Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Collections and/or Records:
Underground and Political Student Newspapers, 1939 - 2008
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1
Scope and Contents
The Underground and Political Student Newspapers consists of student newspapers with content that is socially subversive or political in nature. This includes several controversial newspapers from the 1960s and 1970s.
Dates:
1939 - 2008
Independent Student Newspapers, 1930 - 1985
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 2
Scope and Contents
The Independent Student Newspapers consist of newspapers that focus on current events in the Purdue University and Greater Lafayette area. They do not provide substantial political commentary or subversive content. Instead, they target particular subgroups of the Purdue University student body.
Dates:
1930 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1985
Purdue Exposer, December 8, 1939
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
Includes on issue of the Purdue Exposer, was a satirical newspaper produced on the Purdue West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
December 8, 1939
Stabbed, circa 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 2
Scope and Contents
Includes a satirical newspaper produced by the Cary Club, part of the Cary Quadrangle Residence Halls.
Dates:
circa 1946
Horrendum Dictu, 1966
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 3
Scope and Contents
Includes two issues of the satirical counterculture newspaper, Horrendum Dictu.
Dates:
1966
Horrendum Dictu, November 1966
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes two issues of the satirical counterculture newspaper, Horrendum Dictu.
Dates:
November 1966
Horrendum Dictu, December 1966
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes two issues of the satirical counterculture newspaper, Horrendum Dictu.
Dates:
December 1966
SRL Sisyphus, May 1969
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 4
Scope and Contents
Includes one issue of the counterculture newspaper SRL Sisyphus.
Dates:
May 1969
Agitator, circa March 1990 - April 1990
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 5
Scope and Contents
Includes one issue of the Agitator, a publication of the Purdue Chapter of the Democratic Socialists for America.
Dates:
circa March 1990 - April 1990
Bauls' Sellers Warned of City Soliciting Law, February 25, 1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
February 25, 1969
Bauls Discussion Cut in Half By Widening Generation Gap, March 18, 1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
March 18, 1969
Student Newspaper Banned, June 1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
June 1969
Governor Clears Way for 'Bauls' Action, 1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
1969
West Side Police Fail to Find Underground Press Offices, September 24, 1970
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
September 24, 1970
Editorial Supplement (sic) to Tobacco Road, 1970
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
1970
Mid America Blues, 1970
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
1970
Hard Times, 1975 - 1977
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 17
Scope and Contents
Includes all fourteen issues of Hard Times, a newspaper self-published by John Stevenson and Kermit Scott, two professors in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. The newspaper was put out by the Welfare Rights Organization, and Purdue University Students for Communication, Information, and Action (Student CIA) was also involved. Hard Times included counterculture content with commentary and news about social class, capitalism, and socialism.
Dates:
1975 - 1977
Hard Times, June 1975
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 17, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes all fourteen issues of Hard Times, a newspaper self-published by John Stevenson and Kermit Scott, two professors in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. The newspaper was put out by the Welfare Rights Organization, and Purdue University Students for Communication, Information, and Action (Student CIA) was also involved. Hard Times included counterculture content with commentary and news about social class, capitalism, and socialism.
Dates:
June 1975
Hard Times, July 1975 - August 1975
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 17, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes all fourteen issues of Hard Times, a newspaper self-published by John Stevenson and Kermit Scott, two professors in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. The newspaper was put out by the Welfare Rights Organization, and Purdue University Students for Communication, Information, and Action (Student CIA) was also involved. Hard Times included counterculture content with commentary and news about social class, capitalism, and socialism.
Dates:
July 1975 - August 1975
Hard Times, November 1975
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 17, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes all fourteen issues of Hard Times, a newspaper self-published by John Stevenson and Kermit Scott, two professors in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. The newspaper was put out by the Welfare Rights Organization, and Purdue University Students for Communication, Information, and Action (Student CIA) was also involved. Hard Times included counterculture content with commentary and news about social class, capitalism, and socialism.
Dates:
November 1975
Hard Times, December 1975
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 17, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes all fourteen issues of Hard Times, a newspaper self-published by John Stevenson and Kermit Scott, two professors in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. The newspaper was put out by the Welfare Rights Organization, and Purdue University Students for Communication, Information, and Action (Student CIA) was also involved. Hard Times included counterculture content with commentary and news about social class, capitalism, and socialism.
Dates:
December 1975
Hard Times, January 1976
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 5
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 1, File 17, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes all fourteen issues of Hard Times, a newspaper self-published by John Stevenson and Kermit Scott, two professors in the Philosophy Department at Purdue University. The newspaper was put out by the Welfare Rights Organization, and Purdue University Students for Communication, Information, and Action (Student CIA) was also involved. Hard Times included counterculture content with commentary and news about social class, capitalism, and socialism.
Dates:
January 1976
The Independent Gazette, May 1930 - October 1985
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 2, File 6
Scope and Contents
Includes several issues of The Independent Gazette, a long-running publication focused upon Purdue West Lafayette campus news and events. The Independent Gazette was also known as The Independent and The Purdue Independent.
Dates:
May 1930 - October 1985; Majority of material found within October 1977 - October 1985
Related Information about Underground and Student Newspapers, 1969 - 1972
Series — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3
Scope and Contents
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
1969 - 1972
Clippings about Bauls, 1969
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 99, Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.
Dates:
1969