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Of the 226 round barns that are known to have existed in Indiana, more than 100 have vanished from the landscape, thus depriving the state of beautiful landmarks and testimonials to the ingenuity of turn-of-the-century agriculture and architecture. The author’s admiration for the round barn’s grace and his concern for its survival is evident on every page as he traces its history from George Washington’s 1793 sixteen-sided barn to the development of the “Ideal Circular Barn” and associated patents to the demise of the structures in the second half of the twentieth century. By combing through family letters, agricultural journals of the time, advertisements, and other often-forgotten documents, Hanou offers fascinating glimpses of the individual farmers, builders, and architects who championed the innovative construction techniques. Through imagination and hard work, these men created their own market for round barns; in the year of peak construction, fifteen barns were built.

“Round barns are a symbol of pride in the farm and the soil that sustains it. They are monuments to the reverence of the builders and to the profession of the owners. Precious few of these barns remain to remind us that we are not the first, nor the last, to love and respect the land. Those people and things that have gone before us are essential—all of them—to an understanding of the present. Round barns, and all that they stand for, must be remembered and preserved.”—From the Foreword by Maurice L. Williamson

A Round IndianaRound Barns in the Hoosier State

John Hanou

Paper • $10.95 • 978-1-55753-037-010 × 8½ • 136 pp.

John T. Hanou has worked with the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana to help preserve Indiana’s round barns. His photographs have won numerous awards, including four first-place awards from the Indiana Historical Society. His work has been exhibited in Indiana, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, and Colorado.

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David Ross (1871–1943) and George Ade (1866–1944) were trustees, distinguished alumni and benefactors of Purdue University. Their friendship began in 1922 and led to their giving land and money for the 1924 construction of Ross-Ade Stadium, now a 70,000 seat athletic landmark on the West Lafayette campus. Their life stories date to 1883 Purdue and involve their separate student experiences and eventual fame. Their lives crossed paths with U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, and Will Rogers among others. Gifts or ideas from Ross or Ade lead to creation of the Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue Airport, Ross Hills Park, and Ross Engineering Camp. They helped Purdue Theater, the Harlequin Club and more. Ade, renowned author and playwright, did butt heads with Purdue administrators at times long ago, but remains a revered figure. Ross’s ingenious mechanical inventions of gears still steer millions of motorized vehicles, boats, tractors, even golf carts the world over.

“A must read for anyone interested in Purdue history, University governance, or the many Purdue institutions and guiding principals fathered by bachelors David Ross and George Ade. Except for its presidents, no two men have had more impact than industrialist and engineer David Ross and playwright humorist George Ade. The careers of these vastly different men, who did share a love of Purdue, are revealed in great detail in this book.”—Tim McGinley, Chairman Emeritus, Purdue University Board of Trustees

“The story of Ross and Ade proves that visions can become reality. Not only did these two gentlemen do so much for intercollegiate athletics, but they set the stage for the next generation of ‘Ross-Ade’s’—names like Ackerman, Belin, Birck, Brees, Groben, Holloway, Kampen, Risk, Schleicher, Schwartz, Spurgeon and others—who have supported Purdue’s student-athletes with contemporary facilities, allowing dreams to become reality.”—Morgan Burke, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Purdue University

Ross–AdeTheir Purdue Stories, Stadium, and Legacies

Robert C. Kriebel

Paper • $22.95 • 978-1-55753-522-16 × 9 • 420 pp.

The Founders Series

Robert C. Kriebel is a retired editor of the Lafayette, Indiana Journal and Courier where is was employed 40 years in a variety of writing, editing, and executive positions. He continues in retirement to contribute a Sunday column on local history, a column that was launched in 1977. Kriebel is the author of 4 books on Indiana biography, and one about the life and the work of American jazz bandleader, Herman Woody

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With a sense of urgency, Dr. Tyler has collected and transcribed some 750 folk remedies still alive in the memories of more than 175 Hoosier-area correspondents. The pharmacologist, who has thirty years experience with natural-product remedies, fears these cures will soon be forgotten, since modern medicine usually writes them off as hoax, and those who practice them are becoming fewer and fewer. By suggesting further investigation of some remedies, warning readers against downright dangerous “cures,” and noting the constitutive ingredients of those proven effective, Tyler invites further illumination of this shady region between superstition and science while entertaining his reader with much fascinating medical tore. Hoosiers, folklore followers, physicians, and pharmacologists will appreciate the meticulous clarity of Tyler’s scientific commentary on folk medicines.

