Purdue University
Organization
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 17 Collections and/or Records:
Neil A. Armstrong papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents
The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Dates:
1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012
Arthur and Roberta Bitzer papers
Collection — Communal collections box 3, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 259
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1937 - 1942
James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1946 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1950
Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents
The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates:
1950 - 2013
Purdue University Business Services Office records
Collection — Box 1: Series UA 32, Series 1; Series UA 32, Series 2; Series UA 32, Series 3
Identifier: UA 32
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
circa 1971
William J. Cable papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 36
Scope and Contents
The William J. Cable papers document Cable's involvement in the 1955 General Electric Mathematics Fellowships for Secondary School Teachers which took place June 20 through July 30, 1955 at Purdue University. It also contains later issues of G.E.M.F. News, a roster of participants from 1953-1958, and pamphlets, brochures and booklets from engineering and mathematics departments of several universities. The collection also consists of photographs William Cable took of the Purdue campus in...
Dates:
1954 - 1958
Felix and Selma Stefanile papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 306
Scope and Contents
The Felix and Selma Stefanile papers (1920-2009; 26.75 cubic feet) document the personal and professional lives of Felix and Selma Stefanile. The collection includes rough drafts and notes of Felix and Selma's published poems and essays. It also contains personal papers which document both of their lives in New York before they came to live in West Lafayette, Indiana. Many of the photographs are focused on Felix's childhood, early life, middle and later years. The photographs document less...
Dates:
1920-2009; Majority of material found within 1944-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2010
Fowler Courts Residence Hall records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 43
Scope and Contents
The Fowler Courts Residence Hall records document the history of Fowler Courts Residence Hall and Fowler House. The records include annual reports, orientation guidebooks and handbooks, faculty fellow directories, yearbooks and calendars. Also included are Purdue Residence Hall dress code standards and guest hours polices from the 1960s-1980s. Historical documents consist of background information on the closing of Harrison Street Courts and the transition to South Campus Courts,...
Dates:
circa 1920s - 1993; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1993
Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 159
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection documents the history and activities of the fraternities and sororities at Purdue. Contained in the collection are numerous fraternity and sorority newsletters and magazines. There are some records provided by the Dean of Students Office in 1995 and include correspondence and financial information sheets. Among the other material in the collection are petitions for membership, constitutions and by-laws, membership directories and...
Dates:
1885 - 2008; Other: Majority of material found within 1995 - 2005
Purdue University International Students collection
Collection — Box 1: Series MSP 152, Series 2; Series MSP 152, Series 1
Identifier: MSP 152
Abstract
Collections consists of statistical reports, historical brochure, general information pamphlet, newsletters, a 1930 group photograph, and 1941-42 listing of international students at Purdue University.
Dates:
1930 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2002
Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: Series MSA 303, Series 1; Series MSA 303, Series 2; Series MSA 303, Series 3; Series MSA 303, Series 4; Series MSA 303, Series 5; Series MSA 303, Series 6; Series MSA 303, Series 7; Series MSA 303, Series 8; Series MSA 303, Series 9; Series MSA 303, Series 10; Series MSA 303, Series 11; Series MSA 303, Series 12
Identifier: MSA 303
Scope and Contents
The Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook documents the academic, military, personal and social activities of an Engineering student while on Purdue University's campus from 1936-1939, as well as various aspects of his life prior to college from 1917-1936. Keck titled the scrapbook, "Scraps and Snaps, May 27, 1917 - August 1, 1939," but most of the content is from his time at Purdue, 1936-1939.The scrapbook contains many unique photographs of campus and events from the 1930s. Some of the...
Dates:
1917 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1939
Byron Langdon papers
Collection — Communal collections box 2, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 28
Scope and Contents
The Byron Langdon papers are comprised of an original draft of a bill by state Senator Byron W. Langdon passed by the Indiana Legislature in 1879. It authorized the board of commissioners of bench courts in the state to appoint two students to attend the university without tuition and matriculation fee, thus making every county in the state participants in the superior advantages of Purdue. There is also a nameplate stating that the original draft was presented to Purdue University on its...
