Box 1
Container
Contains 25 Collections and/or Records:
Dance cards and invitations, 1948 - 1950
File — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1
Scope and Contents
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1948 - 1950
P-Men's Blanket Hop, 1948 - 1949
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1948 - 1949
Snowflake Fantasy, circa 1948 - 1949
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
circa 1948 - 1949
WRH Club, Winter Waltz, 1948
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1948
Zeta Chapter of Phi Kappa, Annual Pledge Dance, 1948
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1948
Beta Theta Pi, Orchid Formal, 1948
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1948
Skull and Crescent's Class of 1950 sophomore cotillion, 1948
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1948
Inter-fraternity Ball, 1949
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1949
Class of 1950 junior prom, 1949
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1949
Purdue Chapter of Delta Upsilon, Annual Rose Ball, 1949
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1949
Purdue Reamer Club's 25th Anniversary Dance, 1950
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
1950
Kappa Sigma, Spring Dance (green ribbon), May 14, 1949
Item — Box: 1, Box: 1, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 1, File 1, Item 12
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This small box within Box 1 holds dance cards and invitations to events attended by the Class of 1950..
Dates:
May 14, 1949
Recorded Activities Album, Intercollegiate Recording Association, 1950
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 1
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:
1950
Purdue Convocations schedule , 1948 - 1949
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1, Item 9
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:
1948 - 1949
Bleacher Crash, newspaper clippings, 1947
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings focused on the Purdue Fieldhouse bleacher collapse of February 1947 can be found in this sub-series.
Dates:
1947
Two Dead, 200 Hurt in Cage Game Crash: Bleachers Fall at Purdue as Crowd Boilermakers' Team , 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 1
Scope and Contents
No publication information available.
Dates:
1947
Tragedy Disrupts Purdue Basketball Game, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tuesday, February 25, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Newspaper clippings focused on the Purdue Fieldhouse bleacher collapse of February 1947 can be found in this sub-series.
Dates:
February 25, 1947
Two Dead, 250 Hurt In Collapse Of Bleacherstands At Purdue U.: Seats Crash at Basketball Game - Panic Averted - Two From This Area Injured - Fieldhouse Sealed Pending Inquiry , 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 3
Scope and Contents
Publication information unavailable.
Dates:
1947
Stands Buckle When 4000 Give Ovation: Co-Eds Among Crowd Tumble to Floor Of Basketball Field , 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Newspaper clippings focused on the Purdue Fieldhouse bleacher collapse of February 1947 can be found in this sub-series.
Dates:
1947
After Collapse Of Spectator-Jammed Gym Bleacher [photo] 2 Killed, 200 Hurt As Gym Bleacher Fall At Purdue U. , 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 5
Scope and Contents
Publication information is unavailable.
Dates:
1947
Purdue Bleacher Crashes: 3,400 Hurled to Floor; 1 Dies, Scores Hurt, Chicago Daily Tribune, Tuesday , February 25, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 6
Scope and Contents
Front page story.
Dates:
February 25, 1947
Fieldhouse Bleachers Collapse During Halftime; 2 Students Killed, Many Injured Catastrophe, Purdue Exponent, Tuesday , February 25, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 7
Scope and Contents
Front page story.
Dates:
February 25, 1947
Onlookers Give Account Of Terror And Bravery, Purdue Exponent, Tuesday, February 25, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Newspaper clippings focused on the Purdue Fieldhouse bleacher collapse of February 1947 can be found in this sub-series.
Dates:
February 25, 1947
Bleachers Crash Victim Describes Sickening Fall, Panic Aftermath, Purdue Exponent, Tuesday , February 25, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 9
Scope and Contents
Front page story.
Dates:
February 25, 1947
Hospital List, Purdue Exponent, Tuesday, February 25, 1947
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 3, Item 10
Scope and Contents
Front page story.
Dates:
February 25, 1947