Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Collections and/or Records:
Years Before Purdue, 1933 - 1935
Series — Box: 1, Section: 1
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 1
Scope and Contents
Included in the series are photographs from the 1933-34 World's Fair, High School diploma and clippings, Mount Vernon High School, and material related to the 1937 flood.
Dates:
1933 - 1935
"A Century of Progress," Chicago's World Fair, 1933-1934 (2 pages, includes various photographs from event), 1933 - 1934
File — Box: 1, Section: 1, Placement: 1
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
(Two pages, includes various photographs from event.)
Dates:
1933 - 1934
High School diploma and clippings, Mount Vernon High School, 1935
File — Box: 1, Section: 1, Placement: 2
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 1, File 2
Scope and Contents
Two pages in scrapbook.
Dates:
1935
Ice Gorge in the Ohio River, 1936 (4 pages, includes photographs and clippings, section marked, “Wreckage and Damage”), 1936
File — Box: 1, Section: 1, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 1, File 3
Scope and Contents
(Four pages, includes photographs and clippings, section marked, "Wreckage and Damage.")
Dates:
1936
Flood of, 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 1, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 1, File 4
Scope and Contents
(Seven pages, includes photographs, clippings and a souvenir brochure, issued by the Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, Evansville, IN.)
Dates:
1937
Purdue University, 1936 - 1939
Series — Box: 1, Section: 2
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Items among the Purdue University series are a cover page with photographs of Keck in senior cords and derby, Electrical Engineering building and Memorial Union. Along with items related to Eta Kappa Nu Association, Electrical Engineering honorary and Tau Beta Pi, All Engineering Honorary.
Dates:
1936 - 1939
Programs from convocations; symphonies, operas, Purdue University Annual Open House, 1938, and a "sample facsimile of radio printing" obtained at open house in 1939, 1938 - 1939
File — Box: 1, Section: 2, Placement: 1
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
(Includes seven pages in scrapbook.)
Dates:
1938 - 1939
Eta Kappa Nu Association, Electrical Engineering honorary , 1937 - 1938
File — Box: 1, Section: 2, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
(Two pages, includes certificate of membership, December 8, 1937; program from fall initiation, December 9, 1937; and program from Scabbard & Blade spring initiation, April 14, 1938 and photographs of Keck.)
Dates:
1937 - 1938
Tau Beta Pi, All Engineering Honorary , 1938 - 1939
File — Box: 1, Section: 2, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
(Two pages, includes certificate of membership, May 26, 1938; programs from 1938 and 1939 banquets; and pictures from picnic, 1939.)
Dates:
1938 - 1939
Around Purdue University Campus, 1936 - 1937
Series — Box: 1, Section: 3
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3
Scope and Contents
Series three includes photographs from around campus; Hovde Hall, Airport Hangar, Campus from top of Fieldhouse, Ross-Ade Stadium, Homecoming, seniors, along with ephemera during the 1936-37 time period. Also found here are photographs of construction on campus at this time; Fieldhouse and Gymnasium, Hall of Music basement, Union addition, including bowling alley, "Chem & MET," and "M.E. & E.E." Lastly, there is a photogrpah of Amelia Earhart at Purdue, 1937.
Dates:
1936 - 1937
Under Construction - Bridge Across Wabash, 1936
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 1
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
(One page in scrapbook.)
Dates:
1936
At the Airport, circa 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 2
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents
(One pages)
Dates:
circa 1937
Amelia Earhart at Purdue, 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 3
Scope and Contents
(One page)
Dates:
1937
"On Campus," - Hovde Hall, Airport Hangar, Campus from top of Fieldhouse, Ross-Ade Stadium, circa 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 4
Scope and Contents
(One page)
Dates:
circa 1937
Fieldhouse and Gymnasium - Under Construction, 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 5
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents
(Two pages)
Dates:
1937
Construction on Campus, Hall of Music basement; Union addition, including bowling alley; "Chem & MET;" "M.E. & E.E. buildings", circa 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 6
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents
(One page)
Dates:
circa 1937
Various people, 1937 - 1938
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 7
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 7
Scope and Contents
(Two pages)
Dates:
1937 - 1938
"Home at Purdue" , 1937
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 8
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents
(One page, includes photographs of room and three football tickets.)
Dates:
1937
Seniors, 1938
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 9
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 9
Scope and Contents
(One page)
Dates:
1938
Homecoming, 1938
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 10
Scope and Contents
(One page, includes football program and photos of decorated houses.)
Dates:
1938
"Purdue Keeps the Bucket for '39" , 1939
File — Box: 1, Section: 3, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 3, File 11
Scope and Contents
(One page, includes Purdue vs. IU football program, ticket and photographs of field during game.)
Dates:
1939
ROTC, circa 1937 - 1939
Series — Box: 1, Section: 4
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 4
Scope and Contents
The R.O.T.C. series contains photogrpahs related to Keck's R.O.T.C. activities, including training, R.O.T.C. Cadet Officers Class of '39 photograph and staff photo, 2nd Battalion, his certificate, Field Artillery Reserve Officers Training, Keck appointed Cadet Colonel, "Battery 'B'," group photograph with namesand photographs of Purdue's Tri-motor and Army plane at airport, 1939.
Dates:
circa 1937 - 1939
Programs, Inspection banquet, 1938 and 1939; Scabbard & Blade spring initiation, 1939; photograph - "Third Prize - Albert Smith Award '39", 1938 - 1939
File — Box: 1, Section: 4, Placement: 4
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
(One page)
Dates:
1938 - 1939
Senior Inspection Trips, 1938 - 1939
Series — Box: 1, Section: 8
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 8
Scope and Contents
Includes material and mmeorabilia fron various senior inspection trips. Also includes itinerary and brochure from Port Washington Power Plant, The Milwaukee Electric and Railway & Light Company, 1939, and program cover and ticket stub of "first hockey game – Chicago," November 3, 1938.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
"How to Study! - Roommates at Purdue", 1938 - 1939
Series — Box: 1, Section: 9
Identifier: MSA 303, Series 9
Scope and Contents
One page of photographs of "roommates at Purdue."
Dates:
1938 - 1939