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Collection of Midwestern maps

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSR 12
Scope and Contents

The Collection of Midwestern Maps (1825-1925; 7 linear feet) documents roads, counties, and geography of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Illinois. It features several pocket maps, including one attached to the inside cover of a small travel booklet. Some maps note territory status of current states, such as Michigan. Not all counties are represented on all maps. One map is written in French.

Dates: 1825 - 1925

Collection of Miscellaneous Facsimiles and Pictorial materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 131
Scope and Contents The Collection of Miscellaneous Facsimiles and Pictorial materials (1835-1951; 0.2 cubic feet) is an artificial collection that documents the American Revolution and Civil War eras through facsimiles of documents including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Declaration of Independence. The collection also features facsimiles of The Comet newspaper documenting Lafayette during 1885-1886. Types of materials include: document and facsimiles, a painting...
Dates: 1885-1982

Collection of Purdue Astronaut slide rules

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 254
Scope and Contents

Slide rules of six Purdue alumni astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Roy Bridges, Eugene Cernan, Richard Covey, Guy Gardner, and Jerry Ross.

Dates: Other: undated

Collection of Purdue Diplomas

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 133
Scope and Contents

The Collection of Purdue Diplomas documents bachelor of science degrees awarded at Purdue University during the early part of the university’s history. Some of the diplomas are awarded to specific alumni; others are blank. Types of materials include: diplomas. The Diplomas are organized chronologically.

Dates: 1879 - 1913

Collection of Purdue Train Wreck materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 117
Scope and Contents The Collection of the Purdue Train Wreck materials (1903-2006; 0.25 cubic feet) documents the Purdue Train Wreck of 1903.  The collection includes memorabilia, memorials, newspaper clippings, eye witness interviews, and an oral history pertaining to the tragic event.  This collection is made up of one series entitled Purdue Train Wreck.  This collection is extremely valuable to anyone interested in the history of Purdue University. This is collection has been assembled by Purdue Libraries...
Dates: 1903 - 2006

Collection of Purdue University dance cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSP 118
Scope and Contents

Collection of dance cards for events at Purdue University.

Dates: undated

Collection of Purdue University photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 43
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection created by Purdue Libraries and Special Collections over the years. This collection will be added to periodically.

Dates: circa 1880-2010

Collection of Purdue University postcards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 39
Scope and Contents

The Collection of Purdue University postcards (1900-2007) documents the changing landscape and buildings of Purdue University over time. Each postcard has been given a unique number and then assigned a subject heading. This is an active collection which will be added to over time.

Dates: 1900-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1920s-1950s

Collection of Sigma Chi Fraternity Court Case materials

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 37
Scope and Contents The Collection of Sigma Chi Fraternity Court Case Materials documents the court battle from the inception of President White's matriculation pledge, to the Supreme Court decision and beyond. This collection documents the legal dispute and is sometimes referred to as the Purdue case or Sigma Chi case.Types of materials include: newspaper clippings, magazine articles, reports, documented opinions of Circuit Court Judge P. Vinton and others, and other extraneous materials related to...
Dates: 1879 - 2000

Collection of Tycho Brahe engravings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 326
Scope and Contents

The Collection of Tycho Brahe engravings (1 flat case file; 1662) contains 15 engravings (all on paper) that were once pages from Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Major.  The engravings illustrate Brahe’s astronomical instruments and observations from his observatories, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg, in Hven, Sweden.  Some of the paper contains two different watermarks: an elephant and Christ.

Dates: 1662; Majority of material found in 1662; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/2013

Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 130
Scope and Contents The Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art (circa 1800-1846; 43 items) contains twenty-six pencil, pastel, charcoal and watercolor sketches on paper by Charles Lesueur and seventeen pencil and watercolor sketches attributed to Virginia Dupalais Twigg, Lesueur's niece and pupil who lived with him in New Harmony, or Lucy Sistare Say, a fellow artist teaching at New Harmony. Many of the sketches document life in New...
Dates: 1800 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1837

Collection of Woodrow Wilson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 129
Scope and Contents

The Collection of Woodrow Wilson papers (1905-1956; 0.1 cubic feet) documents the Presidency and historical legacy of Woodrow Wilson. The collection also includes memorial material in the forms of pamphlets highlighting various facets of Wilson’s legacy, such as statesmanship and education. A speech by Franklin Roosevelt to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation is also featured. Types of materials include: black-and-white photographs, political cartoons, and pamphlets.

