Purdue University--History
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Ernest A. Bureau scrapbooks
Collection of Sigma Chi Fraternity Court Case materials
Collection on the Purdue University seal
The collection on the Purdue University seal documents the evolution of the seal (griffin brand or logo). Materials include correspondence, articles, printed ephemera, artifacts, and Purdue publications, including publications from World War II such as "Purdue serves because Purdue was prepared: Purdue University in the war" by Thomas R. Johnston and a Purdue Alumnus issue from 1943.
College of Science centennial discs
Barbara Cook Collins collection of Cheerleading Uniforms and Pennants
Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities album
David Fuhrman collection of Purdue Grand Prix recordings
The David Fuhrman collection of Purdue Grand Prix recordings document several Purdue Grand Prix races. Recondings include the 1982 (25th anniversary Grand Prix) along with twelve other races.
George W. Munro papers
Thomas Hendrix letters to Margaret Kennedy
Letters from Thomas Hendrix to Margaret Kennedy while he was a student and member of the Navy V-12 program at Purdue University
J. C. Allen and Son, Inc. photographs and negatives
Glass and film negatives, and photographic prints of Purdue University buildings, faculty, staff, and students, as well as major campus events from the 1910s to the 1970s. Please see the External Documents section for a complete list of the items.
James H. Smart papers
Horton B. Knoll papers
G. Stanley Meikle papers
Purdue University Historical Materials, Memorial Day celebration
Collection consists of pamphlets and programs of Memorial Day activities that took place on the campusof Purdue University.
Mortar Board records
Richard Owen papers
Pictorial Record of African American Students at Purdue University
A pictorial collection of all African American students who attended Purdue University from 1889 - 1992 compiled by Alexandra Cornelius.
Purdue Broadside collection
This is an artifical collection created by the staff of the Purdue Libraries Archives and Special Collections. The broadsides and posters included in this collection document events that have taken place on the West Lafayette campus over the years.
Purdue University Historical Materials, Gala Week
This collection consists of Gala Week booklets, which contain the schedule of events, to less formal schedules of events in the form of flyers. The schedules begin in the 1930s, but there are none for the 1970s, and there are many gaps.
Purdue University Newsreels and Year in Review recordings
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.
Purdue University School and Department Histories manuscript
Purdue World War I announcements and publications collection
The Purdue World War I announcements and publications collection contains several publications regarding the assistance Purdue provided to the United States during its involvement in World War I. Other publications within the collection relate to life at Purdue during this period.
Purdue World War II announcements and publications collection
The Purdue World War II announcements and publications collection contains several publications regarding Purdue's contributions to the United States Military during World War II. Accelerated wartime course syllabi and other class information offered to those planning on joining the military are located in the collection.
Winthrop E. Stone papers
Doug Sturgeon 1911 Purdue Handbook
The collection consists of one Purdue University student handbook from 1911. It contains information on university clubs and organization, classes and customs, businesses and churches in the Lafayette area, college songs and yells, and athletics.
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- Black-and-white photographs 5
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 5
- Correspondence 4
- Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Articles 2
- Bulletins 2
- College presidents 2
- Glass plate negatives 2
- Greek letter societies -- Indiana -- West Lafayette 2
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Manuscripts (Documents) 2
- Programs (documents) 2
- Research notes 2
- Student activities 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- 16mm (photographic film size) 1
- African American students -- Indiana 1
- Bands (Music) 1
- Born digital 1
- Broadsides (notices) 1
- Brochures 1
- Certificates 1
- Cheerleaders 1
- Clothing 1
- College student newspapers and periodicals 1
- Color photographs 1
- Contracts 1
- DVDs 1
- Diaries 1
- Digital moving image formats 1
- Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher) 1
- Handbooks 1
- Historical documents 1
- Karting--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
- Letterpress copybooks 1
- Lunar photography 1
- Mechanical engineering 1
- Memorial Day 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Newsreels 1
- Optical disks 1
- Pennants 1
- Personal papers 1
- Photo CDs 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Photographs 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Professor 1
- Purdue train wreck, Indianapolis, Ind., 1903 1
- Records (Documents) 1
- Reports 1
- Seals (artifacts) 1
- Students -- Indiana -- West Lafayette -- 20th Century 1
- Thermodynamics 1
- VHS 1
- Working papers 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less