From the Foreword—This volume is a labor of love stemming from one of Dr. Tyler’s lifelong hobbies. He covers the medical history of the heartland as seen through our folk remedies, discussing subjects ranging from baldness to athlete’s foot. The 81 physical conditions that are listed alphabetically called forth the surprising number of nearly 800 home remedies. Dr. Tyler was assisted in his work by some 175 contributors. His commentaries are especially use-ful, since they are written in nonmedical terms and nicely complement the catalog of cures. The lore of home remedies is rich in superstition, ritual, and magic. Fortunately, most of these concoctions and ministrations are harmless, many make good common sense, and some are actually scientifically sound. Most treatments are symptomatic rather than specific. Chicken soup is listed as the cure-all. This treatment has certainly stood the test of time. In fact, the venerable Mount Sinai Hospital of New York is now sell-ing canned chicken soup in its gift shop. And when all else fails, you can always “hang your hat on a bedpost and drink whiskey until you see two hats”. —Steven C. Beering, MD, President Emeritus, Purdue University

Hoosier Home Remedies

compiled and considered by Varro E. Tyler

Hardback • $10.95 • 978-0-911198-77-56 × 9 • 228 pp.

Varro E. Tyler served Purdue University for 30 years in various positions including dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, dean of the School of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences, and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost. He was awarded the Lilly Distinguished Professor of Pharmacognosy chair in 1991.

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George Ade, one of the most beloved writers of hid day, carried on a lively correspondence with the most colorful of great and near-great. George M. Cohan, William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, John T. McCutcheon, James Whitcomb Riley, Finley Peter Dunne, Hamlin Garland all received letters from the Hoosier humorist. Ade’s keen observation, compact and straight-forward style, and understated humor mark his correspondence as well as his immensely popular newspaper columns, books, and plays. As Paul Fatout writes in his foreword: “The charm of George Ade lies in his good-natured contempla-tion of our species, which delineates, not with malice or with condescen-sion, but with the gusty enjoyment of a spectator entertained by a continu-ous variety show.” Ade traveled the world over many times, but always returned to the home he never really left—Indiana. His companions and correspondents included presidents, senators, Hollywood moguls, and Broadway stars, but his first allegiance was to the farmlands and small towns of mid-America. From Hazelden Farm, near Brook, he kept in close touch with politicians from the precincts to the governor’s mansion. He wrote to educators, edi-tors, and executives, and took an active part in the life and growth of his alma mater, Purdue University. Characteristically, the man who succeeded as a writer by setting down familiar situations sent some of his most inter-esting letters to ordinary citizens all over the state. Ade’s friendships were so diversified that his correspondence forms a patchwork of popular history, literature, politics, and entertainment. His interchange of ideas about people and events shaping the twentieth century as well as his own life will provide insights for students of varied aspects of American culture. This volume presents 182 of the most interesting and informative let-ters from the thousands of extant pieces of his correspondence in scores of collections scattered throughout the United States. The letters are arranged chronologically annotated with explanatory material and with sources. A foreword, introduction and Ade’s biography are included. Photographs, sketches, handwriting samples, and other illustrations which evoke the man and his times are interspersed with the text.

Letters of George Ade

edited by Terence Tobin

Paper • $19.95 • 978-1-55753-147-66 × 9 • 260 pp.

Terence Tobin was an associate professor of English at City College, Chicago, and has talked about George Ade’s writings and has sung his songs throughout the Midwest.

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Inspired by actual gardeners’ inquiries, each chapter deals with such down-to-earth subjects as when to start seeds, why plants might fail to bloom, pruning techniques, identifying and controlling common pests, home fruit production, plant propagation, harvesting and storing, and seasonal gift ideas.