Dates:
1879
Moine Rowland photographs
Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-075
Dates:
1928 - 1939
Charles C. Roberts photographs
Collection — Communal collections box 2, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 39
Scope and Contents
The Charles C. Roberts photographs (1946-1949; 0.25 cubic feet) documents Roberts’ student and family life as a student at Purdue University from 1946-1949. Included in the collection are photographs of campus buildings such as Cary Quad, Purdue Memorial Union, Hovde Hall and Heavilon Hall. Also included in the collection are photographs of students wearing the Senior Cords. Among the photographs are images of Roberts' family and home life.
Dates:
1946 - 1949; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2009
Stewart Center records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 110
Scope and Contents
The Stewart Center records contain floor plans and materials related to the building's construction and correspondence between Dr. John H. Moriarty and various distinguished groups and individuals invited to the dedication ceremony. A program from the first student play held in Loeb Playhouse is also contained within the collection as well as several library documents.
Dates:
1955 - 1980
Fredrick C. Tegeler collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 58: Series MSP 145, Series 3; Series UA 110, Series 3; Series MSF 508, Series 2; Series UA 24, Series 1, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 141
Scope and Contents
The Fredrick C. Tegeler collection comprises materials related to Purdue University, including photographs, football posters, and a supplement to the Purdue Alumnus.
Dates:
circa 1920s - 1963
Robert W. Topping papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 33
Scope and Contents
The Robert W. Topping papers (1930-1996; 2.75 cubic feet) collection consists of many newspaper clippings, news releases, ten interviews on cassette tapes and miscellaneous printed ephemera that Robert W. Topping collected, while on the staff of the Purdue University Office of Publications for twenty-eight years. Also included are the files used for his published book; “The Hovde Years,” 1980 and the original manuscript for “A Century and Beyond,” 1988, along with manuscripts for “Gentle...
Dates:
1930 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1988
Filtered By
- Subject: Black-and-white photographs X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Collection 16
- Unprocessed Material 1
- Subject
- Color photographs 7
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 6
- Artifacts (Object genre) 5
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 5
- Correspondence 5
- Pamphlets 4
- Personal papers 4
- Programs (documents) 4
- Memorabilia 3
- Newsletters 3
- Records (Documents) 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Aerospace engineering 2
- Air pilots, Military 2
- Annual reports 2
- Astronauts 2
- Audiocassettes 2
- Awards 2
- Books 2
- Brochures 2
- Business records 2
- Certificates 2
- Dance cards 2
- Diplomas 2
- Directories 2
- Guidebooks 2
- Handbooks 2
- Historical documents 2
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Magazines (Periodicals) 2
- Manuscripts (Documents) 2
- Negatives (photographs) 2
- Notebooks 2
- Press releases 2
- Sound recordings 2
- Test pilots 2
- Textbooks 2
- Textiles 2
- Transcripts 2
- VHS 2
- Working papers 2
- Yearbooks 2
- "First Flights" documentary 1
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
- Aerospace engineering -- Handbooks 1
- Aerospace engineering -- Periodicals 1
- Aerospace engineering -- Textbooks 1
- Air pilots 1
- Aircraft 1
- Astronautical charts 1
- Astronautics 1
- Astronautics--Periodicals. 1
- Astronautics--Research 1
- Astronautics--United States--History 1
- Astronauts--1960-1970 1
- Astronauts--Training of--United States 1
- Audiovisual materials 1
- Beanies 1
- Bills (Legislative records) 1
- Bills, Legislative--Indiana 1
- Black-and-white slides 1
- Booklets 1
- Bulletins 1
- Businessman 1
- Centaur rocket 1
- Class reunions 1
- Clothing 1
- Color slides 1
- Commencement addresses 1
- Coursework 1
- DVDs 1
- Diagrams 1
- Diagrams (Mission Module) 1
- Diaries 1
- Dormitories--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
- Dress codes 1
- Electronic mail 1
- Engineers 1
- Fan mail 1
- Field notes 1
- Films 1
- Financial records 1
- Floods -- Indiana 1
- Foreign students 1
- Grade reports 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Invitations 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 1
- Legislators--Indiana--1870-1880 1
- Logs (Records) 1
- Lunar landing sites 1
- Lunar module 1
- Lunar photography 1
- Lunar roving vehicles 1
- Magnetic tapes 1
- Manuals (instructional materials) 1
- Maps 1
- Mathematics 1 + ∧ less
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