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 20 Collections and/or Records:
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.
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.
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.
Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection
Elliott Hall of Music records
The Elliott Hall of Music records contain information about the building dedication in 1940, past performances, brochures, and a safety plan for the building drafted in 1960. The collection also includes five large albums containing photos and autographs of the acts who performed at the Hall of Music between its dedication ceremony in 1940 and 1965; notable figures include Bob Hope, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Clement Attlee.
Fowler Hall records
The Fowler Hall records contain materials related to the dedication of Eliza Fowler Hall and its organ.
Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection
Gary J. Glazer papers
Helen Gould collection of Purdue dance cards and theater programs
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.
Horticulture Building records
The Horticulture Building records contain the program from the building's dedication in 1926 and associated booklet "Indiana Horticulture: A Story of Horticultural Progress Prepared in Connection with the Dedication of the Horticultural Building, Purdue University." The booklet provides a brief history of horticulture in Indiana and lists the programs offered in the building at the time.
Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook
Mechanical Engineering Building records
The Mechanical Engineering Building records contain the program from the building's dedication and a booklet with information describing the new building, the history of the Mechanical Engineering program at Purdue University, and the speeches delivered during the dedication ceremonies.
Memorial Gymnasium records
The Memorial Gymnasium records contain receipts from the donations given to the University for the construction of the building. Building dedication information as well as the memorial service programs for those that lost their lives in the Purdue train wreck are also included.
Purdue Club of Chicago scrapbook
Purdue University administrative scrapbooks
The Purdue University administrative scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, administrative records and forms, photographs, maps, and advertisements for events at Purdue. Newspaper articles cover a wide range of topics about Purdue, including students, faculty, events, sports, conferences, research, funding, and campus buildings.
Purdue University Musical Organizations records
Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media historical publications, addition 01
Stewart Center records
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.
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- Clippings (Information artifacts) 6
- Artifacts (Object genre) 5
- Booklets 5
- Black-and-white photographs 4
- Dance cards 4
- Memorabilia 4
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 4
- Beanies 3
- Brochures 3
- Invitations 3
- Newsletters 3
- Printed ephemera 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Student activities 3
- Buttons (information artifacts) 2
- Color photographs 2
- Correspondence 2
- Directories 2
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Pamphlets 2
- Sound recordings 2
- Souvenirs 2
- Yearbooks 2
- Administrative records 1
- African American students -- Indiana 1
- African Americans 1
- Agricultural education -- United States 1
- Annual reports 1
- Bylaws (administrative records) 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Certificates 1
- Chinese students--United States. 1
- Class reunions 1
- Commencement addresses 1
- Concerts 1
- Cords 1
- Diplomas 1
- Dormitories--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
- Editorials 1
- Engineers 1
- Field notes 1
- Financial records 1
- Floods -- Indiana 1
- Flyers (printed matter) 1
- Foreign students 1
- Grade reports 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Guidebooks 1
- Gymnasiums 1
- Hatpins 1
- Historical documents 1
- Horticulture 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Mechanical engineering -- Study and teaching 1
- Music -- Performance 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Newspapers 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Open reel audiotapes 1
- Optical disks 1
- Phonograph record 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Photographs 1
- Playbills 1
- Press releases 1
- Purdue Music Study Society 1
- Purdue University Mandolin and Glee Club 1
- Purdue University Symphony Orchestra 1
- Purdue University--1947 bleacher collapse 1
- Purdue train wreck, Indianapolis, Ind., 1903 1
- Questionnaires 1
- Records (Documents) 1
- Research notes 1
- Rosters 1
- Sheet music 1
- Singing 1
- Songbooks 1
- Statistical reports 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Ticket stubs 1
- Tickets 1
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration 1 + ∧ less