By Mary A. Sego
Title: Merrill May papers, 1960-1969
Primary Creator: May, Merrill
Extent: 0.4 Cubic feet
Subjects: Purdue University--Faculty
Forms of Material: Minutes, Programs, Reports
Languages: English
Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: MSF 443, Merrill May papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
Annual Report of the Committee on Promotion of Interest in the Visual Arts, period covered: January 1 through December 31, 1960 [two documents]
Exhibit Schedule, Library Lounge, 1961-62 Season
Flyer - Clothesline Art - Exhibition Sale, May 13, circa 1961 [date not indicated]
Minutes - Committee on the Promotion of Interest in Visual Arts, November 15, 1961
Minutes - Committee on the Promotion of Interest in Visula Arts, December 13, 1961
Annual Report of the Committee on Promotion of Interest in the Visual Arts, period covered: January 1 through December 31, 1961
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, November 7, 1961
Annual Report of the Committee on Promotion of Interest in the Visual Arts, period covered: January 1, 1962 through December 31, 1962
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, February 7, 1962
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, December 12, 1962
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, January 16, 1963
List - University Buildings With Prints, circa 1963
List - Visual Arts Representatives for University Buildings With Prints, January 16. 1963
List - University Framed Prints and Present Locations, circa 1963
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, February 7, 1962
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, February 13, 1963
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, March 13, 1963
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, April 17, 1963
Flyer - Art Film Festival presented jointly by The Student-Faculty Visual Arts Committee and The Student Union, April 28, 1963
Art Film Festival Questionnaire, circa 1963
Annual Report of the Visual Arts Committee, period covered January 1, 1963 through December 31, 1963
Annual Report of the Committee on Promotion of Interest in the Visual Arts, period covered: January 1 through December 31, 1960
Brochure - Convocations And Lectures for the 1963-64 season
Roster - Visual Arts Committee, 1963-64
Outline - "An Arts Festival" [7 copies]
Exhibit Schedule - Library Lounge, 1963-64
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, September 13, 1963
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, Spetember 19, 1963
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, October 8, 1963
Report, Visual Arts Purpose And Goals Sub-committee - Proposed purpose and goals of the Visual Arts Committee, Spetember 23, 1963
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, October 29, 1963
Flyer - Third Annual Art Film Festival, October 20, 1963
Flyer, Audio-Visual Center in cooperation with Famous Films presents Germinal Film Series, October 28, 1963-April 27, 1964
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, December 2, 1963
Recent accomplishments and future plans of the Visual Arts Committee, December 6, 1963
Annual Report of the Visual Arts Committee, period covered: January 1, 1963 through December 31, 1963
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, February 14, 1964
Minutes - University Visual Arts Committee, February 21, 1964
Flyer - Art Film Festival, presented jointly by Student-Faculty Visual Arts Committee and Student Union, February 23, 1964
Minutes - The Visual Arts Committee, April 10, 1964
Rough Draft - Proposed wording for the University Code covering the name and duties of the Visual Arts Committee, April 10, 1964
Flyer - Fourth Annual Art Film Festival, presented jointly by The Student-Faculty Visual Arts Committee and The Student Union, April 19, 1964
Questionnaire for Art Film Festival viewers, circa 1964
Flyer - First Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 17 - April 25, 1964 [2 copies]
"First Annual Arts Festival Features All Creative Forms," Purdue Exponent, April 17, 1964, p. 3 [newspaper clipping]
"First Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 17 - April 25, 1964," The Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, April 18, 1964, p. 8 [advertisement]
