Special Collections. Purdue University Special Collections
Collecting Area
Identifier: Special Collections
Special Collections includes materials related to the history of Indiana as well as rare or unique items that support the research and teaching needs of the Purdue University. This designation applies to all materials that do not fall under any other classification.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Tom Allen Comedy of the Dead script
Collection — Box Communal Collections 65, Placement: 08, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 279
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the script is for "The Comedy of the Dead" (La Comedia de los Muertos), written by José Cid Pérez and transcribed into English by John P. Dyson. There is an inscription inside the front cover from Perez to Professor Robert Lowe.
Dates:
1967
Ancient and Medieval Manuscript Leaves collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 55
Identifier: MSP 136
Abstract
The Ancient and Medieval Manuscript Leaves collection contains leaves from Breviaries, Books of Hours, Antiphonaries, Bibles, an Anthology of Persian Poetry, Byzantine Music Notation, and a papyrus fragment. The collection demonstrates a variety of medieval texts and artistic styles. This particular collection is an excellent teaching tool for many classes in the humanities.
Dates:
30 B.C.E. - 18th Century
Ancient and Medieval Manuscript leaves collection, addition 01
Unprocessed — Box Communal Collections 55
Identifier: 2023-051
Dates:
circa 1300-1350
Andreae manuscript, summa de sponsalibus et de matrimoniis
Unprocessed — Box 01
Identifier: 20180816.1
Dates:
circa 1450 - 1475
Authors letters collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 73, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSP 315
Scope and Contents
The Indiana Authors Letter Collection contains letters from some of the state's most successful authors. The collection encompasses the "Golden Age of Indiana Literature," a time period in which Hoosier authors achieved both national prominence and popular acclaim.
Dates:
ca. 1833-1930
Marcia L. Barrows diary
Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSP 318
Scope and Contents
The Marcia L. Barrows diary is a 2.5" x 4" leather bound diary with entries written by Marcia Barrows from January 1 to July 21, 1865. It contains information on social life in Indianapolis, a travel log from Indianapolis to Augusta, Maine, a list of books read, and items purchased and their costs.
The diary contains gaps between entries from April 19 to May 7, May 10 to June 10, and June 19 to July 9.
The diary contains gaps between entries from April 19 to May 7, May 10 to June 10, and June 19 to July 9.
Dates:
January 1, 1865 - July 21, 1865
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission brief
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 17
Identifier: 20130430
Dates:
January 10, 1927
Frederick Billerbeck papers on the Limited Editions Club
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 314
Scope and Contents
Frederick Billerbeck's files on the Limited Editions Club. Files include issues of Monthly Letters of the Limited Editions Club published between 1944 and 1989, annual prospectuses (yearly catalogs of books offered), and other communications from the LEC including holiday greetings and signed plates from artists.
Dates:
1944 - 1989
City of West Lafayette records, addition 01
Unprocessed — 1
Identifier: 20201112
Dates:
August 19, 1926 - May 15, 1963
Collection of Midwestern maps
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSR 12
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Midwestern Maps (1825-1925; 7 linear feet) documents roads, counties, and geography of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Illinois. It features several pocket maps, including one attached to the inside cover of a small travel booklet. Some maps note territory status of current states, such as Michigan. Not all counties are represented on all maps. One map is written in French.
Dates:
1825 - 1925
Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 130
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art (circa 1800-1846; 43 items) contains twenty-six pencil, pastel, charcoal and watercolor sketches on paper by Charles Lesueur and seventeen pencil and watercolor sketches attributed to Virginia Dupalais Twigg, Lesueur's niece and pupil who lived with him in New Harmony, or Lucy Sistare Say, a fellow artist teaching at New Harmony. Many of the sketches document life in New Harmony,...
Dates:
1800 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1837
Edward T. Sego chemistry course lab manual
Unprocessed — Box envelope
Identifier: 20120815.1
Dates:
1965
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) photos
Unprocessed
Identifier: 20081009
Dates:
1986 - 2006
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 02
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170621
Dates:
1988 - 2017
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 03
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 1
Identifier: 20180521
Dates:
2018
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 04
Unprocessed — Box 01
Identifier: 20190728
Dates:
1963 - 2019
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 05
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 48
Identifier: 20210128
Dates:
2008
Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 6
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-099
Dates:
2022
Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference records, addition 06
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20180906.1
Dates:
April 14, 2018 - April 18, 2018
William Henry Harrison collection
Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSP 228
Scope and Contents
The William Henry Harrison collection contains materials related to William Henry Harrison, his presidential campaign in 1840, and the Battle of Tippecanoe. Materials include campaign songsheets, campaign ribbon, political document, newspaper clipping, and commemorative plate.
Dates:
1840 - 1966; Majority of material found in 1840 - 1840
Heath Family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: heat00
Scope and Contents
The Heath Family Papers document the business dealings and transactions of one of Lafayette's early prominent families.
Dates:
1837-1923; Other: Majority of material found in 1837-1888
Hymnal manuscript, circa early 16th century
Collection — Box 1 volume
Identifier: MSP 294
Abstract
Early 16th-century manuscript hymnal, in Latin [Germany]: NP, ND (circa 1500s). Quarto (6 6/8 X 8 6/8 X 1"). Unpaginated. [96] leaves (ms from leaf 3 to leaf 91). Written in Germany, possibly in the area of Fulda, whose patron saints are Simplicius, Faustinus, and their sister Beatrix. The manuscript later passed to the Benedictine monastery of Amorbach, whose 17th or 18th-century ex-libris is on the upper margin on f.4. The manuscript...
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2017
Indiana Educational Services Foundation records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0000IESF
Scope and Contents
Materials relate to the Office of State Technical Services (Indiana State Technical Services), the State Technical Services Act, and the Indiana Educational Services Foundation.
Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.
Dates:
1969-1971
Indiana Engineering Society records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 16
Scope and Contents
The Indiana Engineering Society Records (1913-1937, 0.5 cubic feet) document the correspondence, activities and conferences of the Indiana Engineering Society. Highlighting individual members and other regional engineering societies, the collection shows the Indiana Engineering Society's involvement with the community. Although the records span the years of 1913 to 1937, the majority of the records cover from 1927 to 1937. Types of materials include: correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws,...
Dates:
1913 - 1937