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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 64 Collections and/or Records:

Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 194
Scope and Contents These records document the Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference, an annual conference relating to the African American philosophy movement. Conference programs, abstracts, speakers, lectures, interviews, and publicity are included along with administrative information and historical perspectives regarding the Conference. Materials for the Struggle and Liberation Today/Lucha y LiberaciĆ³n Hoy virtual confernece sponsondered by the Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference and held in 2021 are...
Dates: 1989 - 2022

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

Indiana Water Resources Research Center technical reports

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20121210

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) photos

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 20081009

Before the Interstate Commerce Commission brief

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 17
Identifier: 20130430
Dates: January 10, 1927

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company Stockholders reports

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 17
Identifier: 20130430.1

Log of Test Data on Lynn Pumping Engine recorder by George Jepson, 1873

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 44
Identifier: 2022-060

Indiana State ornithology records

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-033

Ancient and Medieval Manuscript leaves collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Collections 55
Identifier: 2023-051
Dates: circa 1300-1350

Vessels family Civil War letters

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-057

Washburn family correspondence

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-058

Thanksgiving postcard

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-081
Dates: November 26, 1912

Vater Family scrapbooks, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-082

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 06

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-099

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 07

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-109
Dates: 1993, 2013-2021

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 02

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170621

Indiana Oratorical Association program

 Unprocessed Material — Communal collections box 16
Identifier: 20120816.1
Dates: March 12, 1875

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 03

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 1
Identifier: 20180521

Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference records, addition 06

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20180906.1
Dates: April 14, 2018 - April 18, 2018

Thomas J. Sego papers

 Unprocessed Material — Communal collections box 13
Identifier: 20181001.1

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association records, addition 08

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 71
Identifier: 2024-105

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 09

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-114

Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) records, addition 11

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 73
Identifier: 2024-158

City of West Lafayette records, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — 1
Identifier: 20201112
Dates: August 19, 1926 - May 15, 1963

New Harmony collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 48
Identifier: 20201217.1