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 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Artifacts (Loose Items)

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 21, Series 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Simeon V. B. Miller scrapbook contains memorabilia from Simeon Van Buren Miller's college career at Purdue University. Since he had been involved in the train wreck of 1903, there are numerous newspaper clippings from the wreck. Simeon Miller followed in the footsteps of his father and two brothers, as a member of Phi Delta Theta, so there is also a concentration of ephemera from the fraternity. He had been president of the class of 1905 during his sophomore year, so the scrapbook also...
Dates: 1900 - 1906

Coin purse , circa 1902 - 1905

 Item — Box: 1, envelope: 1
Identifier: MSA 21, Series 10, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Simeon V. B. Miller scrapbook contains memorabilia from Simeon Van Buren Miller's college career at Purdue University. Since he had been involved in the train wreck of 1903, there are numerous newspaper clippings from the wreck. Simeon Miller followed in the footsteps of his father and two brothers, as a member of Phi Delta Theta, so there is also a concentration of ephemera from the fraternity. He had been president of the class of 1905 during his sophomore year, so the scrapbook also...
Dates: circa 1902 - 1905

Phi Delta Theta Hall, dance card, Thanksgiving , 1902

 Item — Box: 1, envelope: 2
Identifier: MSA 21, Series 10, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Simeon V. B. Miller scrapbook contains memorabilia from Simeon Van Buren Miller's college career at Purdue University. Since he had been involved in the train wreck of 1903, there are numerous newspaper clippings from the wreck. Simeon Miller followed in the footsteps of his father and two brothers, as a member of Phi Delta Theta, so there is also a concentration of ephemera from the fraternity. He had been president of the class of 1905 during his sophomore year, so the scrapbook also...
Dates: 1902

Phi Delta Theta Hall, dance card , January 30, 1905

 Item — Box: 1, envelope: 3
Identifier: MSA 21, Series 10, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Simeon V. B. Miller scrapbook contains memorabilia from Simeon Van Buren Miller's college career at Purdue University. Since he had been involved in the train wreck of 1903, there are numerous newspaper clippings from the wreck. Simeon Miller followed in the footsteps of his father and two brothers, as a member of Phi Delta Theta, so there is also a concentration of ephemera from the fraternity. He had been president of the class of 1905 during his sophomore year, so the scrapbook also...
Dates: January 30, 1905

Name card, signed K. E. Golden and M. J. Golden, with notation, "A msg. full of good wishes" , circa 1905

 Item — Box: 1, envelope: 4
Identifier: MSA 21, Series 10, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Simeon V. B. Miller scrapbook contains memorabilia from Simeon Van Buren Miller's college career at Purdue University. Since he had been involved in the train wreck of 1903, there are numerous newspaper clippings from the wreck. Simeon Miller followed in the footsteps of his father and two brothers, as a member of Phi Delta Theta, so there is also a concentration of ephemera from the fraternity. He had been president of the class of 1905 during his sophomore year, so the scrapbook also...
Dates: circa 1905