Communal collections box 65

The collection consists of a collection of recipes produced by the School of Home Economics in 1932. The recipes are compiled under various categories, e.g., "Recipes for Inexpensive Dishes" and "Menus for St. Valentine's Day."

The collection consists of the script is for "The Comedy of the Dead" (La Comedia de los Muertos), written by José Cid Pérez and transcribed into English by John P. Dyson.  There is an inscription inside the front cover from Perez to Professor Robert Lowe.

The collection consists of three leaflets published by the Agricultural Extension Service in 1951. The leaflets are entitled: "Magic in Milk," "Home Business Methods" and "Good Sewing Methods."

The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, tickets, brochures and ephemera relating to the 1998 Alamo Bowl.

The collection consists of one 1939 freshman year report card in Engineering. The report card was issued to Vern C. Vanderbilt, native of Indianapolis, who graduated from Purdue with a Bacelor in Mechanical Engineering in 1942.

The records are a compilation of all individuals that received honorary doctorates from Purdue between 1888 and 2013. The list contains the date and discipline the degrees which were awarded. Famous honorary doctorates include Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan, Mitch Daniels, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., and Darlene Clark Hine.

The collection consists of various Awards programs from 2010. The programs include the faculty and staff awards program, student honors, and distinguished science alumni. Types of materials include: brochures, flyers, DVD.

The collection consists of one green leather-bound Gala Week booklet from 1909.

The collection consists of two copies of a black and white photograph of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity - Psi Zeta Chapter. According to the inscription on the back of the photograph, one of the photographs might have belonged to Albert R. Sweeny, who is also identified in the front row to the extreme left. Inscription also reveals that photograph was taken in March 1908, thus when the group was still the Aeolian Club. An additional note identifies six other members.

The collection consists of one Purdue University student handbook from 1911. It contains information on university clubs and organization, classes and customs, businesses and churches in the Lafayette area, college songs and yells, and athletics.

The collection documents materials associated with the Occupy Purdue protest movement which centered heavily around topics such as white supremacy and women's and minority empowerment. The collection may be useful for researchers interested in student protests in the twenty-first century.