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Albert Homer Purdue Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS P97c 255 Purdue

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

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

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

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444