Folder 3
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Scrapbook Pages, ca. 1905
File — Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Henry C. Balcom collection documents the student life of Henry C. Balcom, mostly as a Purdue University freshman in 1905. The collection includes several photographs and clippings related to the 1905 Tank Scrap and Chain Gang, as well as various campus scenes and buildings. Also included are two newspaper clippings detailing controversies surrounding University President Winthrop Stone's wife Victoria. The collection also contains one later photograph of Balcom from 1946.
Dates:
ca. 1905
Scrapbook page 1, 1905
Item — Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Front: Newspaper clippings related to Purdue administrators, the Tank Scrap; Back: clippings related to student riots following a basketball game with Indiana University, the Chain Gang, and Purdue administrators
Dates:
1905
Scrapbook page 2, n.d.
Item — Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
Front: Winter campus photos including the Library (University Hall), Physics Building, Fowler Hall, Agriculture Building; Back: photos of unidentified people at a lake or river
Dates:
n.d.
Scrapbook page 3, ca. 1905
Item — Folder: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
Front: Campus photos including Engineering Building (Heavilon Hall), Physics Building, Chemistry Lab, Civil Engineering Building, Fowler Hall, the Tank, and ROTC drills; Back: “After the scrap”, Forestry class, Parade Bell, marching band, Chain Gang
Dates:
ca. 1905
Scrapbook page 4, 1905
Item — Folder: 3, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
Front: Tank scrap photos, cemetery near the tank, Waldron St. House--Purdue; Back: “Sham Battle” at Battleground, Happy Hollow, “Henderson, Arnett & Madus”, Freshman House, Gravel Pit
Dates:
1905