William V. Owen papers, 1968-1975 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

By Mary A. Sego

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Collection Overview

Title: William V. Owen papers, 1968-1975

Primary Creator: Owen, William V. (1894)

Extent: 1.0 Folders. More info below.

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Purdue University--Faculty

Forms of Material: Letters (correspondence), Personal papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of one folder which contains correspondence to Professor Owen from editors of various publications, original manuscripts that had been submitted for publication by Professor Owen, a few photographs of Owen and his family and a 55th wedding anniversary announcement.

Biographical Note

William V. Owen was a professor in the Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Management at Purdue University. He held the honorary chair of Loeb Professor until his retirement in 1963.

Subject/Index Terms

Purdue University--Faculty

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 folder

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSF 293, William V. Owen papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Correspondence, Publications, Photos and Announcement, 1968-1975],
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Folder 1: Correspondence, Publications, Photos and Announcement, 1968-1975

Letter from James Cass, Education Editor of Saturday Review, declining Owen's publication submission.

Typed manuscript of "The Country School" by William V. Owen.

Letter to "Verne" from Bee, Owen's wife, offering "The Country School" story and a chapter from one of his books - Agriculture Issues in Land-Use Planning. The typed manuscript is in the folder.

Anniversary Noted, Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, June 16, 1974, B-5. 55th wedding anniversary announcement for Mr. and Mrs. William Vern Owen.

Photographs, black and white of Mr. and Mrs. Owen (?) and three other unidentified people (no date).

Photograph of Bee Owen, dated 1975.

Letter to William Owen from Tibo Chavez, Democratic candidate for governor of New Mexico, dated April 2, 1974. The letter thanks Owen for sending Chavez a paper on environmental and energy legislation for New Mexico.

Reerio (Regional Environmental, Education, Research, And Improvement Organization), Information Letter, vol. II, no. 7, July, 1974 - Opinion Publication.

Letter from Keith Austin, Executive Director of Reerio, to W. V. Owen, thanking Owen for his opinion paper, dated October 11, 1974

Letter dated October 29, 1974 from Keith Austin, State Program Leader, Community Resource Development, to W. V. Owen, asking Owen to serve as a discussion group leader during the Reerio Conference. Attached is a form, "Report - Energy Resources Discussion Group"

Cover letter from Owen to Mr. Robert J. Davey, dated January 28, 1975, along with a copy of his opinion paper; "An Economy Approach to Energy Resource Shortages".

Reerio, Information Letter, vol. III, no. 1, January, 1975.