“This book doesn’t sugar-coat Midwestern weather, soils, insects, or varmints.... It’s a good ‘read,’ entertaining and informative.”—Jim Wilson, author of Masters of the Victory Garden

“For a folksy approach to garden matters, this calendar of activities fills the bill. Lerner and Netzhammer aim their guide at midwestern gardening conditions and offer a no-nonsense point of view when explaining such gardening basics as amending soil, dividing perennials, or starting a new lawn. Beginners and those gardeners with some prior experience should find a helpful ally here . . .”—Booklist

“Rosie Lerner and Beverly Netzhammer have just about covered it all. Extension agents and garden writers will find the calendar format very useful. The authors have answered many of those ‘oddball’ but not uncommon questions whose answers never seem to be found among my volumes of resource books.”—Marianne Riofrio, State Master Gardener Coordinator, The Ohio State University

“Possum in the Pawpaw Tree provides a welcome feast of gardening information tailor-made for Midwesterners. Drawing upon extensive hands-on experience, authors Rosie Lerner and Beverly Netzhammer serve up plenty of practical advice, easy-to-understand explanations and encouraging words. Beginners and seasoned hands alike will find enough tips within to keep them successfully growing everything from flowers to fruits for years to-come.”—Nancy Beaubaire, Country Living Gardener

Possum in the Pawpaw TreeA Seasonal Guide to Midwestern Gardening

B. Rosie Lerner and Beverly Netzhammer

Hardback • $24.95 • 978-1-55753-053-0Paper • $19.95 • 978-1-55753-054-7

7 × 8 • 320 pp.

B. Rosie Lerner is the consumer horticulture specialist in the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service and the state coordinator of the Indiana Master Gardener Program.

Beverly Shaw (formerly Netzhammer) is Horticulturist and Perennial Designer at ScapeArt Landscape Design and Installation. She is the first recipient of the Outstanding Master Gardener Award in Indiana and writes the statewide garden column “In the Grow (formerly Growing Concerns).”

Agriculture


Great people lead great universities. Purdue University is fortunate to count its thirteenth faculty member, William Carroll Latta, as one of those people. Certainly, thirteen proved to be a lucky number for Purdue and agriculture in Indiana. This book recounts William Latta’s far-reaching influence on agriculture at the university, throughout Indiana, and on a national level. Recognized as the Father of the School of Agriculture and of Extension at Purdue, Latta was an early and tireless promoter of the university and what it could do for the people of the state. From developing the four-year agriculture program, to conducting practical agricultural research prior to the creation of Purdue’s Agricultural Experiment Station, to leading Purdue’s agricultural outreach efforts to bring the university to the people, Latta’s contributions are still evident in Purdue’s modern-day agricultural programs. Latta’s story traces the history of agriculture at Purdue, showing agriculturists, historians, and the Purdue community where we’ve been and the foundation upon which we continue to build today’s teaching, research, and Extension programs.

The Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana AgricultureThe Biography of William Carroll Latta

Frederick Whitford and Andrew G. Martin

Hardback • $29.95 • 978-1-55753-395-16 × 9 • 400 pp.

The Founders Series

Dr. Frederick Whitford has worked for the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service since 1991. He is the author of The Queen of American Agriculture: A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith; The Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: A Biography of William Carroll Latta as well as The Complete Book of Pesticide Management: Science, Regulation, Stewardship, and Communication; The Complete Federal and State Compliance Guide for Hoosier Businesses; and seventy-five extension publications. He has delivered over 3,000 presentations to audiences across the country, including farmers, master gardeners, pesticide applicators, and government officials.

Dr. Andrew G. Martin is a training specialist with the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, where he manages Indiana’s commercial pesticide applicator training program. He received his bachelor’s degree in soil and crop science, his master’s degree in soil management, and his Ph.D. in education, all from Purdue University. Martin’s professional interests include instruction in ethics and pesticide use, the history of pesticide applicator certification and training, and program evaluation.

