University Archives. Purdue University Archives

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The Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program collection documents the history of Purdue University. The collection consists of recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with individuals associated with Purdue University.

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The Kenneth E. McConnaughay collection contains a copy of McConnaughay's "Touring Europe" compilation of letters, photos, and sketches sent by McConnaughay during his European travels in the 1950s, including commentary on paving and road construction. The collection also includes a 1973 Purdue Alumnus article about his honorary doctorate and his 1975 Lafayette Journal and Courier obituary.

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This collection includes one cord skirt belonging to Judith (Shields) Ruzicka and one sheet of digitally printed senior photographs that include an image of Ruzicka wearing a mortar board graduation cap.

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This collection contains some of the recorded lectures in the Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science series. It also contains digital flyers and other ephemera.

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media photographs collection (1865-2011) visually documents Purdue campus life, physical spaces, and events. The collection includes approximately 50 years of photographs and negatives taken of various campus schools, departments, people, and organizations by the Office of Marketing and Media. The collection also includes photographs and negatives collected by the Office of Marketing and Media documenting the nearly 100 years of Purdue's history...

Scope and Contents The Purdue Foundation Student Board (PFSB) records document the activities of the PFSB. It consists primarily of administrative records generated by the organization and its various committees. It includes but is not limited to meeting minutes and agendas; PFSB constitutions and mission statements; schedules of events; planning documents for philanthropic initiatives; social media posts; and recruitment and outreach endeavors.Also included are digital photographs and videos taken...

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This collection includes documents, manuscripts, theater programs, photographs, scripts, writings, and newspaper clippings relating to Joseph G. Stockdale's education, theater career, writing career, career in higher education, and role as an advocate for the theatre arts and as a mentor to young theatre professionals.

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The collection contains photographs, awards, and a bound copy of Akeley’s memoirs. The materials document her life and career as a physics instructor at Purdue University.

Scope and Contents This collection documents Purdue University's musical organizations including the Choral Society, Glee Club, Symphony Orchestra, and University bands. Materials include song books, scrapbook, programs, sheet music, and record albums. Includes information on well-known Purdue songs, such as "Hail Purdue," as well as lesser-known Purdue songs performed at convocations, football games against Indiana University, and related events. Some late 19th century song books not specific to Purdue but...

Scope and Contents The Purdue LGBTQ+ Student Alliance records (1994-2015) document the history of LGBTQ student organizations on Purdue’s campus since the mid-1990s. As an umbrella organization for the LGBTQ+ community at Purdue University, the collection contains materials from related relevant entities throughout the years, including the Purdue Ally Association, the LGBT Advisory Board, and the Office of the Dean of Students Diversity Committee. Of particular interest might be the Ally Association Member...

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Letters from Thomas Hendrix to Margaret Kennedy while he was a student and member of the Navy V-12 program at Purdue University

Scope and Contents The Kassandra Agee Chandler papers document Chandlers' time as a student at Purdue, with particular focus on her nomination as the first and only African American Homecoming Queen at Purdue. The papers also document the many student activities with which she was involved and her career and alumni involvement. The collection includes personal records, newspaper clippngs, photographs, correspondence, and artifacts. This collection would be useful to researchers interested in student life in...

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Includes 18 diaries written by Bertha Kate Gaddis, a long-term teacher in the Lafayette area and sister to Lella Gaddis, Indiana's first state leader of Home Demonstration. The diaries contain detailed accounts of Kate and Lella's lives, interactions, and activities of important persons at Purdue University, and events and the changing landscape in both Lafayette and the United States. Also includes the shoebox where the diaries were kept.

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Video interview, 2006 and special issue of Journal & Courier, 2010 (front page picture with numerous articles)

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The College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture, Records consists of correspondence relating to the history, administration, and work of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), a bound book consisted of numerous issues of the "Agricultural and Biological Enginnering Newsletter", and photographs of previous experiments, faculty, students, and Distinguished Industrial Lecture guest speakers.

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials relating to the Purdue Libraries Audio Visual Center. The collection documents the founding and development of the Audio Visual Center during Lloyd. D. Miller and David F. Moses’ tenures as Assistant Director of the Audio-Visual Center. Types of materials include annual reports, administrative documents, policies and procedures, correspondence, catalogs, research reports, and committee minutes. There are also several materials relating to the teaching and...

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This collection primarily consists of memorabilia of Susan Bulkeley Butler’s time at Purdue University, including newspaper clippings, documents about extracurricular projects, photographs, and artifacts.

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The Purdue Village records consists of materials documenting the Purdue Village Preschool, Married Student Housing, and the Purdue Village complex. Materials include job descriptions, directories, newsletters, flyers, artifacts, and other administrative records. The materials primarily document the activities of the Purdue Village Preschool and the closing celebration of Purdue Village.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of John I. Dean's 1940 Purdue University diploma, and one scrapbook page belonging to Major Dean. The front page is titled "All Purdue Men," Lubbock Army Flying School, Lubbock Texas, May 1943. The scrapbook second page (or back page) is titled: "My Advanced Flying School Instructor and Students, Lubbock Texas, June 1943." Men identified in the photo are: L-R (standing) Bill Brucker, Al Edes, Burt Walkup (The Instructor), Me [John Irwin Dean], Paul Cooper. L-R...

Scope and Contents The Purdue Research Foundation Records (1930-2014; 8.2 cubic feet) documents the history and function of the Purdue Research Foundation, from its founding in 1930.  The bulk of the collection consists of materials from the 1940s and 1950s, including administrative records and project reports.  Materials from other years are far less prominent.  Documents within the collection include calendars, minutes, proposals, and reports.  The Purdue Research Foundation Records are organized into three...

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The Lambert Field House and Gymnasium records contain open house information pamphlets from the building's dedication ceremony.

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This collection contains the text (Microsoft Word document) of the commencement address delivered by Major General, Theresa Carter, at Purdue University's 2018 winter commencement.

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The Evelyn Schmollinger papers document the personal life of Evelyn Harvey Schmollinger as a student at Purdue University. The papers consist of scrapbooks, dance cards, annotated issues of the Purdue Agriculturist, and pins.

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The Charles B. Murphy papers contain publications, notes, and correspondence by or related to Charles B. Murphy, including announcements and congratulatory letters about the establishment of the Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award at Purdue University.