Purdue University
Dates
- Existence: May 6, 1869-
Historical Information
Purdue University was created as part of the Morrill Act and is the land-grant institution of higher learning in the state of Indiana.
Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:
1902 Purdue Calendar
Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection
Agricultural Administration Building records
The Agricultural Administration Building records contain three copies of the program for the building's dedication on January 14, 1909.
Neil A. Armstrong papers
Purdue University Astronauts collection
Henry C. Balcom collection
The Henry C. Balcom collection documents the student life of Henry C. Balcom, mostly as a Purdue University freshman in 1905. The collection includes several photographs and clippings related to the 1905 Tank Scrap and Chain Gang, as well as various campus scenes and buildings. Also included are two newspaper clippings detailing controversies surrounding University President Winthrop Stone's wife Victoria. The collection also contains one later photograph of Balcom from 1946.
Barbara Cook Title IX DIstinguished Service Award
Beverly Stone Title IX Distinguished Service Award
Arthur and Roberta Bitzer papers
The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.
James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950
The James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950 contains memorabilia from the Class of 1950's days at Purdue. Types of material include dance cards, newspaper clippings, event programs and playbills, along with photographs, record albums, and artifacts.
James Blakesley papers
Materials documenting James Blakesley's tenure as VP and president of the University Club.
David Blood collection of slides of Purdue University
Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
Purdue University Business Services Office records
The Purdue University Business Services Office records document the Business Services office at Freehafer Hall (formerly Administrative Services Building) circa 1971. It shows the reception of Administrative Management magazine’s 1970 Office of the Year Award by various staff. Other materials include a floor plan of the office, images of unnamed staff, as well as photographs of furniture. Types of materials include: photographs, a pamphlet, and other papers.
Earl L. Butz papers
Documents, photographs, letters, scrapbooks, correspondence, biographical material, speeches, artifacts, and subject files documenting the career of Earl L. Butz as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1971-1976.
William J. Cable papers
Campus Art Survey records
The Campus Art Survey records contain reports and inventories of the various paintings and works of art that were present on campus. The reports include the locations of the works of art at that time.
Arthur Horace Carter papers
The collection includes architectural sketches and blueprints, correspondence, artwork, and a photo album; it spans from Carter’s time at Ohio State University to his tenure at Purdue University.
Cary Club brochure
Cary Quadrangle Residence Hall records
Eugene A. Cernan papers
Charles V. Schmidt collection of Purdue publications and artifacts
Purdue University Chinese Students collection
Joan Minton Christopher papers
The Joan Minton Christopher papers (1968-1970; 0.4 cubic feet) documents her undergraduate years at Purdue University during the late 1960s. The collection contains tickets from Purdue Convocations events, as well as basketball and football tickets. Christopher’s green WRX Club beanie, several programs from Purdue events, a box of matches from the Purdue National Bank, and a photo of Joan Minton Christopher from 1968 are also included.
Class of 1950 Lecture Hall records
The Class of 1950 Lecture Hall records contain a dedication ceremony invitation as well as an information booklet discussing details of the building.
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- Type
- Collection 130
- Unprocessed Material 38
- Subject
- Programs (documents) 20
- Pamphlets 18
- Black-and-white photographs 17
- Correspondence 17
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 17
- Artifacts (Object genre) 15
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 15
- Photographs 15
- Student activities 13
- Booklets 11
- Color photographs 11
- Brochures 10
- Newsletters 10
- Scrapbooks 10
- Letters (Correspondence) 9
- Reports 9
- Memorabilia 8
- Negatives (photographs) 8
- Newspapers 8
- Publications (Documents) 7
- Astronauts 6
- Optical disks 6
- Personal papers 6
- Photographic prints 6
- Printed ephemera 6
- Records (Documents) 6
- Administrative records 5
- Certificates 5
- College student newspapers and periodicals 5
- Floor plans (orthographic projections) 5
- Invitations 5
- Magazines (Periodicals) 5
- Postcards 5
- Sound recordings 5
- VHS 5
- Annual reports 4
- Audiocassettes 4
- Beanies 4
- Books 4
- Born digital 4
- Dance cards 4
- Diaries 4
- Dormitory Life 4
- Education 4
- Handbooks 4
- Manuals (instructional materials) 4
- Promotional Materials 4
- Transcripts 4
- Women in higher education 4
- Working papers 4
- Aerial photographs 3
- Air pilots, Military 3
- Athletics -- Indiana -- West Lafayette 3
- Audiotapes 3
- Awards 3
- Bulletins 3
- Buttons (information artifacts) 3
- Bylaws (administrative records) 3
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- 3
- DVDs 3
- Diplomas 3
- Directories 3
- Financial records 3
- Historical documents 3
- Maps 3
- Mission patches 3
- Press releases 3
- Professor 3
- Slides (Photography) 3
- Student organizations 3
- Test pilots 3
- Textbooks 3
- Textiles 3
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration 3
- Yearbooks 3
- Administrative regulations 2
- Aerospace engineering 2
- African American students -- Indiana 2
- Articles 2
- Astronautics 2
- Astronautics--Research 2
- Astronautics--United States--History 2
- Astronauts--1960-1970 2
- Astronauts--Training of--United States 2
- Audiovisual materials 2
- Blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
- Broadsides (notices) 2
- Business records 2
- Chemistry 2
- Clothing 2
- College presidents 2
- College student orientation 2
- College students 2
- College students -- Conduct of life 2
- Color slides 2
- Commemorative coins 2
- Coursework 2
- Deans of women -- United States 2
- Digital images 2
- Digital moving image formats 2 + ∧ less