Purdue University. Convocations
Historical Information
Purdue Convocations began in 1902 with the “Lecture Concert and Course” and continues to offer a wide-variety of performances in the genres of ballet and dance, Broadway-style shows, cinema, comedy, popular and classical music, and stage theatre. A number of performers have made multiple appearances at Purdue University, courtesy of Purdue Convocations, including the Oak Ridge Boys, the Beach Boys, Amy Grant, Chicago, Alan Jackson, STOMP, and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performed on over forty-five occasions between 1932 and 2002. Purdue Convocations has also offered students, faculty, and local residents an opportunity to see a number of overseas performers, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan, Danzas Venezuela, the Hungarian Quartet, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Ballet of Canada, the National Chinese Opera Theatre, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stars of Soviet and Eastern European Ballet, and the Warsaw Philharmonic. Notable lecturers have included Dean Acheson, George Ade, Clement Attlee, Jimmy Carter, Barry Goldwater, John F. Kennedy, and Alex Haley.
Citation:
Purdue Convocations Performance Database, at http://www.purdue.edu/convocations/performance-database/Materials found within the collection
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Media of Purdue Theatre productions, 1959 - 1981
This series contains and undated 16mm film labeled "Woodpile"; color slides of "Long Days Journey into the Night" (1973), "On Golden Pond" (1981), and "Shadowbox" (1980); and photographs of "Hamlet" (1959), "School for Wives" (1959), "Ghosts" (1959), "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), "The Wizard of Oz" (1959), "Hansel and Gretel" (1960), "Look Back in Anger" (1960), "The Boy Friends" (1961) and "Much Ado About Nothing" (1961).
Purdue Convocations Educational Travel Program records
Purdue University Convocations records
The Purdue University Convocations Records (1892-2012, predominant 1903-2012) documents the pre-history and history of Purdue Convocations. This collection offers researchers an excellent glimpse into the wide-variety of performances offered and showcased, courtesy of Purdue Convocations. Types of materials include: budgets and other financial statements, committee meeting minutes, performance schedules, performer contracts, photographs, programs, newsletters, etc.
Purdue University Theatre records
The Purdue University Theatre records contains playbills, posters, and photos from the Purdue Theatre and other student theatre productions. The collection also contains programs from Convocations.
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- Correspondence 1
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- Minutes (administrative records) 1
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