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Pete Bill Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSF 506
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a set of five tin cups/mugs that are part of a Class of 1910 50th Anniversary collection. Each metal cup is decorated with scenes of Purdue and the class of 1910 crest. The postcard shows the "Marmora," one of the famous "Eddy Clocks" locotmotives. It became part of the Railway Museum at Purdue University in 1907. The Purdue Collection was transferred to the National Museum of Transport at St. Louis in 1951.
Dates:
1960 - 1960; Other: Postcard of Locomotive was transferred to the Libraries by Robert
(Pete) Bill on October 3, 2017.
James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28
Scope and Contents
The James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950 contains memorabilia from the Class of 1950's days at Purdue. Types of material include dance cards, newspaper clippings, event programs and playbills, along with photographs, record albums, and artifacts.
Dates:
1946 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1950
Travis S. Whitsel papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 373
Scope and Contents
The Travis S. Whitsel papers include the correspondence of classmates from the Purdue Class of 1911 and other Purdue alumni and staff, documents created during Whitsel's time working for the Purdue Alumni Scholarship Foundation, and six photos of the class of 1911’s 60th reunion. Personal correspondence include letters from Guy Mackey.
Dates:
1938 - 1978