Dates: 1913 - 1956

Collection on Bruce Rogers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 45
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, printed material, audio-visual materials, artifacts and ephemera collected by Purdue University Libraries during or after the lifetime of Bruce Rogers.

Dates: 1886 - 1996

Collection on Ifeanyi Osili

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 34
Scope and Contents

Materials include a photo album of Purdue's 1983 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus (DEA) convocation where Osili was awarded, program from the 1983 convocation, and correspondence from Engineering Alumni Relations to Osili about the ceremony.

Dates: April 1983

Collection on Durward Kirby

 Collection — Communal Collections Box: 8, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSA 155
Scope and Contents

'Didn't you used to be Durward Kirby?' The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, July 30, 1987 (Life/Style section).

Dates: July 30, 1987

Collection on Karl R. Templeton

 Collection — Communal Collections Box: 12, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 224
Scope and Contents

Information about Karl R. Templeton taken from Purdue Students' Directory, 1909-1910 and Debris, 1910.

Dates: 1909 - 1910

Collection on the Purdue University seal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 119
Scope and Contents

The collection on the Purdue University seal documents the evolution of the seal (griffin brand or logo). Materials include correspondence, articles, printed ephemera, artifacts, and Purdue publications, including publications from World War II such as "Purdue serves because Purdue was prepared: Purdue University in the war" by Thomas R. Johnston and a Purdue Alumnus issue from 1943.

Dates: undated

Collection on the Ross Civil Engineering Camp

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 306
Scope and Contents The Collection on Ross Civil Engineering Camp (1 cubic foot; 1920s-1960) documents the participants, tools, and locations of the Ross Civil Engineering Camp hosted by Purdue University. The collection mainly showcases unidentified groups of young men and women who participated in the camps, along with older men (presumably instructors) and a variety of tools used in civil engineering. Most years between 1922, when the first camp was held, and 1955 are represented, but there are some gaps in...
Dates: 1920s-1960

College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 44
Scope and Contents

The College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture, Records (1869-2009; 124.95 cubic feet) consists of administrative books, correspondence, financial records, faculty minutes, reports, and other materials relating to the administration of Purdue University’s School of Agriculture.

Dates: 1869-2009; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2008

College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 28
Scope and Contents The College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station records document the history and functions of the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) at Purdue University. The collection consists of correspondence to and from the AES; administrative records including financial records, reports, documentation of AES’s experimental farms, contracts, and activities of the North Central Regional Hybrid Corn Technical Committee; research conducted by the AES; publications produced by the AES, or...
Dates: 1888 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1898 - 1957

College of Agriculture, Agricultural Fraternities, Societies, and Associations records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 25
Scope and Contents The College of Agriculture, Agricultural Fraternities, Societies, and Associations records contain material from agricultural organizations associated with Purdue University’s College of Agriculture. A large portion of the collection consists of materials related to the Delta Chapter of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity. Other organizations whose material appear in the collection include but are not limited to the Purdue Agricultural Society, the State Poultry Association of Indiana, and the...
Dates: circa 1880s - 2000

College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 26
Scope and Contents

The College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, Records (1890-2010; 27.4 cubic feet) documents the history, administration, and activities of agricultural extension work carried out by Purdue University’s College of Agriculture.  The collection includes correspondence (1910s-1950s), financial records (1900s-1930s), letter books (1890s-1900s), reports (1910s-1950s, 1970s), and director, county agent, and Boys’ and Girls’ (4-H) Club materials (1910s-1950s).

Dates: 1890 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2008

College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Safety and Health, Breaking New Ground Resource Center, Ag

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1
Scope and Contents The Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Safety and Health, Breaking New Ground Resource Center, AgrAbility, records (1982-2012, predominant 1986-1997, 2005, 2007-2012; 3.4 cubic feet) contains various guidebooks (bulk 1990s), newsletters (2009-2012), brochures (predominant 2008, 2010-2012), resource manuals (1986-1987, 1991, 2000), DVDs (1990s-2000s), and other materials pertaining to the services of Purdue’s Breaking...
Dates: 1982 - 2013; Other: Majority of material found in 1986-1997, 2005, 2007-2012; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2013

College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 13
Scope and Contents

The College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture, Records consists of correspondence relating to the history, administration, and work of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), a bound book consisted of numerous issues of the "Agricultural and Biological Enginnering Newsletter", and photographs of previous experiments, faculty, students, and Distinguished Industrial Lecture guest speakers.

