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Box Communal Collections 2

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Dedication plate, undated

 Item — Box: Communal Collections 2, Placement: 06, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 28, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Byron Langdon papers are comprised of an original draft of a bill by state Senator Byron W. Langdon passed by the Indiana Legislature in 1879. It authorized the board of commissioners of bench courts in the state to appoint two students to attend the university without tuition and matriculation fee, thus making every county in the state participants in the superior advantages of Purdue. There is also a nameplate stating that the original draft was presented to Purdue University on its...
Dates: undated