Flyer - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music, April 19, 1964
Flyer - Birgit Nilsson, Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music, April 24, 1964
Minutes - The Visual Arts Committee, May 1, 1964
Fine Arts Committee Notes, May 13, 1964
Film Festival Committee Philosophy, circa 1964
Various receipts from the Film Library, Audio Visual Extension Service and Calendar Office, 1963-1964
Abstract, "The Need for Enrichment of Concept and Methodology in the Study of Reading," no other information available, circa 1964
Notes from Film News, vol. XX, no. 3, 1963
Fortenberry, Warren D., Southeastern Louisiana College, "Reading Readiness for College Freshmen"
Carter, Homer L. J.; McGinnis, Dorothy J., Western Michigan University, "Some Suggestions Growing Out of an Evaluation of Reading Instructions"
Program - The Purdue Memorial Union Presents the Fine Arts Program, Art Exhibits, 1964 and 1965
Program - Concert in Dance, April 30, 1964
Schedule of Events - The First Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 17 - April 25, 1964
Films for Fine Arts Film Series, November 24, 1964
Program - A Purdue University Convocation in conjunction with the Second Annual Arts Festival, presents Lukas Foss, assisted by a trio from The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, April 28, 1965
Description of Events - Art Film Festival presented jointly by The Student-Faculty Visual Arts Committee and The Student Union, November 15, 1964 [two different sheets]
Questionnaire about the Film Festival and questionnaire results
University Senate Document No. 64-6, University Visual Arts Committee Annual Report, January 1 to December 31, 1964
Minutes - Fine Arts Committee Meeting, January 12, 1965
"Second Purdue Festival Opens Two-Week Salute to the Arts," The Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana [no other publication information available]
"Fine Arts Festival, Second Year, Draws On University's Past," The Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, April 3, 1965
Report on events for the Second Annual Purdue Arts Festival, two documents, circa 1965
1965 Purdue Arts Festival Calendar [two copies]
Report - Events and Estimated Attendance [no other information indicated, circa 1965]
Policies Pertaining to the Acquisition of Art Objects for Purdue University as Recommended by the University Committee on Visual Arts, circa 1965
Program - Purdue University Convocations and Lecture Series Presents 25 Years in the Elliott Hall of Music, 1965-1966 season.
"Arts Festival Offers Varied Weekend Fare," The Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, April 23, 1965, p. 8. [newspaper clipping]
Tentative program of events for Second Annual Arts Festival, April 19-30, 1965
Brochures - Second Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 19 - 30, 1965 [5 copies]
University Senate Docment 65-4, 7 December 1965; University Senate Document 65-5, 6 December 1965; University Senate Document 65-6, 2 December 1965 - item 5, Committee on Visual Arts [recommendation for continuance as a University Committee and recommended name, duties and organization of the Committee are listed]
Minutes - Second Visual Arts Committee Meeting, November 17, 1965.
Minutes - Third Visual Arts Committee Meeting, December 8, 1965.
University Senate Document 65-13, January 3, 1966 [topic is University Committee Structure, item 4, Committee on Visual Arts, p. 8]
Minutes - Fourth Visual Arts Committee Meeting, January 12, 1966.
Memorandum - To Merrill May, from Jean A. Coffey, Purdue News Bureau [asking for information for Campus Copy article on Purdue Arts Festival]
University Senate Document 65-21, March 31, 1966, University Resources Policy Committee, report on long-range campus beutification.
Campus Copy, April 1966, "A Panel Examines Purdue's Cultural Environment," pp. 2-7. [Merrill May is featured as part of panel discussion, 2 copies.]
Advance Program, Third Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 11 - 30, 1966.
Schedule - Third Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 11 - 30, 1966 [mimeographed copy]
Program - Third Annual Purdue Arts Festival, Experimental Film Program, April 11, 1965
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee Meeting, May 16, 1966
Minutes - Visula Arts Committee Meeting, May 24, 1966.
