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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Class of 1950 Lecture Hall records
Collection — Box Communal Collections 60: Series UA 23, series 4, Placement: 06
Identifier: UA 117
Scope and Contents
The Class of 1950 Lecture Hall records contain a dedication ceremony invitation as well as an information booklet discussing details of the building.
Dates:
1990
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
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
Purdue Club of Chicago scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 216
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Club of Chicago scrapbook (1885-1980; .45 cubic feet) documents the early years of the Purdue Club of Chicago. The collection primarily details alumni events and member organizing from 1890-1919. Several high-profile alumni lived in the Chicago area at this time including George Ade, John T. McCutcheon, and William F. Goss, and various materials created by or for them are included in this collection—Ade’s letters are of particular interest. The printed ephemera within the...
Dates:
1885 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1919
University Hall records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 151
Scope and Contents
The University Hall records contain 1877 dedication ceremony invitations, blueprints for the historical marker erected in 1984, and an information pamphlet sent out to alumni requesting donations to the University.
Dates:
1877 - 1984
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- Subject: Invitations X
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- Subject
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 3
- Programs (documents) 3
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Student activities 2
- Artifacts (Object genre) 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
- Booklets 1
- Buttons (information artifacts) 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Certificates 1
- Commencement addresses 1
- Dance cards 1
- Diplomas 1
- Editorials 1
- Engineers 1
- Floods -- Indiana 1
- Grade reports 1
- Hatpins 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Newsletters 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Rosters 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Tickets 1 + ∧ less
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