Business correspondence, United States Senate transcripts for the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Finance Subcommittee on International Trade regarding a federal loan to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation] Charlottesville, Virgina Development, 1970 [Aerial photographs of the proposed sites, business correspondence, newspaper clippings regarding GE's proposed facility] CF6 Program, 1970 [Information packet, photographs of proposed sites, and report regarding GE's CF6 Turbofan Engine for DC-10 aircraft] President's Committee on Education Beyond High School, Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 21 of 81

22 [Hovde was a committee member, ; reports, articles, correspondence, and printed materials] Box 15 General Electric, [Hovde was on GE's board of directors, ; correspondence, reports, minutes, printed materials] President's Council (Purdue University), [Reports and memos] President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, [Hovde was on the council, ; business correspondence, newsletters, reports, clippings related to the council and sport programs in the United States] Council, [Business correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, invitations, council reports to the president; includes a letter from Richard Nixon accepting Hovde's resignation from the council, letters from astronaut James Lovell, who was chairman of the council, and council pin] Publications, [Pamphlets, brochures, reports, articles] Basic Beliefs, 1972 [Brochure] Meeting Minutes, National Collegiate Athletic Association Programs, [Bulletins, business correspondence, brochures] Newsletters and News Releases, President's Science Advisory Committee, 1959 [Reports, business correspondence, drafts, telegrams, newspaper clippings, statements, brochures] President's Task Force on Higher Education Report, 1970 Price, George, [personal correspondence] Public Health Service - National Advisory Health Manpower Council, [Hovde was a board member, ; reports, business correspondence, statistics, legislation, and general materials related to health in the United States] Purdue Airlines, Inc., [Materials relating to Purdue Airlines, originally Purdue Aeronautics Corporation; and the joint venture with investment banking firm Stephens Inc. to establish a commercial charter air transportation service] Application to the Civil Aeronautics Board for a contract to act as an air carrier, 1967 [Correspondence, press releases, service agreements] Agreement between Purdue and Stephens, Inc., 1967 Legal Documents, 1967 Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 22 of 81

23 Box 16 Balance Sheets, Marketing Plan, Press, Minutes and Records of Executive Action, [Correspondence, meeting minutes, information on resolution to cease flight operations due to operating losses] Purdue Alumni Association Membership, [Membership certificates, membership card, dues, business correspondence] Purdue Calumet Alumni Association, [Business correspondence, newspaper clippings] P Correspondence, [business and personal] Purdue Foundation, [Reports, meeting minutes, contributor lists, correspondence] Purdue Memorial Union, [Purdue University's Memorial Union 50 th Anniversary information packet and business correspondence] Questionnaires, [Questionnaires sent to Hovde regarding various studies] Radio Free Europe, [newsletters and contribution requests] Reamer Club (Purdue University), [Newsletters, membership card and certificate] Recognition Dinner (Purdue University), [Personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, dinner programs, and guest lists from Hovde's retirement dinner, attended by President Richard Nixon] Research and Development Board, ca [Hovde was chairman of the Board's Committee on Guided Missiles from 1947 to 1949; business correspondence, reports, photographs, printed materials related to the board and weapons research] Research and Development Board, [Correspondence, photograph of board members, newspaper clippings, reports, committee roster, telegrams, aerial photographs of various research laboratories] Committee on Program Review, [Correspondence] Jet Propelled Missiles Panel, ca [Notes and copy of Senate bill] British Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Defense Science, [Photograph of committee members, invitations to various receptions including an invitation to dine with Britain's King George VI, travel vouchers, agendas, pamphlets, meeting reports, and newspaper clippings regarding the Committee s Conference in Cambridge] Retirement (Purdue University), Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 23 of 81

24 [Personal and business correspondence from Purdue staff, faculty, and alumni, colleagues and friends regarding his retirement from Purdue; includes letters from J. Edgar Hoover and U.S. Senators Vance Hartke and Allan Bloom] Retirement Clippings (Purdue University), [Press releases, statements, articles, correspondence on Hovde's retirement] Midwest Engineer, 1970 (Article about Hovde, page 14) Indiana Teacher, 1970 (Article on Hovde, page 99) Purdue Alumnus, 1971 (Hovde Retirement Issue) Rogue River, Oregon, [Personal correspondence, trip agenda, newspaper clippings regarding Hovde's vacation trips] Rose Bowl (Purdue University), [Correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, photographs, financial statements, schedules, printed material, ephemera] Information Report, 1967 [Report from the Rose Bowl's University News Service regarding press coverage and publicity for Purdue University] Miscellaneous Publications and Schedules, [Luncheon schedules, financial receipts, invitations to various luncheons and receptions, Rose Bowl souvenir programs] Newspaper Clippings, Box 17 T Correspondence, [business and personal] Twain Society, 1966 [Correspondence regarding Hovde's honorary membership] U Correspondence, [business and personal] United Negro College Fund, [Contribution requests, informational brochures, correspondence] University Club of Chicago, [Newsletters, membership information, contribution requests, correspondence] U.S. Golf Association, [Hovde was a member; correspondence, membership information, yearbooks, printed material] U.S. Track and Field Federation Advisory Committee on, [Correspondence, reports, brochures, handbooks, newspaper clippings] V Correspondence, [business and personal] Van Etten, John W., [personal correspondence] Vance, Henry T., Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 24 of 81

25 [Brochures, correspondence on the Boston Fund Studies of University Endowments] Varsity Glee Club Citation (Purdue University), 1964 Vice Presidents (Purdue University), 1972 [Reports, correspondence regarding the office of the vice-president at Purdue] Vincent's Club, 1970 [invitation to the annual dance at Oxford] Waddell, Kenneth L., [personal and business correspondence] Wagner, Thomas, 1970 [personal correspondence] Wallis, W. Allen, [Talks and articles by Wallis, President of the University of Rochester] Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthological Research, [Hovde was on the Board of Directors; business correspondence, reports] Weil, Louis A., [personal correspondence] Wheeler, John W., [Personal correspondence between Hovde and Wheeler, a member of Purdue s Board of Trustees; includes Wheeler's obituary] White House Conference on Education, 1965 [Conference brochures, newsletter, reports, guest list, addresses, articles, meeting transcripts, correspondence] White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead, 1972 [Brochures, programs, invitation to conference] Willis, Benjamin C., [Personal and business correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports regarding the Tri County Study Council] WLW "Wealth of Years" Board of Selectors, [Hovde was on the board of selectors for the radio program, which featured different college professors; includes correspondence] World, [magazine subscription information] Box 18 Engineering Society of Cincinnati, 1956 [Correspondence and brochures regarding engineering convention] R Correspondence, [Business and personal; includes a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt] Rose Bowl, [Business correspondence, invitations, 1972 parade program] Ross Ade Foundation (Purdue University), 1971, 1974 [Copy of the foundation's articles of incorporation and the Purdue Alumnus, 1974] Rotary Club, [Business correspondence and membership information for the Lafayette branch] Rumley, Edward A., n.d. [reprints of Rumley's autobiography] Last updated: 2/17/2017 Page 25 of 81