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Collection of Locomotive Building Blueprints
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 257
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Locomotive Building Blueprints (1894-1965; 15.7 linear ft.) documents the foundation and structure of the locomotive testing laboratory at Purdue University. It also shows a later development of the building in the form of a garage and storage building. Types of materials include: blueprints. The Blueprints are organized in chronological order.
Collection of materials related to Lillian Gilbreth
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 56, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSP 109
Scope and Contents
One folder of items relating to the life of Lillian Gilbreth, and her family, collected by her granddaughter, Lillian (Jill) Barley and Nancy Weston. Materials include clippings relating to the Lillian Gilbreth postage stamp (1984); obituaries and memorial programs for Peter Barney, Ernestine Carey, Lillian Gilbreth, Anne Gilbreth Barney, Charles Carey, and Frank Gilbreth Jr.; programs and photographs relating to Lillian Gilbreth's visit to Athens in 1964; and biographical information on...
Collection of Midwestern maps
Collection — Box: 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.
Collection of Miscellaneous Facsimiles and Pictorial materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 131
Abstract
Facsimiles and pictorial material documenting the American Revolution and Civil War eras. Also includes newspapers documenting Lafayette during 1885-1886.
Collection of Purdue Astronaut slide rules
Collection — Box: 8 items
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.
Collection of Purdue Diplomas
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 133
Abstract
Diplomas documenting academic degrees awarded at Purdue University.
Collection of Purdue Train Wreck materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 117
Abstract
Newspaper articles, eye witness interviews, an oral history, and memorabilia relating to the 1903 Purdue Train Wreck.
Collection of Purdue University dance cards
Collection — Box: 1 shelf
Identifier: MSP 118
Scope and Contents
Collection of dance cards for events at Purdue University.
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.
Collection of Purdue University postcards
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 39
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Purdue University postcards (1900-2007, 0.5 cubic feet) 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.
Collection of Sigma Chi Fraternity Court Case materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 37
Scope and Contents
Documents, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of materials pertaining to the Delta Delta chapter of Sigma Chi, the first fraternity formed at Purdue University in 1875. After Purdue University President Emerson White abolished Greek societies on campus, a member of Sigma Chi sued the University. This collection documents the legal dispute and is sometimes referred to as the Purdue case or Sigma Chi case.
Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99
Abstract
Student newspapers documenting student life, unrest, and obscenity controversy.
Collection of Tycho Brahe engravings
Collection — Box: FF 4
Identifier: FF 4
Abstract
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 maior, siue, Cosmographia Blauiana : qua solum, salum, cœlum, accuratissime describuntur. The engravings illustrate Brahe’s astronomical instruments and observations from his observatories, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg, in Hven, Sweden.
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 Harmony,...
Collection of Woodrow Wilson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 129
Abstract
Photographs, political cartoons, and pamphlets documenting the Woodrow Wilson administration and his historical legacy.
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.
Collection on Durward Kirby
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 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).
Collection on Edwin M. Allen
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 3, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 41
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one folder which contains an issue of the Exponent with a front page photograph and short article about E. M. Allen.
Collection on Harold Gray
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 255
Scope and Contents
Nine Christmas cards created by Gray, newspaper clippings, cartoons from Debris yearbook created by Gray, one printing plate used for a Debris yearbook page created by Gray
Collection on James Whitcomb Riley
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 52
Abstract
Three collections of letters relating to James Whitcomb Riley, along with six booklets and miscellaneous papers.
Collection on John R. Wooden
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 13, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 243
Scope and Contents
Video interview, 2006 and special issue of Journal & Courier, 2010 [front page picture with numerous articles]
Collection on Karl R. Templeton
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 12, Placement: 21
Identifier: MSA 224
Scope and Contents
Information about Karl R. Templeton taken from Purdue Students' Directory, 1909-1910 and Debris, 1910.
Collection on Mildred Tingley
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 13, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 228
Scope and Contents
"Purdue Sends Girl to China," (the girl being Mildred Tingley) 1922. [newspaper clipping, no publication information available]
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.
Collection on the Ross Civil Engineering Camp
Collection — Box: FF 29
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 the...
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