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Virginia Claypool Meredith’s role in directly managing the affairs of a large and prosperous farm in east-central Indiana opened doors that were often closed to women in late nineteenth century America. Her status allowed her to campaign for the education of women, in general, and rural women, in particular. While striving to change society’s expectations for women, she also gave voice to the important role of women in the home. A lifetime of dedication made Virginia Meredith “the most remarkable woman in Indiana” and the “Queen of American Agriculture.” Meredith was also an integral part of the history of Purdue University. She was the first woman appointed to serve on the university’s board of trustees, had a residence hall named in her honor, and worked with her adopted daughter, Mary L. Matthews, in creating the School of Home Economics at Purdue University.

“I was captivated as I read The Queen of American Agriculture, knowing that I personally benefited from Virginia Claypool Meredith’s life work to recog-nize women and their contributions to our state, national, and internation-al agrarian society. Reading this book, I felt as though I was walking hand in hand, not only with this woman of determination and fortitude, but also with those who shaped Purdue University’s agricultural history. Every woman involved in agriculture will enjoy Virginia Claypool Meredith’s engaging story.”—Valynnda K. Slack, first female agriculture and natural resources educa-tor in the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service

“Virginia Meredith lived more than a century ago, and yet her spirit con-tinues to influence the lives of today’s students and faculty on the Purdue campus. In a quiet moment, one might hear her step and the rustle of her skirt in thecorridors of Meredith Hall, in the ballrooms of the Purdue Memorial Union, or on the front steps of Stone Hall, where Ladies Hall once stood.” —Betty M. Nelson, Dean of Students Emerita, Purdue University

The Queen of American AgricultureThe Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith

Frederick Whitford, Andrew G. Martin, and Phyllis Mattheis

Hardback • $39.95 • 978-1-55753-518-46 × 9 • 448 pp.

The Founders Series

Dr. Frederick Whitford has worked for the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service since 1991.

Dr. Andrew G. Martin is a training specialist with the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, where he manages Indiana’s commercial pesticide applicator training program.

Phyllis Mattheis, historian and General Federation of Women’s Clubs member, serves in numerous ways to preserve Indiana’s canals and historically important landmarks.

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Throughout flight’s first 100 years, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left their footprints on lunar soil. In Wings of Their Dreams, author John Norberg follows the flight plans and footsteps of aviation’s pioneers and trailblazers across the twentieth century—a path from Kitty Hawk to the Sea of Tranquility—and beyond. Norberg reminds readers that the first and last men to land on the moon first trekked across the West Lafayette, Indiana campus on their journeys into the heavens and history. Norberg describes how, in every small step and giant leap in our country’s pilgrimage from the dawn of human flight to the space age, Purdue people and programs pushed aviation’s evolution to new heights and helped expand the frontiers of flight. This is the story of an aeronautic odyssey of imagination, science, engineering, technology, adventure, cour-age, danger, and promise. It is the story of the human spirit taking flight, entwined with Purdue’s legacy in aviation’s history and its horizons. At last, Norberg’s book captures Purdue’s proud and important role as a launch pad for countless individuals past, present, and future, inspired to soar on the wings of their dreams.

Wings of Their DreamsPurdue in Flight

John Norberg

Paper • $24.95 • 978-1-55753-489-76 × 9 • 456 pp.

The Founders Series

John Norberg is a former 30-year reporter for the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal and Courier newspaper, and continues to write a weekly human interest column for the publication.

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A biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana’s land grant university—Purdue University—in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette’s public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. To date there has been no published full length study of Mr. Purdue’s life and work beyond casual street?talk that portrayed Purdue as a difficult individual with whom to work. This biography incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspaper coverage, official documents, and a few rare samples of Mr. Purdue’s letters. In this way, a complete picture of the man and myth is generated.

Midas of the WabashA Biography of John Purdue

Robert C. Kriebel

Paper • $14.95 • 978-1-55753-287-96 × 9 • 144 pp.