Roster - Committee on Visual Arts, 1966-1967 [2 copies]
Program & Publicity projected costs, circa 1966-1967
Agenda - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, September 29, 1966
Committee on Visual Arts, planning meeting, 4th Visual Arts Festival, September 29, 1966
Announcement sent to Deans, Directors, and Department Heads, announcing the date of the Fourth Annual Purdue Arts Festival, to be heldon campus, April 9 - 29, 1967 [memo dated October 24, 1966]
Agenda - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, October 27, 1966
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, Meeting, October 27, 1966
Letter addressed to Jess Senn from Merrill May, proposing standing sub-committee to study continuing policies and look into facilities scheduling for future Arts Festivals, dated November 1, 1966
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, Meeeting, November 17, 1966
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, Meeting, December 15, 1966
Letter addressed to Mr. Jess Senn, Chairman of the Purdue University Faculty Committee on the Visual Arts, from Merrill May, proposing two standing sub-committees, dated January 10, 1967
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, sub-committee on "How the Faculty Committee on Visual Arts is affected by organization of the new Department of Creative Arts", Meeeting, January 16, 1967
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, Meeting, January 19, 1967
Agenda - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, February 16, 1967
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, February 17, 1967
Minutes - Arts Festival Subcommittee, March 3, 1967
Arts Festival tentative schedule, March 7, 1967
Agenda and Minutes - Faculty Committee for the Visual Arts, Meeting on the subcommittee on planning and policy, March 14, 1967
Agenda and Minutes - Arts Festival Subcommittee, March 16, 1967
Agenda and Minutes - Arts Festival Subcommittee, March 31, 1967
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, March 17, 1967
Agenda and Minutes - Faculty Committee For The Visual Arts, Subcommittee on Planning and Policy, April 4, 1967
Letter addressed to Richard A. Cordell from Thomas F. Hull (cc: Merrill May) apologizing for low turnout for his presentation on "Indiana Writers" for Arts Festival, dated April 15, 1967.
Program - Purdue Conference on American Culture, April 21 - 22, 1967
Proposed publicity schedule for Fourth Annual Purdue Arts Festival
Program - Purdue University Fourth Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 9 - 29, 1967 [4 copies]
Program - The Purdue University Theatre, Experimental Theatre presents As Part of the Fourth Annual Purdue Arts Festival, "Frenzy for Two...and the same to you, by Eugene Ionesco, April 20-23, 1967
Letter submitted by John Lewis in regards to establishing a permanent art collection and museum at Purdue, circa 1967
Final report - Arts Festival Subcommittee [appraisal of the Fourth Annual Arts Festival, 1967]
Program - Third Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 11 - 30, 1966 [5 copies]
Flyer - Lafayette Art Center, 1966-1967 Exhibitions
Brochure - Tangent [publication featuring Purdue art and entertainment activities, circa 1967]
Campus Copy, Special Issue: Campus and Community Cultural Activity, vol. 19, no. 1, September, 1966
Flyer, Art for March, circa 1967
Brochure - A Purdue Miscellany, edited by Felix Stefanile and Merrill May, Department of English, 1967. Published by the Arts Festival of Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana [collection of poems by students and faculty of Purdue University, published in connection with the Fourth Annual Purdue Arts Festival and under the auspices of the Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, founders and sponsors of the Annual Arts Festival]
Program - The Purdue University Department of Bands in conjunction with the Purdue Arts Festival presents The University Wind Ensemble, Al G. Wright, conductor, the 1967 Comtemporary Music Concerts.
Brochure - Midwest Sculpture, 1967 Fine Arts Festival, Purdue University, April 9 - 27
Playbill - Touring Theatre Incorporated presents Kenneth Nelson in the musical Half a Sixpence, Purdue Convocations and Lecture Series, Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music, September 23 - 24, 1967
Brochure - Student Government-Cultural, vol. 1, no. 1, Purdue University, September - November, 1966 [message from President Frederick L. Hovde on inside cover, encouraging student participation in the arts and cultural activities offered at Purdue]
Program - Festival of Contemporary Arts, April 4-15, 1967, Notre Dame, South Bend
New Mexico's Dates with the Arts, A statewide calendar of cultural events, circa 1967 [mailer addressed to Merrill May]
"Landscape Exhibit To Keynote Start of Purdue Arts Festival," The Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, April 7, 1967, p. 10. [newspaper clipping]
"Experimental Films Art Festival Feature," circa 1967 [newspaper clipping, no publication information available]
"Art Museums Flowering on U.S. Campuses," The New York Times, circa 1967 [newspaper clipping, publication information not available]
"Your Education Never Ends, Old Masters Tell Students," The Journal and Courier, November 9, 1966, p. 10.
