Box 1
Container
Contains 22 Collections and/or Records:
Awards, Medals, Citations collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 239
Scope and Contents
The Awards, Medals, Citations collection consists of several medals and medallions awarded to Purdue University and various staff members for their contributions to their respective fields. Medals were created from varying materials, with a majority consisting of bronze in varying sizes.
Dates:
1892 - 1966
Delaware and Hudson Company One Hundredth Anniversary Commemorative Medal, 1929
Item — Box: 1, Item: 17
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Awards, Medals, Citations collection consists of several medals and medallions awarded to Purdue University and various staff members for their contributions to their respective fields. Medals were created from varying materials, with a majority consisting of bronze in varying sizes.
Dates:
1929
Big Ten Medal, circa 1916
Item — Box: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 4
Scope and Contents
Big Ten medal, possibly a sample, no recipient name engraved on medal.
Dates:
circa 1916
Saint Louis World's Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition Grand Prize Medal, 1904
Item — Box: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents
2.75" x 2.375", bronze
Dates:
1904
Princeton University Bicentennial Medal, 1946
Item — Box: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
Presented to Purdue University by the President, Trustees, and Faculty of Princeton University, 3" in diameter, bronze.
Dates:
1946
Berliner Bezirksv Deutsch Ingenieure Medal, June 1913
Item — Box: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents
Presented to former Purdue Professor W.F.M. Goss who was also President of the A.S.M.E. at that time, 1.75" in diameter, bronze.
Dates:
June 1913
International Reunion of Purdue Alumni Medal, August 21, 1915
Item — Box: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents
International Reunion of Purdue Alumni Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, 3" inches in diameter, bronze
Dates:
August 21, 1915
Philadelphia International Exposition medal, 1926
Item — Box: 1, Item: 15
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 8
Scope and Contents
Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, 3" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1926
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company One Hundredth Anniversary Commemorative Medal, 1927
Item — Box: 1, Item: 16
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 9
Scope and Contents
2.75" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1927
Semicentennial Meeting of the American Public Heath Association Commemorative Souvenir, 1922
Item — Box: 1, Item: 14
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 7
Scope and Contents
2.5" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1922
Warner & Swasey Company Fortieth Anniversary Commemorative Medal, 1920
Item — Box: 1, Item: 12
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 3, Item 5
Scope and Contents
3" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1920
University of St. Clemend Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Medal, 1938
Item — Box: 1, Item: 19
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 12
Scope and Contents
University located in Sofia, Bulgaria, 2.75 in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1938
Columbian Exposition Medal, 1892 - 1893
Item — Box: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
World Columbian Exposition in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus.
Dates:
1892 - 1893
Saint Louis World's Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition Bronze Medal, 1904
Item — Box: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 1
Scope and Contents
2.5" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1904
John Grier Hibben Medal, May 11, 1912
Item — Box: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 2
Scope and Contents
Commemorating the inauguration of John Grier Hibben as President of Princeton University, 2" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
May 11, 1912
Croix de Guerre, Ambulance Unit Medal, 1918
Item — Box: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From World War I, taken from the President's Office.
Dates:
1918
John Fritz Medal for Scientific or Industrial Achievement, 1919
Item — Box: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents
2.5" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1919
Centario de la Universidad de Buenos Aires Medal, 1921
Item — Box: 1, Item: 13
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 6
Scope and Contents
2.75" x 3.75", bronze
Dates:
1921
Official Commemorative Chicago World's Fair Medal, 1933
Item — Box: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 11
Scope and Contents
Century of Progress international Exposition in Chicago, 2.75" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
1933
University of the East, First President Commemorative Souvenir, 1951
Item — Box: 1, Item: 20
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 13
Scope and Contents
1.5" in diameter, sliver
Dates:
1951
Wallace Clark International Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scientific Management in the International Field , undated
Item — Box: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents
Presented by the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, 2.5" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
undated
Britannica Society Seal, undated
Item — Box: 1, Item: 21
Identifier: MSP 239, Series 2, Item 14
Scope and Contents
3" in diameter, bronze
Dates:
undated