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 6 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
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
Ruth Freehafer collection on R.B. Stewart
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 513
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Freehafer collection on R.B. Stewart contains Freehafer's drafts of her 1983 book "R.B. Stewart and Purdue University" as well as the notes she compiled while researching Stewart, some of the sources she used, the transcript from a 1977 interview with Stewart, notes from two other interviews with Stewart and his oral history transcript, and notes from interviews conducted with Stewart's colleagues.
Dates:
1970 - 1983
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
Purdue Club of Chicago records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 46
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April...
Dates:
1921 - 1955
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
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- Black-and-white photographs 3
- Air pilots, Military 2
- Artifacts (Object genre) 2
- Astronautics--Research 2
- Astronautics--United States--History 2
- Astronauts 2
- Astronauts--1960-1970 2
- Astronauts--Training of--United States 2
- Audiocassettes 2
- Awards 2
- Books 2
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
- Color photographs 2
- Correspondence 2
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Lunar landing sites 2
- Lunar roving vehicles 2
- Moon rocks 2
- Moon--Surface 2
- Outer space--Exploration 2
- Personal papers 2
- Pilots (Aeronautics) 2
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Space flight 2
- Space vehicles--Landing--Moon 2
- Test pilots 2
- Textbooks 2
- Textiles 2
- Transcripts 2
- VHS 2
- Working papers 2
- "First Flights" documentary 1
- Acetate film 1
- Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
- Aerospace engineering 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
- Astronauts--1970-1980 1
- Audiotapes 1
- Audiovisual materials 1
- Aviators 1
- Black-and-white slides 1
- Booklets 1
- Bulletins 1
- Business records 1
- Businessman 1
- Certificates 1
- Clothing 1
- Color slides 1
- Commemorative coins 1
- Coursework 1
- DVDs 1
- Diagrams 1
- Diagrams (Mission Module) 1
- Diaries 1
- Diplomas 1
- Drafts (documents) 1
- Electronic mail 1
- Electronic resources 1
- Engineers 1
- Fan mail 1
- Films 1
- Foreign students 1
- Handbooks 1
- Historical documents 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 1
- Lunar excursion module 1
- Lunar module 1
- Lunar photography 1
- Lunar rovers 1
- Lunar surface vehicles 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Magnetic tapes 1
- Manuals (instructional materials) 1
- Manuscripts (Documents) 1
- Maps 1
- Military service--1940-1950 1
- Mission patches 1
- NASA publications 1
- NASA space programs 1
- NASA--Deputy Administrator of Aeronautics 1
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Space Shuttle insignia 1
- Naval aviators 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Notebooks 1
- Optical disks 1
- Oral histories (document genres) 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Picture postcards 1
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