"Poetry Writing 'Can't Be Taught' Poet Believes," The Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana, November 19, 1966, p. 4. [newspaper article about May Swenson, Purdue's writer-in-residence]
" '68 Festival of Arts Is Set in New York," circa 1967 [newspaper article, publication information not available]
Roster - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, 1967-1968
University Faculty Committe on Visual Arts, Subcommittees, 1967-1968, October 16, 1967
Flyer and Ticket Order Form - Announcing...Purdue University Theatre Gala 41st Season, 1967-1968
Flyer and Ticket Order Form, Purdue Professional Theatre Company, 1967-68 Season
Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, May 18, 1967
Agenda and Minutes - Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, October 11, 1967
Flyer - Purdue University Fourth Annual Purdue Arts Festival, April 9 - 29, 1967 [three copies]
Arts Festival Subcommittee Final Report, 1967
Minutes - Public Events Subcommittee, Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, October 30, 1967
Purdue University Student Government-Cultural vol. II, no. 1, September - November, 1967 [two copies]
University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Report, 1967-1968
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, November 8, 1967
Agenda and Minutes - Third meeting of the Committee on Visual Arts, University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, December 13, 1967
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, January 10, 1968 [two copies]
Agenda - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, January 12, 1968 [two copies]
Subcommittees, 1968-1969, University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, February 8, 1968 [two copies]
Agenda - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, February 9, 1968 [two copies]
Ad Hoc Committee, University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, February 13, 1968
Letter addressed to Merrill May from Phil Stephanile, suggesting performers for the Arts Festival, February 24, 1968
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, March 7, 1968
Agenda - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, March 11, 1968
Thank-you letter addressed to Dean Marbury B. Ogle, Jr. from Thomas Hull, March 27, 1968
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, April 18, 1968
Agenda - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, April 19, 1968 [two copies]
Announcement - The 1968 Purdue Arts Festival, The Department of English and the University Committee for the Visual Arts present three readings of original works by faculty members and students, April 18, April 25, and May 2, 1968
Letter addressed to Mortar Board Calendar Office, from Jesse L. Senn, Jr. Chairman, Public Events Subcommittee, Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, May 2, 1968
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, May 2, 1968
Announcement - To: Deans, Directors, and Department Heads, "The Fifth Annual Purdue Arts Festival will be held on campus April 14 through May 4, 1968," memo from Thomas F. Hull, Chairman, Visual Arts Committee
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, December 11, 1968 [two copies]
Agenda - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, December 14, 1967
Minutes - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, Subcommittee on Planning and Policy, December 18, 1967
Flyer/Poster - The DAWN Spring Arts Festival, April 22 - May 2 [year not indicated, circa 1967-68]
Rough Draft and Final Report - University Faculty Committee on Visual Arts, 1968 [three copies of rough draft]
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, Office of the President - Committees - Faculty and Administrative, 1968-1969
List - The Committe on Visual Arts, Subcommittees for the Autumn Semester, 1968-1969 [2 copies]
Cultural Calendar, presented by SGC, October 1968
Flyer - Films on Art Films, October 10, 1968
Agenda and Minutes - The Committee on Visual Arts, October 16, 1968
Report on the Ad Hoc Committee for Increased Budget, Visual Arts Committee, October 23, 1968 [2 copies]
Report - Purdue Arts Festival, 1968, "Art in Science" (in conjunction with the Purdue Centennial Celebration) [request for funding]
Brochure - Campus Calendar, The Ohio State University, November 1968 [2 copies]
Flyer - Campus Culture, Presented by Student Government Cultural, November, 1968
Flyer - Films on Art/Art Ffilms, November 14, 1968
Agenda and Minutes - Committee for the Visual Arts, November 13, 1968
Recommendation for Membership, Visual Arts Committee, December 6, 1968
Agenda and Minutes - University Committee for the Visual Arts, December 11, 1968
Minutes - Visual Arts Committee, February 12, 1969
Agenda - The Committee on Visual Arts, March 12, 1969
Thank-you note from Merrill May, Chairman of the University Visual Arts Committee, addressed to Mr. Ohaver, May 8, 1969
Letter from Edward Ames adressed to Merrill May, May 22, 1969
Letter from Merrill May, Chairman, Visual Arts Committee to Dean Marbury B. Ogle, July 31, 1969
Final Report, University Visual Arts Committee, for the period October 1, 1968 through August, 1969
Brochure - "On Stage" [pages are stuck together, but note on front makes reference to an editorial about the Arts Festival, publication information not available]
