Kriebel The Midas of the Wabash

A Biography of John Purdue
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-55753-926-7
Verlag: Purdue University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 182 Seiten

The Midas of the Wabash is 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. This is the first 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kriebel, Robert C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. 1802–1837

2. 1837–1855

3. 1855–1865

4. 1865–1876

5. Purdue University

6. Funeral and Estate

7. Since John Purdue

Appendix

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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

Robert C. Kriebel was employed 40 years in a variety of writing, editing, and executive positions at the Lafayette,
Indiana Journal and Courier. He continued in retirement to contribute a Sunday column on local history, a column that ran from 1977 to 2011. Kriebel is the author of 5 books on Indiana biography, and one about the life and the work of American jazz bandleader, Woody Herman