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Box 2

 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

Artifacts, 1946 - 1950

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2
Scope and Contents This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: 1946 - 1950

Fare token, Lafayette Transit Company, Inc. , circa 1940s

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: circa 1940s

"P" Horse, black and gold , undated

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: undated

1950 black and gold sweater, circa 1946 - 1950

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: circa 1946 - 1950

Slide rule, circa 1946 - 1950

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents In case, belonged to Tom Wilhite.
Dates: circa 1946 - 1950

Slide rule, undated

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: undated

Gimlet Club pledge paddle, circa 1946 - 1950

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: circa 1946 - 1950

Skull and Crescent paddle, circa 1946 - 1950

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: circa 1946 - 1950

Pi Tau Sigma paddle, circa 1946 - 1950

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: circa 1946 - 1950

"ME-50" paddle (Mechanical Engineering, Class of 1950) , circa 1946 - 1950

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: circa 1946 - 1950

Figurine (man wearing Purdue Boilermaker sweater, holding slide rule and pipe) , undated

 Item — Box: 2, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 28, Series 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of artifacts. There are slide rules, a fare token for the Lafayette Transit Company, a 1950 Class sweater, pledge paddles from various clubs, pots (beanies/hats), a figurine, drafting tools, and one oversized trunk which was used to transport laundry.
Dates: undated