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Box 21

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Athletics collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 160
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...
Dates: 1880 - 2016

Ticket, Field Day at Purdue, May 10, 1893

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 7, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 160, Series 4, Sub-series 1, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of programs, admittance tags and schedules from Purdue Field Days and track meets held in the 1880s-1900s are featured in this series. The Purdue Field Days were often sponsored by the senior class and consisted of various athletic competitions between Purdue students/classes. There are also track programs from the 1920s and a program from the 31st Annual Indoor Track and Field Championships of the Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association, 1941.
Dates: May 10, 1893