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:
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
Eugene A. Cernan papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 288
Scope and Contents
The Eugene A. Cernan papers document the military, aeronautics, and astronautics career of Eugene A. Cernan, as well as his subsequent professional and public activities. The papers also feature records pertaining to Cernan's youth, family, and education. The collection includes but is not limited to artifacts, audiovisual recordings, awards, books, certificates, coins, correspondence, documents, mission patches, newspaper clippings, photographs, plaques, publications, scrapbooks, speeches,...
Dates:
1934 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2012
Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media photographs collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 62
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media photographs collection (1865-2011) visually documents Purdue campus life, physical spaces, and events. The collection includes approximately 50 years of photographs and negatives taken of various campus schools, departments, people, and organizations by the Office of Marketing and Media. The collection also includes photographs and negatives collected by the Office of Marketing and Media documenting the nearly 100 years of Purdue's history...
Dates:
1865 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1965 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/2011
Purdue University Musical Organizations records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 40
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Purdue University's musical organizations including the Choral Society, Glee Club, Symphony Orchestra, and University bands. Materials include song books, scrapbook, programs, sheet music, and record albums. Includes information on well-known Purdue songs, such as "Hail Purdue," as well as lesser-known Purdue songs performed at convocations, football games against Indiana University, and related events. Some late 19th century song books not specific to Purdue but...
Dates:
1876 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960s
Purdue University Newsreels and Year in Review recordings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 65
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Newsreel began in 1956 as a yearly film, and later video, review of university events of the previous year. Contents of each recording focus upon academics, student activities, campus structures, athletics, and special events. One silent film, circa 1943-1945, is also included in the collection. In 2013, the Purdue Newsreel was renamed the Purdue Year in Review.
Dates:
1943 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1955 - 2019
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Artifacts (Object genre) 3
- Air pilots, Military 2
- Astronauts 2
- Audiocassettes 2
- Audiovisual materials 2
- Awards 2
- Books 2
- Certificates 2
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
- Clothing 2
- Color photographs 2
- Correspondence 2
- Diaries 2
- Magazines (Periodicals) 2
- Mission patches 2
- Personal papers 2
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Test pilots 2
- Textbooks 2
- Textiles 2
- Transcripts 2
- VHS 2
- Working papers 2
- Acetate film 1
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aerospace engineering 1
- Astronautics--Research 1
- Astronautics--United States--History 1
- Astronauts--1960-1970 1
- Astronauts--1970-1980 1
- Astronauts--Training of--United States 1
- Audiotapes 1
- Aviators 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Born digital 1
- Centaur rocket 1
- Commemorative coins 1
- Concerts 1
- DVDs 1
- Digital moving image formats 1
- Electronic resources 1
- Engineers 1
- Logs (Records) 1
- Lunar excursion module 1
- Lunar landing sites 1
- Lunar rovers 1
- Lunar roving vehicles 1
- Lunar surface vehicles 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Moon rocks 1
- Moon--Surface 1
- Music -- Performance 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Newsreels 1
- Outer space--Exploration 1
- Phonograph record 1
- Photographs 1
- Pilots (Aeronautics) 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- Purdue Music Study Society 1
- Purdue University Mandolin and Glee Club 1
- Purdue University Symphony Orchestra 1
- Records (Documents) 1
- Records and briefs 1
- Reports 1
- Sheet music 1
- Singing 1
- Slides (Photography) 1
- Songbooks 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Space flight 1
- Space flights 1
- Space shuttles--United States 1
- Space vehicles--Landing--Moon 1
- United States. Air Force Management 1
- United States. Air Force--Medals, badges, decorations, etc. 1 + ∧ less
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