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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 160
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Athletics collection documents Purdue athletics from the earliest years to recent times. The majority of the collection consists of items related to Purdue football; a scrapbook of clippings from the 1800s that contains Purdue football related articles from Lafayette, Indianapolis and Chicago newspapers. The clippings include an article about Purdue’s first football win on November 16, 1889, an article about the game against Wabash, November 23, 1889, that prompted the...
Dates:
1880 - 2016
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 15, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 32
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two folders which contain articles by and about Albert Berg. It includes a picture with notation, "Albert Berg, a deaf mute was a football coach at Purdue."
Dates:
1886 - 1945
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 323
Abstract
Letters, photographs, clippings, and material artifacts documenting the student life of Richard J. Coffee, 1934-1939. Also included are items from his professional life after graduation.
Dates:
1934 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1939
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 1, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSP 189
Abstract
Miscellaneous publications and publicity materials relating to the Purdue football team’s participation in the 1967 Rose Bowl.
Dates:
1966 - 1967
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 — Box: Communal Collections 48, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSP 219
Scope and Contents
Purdue University football program (vs. Notre Dame), The Boilermaker, vol. 6, no. 1, September 27, 1969. On the cover: "The greatest touchdown ever. First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Purdue '55."
Dates:
1969; Other: Date acquired: 09/12/2009
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 31
Scope and Contents
The Gary J. Glazer papers document Gary J. Glazer’s student life at Purdue from 1964 to 1967. He was active in the Owen Hall Hussar Club and most of the collection relates to his activities with this club. There are also materials related to the Purdue Boilermaker football team playing in the 1967 Rose Bowl. Types of materials include printed materials, photographs, ephemera including pins and patches, cords, caps, and plaques. Purdue traditions are documented here, such as the Senior Cords...
Dates:
1964 - 1967
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 264
Abstract
College and work materials of Albert N. Guthrie.
Dates:
1927 - 1950; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2006
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 56, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSP 229
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Leroy Keyes Press Photos documents some press coverage of the daily life of Purdue Football player Leroy Keyes during his time as a Purdue University student. Photos focus on Keyes' participation in campus protests, studies, and leisure activities. The collection includes four photographs.
Dates:
1967 - 1969
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 3
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of newspaper articles, photographs, and loose papers are all pasted into this scrapbook, compiled by Charles Lutz. Items included in the scrapbook date from 1960-1961. Photographs in the scrapbook are photographs of band performances at Purdue football games and pep rallies. Newspaper articles included cover topics of Purdue traditions and band performances at football games. Loose papers include a letter of acceptance into a graduate assistantship in the Department...
Dates:
1960 - 1961
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 73, Placement: 1
Identifier: MSP 249
Scope and Contents
One Rose Bowl ticket envelope, signed by Purdue astronauts Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan, Roger Chaffee, and Gus Grissom in 1967. Signatures were collected by Dean O. D. Roberts and his wife.
Dates:
1967
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSR 5
Scope and Contents
This is an artifical collection created by the staff of the Purdue Libraries Archives and Special Collections. The broadsides and posters included in this collection document events that have taken place on the West Lafayette campus over the years.
Dates:
1892 - 2015
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSR 4
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Artifact collection (1880-2000, 8 cubic feet) documents different historical aspects of Purdue University. Each artifact has been given a unique number and then organized by size, and sometimes format, in boxes. The items are of various sizes in various formats, but all have a Purdue connection. Some examples are a salt and pepper shaker set, handkerchief, window decals, and silver tea spoons. Many items demonstrate the evolution of Purdue iconography such as the griffin seal or...
Dates:
1880-2008; Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1990s
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 308
Scope and Contents
The Albert H. Rerick and Donald J. Rerick papers (1915-1986; 1.25 cubic feet) documents student life of two generations of Purdue University alumni: Albert H. Rerick (1915-1917) and his grandson Donald J. Rerick (1968-1973). This collection includes a handful of Albert’s correspondence and personal artifacts, as well as a more expansive collection of Donald’s papers and artifacts that represent his experience at student events in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Types of materials include:...
Dates:
1915 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2015
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 58, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 141
Scope and Contents
The Fredrick C. Tegeler collection comprises materials related to Purdue University, including photographs, football posters, and a supplement to the Purdue Alumnus.
Dates:
circa 1920s - 1963
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 15
Abstract
Photographs, certificates, and artifacts documenting Miller J. Tonkel’s time at Purdue University in the early 1940s.
Dates:
1939 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1942
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 293
Abstract
This collection contains photographs and ephemera collected by Carlton A. Wilmore during his time at Purdue, as well as some items from after he moved to Alabama.
Dates:
1902 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1906
