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 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 151
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection features, among other memorabilia, a tank scrap chain and padlock from 1913, a label from the first bottle of beer served to a Purdue student after the repeal of prohibition, numerous buttons and pins, including a hatpin with the Purdue seal from 1895 on it (third design), a Reamer's Club "R" from the early 1990s, a Purdue Murad cigarette silk, a 1902-1903 matriculation ticket signed by Purdue President Winthrop E. Stone, along with...
Dates:
1877 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1940
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
Helen Gould collection of Purdue dance cards and theater programs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 294
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 41 dance cards, four theater programs and seven Purdue related ephemera and miscellaneous memorabilia from Helen Gould's tenure are a Purdue student, 1922-1926.
Dates:
1922 - 1926; Other: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1924
Filtered By
- Subject: Dance cards X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Artifacts (Object genre) 3
- Memorabilia 3
- Black-and-white photographs 2
- Buttons (information artifacts) 2
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
- Color photographs 2
- Newsletters 2
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Student activities 2
- Annual reports 1
- Beanies 1
- Booklets 1
- Brochures 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Class reunions 1
- Correspondence 1
- Directories 1
- Editorials 1
- Field notes 1
- Financial records 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Guidebooks 1
- Hatpins 1
- Historical documents 1
- Invitations 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Letters (Correspondence) 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Open reel audiotapes 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Playbills 1
- Press releases 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Purdue University--1947 bleacher collapse 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Souvenirs 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Yearbooks 1 + ∧ less
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