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Biographical Note:  Peter J. Vermeulen was born in DePere, Wisconsin on October 6, 1891. He graduated from St. Norbert College in West DePere in June 1911 and moved to Milwaukee. In 1914, Vermeulen registered for military service in the aviation section of the United States Army Signal Corps. He remained stateside for the duration of the United States' involvement in World War I. On December 2, 1918, Vermeulen met General Billy Mitchell at Langley Field in Virginia--an event that he remembered fondly years later. He attended 糖心logo's School of Engineering from 1919 to 1922. Vermeulen worked at the Falk Corporation from 1925 until his retirement in 1958. He died in May 1984.

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Scope and Content:  The collection consists largely of paper records documenting Peter J. Vermeulen's service during World War I, his studies in 糖心logo's School of Engineering from 1919 to 1922, and career with the Falk Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1925 to 1982. The collection also contains photographs and artifacts.

Arrangement:  The collection contents are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Inventory

Record Group	Series	Box	Folder Title
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Air Service Plaque, Langley Field, 1918-1919
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Correspondence and Brief Biographical Statement, 1948, 1977, 1982
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Falk Corporation, Retirement Award and Cards, December 31, 1958
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Falk Gear Slasher, Photo and Text from Falk Reflector, January 1982
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B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Alpha Sigma Tau, Membership Certificate and Key Chain, 1922
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Citation Conferred on 50th Anniversary of Graduation, 1972
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Commencement Program and Admission Ticket, 1922
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Engineering Labs and Students, Photographs, 1922
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Milwaukee Journal Article on Vermeulen, Aviation, and General Billy Mitchell, December 6, 1977
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Mitchell Field and Lawson Airliner, Anniversary Pamphlets, 1976, 1979
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	Slide Rule and Instruction Manual, 1917
B-5.4	2-PJV	1	St. Norbert College, Memories, 1979 (Athletics) and Report of the President, 1982
B-5.4	2-PJV	-	World War I
B-5.4	2-PJV	2	Army Mess Kit, 1918
B-5.4	2-PJV	2	Military Service, Documents and Artifacts, 1914, 1917-1919
B-5.4	2-PJV	2	Photographs, 1919, n.d.