Purdue University News Service videos

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: UA 191

Staff Only

Content Description

Collection contains two boxes of VHS tapes of events recorded by the Purdue University News Service. It contains one tape of video from the Purdue Newsreel from 1957-1958, but most of the videos are from the 1980s through the late 2000s with the bulk from the late 1990s through the late 2000s. The videos contain local, regional, and national news stories, research stories, stories about nuclear programs at Purdue, Rube Goldberg competitions, INside Indiana Business, training videos and productions. The collection is unprocessed and the information we have was gathered from the tape labels. For a full inventory of each tape, see the attached inventory under “Links.”

Dates

Creation: 1956 - 2008
Creation: Majority of material found within 2001 - 2008

Creator

Purdue University. Marketing and Communications (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Copyright for portions of this collection is held by Purdue University. Other portions of this collection may have copyright owned by external organzations, e.g. "CNN." Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.

Historical Information

The University News Service was the news disseminating office for the Purdue University West Lafayette campus. They wrote news releases, took photographs, produced radio and television programs, and provided other information to news media through the state and nation. They also maintained a photo and biography file of Purdue personnel for use by the media. The University News Service has been a part of a continually evolving organizational restructuring of units involved in marketing, news dissemination and communication, and public/alumni relations. The department’s prior name was Office of Public Information and reported to the Vice-President for Development. When it was renamed to University News Service, it reported to the Vice-President for University Relations. In 2009 the department was renamed to News Service and Media Relations. At the same time the Office of Marketing and Media was created which took responsibility of the media creation portion of the department. These two entities were later combined into the Office of Marketing and Communications.

Extent

2.00 Cubic Feet (2 Cubic foot boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in one series.

Technical Access Information

VHS tapes must be migrated to a digital format before use. Contact Purdue University Archives and Special Collections if interested in using this material.

Acquisition Information

Collection was transferred to the archives in 2010 from Kim Berman from the Purdue University News Service as part of Purdue University News Service photographs and negatives, addition 01. The VHS tapes were removed from that addition and made into its own collection.

Accruals

No further additions to the collection are expected.

Related Materials

MSP 19, Purdue University News Service photographs, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.

UA 65,Purdue University Newsreels and Year in Review recordings, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.

Processing Information

Tapes are arranged by subject groupings as indicated in the attached inventory document. The content of the tapes has not been migrated to digital format. Contact Purdue University Archives and Special Collections if interested in using this material.