Albert Homer Purdue Correspondence
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Scope and Content Note
Letters and telegrams exchanged with Herbert Clark Hoover and others, regarding John Casper Branner, mining and mineral resources in Missouri, food production and conservation in U.S. during World War I. Other correspondents are: George H. Playter, Alvin Arthur Steel, Fielding H. Yost
Dates
- 1905-1917
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
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Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Geologist. Born in Indiana and educated at Stanford University, Purdue served as Arkansas State Geologist, Arkansas State Superintendent of Mines and Metallurgy, and professor of geology at the University of Arkansas from 1896-1912 when he accepted appointment as Tennessee State Geologist.
Extent
0 Linear Feet (14 items)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged in chronological order in one folder.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Richard Howell Purdue of Nashville, Tennessee in August 1976
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer.
- Title
- Albert Homer Purdue Correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu