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Freeman F. Bentley Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-423
Abstract
The collection consists of papers covering Freeman Bentley's life, focusing on his scientific career and his research in spectroscopy. The majority of the material in this collection is scientific in nature and includes test results, data sheets, technical reports and articles. Bentley authored many of the technical reports and articles in this collection. His writings and reports are especially important considering Bentley was a pioneer in the field of far infrared spectroscopy. In...
Dates:
1937 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975
Found in:
Special Collections
Theodore Benzinger Papers
Collection
Identifier: FSC-16
Scope and Contents
Dr. Theodore Benzinger was in charge of a research laboratory in Rechlin, Germany. His high altitude research included decompression studies and work in an altitude chamber to stratosphere equivalent altitudes. In 1947, he began working at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Institute and at the National Bureau of Standards. The collection consists of copies of research papers, letters, and depositions. The collection contains photocopies of Dr. Benzinger’s testimony in 1983 before the...
Dates:
1934-1984
Found in:
Special Collections
Donovan Berlin Collection, McCook Field Photographs (SC-282)
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SC-282
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eleven 2-3/4" x 4-3/4" black and white photographs documenting the overnight stop at McCook Field of the Douglas World Cruiser "Around the World" Flight in 1924. The photos are dated September 13, 1924 and were taken by Donovan Berlin.
Dates:
1924
Found in:
Special Collections
Rudi Berndt Papers (MS-632)
Collection
Identifier: MS-632
Abstract
Berndt was a German scientist who came to the U.S.A. as part of Operation Paperclip at the close of WWII. His collection primarily documents his work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Materials include photographs, scientific test notes, educational records, security investigation reports, German identification papers, resumes, memoir, and other documents.
Dates:
1927-2003; Majority of material found within 1937-1953
Found in:
Special Collections
L. M. Berry Collection of Midwest Interurban Schedules (MS-671)
Collection
Identifier: MS-671
Abstract
The collection consists of interurban train schedules for cities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The schedules include information about the train lines, arrival and departure times, stations, distances, and sometimes fares, as well as advertisements and often a short business directory for the particular city. The advertisements were sold by L. M. Berry, later founder of L. M. Berry and Company, an extremely successful telephone directory publishing company.
Dates:
1907-1911, 1918
Found in:
Special Collections
Samuel and Mary Berryhill Estate Settlements (SC-172)
Collection
Identifier: SC-172
Scope and Contents
The collection two sheets of handwritten documentation concerning the settlement of debts of Samuel and Mary Berryhill, following their deaths. One page, from 1851-1852, details Samuel Berryhill’s debt of $31.80 to William Sheppeard, for home improvements/repairs in July 1849. It features an order from Joseph Mason, Justice of the Peace, that Mary Berryhill, administrator of Samuel Berryhill’s estate, pay the debt. The second sheet of paper, signed by William L. Cowan, asks that the...
Dates:
1851-1855
Found in:
Special Collections
Bessie Coleman Photographs (SC-75)
Collection
Identifier: SC-75
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of portion of book about Bessie Coleman and copies of several photographs of Bessie Coleman.
Dates:
circa 1920s
Found in:
Special Collections
Beta Phi Omega Fraternity History Collection (MS-601)
Collection
Identifier: MS-601
Scope and Contents
Series I, Official Records, includes materials transferred from the active fraternity. Currently, this series includes only the most recent constitution and by-laws, dated 2018. An electronic version is also available in the E-Archive.Series II, Richard P. Roy, includes materials donated by Richard P. Roy, one of the fraternity’s founding members. It includes documents, photographs, news clippings, and objects from the organization’s early history, as well as materials from later...
Dates:
1967-2018; Majority of material found within 1967-1975
Found in:
Special Collections
Ina Bicknell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-326
Abstract
Photographs relating to aviation in this collection depict topics such as pilots, airplanes, naval ships, and military personnel around the time of World War II. The collection also contains aerial photographs of city landscapes and of the 1937 flood in southwest Ohio and Kentucky. The majority of the photographs in the collection are not dated and most are unidentified.
Dates:
1933-1947
Found in:
Special Collections
Bier American Civil War Letters (SC-205)
Collection
Identifier: SC-205
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photocopies of a ballad and letters relating to the American Civil War, written by Jacob Bier to his wife, Nancy.
Dates:
1860s
Found in:
Special Collections
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