Box 20

Scope and Contents

The men’s basketball series consists of four sub-series, with a description preceeding each.

Scope and Contents

This sub-series is comprised of front page headline stories about the Purdue bleacher collapse that occurred on February 25, 1947 during the halftime of the Purdue versus Wisconsin game. The newspapers have been retained, but scans have been made for preservation purposes. Also included are a few key photographs that appeared in some of the press releases about the tragedy.

Scope and Contents

Included are five, 8" x 10", black and white photographs, along with a, includes description of who took them and how it was done.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series is comprised of front page headline stories about the Purdue bleacher collapse that occurred on February 25, 1947 during the halftime of the Purdue versus Wisconsin game. The newspapers have been retained, but scans have been made for preservation purposes. Also included are a few key photographs that appeared in some of the press releases about the tragedy.

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The newspapers include front page headlines; Purdue Exponent, "Fieldhouse Bleachers Collapse During Halftime; 2 Students Killed, Many Injured In Catastrophe;" and Lafayette Journal and Courier, "Purdue Probes Bleacher Collapse."

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The folder includes the article, "Purdue Fieldhouse Bleachers Crash During Basketball Game," p. 6-7, 19.

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Athletics collection documents Purdue athletics from the earliest years to recent times. The majority of the collection consists of items related to Purdue football; a scrapbook of clippings from the 1800s that 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...