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Box 2

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Papers, 1934 - 1953

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 323, Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series contains student identification cards, schedules, expenses, photographs, a final thesis, and diplomas received by Coffee. The photographs are of the Purdue campus and buildings as well as military training camps Coffee attended while a student. Of particular interest is the poem Coffee wrote for his fraternity brother and former roommate, Tom McGannon, who died in a fire on September 11, 1936. Materials in the series are arranged by type and in chronological order.

Dates: 1934 - 1953
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Richard J. Coffee papers

Scrapbook, Purdue University 1935-1938, 1935 - 1938

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: MSA 323, Series 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains student identification cards, schedules, expenses, photographs, a final thesis, and diplomas received by Coffee. The photographs are of the Purdue campus and buildings as well as military training camps Coffee attended while a student. Of particular interest is the poem Coffee wrote for his fraternity brother and former roommate, Tom McGannon, who died in a fire on September 11, 1936. Materials in the series are arranged by type and in chronological order.

Dates: 1935 - 1938
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Richard J. Coffee papers / Papers

Richard J. Coffee papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 323
Abstract

Letters, photographs, clippings, and material artifacts documenting the student life of Richard J. Coffee, 1934-1939.   Also included are items from his professional life after graduation.

Dates: 1934 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1939
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections