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Box 3

 Container

Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Lee Matthews collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 167
Scope and Contents The Robert Lee Matthews collection documents Matthews' time as a student at Coyne Trade and Engineer School and at Purdue and his alumni relations with Purdue. The collection includes personal records and artifacts, correspondence, and photographs.
Dates: 1909 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1953

Artifacts, circa 1920s

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 167, Series 1
Scope and Contents The artifacts within the series include pins, a slide rule, hand-made wooden artifacts, a wallet, a funnel, a letter sweater, a paperweight, and a silver tray from Robert Matthews' time as a student at Purdue.
Dates: circa 1920s

Purdue swim team letterman sweater, undated

 Item — Box: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 167, Series 1, Item 12
Scope and Contents Purdue Letterman's yarn black sweater for swim team, gold "P" left front, single gold stripe on sleeves, two front pockets. Dimensions are 27" x 18.5".
Dates: undated