Box 1
Container
Contains 12 Collections and/or Records:
James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28
Scope and Contents
The James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950 contains memorabilia from the Class of 1950's days at Purdue. Types of material include dance cards, newspaper clippings, event programs and playbills, along with photographs, record albums, and artifacts.
Dates:
1946 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1950
Purdue Playshop programs, 1947 - 1950
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
1947 - 1950
Purdue Musical Organizations and Purdue Convocations programs, 1947 - 1950
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
1947 - 1950
Hall of Music programs, 1947 - 1950
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
1947 - 1950
Victory Varieties programs, circa 1947 - 1950
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
circa 1947 - 1950
Varsity Varieties cast and staff passes, 1949
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
1949
Theatre Guild program, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
undated
Purdue Penny Carnival program, 1949
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This sub-series grouping consists of playbills and programs from events attended by the Class of 1950, with the majority coming from Purdue Musical Organization functions and the Varsity Varieties.
Dates:
1949
Map of Lafayette and West Lafayette showing Purdue campus, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 11
Scope and Contents
Map drawn by Pauline Harlan, adapted with permission from a map by C.M. Draper.
Dates:
undated
Photographic material, 1949 - 1950
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
The photographic material sub-series focuses on Purdue student life circa 1949, a box of Debris negatives from Class of 1950 member Tom Wilhite's tenure as the editor, and a photograph of James Blakesley as a Purdue staff member.
Dates:
1949 - 1950
Packet of photographs and negatives of student life at Purdue , circa 1949
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The photographic material sub-series focuses on Purdue student life circa 1949, a box of Debris negatives from Class of 1950 member Tom Wilhite's tenure as the editor, and a photograph of James Blakesley as a Purdue staff member.
Dates:
circa 1949
James Blakesley in front of "One Brick Higher" poster, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The photographic material sub-series focuses on Purdue student life circa 1949, a box of Debris negatives from Class of 1950 member Tom Wilhite's tenure as the editor, and a photograph of James Blakesley as a Purdue staff member.
Dates:
undated