Dates: 1940-1950

College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 27
Scope and Contents

The College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Records (1879-2011; 18.1 cubic feet) includes correspondence, field notebooks, photographs, reports, slides, and other materials documenting the work of the department.

Dates: 1879-2011; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2008

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Purdue University. Faculty 450
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Purdue University. College of Engineering 29
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 29
Purdue University--History 26
Purdue University. Libraries 25
Purdue University. School of Civil Engineering 23
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 22
Purdue University. Department of English 20
Purdue University. School of Mechanical Engineering 18
Purdue Boilermakers (Football team) 17
Elliott, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1874-1960 16
Hovde, Frederick L., 1908-1983 16
Purdue University. School of Aeronautics and Astronautics 15
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 14
Purdue University--Presidents 14
Potter, A. A. (Andrey Abraham), 1882-1979 13
Purdue University--Buildings--Pictorial works 13
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972 12
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949 12
Purdue University. College of Pharmacy 12
Purdue University. Department of Chemistry 12
Purdue Alumni Association 11
Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service 11
Purdue University. College of Agriculture 11
Purdue University. Army ROTC 10
Purdue Boilermakers (Men's Basketball team) 9
Purdue University. Band 9
Purdue, John, 1802-1876 9
Stone, M. Beverley (Marguerite Beverley), 1916-2003 9
Cernan, Eugene 8
Cook, Barbara I. (Barbara Ivy), 1929-2013 8
Project Apollo (U.S.) 8
Purdue University. Airport 8
Purdue University. Office of the Dean of Women 8
Schleman, Helen B. (Helen Blanche), 1902-1992 8
Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth, 1862-1921 8
Purdue University. Archives and Special Collections 7
Purdue University. Department of Aviation Technology 7
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.) 7
Ade, George, 1866-1944 6
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 6
Gilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker), 1868-1924 6
Krannert School of Management 6
Purdue University. Agricultural Experiment Station 6
Purdue University. College of Education 6
Purdue University. Office of the Dean of Students 6
Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 6
Ross, David, 1871-1943 6
Ross, Jerry Lynn, 1948- 6
Shoemaker, Carolyn E. (Carolyn Ernestine), 1868-1933 6
United States. Department of the Navy 6
Hansen, Arthur G. 5
Metzner, Ralph 5
Moriarty, John Helenbeck, 1903-1971 5
Mortar Board (Society). Barbara Cook Chapter 5
Nelson, Betty M., 1935- 5
Panhellenic Association (Purdue University) 5
Purdue Boilermakers (Football team)--History 5
Purdue Memorial Union 5
Purdue University. Board of Trustees 5
Purdue University. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology 5
Purdue University. School of Electrical Engineering 5
Purdue University. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program 5
Scabbard and Blade Fraternity 5
Sigma Chi Fraternity 5
Society of Women Engineers. Purdue University Student Section 5
Stewart, Robert Bruce 5
Stratton, Dorothy C. (Dorothy Constance), 1899-2006 5
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity 4
Black Cultural Center (West Lafayette, Ind. : 1970-1998) 4
Brown, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1912-2004 4
Edward C. Elliott Hall Of Music (West Lafayette, Ind.) 4
General Electric Company 4
Goble, Eva L. (Eva Lenore), 1910-2017 4
Goss, W. F. M. (William Freeman Myrick), 1859-1928 4
Grof, Stanislav, 1931- 4
Hawkins, George A. (George Andrew), 1907-1978 4
Hepburn, William Murray, 1874- 4
Lambda Chi Alpha 4
McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928 4
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity 4
Purdue Aeronautics Corporation 4
Purdue Airlines 4
Purdue Musical Organizations 4
Purdue University. Department of History 4
Purdue University. Motion Picture Production Unit 4
Purdue University. University Residences 4
Smart, James H. (James Henry), 1841-1900 4
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve 4
United States. Navy 4
Voss, Janice, 1956-2012 4
WBAA (Radio station : West Lafayette, Ind.) 4
Williams, Helen Bass, 1916-1991 4
Zissis, Cecilia, 1919-2000 4
Zucrow, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), 1899-1975 4
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