Purdue University College of Liberal Arts records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: UA 90

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains administrative documents from the College of Liberal Arts as well as records from individual departments and programs within the college.

Dates

1925 - 2019

Creator

Purdue University. College of Liberal Arts (Organization)

Access Information

This collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Copyright held by Purdue University. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials

Extent

5.10 Cubic Feet (One cubic foot box, three full-width letter-size manuscript boxes, one full-width legal-size manuscript box, and two flat boxes.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into two series by creator.

Administration
Department records

Acquisition Information

A portion of these records were transferred from the College of Liberal Arts in 2014. The majority were donated by Joan Marshall and Emily Strudeman in 2016.

Separated Materials

The following items were removed from the collection: Theatre records, Joan Marshall collection, Council on the Status of Women materials (moved to MSP 49), Graduate Council minutes (1996-2001), University Senate minutes (2015), an undergraduate student retention report (1993-1994), Honors College theses, Runkel PhD thesis, photographs of homecoming lawn displays, photos of courdoroy pants, photos of Purdue landscapes, a newspaper clipping about a giant mushroom, and various patriotic materials from the 1950s.

Processing Information

All materials have been housed in acid-free folders and acid-free boxes.

Subjects

Collecting Areas

- University Archives. Purdue University Archives

Related Names

Creator

Purdue University. College of Liberal Arts (Organization)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Purdue University College of Liberal Arts records
Status: In Progress
Author: Sarah Kenny
Date: 2019-04-12
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin
Language of description note: English
Edition statement: First edition.

Revision Statements

2019-05-05: Collection was rehoused in archival folders and boxes by Sarah Kenny.
2020-05-14: Collection description updated by Adelle Rogers.
2023-11-06: Added and linked websites from Archive-It to finding aid - Ben Parnin
2024-01-30: Historical Information note was updated to reflect entire collection by Emily Jones.