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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

"Boilermakers: A history of Purdue football," by B. Collins, 1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSP 160, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series includes three scrapbooks containing clippings; the first album contains Purdue football related articles from Lafayette, Indianapolis and Chicago newspapers. The clippings include an article about Purdue’s first football win on November 16, 1889, an article about the game against Wabash, November 23, 1889, that prompted the nickname “Boilermakers,” and the first game played against Indiana University in 1890. The second album contains newspaper clippings relating to the...
Dates: 1976