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Purdue Reamer Club

 Organization

Historical Information

The Purdue Reamer Club was founded in 1922 as a way to foster interest in athletics and intervarsity sports among students who were not part of Greek societies. In 1940, the Reamer Club presented the Boilermaker Special as Purdue's mascot, and have remained caretakers of the Special's many iterations since then. Notable members include astronaut Jerry Ross who brought his Reamer Club Gold Pin and an Indiana State flag aboard the Endeavor STS-88; he presented these items to the Reamer club in 1998.

Citation:
Purdue Reamer Club History. Accessed March 25, 2020. https://purduereamerclub.org

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Boilermaker Special III Key

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 75
Identifier: 2024-106
Dates: 1993
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Sammie Morris Reamer Club artifacts

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSR 7
Scope and Contents

The Sammie Morris Reamer Club artifacts consist of a Purdue Reamer paddle, marked "Sammie Morris honorary, Fall 2008" and one wooden "R" signed by Reamer Club members and marked "Morris honorary, 08" that were given to Sammie Morris as a token of the club's appreciation for her assistance.

Dates: 2008
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Reamer Club records, addition 05

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-140
Dates: 1960 - 2017
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Reamer Club records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 179
Scope and Contents This collection includes documents and artifacts from the Reamer Club and associated Purdue historical items. These include engraved reamers and paddles, record albums from Purdue Bands and the Purdue Groove, programs from Reamer Club banquets dating between the 1930s and the 1990s, sheet music, a Purdue student handbook from 1940, the Reamer office copy of the 1976-77 Women's Intercollegiate Sports Program, the brass 5 from the Boilermaker Special and the side panel from the Boilermaker...
Dates: 1892 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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Type
Collection 3
Unprocessed Material 2
 
Subject
Artifacts (Object genre) 4
Programs (documents) 2
78 rpm records 1
Booklets 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
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Cannon Trophy 1
Clippings (Information artifacts) 1
Commemorative pins 1
Dance cards 1
Editorials 1
Hatpins 1
Invitations 1
Labels--1930-1940. 1
Letters (Correspondence) 1
Memorabilia 1
Newsletters 1
Old Oaken Bucket 1
Phonograph record 1
Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 1
Radio 1
Seals (artifacts) 1
Sheet music 1
Student activities 1
Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
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