Box 1
Contains 81 Results:
Bedford Firm Making Marker For Purdue. Bloomington Herald. p. unknown, author unknown, September 14, 1968
Includes photographs of limestone quarry located on Purdue research farm in Bedford, where centennial marker material came from, photograph of the Purdue University Centennial marker and photo of Dan Estes, the designer and Robert Ingalls Jr., president of Ingalls Stone Company, Incorporated, Bedford. Hale Furniture Company, also of Bedford and Ingalls Stone donated the marker to Purdue University.
Newspaper photograph. Medallion for Purdue Marker. Bedford Times, p. unknown, June 18, 1969
Combined Gifts To Purdue Make Centennial Marker. The Journal And Courier, p. 11, author unknown, August 23, 1969
Iincludes photographs of limestone quarry located on Purdue research farm in Bedford, where centennial marker material came from, photograph of the Purdue University Centennial marker and photo of Dan Estes, the designer and Robert Ingalls Jr., president of Ingalls Stone Company, Incorporated, Bedford.
Various slides of Purdue seal and board showing proper placement of seal alongside the Exponent title, circa 1968
Image of the first Purdue seal designed by Bruce Rogers, along with a copy of the cover of the Annual Register of 1890-91 on which it appeared, 1890
Image of the second design, also drawn by Rogers, which first appeared on the cover of the Exponent’s October 1, 1894
Image of the third design by Abby Phelps Lytle, The image was in use from , 1895 - 1909
Lytle was asked by the University Administration to design it, while she was head of the art department. Also includes a copy of the cover of the School of Pharmacy, Purdue University, Twelfth Annual Catalogue, 1895-96 and a copy of the Bulletin of Purdue University, Annual Catalogue, 1903 - 1904.
Image of the fourth design, speculated to have been designed by engineering students, which was a bronze casting not suitable for reproduction, 1905
Image of fifth design; working from a sketch by Mrs. Marion Woodbury, his daughter, Charles H. Benjamin, Dean of Engineering designed this design. , 1909
The shield was reduced in size and the symbols reduced to three. The griffin now held a Roman lamp of learning. The design was used for the next sixty years.
Image of sixth variation; appeared in the Semi-Centennial Alumni Record of , 1924
This variation separates the griffin, the shield, and the banner from their positions on the Benjamin version. The design has appeared in Memorial Union publications from time to time. The designer is unknown.
Image and negative of seventh design by Bruce Rogers, 1947
Includes a copy of the cover of the Bulletin of Purdue University, Catalogue Number for the Sessions of 1946 - 1947 and Purdue University stationery on which the seventh design appears.
Image of the eighth variation appears on a supplemental sheet of seal designs, circa 1947
Commissioned by Robert W. Babcock, it was an attempt to simplify the Benjamin design. It appears in the March 1947 issue of Campus Copy, included among the papers in this folder. After seeking faculty opinion, the University continued to use the Benjamin seal instead.
Two images of ninth Purdue seal design by Al Gowan, then assistant professor of the new School of Creative Arts, 1968
Gowan remained faithful to the calligraphic style of the Lytle seal of 1895. Rather than defining the curriculum, which is subject to change, Gowan felt the seal should represent the three permanent aims of the University: education, research and service. The images show the griffin with six feathers, but that was later changed to five feathers.
Negative of seal, two inches with six feathered griffin, 1968
Two gold, 3.5 inch seals with original six feathered griffin, 1968
One black, 3.5 inch seal with original six feathered griffin, 1968
Negative of original six feathered griffin, 8", 1968
Paper, 8 inch, gold, original six feathered griffin, 1968
Paper, 10 inch, gold, original six feathered griffin, 1968
Image, 10 inch, black seal, original six feathered griffin, 1968
Two transparencies of original, six feathered griffin, 3 inches, 1968
Two sheets that show the progressive changes of the Purdue seal from , 1890 - 1968
History of University seal revealed by W.M. Hepburn, by Baynes, Margaret, Purdue Exponent, pp. unknown, August 31, 1943
(photocopy of article)
History of Unofficial University Seal Related, by John Reeder, no publication title, page numbers unavailable, November 5, 1948
(photocopy of article)