Box Communal Collections 47
Container
Contains 58 Collections and/or Records:
Marketing Material, Circa 1887-2011
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 182, Series 3
Scope and Contents
This series contains material created by the Purdue Alumni Association to market alumni events at Purdue, and to highlight changes to the campus that might be of interest to Purdue alumni. Materials include but are not limited to programs for Commencement Week, Alumni Day, Alumni Reunion, and Homecoming; postcard invitations for Commencement Week and Reunions; Annual Banquet menus; and pamphlets and brochures covering changes on Purdue’s campus.
Dates:
Circa 1887-2011; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1925
Purdue Legends Posters, Circa 1993-2011
File — Box: Communal Collections 47, Placement: 21, Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 182, Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains material created by the Purdue Alumni Association to market alumni events at Purdue, and to highlight changes to the campus that might be of interest to Purdue alumni. Materials include but are not limited to programs for Commencement Week, Alumni Day, Alumni Reunion, and Homecoming; postcard invitations for Commencement Week and Reunions; Annual Banquet menus; and pamphlets and brochures covering changes on Purdue’s campus.
Dates:
Circa 1993-2011
Purdue Alumni Association records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 182
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Alumni Association (PAA) records consist of material documenting the history and activity of the PAA. Also included are records relating to the various local and regional Purdue alumni clubs affiliated with the PAA, as well as the records of the PAA’s affiliate organization, the Purdue Black Alumni Organization (PBAO).The collection includes correspondence between PAA members, alumni, and outside organizations; PAA election ballots, financial documents, committee reports,...
Dates:
1887 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1948
Avanelle "Nell" Kirksey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 502
Overview
The collection documents the life and career of Dr. Avanelle Kirksey, a prominent researcher and educator in the area of maternal and infant nutrition. Materials include papers, publications, correspondence, clippings, photographs, artifacts, etc.
Dates:
1943 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1995
Cornell A. Bell papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 18
Scope and Contents
The Cornell A. Bell papers document the personal and professional life of Dr. Cornell Bell from his childhood through his retirement from Purdue and eventual passing in 2009. Materials include: Cornell’s personal papers, such as records from his elementary, high school, and college days, funeral programs for friends and colleagues, and contact information; material owned by members of Cornell’s family, including his wife Dr. Mildred Bell’s doctoral dissertation, his uncle Henry Sanders’s copy...
Dates:
circa 1800s-2010; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s
Robert C. Thompson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 253
Abstract
Photographs, publications, and artifacts documenting the scholastic career of Robert C. Thompson and campus life at Purdue.
Dates:
1947 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1999
Diplomas, 1943
File — Box: Communal Collections 47, Placement: 23, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Frederick W. Greve papers include articles published by Greve, primarily about hydraulics, as well as an membership certificates from the American Society of Civil Engineering and American Society of Mechanical Engineering, both from 1943.
Dates:
1943
Frederick W. Greve papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 154
Scope and Contents
The Frederick W. Greve papers include articles published by Greve, primarily about hydraulics, as well as an membership certificates from the American Society of Civil Engineering and American Society of Mechanical Engineering, both from 1943.
Dates:
1918 - 1943