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Scope and Contents Two back and white photographs of John R. Bittner, circa 1997 "Faculty Footnotes - John Bittner," The UNC Journalist, Wintter 1997, p.5. The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England - entry, Bittner, John Robert, circa 1997. Curriculum Vitae, John R. Bittner, 2002.

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Purdue University Black Cultural Center (BCC) from its inception in 1969 up until the present day. It includes publications about the African American community; newspaper clippings and marketing material created by or with the subject of the BCC; photographs of the BCC, its events, students, and staff; speeches delivered by or about the BCC; correspondence between members of the BCC...

Scope and Contents The James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950 contains memorabilia from the Class of 1950's days at Purdue. Types of material include dance cards, newspaper clippings, event programs and playbills, along with photographs, record albums, and artifacts.

Scope and Contents The Donald A. Bloodgood papers (1946-1949; 1 cubic foot) documents the student life and fraternal pledging of former Purdue student Donald A. Bloodgood. The collection consists primarily of artifacts, with limited documentation concerning their use and function by the alumnus. These objects may be useful for researchers interested in the material culture of Purdue’s ROTC and fraternity organizations during the late 1940s. Types of materials include: pledge sashes, pledge boards, letters, and...

Overview Publications, reports, correspondence, clippings, photos, and daily planners documenting the professional career of Purdue Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Donald E. Bloodgood.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of one callout card for Purdue Musical Organizations in the format of the Glee Club Pete from 1962. The ephemera belonged to Richard Blunk who also played the trumpet in Purdue's All-American Marching Band during the semester he attended Purdue.

Scope and Contents Receipt - Purdue Alumni Association Life Membership, 1920 (Initialed "Paid HGL," by Harry G. Leslie, '04, who was executive director of the Association at that time, and who later was elected Governor of Indiana.)

Scope and Contents Greenwalt, Charles E. (1906). A Few Inside Glimpses of Student Life at "Perdoo" from the Sketchbook of Greenawalt. (No other publication information available.)

Scope and Contents Typed versions of thirteen letters that Lieutenant Julius L. Born wrote home to his parents while stationed in France during World War I.

Scope and Contents Schedule Card - grades and classes listed for George Bosco Jr.'s senior year at Purdue University, September 12, 1938. Purdue University diploma, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, June 11, 1939.

Scope and Contents Oral History Honors Project by Marcy Boynton, Fall 2002. Includes interviews with Dr. Victor Cicirelli, Dr. Clifford Swenson, and a third, unnamed senior Purdue psychology professor.

Scope and Contents Various memorabilia from the Class of 1911.

Content Description Materials created by or about Charles R. Brouse, including an extensive journal of his experience serving in Europe during World War I. Also includes photographs, news clippings, and the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator of October 12, 1918.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of one folder which contains papers relating to Dewitt "Buck" Buchanan.

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Business Services Office records document the Business Services office at Freehafer Hall (formerly Administrative Services Building) circa 1971. It shows the reception of Administrative Management magazine’s 1970 Office of the Year Award by various staff. Other materials include a floor plan of the office, images of unnamed staff, as well as photographs of furniture. Types of materials include: photographs, a pamphlet, and other papers.

Abstract Documents, photographs, letters, scrapbooks, correspondence, biographical material, speeches, artifacts, and subject files documenting the career of Earl L. Butz as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1971-1976.

Scope and Contents The Campus Art Survey records contain reports and inventories of the various paintings and works of art that were present on campus. The reports include the locations of the works of art at that time.

Scope and Contents The Carlyle Literary Society records (1881-1922; 1 cubic foot) documents the meetings and activities of the Carlyle Literary Society, active at Purdue from 1881-1923.  The collection includes records books that document the meetings of the society, its finances, and its constitution, as well as programs documenting society-sponsored events, and surveys administered to prospective new members.  At this time, there are no records documenting the change by the Carlyle Literary Society to Kappa Phi...