Box 1
Container
Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:
Purdue Club of Chicago records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 46
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
1921 - 1955
Volume 1 - Member register for events; lists name, graduation year, business address and telephone number and residence address, June 20, 1925
Item — Box: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Some of the events noted are annual "George Ade Outing" Hazelden Farm, Brook, Indiana; meeting attendees; luncheons and other events. Notations about bets on Purdue football and other teams.
Dates:
June 20, 1925
Volume 2 - Member log and guest register for events, officers elected, minutes of annual spring dinner meeting, the Merchants and Manufacturers Club, 1945 and officers 1945-46, among other events. Letter addressed to Mr. H.B. Storm from President Elliott thanking members for an alumni event, April 27, 1945
Item — Box: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
April 27, 1945
Volume 3 - Member log and guest register for events; list of officers and directors for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948, along with general plans for meetings and committee members, 1946 - 1955
Item — Box: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 3
Scope and Contents
(This register had a column for remarks by members.)
Dates:
1946 - 1955
Newspaper clipping - Fern Eggen, "Miss Fashion Rhapsody of 1946," with Howard B. Storm, president of the Purdue Club of Chicago, holding the Ward Lambert Trophy, as A.M. Burch, vice-president of the Purdue Club of Chicago looks on , 1946
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 11
Scope and Contents
(The trophy was sponsored by the club in honor of Lambert and awarded to the winners of the Daily News' Chicago Relays.)
Dates:
1946
Membership form for the Purdue Club of Chicago , 1952
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 4
Scope and Contents
(Explanation of what the club does on one side.)
Dates:
1952
Christmas card from Joe McKinsey (?) telling of adventures on "Brigantine Yankee", 1955
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
1955
Thank you note from Anne H. DeWolfe, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
undated
Postcard from Mac Bradbury , circa 1945
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
circa 1945
Postcard from Sam Fleager, 1936
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
1936
Thank you note from Ida Carothers Merriam , 1936
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 9
Scope and Contents
(Sister of Charles G. Carothers.)
Dates:
1936
Brochure for 8th Street Theatre, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSP 46, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April 1945)....
Dates:
undated
Twenty-eight photographs, black and white, found in the registers , circa 1923 - 1946
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 46, File 1
Scope and Contents
(Names noted on the back of the photos include; Sam Fleager, Jack Armstrong, Bradbury, E.C., Alexander, J.B. Nathhelffer, Jack Long, F.J. Gross, F. Masou (as Santa), C.U. Morey, and Jack Plaster.)
Dates:
circa 1923 - 1946