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Louis W. Heagy photo album

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 346

Content Description

Album contains photos of class members of the Purdue University class of 1893, each one on a matted cardstock page. Names of classmates include the following: Archibald Stevenson, '93; George Ross Ives, '93; Herman C. Beckman, '93; Mary Weakly Royse, '93; David Edward Ross, '93; Louis Walter Heagy, '93; Clara Maude Rittenhouse, '93; William Orval Thompson, '93; George Micheal Fritz, '93; Luther Henry Patton, '93; Ed Polk (Edmund/Edward), '93; John Wesley Burt, '93; Ernest Alden Clark, '93; William Eldon Lawrence, '93; Leman Edgar Doty, '94; Edgar Albert Kingsley, '93. Eleven out of the twenty-eight individual photos are of unidentified individuals. The last page includes baby pictures of Louis W. Heagy and Etta Walker and an unidentified individual.

Dates

  • 1893

Language of Materials

Collection material is in English.

Access Information

Collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Material in this collection is in the public domain.

Biographical Information

Louis Walter Heagy was from Columbus Indiana and graduated from Purdue with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1893. While at Purdue he was President Carlyle Society member of Annuals in 1992; and served as Business Manager of The Exponent, student newspaper.

Extent

0.155 Cubic Feet (1 print box)

Additional Description

Custodial History

This album was given to Heagy by his mother when he went home in 1893. It was then presented to Purdue University in September 1951, as a memento of the 1893 class.

Acquisition Information

Collection was donated to Purdue University by Louis W. Heagy in 1951.

Related materials

MSP 140, Portrait Photographs of Purdue University Students, Classes of 1889-1893, collection, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.

Processing Information

Album has been housed in an acid free box.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Louis W. Heagy photo album
Status
Completed
Author
Aarthi Devarajan and Richard R. Bernier
Date
2019-12-02
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
Second edition. Collection description was first completed 2017-10-12.

Revision Statements

  • 2019-12-02: Record was revised by Richard Bernier to bring it up to current standards.

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol
Contact:
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