The Founders Series


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He was twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction: in 1919 for The Magnificent Ambersons and in 1922 for Alice Adams. His play Clarence launched Alfred Lunt on his distinguished career and provided Helen Hayes with an early successful role. His Penrod books continued the American boy-story tradition which started with the works of Mark Twain. Early in this century, through his novel The Turmoil, he warned of sacri-ficing the environment to industrial growth. Yet, since his death in 1946, Booth Tarkington–this writer from the Midwest who accomplished so much–has faded from the memory of the reading public, and many of his works are out of print. But his memory is fresh and vivid in the mind of his grandniece Susanah Mayberry, and her recollections of him leap from the pages of her book. She recalls that as a small child, before she was aware of her uncle’s fame as a writer, he emerged as the one figure whose outline was clear among the blur of forms that made up her large family. “No one who met Booth Tarkington ever forgot him,” says his great-niece. So, she introduces the reader to this multifaceted individual: the young man-about-town, the prankster, the writer of humorous letters (who drew caricatures in the margins), the bereaved father, the inspiration of the affection of three women (simultaneously), and the lover and collector of art objects and portraits. The author of this volume draws primarily upon her own personal experiences, family lore, and letters (some never published before) to por-tray her amiable uncle. Mayberry shares with the reader a treasure of fam-ily photographs including Tarkington at various ages; interiors and exteri-ors of his homes; her father and uncles as children (the models of Penrod); the writer’s indomitable sister who championed his early work; and his devoted second wife, a “gentle dragon,” who kept his day-to-day life run-ning smoothly. Indiana residents will feel “at home” with the frequent references to the state and its people. Indianapolis of the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries influenced Tarkington and his work. The city was his birthplace and his death place. He spent a year at Purdue University where he met such “brilliancies” as George Ade and John McCutcheon. Other famous and not-so-famous Hoosiers became a part of Tarkington’s life, and they—along with international literary, theatrical, and political luminaries—reappear in Susanah Mayberry’s recollections of her amiable uncle.

My Amiable UncleRecollections about Booth Tarkington

Susanah Mayberry

Hardback • $15.95 • 978-0-911198-66-96 × 9 • 160 pp.

Susanah Mayberry is a graduate of Smith College and Butler University and has taught English at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Robert C. Kriebel’s sympathetic biography of the prominent nineteenth-century Lafayette family weaves the story of four fascinating individuals into the web of state and national history and culture. The family members include John A. Stein, the distinguished state politician who devoted years to the founding of Purdue University; the indomitable mother, Virginia, who pursued a career in the local library when left widowed and penniless; the talented, albeit disreputable, Orth Stein, who achieved prominence as a journalist and illustrator but was also tried for murder; and the sheltered Evaleen Stein, who achieved local fame as a poet and author of children’s books.

“From John Stein’s ambitious beginnings in Lafayette. . .to Evaleen Stein’s quiet but influential life as a poet and children’s author, Robert Kriebel’s latest slice of Indiana history is a delightful account of one family’s influence upon a small Hoosier port town. Readers will enjoy the web of anecdotes that comprise several Stein generations and the colorful glimpse that work gives into the Indiana of yesterday.”—Senator Richard G. Lugar

Poets, Painters, Paupers, Fools is a delight. Robert C. Kriebel’s lively prose carries the reader through the joys and disappointments of an unusually talented and fascinating Hoosier family. From Lafayette, Indiana to Leadville, Colorado, and from politics and journalism to poetry and murder, the Stein family comes alive in a book that will win many happy readers.”—James H. Madison, Indiana University–Bloomington

Poets, Painters, Paupers, FoolsIndiana’s Stein Family

Robert C. Kriebel

Paper • $7.95 • 978-1-55753-006-66 × 9 • 194 pp.


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The process of industrialization that began over two hundred years ago is continuing to change the way people work and live, and doing it very rapidly, in places like China and India. At the forefront of this movement is the profession of industrial engineering that develops and applies the technology that drives industrialization. This book describes how industrial engineering evolved over the past two centuries developing methods and principles for the planning, design, and control of production and service systems. The story focuses on the growth of the discipline at Purdue University where it helped shape the university itself and made substantial contributions to the industrialization of America and the world. The story includes colorful and creative people like Frank and Lillian Gilbreth of “Cheaper by the Dozen” fame. Lillian was the first lady of American engineering as well a founder of Purdue’s Industrial Engineering.

