University Archives. Purdue University Archives

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Business Services Office records document the Business Services office at Freehafer Hall (formerly Administrative Services Building). 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, in addition to staff listings, memos, and organizational charts. Types of materials include: photographs, a...

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The Visual Arts Committee records document the committee’s activities, initiatives, and its history. The collection includes meeting minutes, reports, financial records, correspondence, brochures, posters, and provenance documents for the Purdue Art Collection.

Scope and Contents The International Programs in Agriculture records (1943-1975; 16 cubic feet) documents the history, administration, and activities of the College of Agriculture’s globalization efforts in the three decades following the Second World War.  Much (if not most) of the materials in this collection pertain to Purdue-Brazil Project, with a great many documents written in Portuguese.  Types of materials in the collection include: correspondence, financial records, mailing lists, meeting minutes,...

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The Purdue University School of Aeronautics brochure (circa 1950s; 1 item) includes photographs of the Purdue Airport and laboratories, Aeronautical Engineering and Air Transportation curricula, outlines and descriptions.

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This collection documents the 1967 Rose Bowl and associated Tournament of Roses Parade. Types of materials include official programs, newspaper articles, and promotional materials.

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Contents include one Purdue Radiation Safety Manual and one Purdue Chemical Hygiene Plan and Hazardous Materials Safety Manual, both from 1991, and two Radiological and Environmental Management (REM) contact lists from the 1990s. REM was renamed Environmental Health and Safety in 2023.

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This collection contains documents relating to the planning, fundraising, and creation of the Unfinished Block P Statue. It also includes the Unfinished Block P Statue archived website.

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The Purdue University Honors College records consist of material created or collected by the Purdue University Honors College. It contains several marketing brochures about the honors college, an information sheet for the 2015 incoming class, event fliers and posters, a newspaper article on the HONR 299 Lecture Series, and information on the Fall 2015 "The Presidential Seminar".

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The Purdue for Life Foundation records consist of material created or collected by the Purdue for Life Foundation. It includes a booklet for the 2023 Purdue Women's Conference.

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The Purdue University Office of Government Relations records consist of material created or collected by the Office of Government Relations. It includes a letter and brochure on the Advancing Indiana's Manufacturing (AIM) Initiative.

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The collection contains material created or collected by the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. It includes fliers and programs for conferences hosted by the center, information sheets on resources available from the center, and copies of the Coaching and Resource Network newsletter "CRN Connect".

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Includes Ramoth H. Trask's student pilot's permit from 1928, newspaper clippings of her obituary and posthumous donations to Purdue, and a photograph of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1919 where Trask was a member.

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Materials include one black and white photograph of Pickels with three other men at the Purdue University Airport. One of the men is Robert Lanson Dunham, roommate of Pickels. Also included is a clipping from the Purdue Exponent discussing Pickels's death.

Scope and Contents The Frederick L. Hovde Papers (1908-1983; 63.5 Cubic ft.) document the life and career of engineer and educator Frederick Hovde. The vast majority of the papers document Hovde's business career, particularly his tenure as President of Purdue University (1946-1971), but also his work for the U.S. government and other agencies on nuclear and atomic energy, weapons research, national defense, and rocket ordnance research. A group of personal papers is included, documenting Hovde's academic...

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Libraries records document, the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries.  Types of materials include: annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, miscellaneous materials, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, surveys, and training manuals.  The original order of the records was maintained in most cases.  Some boxes may include cross-departmental documents, and confidential items have been removed and housed in a...

Scope and Contents The Dean of Women records contain the official records of the Office of the Dean of Women, including correspondence, budgets, organization records, annual reports, and affiliated professional organizations. The Date File, which is a copy of outgoing mail from the Dean, offers researchers a glimpse into the day-to-day duties of the Dean of Women. However, any Date File that may have existed prior to 1960 is not included in these records, and there is a sizable gap between 1961 and 1969. The...