William Chester Halstead photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 262
William Chester Halstead photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 262
The William Chester Halstead photographs document Purdue University, students, faculty, and staff during the 1890s, featuring buildings, student groups, such as the cyclists, drum corps, and artillery. Photographs of note include the burned-out structure of Heavilon Hall and President Smart in his office. The collection also documents the Lafayette area.
- Access Information
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Collection is open for research.
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
- Extent
- 0.182 Cubic Feet (One half-width letter-size manuscript box)
- Related Names
- Halstead, Yvonne
- Halstead, William Chester, 1873-1937
- Purdue University
- Purdue University--Presidents
- Purdue University--Buildings--Pictorial works
- University Hall (West Lafayette, Ind.)
- Boiler and Gas House (West Lafayette, Ind.)
- Locomotive Testing Plant (West Lafayette, Ind.)
- U.S. Experiment Station (West Lafayette, Ind.)
- Ladies Hall (West Lafayette, Ind.)
- Language of Materials
- English
Numbered Cyanotypes, circa 1890s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Art Hall (Ladies Hall)
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 1
Schenectady, Professor Goss, and Mechanics Seniors, Spring 1893
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 2
Group of men in and around the Schenectady locomotive. The photograph is blurred and image is reversed.
- Dates
- Creation: Spring 1893
Schenectady
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 3
Experiment Station
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 4
Stand Pipe and Centrifugal Pump
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 5
Green House
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 6
Miss Golden in Green House
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 7
Purdue Farm Barn
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 8
Chem Lab (Pharmacy), Art Hall (Ladies Hall), and University Hall, seen from Farm
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 9
Experiment Station
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 10
Main Street Bridge (East End) Lafayette
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 11
John Purdue portrait
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 12
President Smart in Office
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 13
Purdue Gate in Winter
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 14
Science and Electrical Laboratory Buildings
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 15
Winter scence taken from the Oval (Memorial Mall).
Engine House and University Hall
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 16
The Purdue Bell is visible in the Engine House cupola.
University Hall and Art (Ladies) Hall, seen from Experiment Station
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 17
Louis and Jenkins stoking boilers, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 18
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Boiler Room and Pumps at Engine House “Louis” and “Jenkins”, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 19
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Art Hall, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 20
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Scientific Boxing. Foot-ball players in front of Dorm, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 21
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Purdue Cyclists, 1893
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1893
Tennis Experiment Station, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 23
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Purdue Drum Corps, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 24
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Campus from University Hall: Military Drill, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 25
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
University Hall, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 26
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Science Hall, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 27
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Dormitory, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 28
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Engine Room, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 29
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 29
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Purdue Artillery, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 262, File 1, Item 30
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Unnumbered Cyanotypes, circa 1890s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Purdue Farm from Experiment Station, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 1
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
University Hall in Winter, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 2
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Havelon [sic] Hall after fire; The Havelon Tower Burned – No. B-88, January 23, 1894
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 3
- Dates
- Creation: January 23, 1894
Locomotive Laboratory, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 4
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Locomotive Laboratory, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 5
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Schenectady in Locomotive Laboratory, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 6
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Trigonometry, circa 1890s
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 262, File 2, Item 7
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1890s
Citation
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MSA 262, William Chester Halstead photographs, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.
Cite Item Description
MSA 262, William Chester Halstead photographs, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries. https://archives.lib.purdue.edu/repositories/2/resources/539 Accessed April 06, 2025.