Box 3

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection features, among other memorabilia, a tank scrap chain and padlock from 1913, a label from the first bottle of beer served to a Purdue student after the repeal of prohibition, numerous buttons and pins, including a hatpin with the Purdue seal from 1895 on it (third design), a Reamer's Club "R" from the early 1990s, a Purdue Murad cigarette silk, a 1902-1903 matriculation ticket signed by Purdue President Winthrop E. Stone, along with Junior...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series three is comprised of numerous programs from the early 1900s-1940s for Purdue events. There are programs/dance cards from the 1941 and 1943 Women's Residence Halls Spring Formal and the 1941 and 1942 Military Ball, donated by Gloria Francke. She also donated a newsletter, The Promenader, 1939 - Special Edition and 1940 and program from the 1942 Junior Promenade. Another newsletter, The Clarion: the voice of Cary Club, 1947-1948 is found in the collection. Lastly, an undated editorial,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series three is comprised of numerous programs from the early 1900s-1940s for Purdue events. There are programs/dance cards from the 1941 and 1943 Women's Residence Halls Spring Formal and the 1941 and 1942 Military Ball, donated by Gloria Francke. She also donated a newsletter, The Promenader, 1939 - Special Edition and 1940 and program from the 1942 Junior Promenade. Another newsletter, The Clarion: the voice of Cary Club, 1947-1948 is found in the collection. Lastly, an undated editorial,...