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 13 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
Meredith Hall records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 80
Scope and Contents
The Meredith Hall Records contain four series regarding various information about the residence hall; History of the hall, Administrative documents, Events held at the hall, and information about Students that resided at the hall. The collection contains information about the building such as schematics and maps of the X shaped dormitory. A postcard that was sent to space on the space shuttle Discovery can be found in the collection. Information regarding the Winter Whisper, an elegant...
Dates:
1937-2008
Purdue Memorial Union records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 111
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Memorial Union records contain information regarding the construction of the building, its uses, and promotional materials throughout its existence, including the student petition to raise funds and encourage the Board of Trustees to finish the building when construction was delayed due to World War I. Several pamphlets contain floor plans of the Union and show how the building has changed over the years with new additions.
Dates:
1920 - 1999
Purdue News (1882) collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 325
Scope and Contents
Includes one bound volume, containing vol. 1, no. 2 - vol. 1, no. 19 of Purdue News.
Dates:
February 4, 1882 - June 7, 1882
Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media historical publications
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20140923
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Purdue University Office of Publications negatives collection
Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-107
Dates:
circa 1900 - 1920
Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University documents newspapers produced by students at Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area. It primarily features underground newspapers that reflect the counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Other newspapers, primarily from the 1990s-2000s, feature varying political perspectives. The collection also includes independent student newspapers that focus on apolitical audiences, such as international students. Some newspaper runs were...
Dates:
1930 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1977
The Purdue Exponent student newspaper collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 313
Scope and Contents
This collection includes issues of The Purdue Exponent student newspaper.
Dates:
1889 - 2021
The Purdue student newspaper (1875) collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSP 312
Scope and Contents
Includes three issues of The Purdue student newspaper of 1875.
Dates:
April 1875 - June 1875
The Purdue student newspaper (1880s) collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 245
Scope and Contents
Includes a complete run of The Purdue student newspaper of the 1880s, which ran from 1882-1888. A total of 54 issues appear in the collection, separated into six volumes. Volume 1 has eight issues, published monthly from November 1882 until June 1883. Volumes 2 through 6 have nine issues each, published monthly from October to June. There is also a Special Edition issue published in June 1888, in addition to the regularly published June issue for that year. Also present in the...
Dates:
November 1882 - June 1888
Collection on the Unfinished Block P Statue
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 195
Content Description
This collection contains documents relating to the planning, fundraising, and creation of the Unfinished Block P Statue. It also includes the Unfinished Block P Statue archived website.
Dates:
2007 - 2024
Filtered By
- Subject: Student activities X
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- Type
- Collection 11
- Unprocessed Material 2
- Subject
- Newspapers 6
- College student newspapers and periodicals 4
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 3
- Programs (documents) 3
- Artifacts (Object genre) 2
- Buttons (information artifacts) 2
- College students 2
- Dance cards 2
- Invitations 2
- Memorabilia 2
- Pamphlets 2
- Printed ephemera 2
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Activism 1
- African American student movements 1
- Annual reports 1
- Black-and-white negatives 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Booklets 1
- Brochures 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Certificates 1
- College student orientation 1
- College students -- Conduct of life 1
- Commencement addresses 1
- Counterculture 1
- Diplomas 1
- Editorials 1
- Education 1
- Engineers 1
- Field notes 1
- Floods -- Indiana 1
- Foreign news 1
- Grade reports 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Hatpins 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Lafayette (Ind.) 1
- Ledgers (Account books) 1
- Letters (Correspondence) 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Posters 1
- Purdue University -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 20th Century 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Souvenirs 1
- Space shuttles--United States 1
- Statues 1
- Student movements 1
- Student organizations 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Tickets 1
- West Lafayette (inhabited place) 1 + ∧ less
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