Box 1
Container
Contains 48 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
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
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
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
Audio visual material, 1949 - 1950
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The printed material consists of dance cards and invitations, entertainment programs and playbills, newspaper clippings and a campus map. Also contained in the box with printed material are photographs, and record albums. and a few artifacts(pots - beanies/hats).
Dates:
1949 - 1950
Package of Record Albums, "Our Voices Raise…A Year at Purdue On Record," Intercollegiate Recording Association , 1949 - 1950
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Includes recordings of pep rallies, football games, cord parade, Varsity Variety shows, Glee Club, dances, etc.]
Dates:
1949 - 1950