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Purdue Alumni Association records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 182
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Alumni Association (PAA) records consist of material documenting the history and activity of the PAA. Also included are records relating to the various local and regional Purdue alumni clubs affiliated with the PAA, as well as the records of the PAA’s affiliate organization, the Purdue Black Alumni Organization (PBAO).The collection includes correspondence between PAA members, alumni, and outside organizations; PAA election ballots, financial documents, committee reports,...
Dates:
1887 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1948
Albert Atherton's Purdue University calendar
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 05
Identifier: MSA 267
Scope and Contents
The Albert Atherton Purdue University calendar is a monthly calendar which features photographs of the Purdue University campus, along with the dates for each month in 1917. The cover is made of leather and is embossed with the griffin, "Purdue" and 1917. The pages are held together by strips of leather, with holes punched through the pages.
Dates:
1917
Bob Benning photograph
Item — Box: Communal Collections 47, Placement: 20
Identifier: MSA 368
Scope and Contents
One matted photograph of Bob Benning, Big Ten Golf Champion of 1954. Measures 14" x 11" (including mat,) with "Bob Benning" handwritten in large, brown ink on mat. Benning's signature is on back of mat in pencil.
Dates:
1954
Bernard S. Gross collection
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 386
Scope and Contents
Bernard S. Gross collection include one 1932 wool Purdue Jacket.
Dates:
Other: 1932
College of Agriculture, Agricultural Fraternities, Societies, and Associations records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 25
Overview
Booklets, constitutions, correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets, programs, and reports pertaining to the history, administration, and activities of various associations, fraternities, societies, associated with Purdue University’s College of Agriculture.
Dates:
circa 1880s - 2000
Dauch Alumni Center records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 137
Scope and Contents
The Dauch Alumni Center records contain an information booklet describing the center's purpose and offerings to the Purdue Community as well as a floorplan of the building.
Dates:
2004
Lawrence A. Downs papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 96
Scope and Contents
The Lawrence A. Downs papers include a thesis with specification drawings, seven albums of news clippings documenting Downs's time working with the Central Illinois Railroad, and a scrapbook documenting his time at Purdue.
Dates:
1894 - 1939
Eugene Cernan's Framed Compilation of Flags and Patches, Carried to Moon on Apollo 10
Collection — Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 271
Scope and Contents
One framed artifact containing a small American flag, two space mission patches (Gemini IX, Stafford-Cernan) and (Apollo X, Stafford-Young-Cernan), a Purdue University Centennial Year flag (1869-1969), and a note from astronaut Eugene Cernan, "These flags and patches were carried to the moon on Apollo 10. Presented to the faculty and students of Purdue University by Commander Gene Cernan. My sincere thanks to all at Purdue for helping make this accomplishment possible." (Signed by Eugene Cernan)
Dates:
1969
John M. Gano photo album
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 36, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSA 354
Scope and Contents
The John M. Gano photo album contains photos of Gano's family members and other acquaintances and campus scenes of the greater Lafayette area and Battleground.
Dates:
1910 - 1920
Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 392
Scope and Contents
The Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers were created and collected by Gershman and document her time as a student at Purdue University from 1948 until she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1953. Types of materials include dance programs, many from Sigma Eta of Sigma Alpha Mu sorority dances, personal correspondence, photographs, papers, and artifacts related to student life on campus. Also included are reports and class notes from Gershman's invovlement in the science department,...
Dates:
1948 - 2003
Virgil "Gus" I. Grissom papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 57, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 130
Scope and Contents
Copies of employment related materials of Mr. Grissom from the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway Company, Monon Route.
Dates:
1947 - 1990
James D. Hoffman papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSF 179
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of seven folders which contain publications by James Hoffman. Most of the material appears to be the original copy, so publication information is not available for many of the articles.
Dates:
1907 - 1922
Purdue University Iron Key Society records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 11
Scope and Contents
Materials include one program from the October 12, 1980 Homecoming Breakfast of Iron Key, one pin, and one coin.
Dates:
1980 -
Blanche Brown Johnson papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00000BJ1
Scope and Contents
Diaries, correspondence, photographs, and related materials of Blanche Johnson. Includes newspaper clippings and printed material pertaining to items of interest to Blanche Johnson, such as art, bridges, cooking, mysticism, home decorating, poetry, religion, sex, and sewing. Some ephemera, primarily Christmas gift tags and cards collected by Johnson, are included. A constitution and program for the The Art Club of Lafayette, Indiana, 1912-1915, is included in the collection.
Dates:
1875-1921
Darrell Katovsich collection of Vietnam veterans research
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 395
Scope and Contents
The Darrell Katovsich collection of Vietnam veterans research contains a research report documenting the Purdue alumni, students, or former students who were killed in action during the Vietnam War. For each person, this includes a photo, background information, Purdue educational experience, military service, death information, and location of name on the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. These names are all documented on a plaque in the Purdue Memorial Union. Report is...
Dates:
2022
Jane Forbing Lomont scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 162
Scope and Contents
The Jane Forbing Lomont scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, invitations, dance cards, programs, handbooks and other printed ephemera related to Lomont's time as a student at Purdue, her husband Allen Lomont's political career in Fort Wayne, her participation and interest in Indiana state politics, and her career in the Federal Housing Administration.
Dates:
1932 - 1937
Anne M. Lutz papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 9, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 163
Scope and Contents
The Anne M. Lutz papers document Lutz' professional work in the field of genetics and her personal experiences while on a work trip to Belgium. Lutz was an early female scientist and genetics researcher who specialized in documenting chromosomes in plants. She was an expert in the area of chromosomes of Oenothera mutants and hybrids and has been credited with discoveries relating to the double chromosome theory. The collection includes diaries and publications written by Lutz.
Dates:
1911-1917, undated
Edmund Natke collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 331
Scope and Contents
Contents include: Autographed reamer mug, 1949-50; Purdue ROTC belt, 1942, his brother’s; 3 pledge plaques, Reamer, P-man, and Delta Rho Kappa.
Dates:
1942, 1949-50
Rose Bowl ticket envelope signed by Purdue astronauts
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
Stanton S. Shirk papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 376
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to the Agriculture class of 1938, including class lists, commencement letters, newspapers, fliers, programs, postcards, alumni materials, and directories.
Dates:
1934 - 1969
Morris T. Whitmore papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 387
Scope and Contents
Morris Whitmore papers document his time working as a buildings appraisor in Chicago, and the daily logs of his time as Constructing Quartermaster Camp Polk and Camp Stewart, 1941, daily personal journal of Major M.T. Whitmore, Constructing Quartermaser, Camp Savannah, Georgia.
Includes Apprasial Unit Tables for various Chicago apartment buildings, modern office spaces, and skyscrapers, 1931. This was used by the Board of Assessors, Cook County, IL. Includes information on...
Dates:
1920 - 1941
World's Fair Purdue Alumni Registers collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 161
Scope and Contents
The World's Fair Purdue Alumni Registers collection contains three registers from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Panama Pacific International Exposition, and Century of Progress World's Fair showcases. Alumni that visited the fairs were encouraged to sign the registers. Notable signatures include Eulora Miller, Purdue's first female graduate, in the Panama Pacific register and President Theodore Roosevelt in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition register.
Dates:
April 30, 1904 - October 31, 1934
John S. Wright papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 27
Scope and Contents
The papers of John Wright are comprised of notebooks, financial records (one ledger and additional receipts), publications, and photographs which document John Wright's time as a student at Purdue University, and material from his career as a botanist and drug inspector for Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dates:
1884 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1892
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