An Enduring QuestThe Story of Purdue Industrial Engineers

Ferdinand Leimkuhler

Paper • $29.95 • 978-1-55753-544-36 × 9 • 300 pp.

The Founders Series

Dr. Ferd Leimkuhler was on the faculty of the School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University during much of the time when the events described in the book took place. He was educated at Loyola College and Johns Hopkins University and worked for DuPont before coming to Purdue in 1961.

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Harry Spring kept detailed diaries throughout most of his life. Harry died in 1974, but through his diaries he lives to tell us about his experiences. His diary for the time from November 28, 1917 to August 19, 1918 were lost during the fighting in the Argonne Forest, but in 1974, just before he died, he wrote some supplementary notes of what he could remember of the time. Harry Spring never intended or expected that his diaries would be published. They are therefore as private and personal as they are detailed and accurate. He never tried to make his diaries politically correct – he wrote exactly what he felt. This is why these diaries are so powerful.

“I would unhesitatingly recommend An Engineer’s Diary of the Great War to both the general reader and the specialist...as an enlightening account from an outfit at once unusual, and at the same time representative of the ‘Army behind the Army.’”—Military Collector and Historian

An Engineer’s Diary of the Great War

edited by Terry M. Bareither

Hardback • $19.95 • 978-1-55753-170-46 × 9 • 272 pp.

Terry M. Bareither graduated from Purdue University with a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering and a masters degree in Construction Management and Engineering. He served in the United States Air Force prior to his successful career in various executive positions for multiple construction companies across the country.

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When the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine was founded fifty years ago, it would have been hard for the instructors and administrators who taught in makeshift classrooms and laboratories to imagine all of the accomplishments that would be born from their pioneering spirit. Learn when: the first women graduated from the school; the Veterinary Technology Program was established; the Purdue Comparative Oncology Program was founded by the Veterinary Medicine faculty; the School offered DVM students choices for specialization, including small animal, large animal, and equine medicine. This book gives an insider’s view into the birth and growth of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. From those early days-when veterinary care was primarily for draft and coach horses- to today’s comparative medicine programs that benefit both humans and animals. This book details how the school has continuously provided excellent education and care.

Celebrating a Continuum of ExcellencePurdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1959–2009

Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine

Paper • $39.95 • 978-1-55753-543-67½ × 11 • 158 pp.

The Founders Series

Purdue University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, located on the West Lafayette, Indiana campus, is one of only 28 North American colleges of veterinary medicine and the only veterinary college in Indiana. Since the graduation of its first class of DVMs in 1963, The school has produced nearly 2,000 veterinarians who now practice in all 50 states and fill important roles in government, industry, and academia.

Purdue is a major research university, and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is an important part of that research effort, conductive active programs in studying spinal injuries, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, herd management, production medicine, animal welfare, equine sports medicine, and flow cytometry.

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In the most comprehensive biographical study of John Purdue (c. 1802-1876) to date, Purdue’s great-great-grandniece describes her travels to the diverse places where Purdue had lived in order to learn about the mysterious relative known in her family as “Uncle”. Using fresh, unpublished source materials-including Purdue’s personal correspondence, business ledgers, and the family oral histories-the author examines Purdue’s beginning among illiterate, immigrant, Pennsylvania mountain-hollow folks. Uncle challenges a commonly held belief that Purdue was a cold-hearted business mogul. Instead the author shows Purdue as a human being and as a generous family man with a visionary nature.

UncleMy Journey with John Purdue

Irena McCammon Scott

Hardback • $99.95 • 978-1-55753-457-6Paper • $19.95 • 978-1-55753-458-3

6 × 9 • 262 pp.The Founders Series

Irena McCammon Scott is the great-great-grandniece of John Purdue. She lives in Delaware County, Ohio, on a farm John Purdue is believed to have purchased in 1865 for his sister, Catherine Purdue McCammon. She has a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Missouri, was an Assistant Professor of Biology at St. Bonaventure University, and has done research and teaching at Cornell University, the Ohio State University, and the University of Nevada. She has published works in biology and about Ohio history, and she is listed in Who’s Who in the World, World Who’s Who of Women, Who’s Who in the Midwest.

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