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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 80
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The Clifford Blake Powers papers primarily document Powers' career with Essex Corporation and CST, Incorporated, in association with NASA. The papers also include various NASA-related publications, promotional material and memorabilia collected by Powers.
The papers contain a varied assortment of artifacts, papers and publications related to Powers' employment at Essex Corporation, where he was the project manager (publications) for the First United States Microgravity Laboratory mission...
Dates:
1962 - 2003; Other: Majority of material found within 1990 - 2002
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 2
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The Doris Hurt Powers papers (1942 – 2008; 2 cubic feet) documents the student, aviation, and business activities of Doris Hurt Powers. Powers’ experience as a woman breaking into the male-dominated fields of engineering and aeronautics is well documented through autobiographical speeches and her memoir Nothing but Blue Skies. One strength of the collection are the speeches delivered by Powers that address the particular challenges and opportunities...
Dates:
1945-2011; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2009
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 11, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSA 194
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Articles written by and about Grover F. Powers, M.D.
Dates:
1920 - 1969
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 35, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSF 316
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The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by Burr Prentice.
Dates:
1915
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 35, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSF 317
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The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by H. Malcolm Priest.
Dates:
1923
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 35, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSF 318
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The collection consists of one folder which contains an article by E. G. Proulx and two copies of his memorial.
Dates:
1920 - 1925
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 203
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The Psychedelic Summit VHS tape captures the fiftieth anniversary celebation of Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD. The Summit took place in Santa Cruz, California from April 16th to April 18th, 1993, and featured nearly fifty talks from distinguided individuals on the therapeutic value of LSD. Footage inludes a dinner in Santa Cruz, a Psychedelics and Cannabis exposition at the Unitarian Church in San Francisco, and a rave in Golden Gate Park. Speakers include Bruce Eisner, Island Group; Dr....
Dates:
1993; Other: Date acquired: 09/03/2017
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 332
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Various electronic media related to psychoactive research. Includes conference recordings, television programs, talks and lectures, films, and interviews related to Stanislav Grof, Terence McKenna, Ralph Metzner, and other topics/individuals associated within the psychoactive field.
Dates:
1988 - 2014
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 61
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The Psychoactive Substances Research Collection clipping files contain clippings and print-outs of online postings of relevance to psychoactive substances, psychoactive substances research, and those involved in this field of study.
Dates:
circa 1976 - 2017
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 60
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This collection contains photocopies and reprints of published scholarly articles by those involved in psychoactive substances research.
Dates:
1956-2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 134
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The Purdue Academic Advising Association (PACADA) records document the history, membership, and official business of PACADA. The records include association newsletters and meeting minutes, primarily of the Steering Committee. Conferences and presentations on topics pertinent to the mission of the association are documented in various forms, including flyers and memoranda. The collection also includes a history of the association, its bylaws, and public relations materials. Types of material...
Dates:
1987-2008
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 73, Placement: 1
Identifier: MSP 249
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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 — Communal Collections Box: 60, Placement: 05
Identifier: UA 116
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The Purdue Bell Tower records contain a brochure about the Bell Tower acknowledging the Class of 1948 and their contributions as well as a list of items placed in the 1995 time capsule meant to be opened in 2095.
Dates:
1994 - 1995
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSR 5
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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: UA 149
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The Purdue Building Images collection contains photographs and artistic renditions of several Purdue campus buildings. There are also several slides contained within the collection featuring several campus buildings and locals.
Dates:
1913 - 1997
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 62, Placement: 05
Identifier: UA 145
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The Purdue Building Related Publications collection contains publications highlighting several campus buildings and their respective histories.
Dates:
1955 - 2001
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 62, Placement: 04
Identifier: UA 144
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The Purdue Building Report records contain a report completed in 1930 discussing the conditions of the buildings and classrooms at Purdue University, and the possible effect they may have on instruction at the University. Two fire protection reports are also included within the collection.
Dates:
1930 - 1935
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 328
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The Purdue Chi Omega scrapbook of Mildred Bobak (1949; 0.2 cubic feet) documents the pledging process and sorority life of Chi Omega pledge Mildred Bobak. The red, yarn-bound scrapbook is of particular interest to researchers interested in Greek culture at Purdue, and focuses mostly on the early months of new members' experiences. Types of materials include: notes, booklets, programs (documents), ephemera, and newsletters.
Dates:
1949; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2017
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 47, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSP 226
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The Purdue Circus photographs (May 5, 1916) documents the 1916 Purdue Circus festivities. Though circus-related events ran throughout the day and into the evening, the sixteen (16) photographs included on the two scrapbook pages in this collection -- taken by Purdue Pharmacy student Merritt Tam -- only document the parade through downtown Lafayette on the morning of May 5, 1916. The photographs depict mostly clowns and student groups, both walking and riding in floats or carriages. Also...
Dates:
May 5, 1916
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 46
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The Purdue Club of Chicago records consist of three guest registers (1921-1955) that include handwritten names, addresses, graduation years, and phone numbers for members attending various events. Includes occasional notes about Purdue football games and lists of officers for some years (1945-1948) in addition to a few documents on general plans for meetings and committee members. Includes a letter from Purdue President Edward C. Elliott thanking the Club for an event he attended (April...
Dates:
1921 - 1955
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 216
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The Purdue Club of Chicago scrapbook (1885-1980; .45 cubic feet) documents the early years of the Purdue Club of Chicago. The collection primarily details alumni events and member organizing from 1890-1919. Several high-profile alumni lived in the Chicago area at this time including George Ade, John T. McCutcheon, and William F. Goss, and various materials created by or for them are included in this collection—Ade’s letters are of particular interest. The printed ephemera within the...
Dates:
1885 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1919
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 85
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3 ring binder -Cooperatives Questionnaire 1966
Spiral notebook - Reports on Meetings 1941-1946
Reports on meetings 1946 - 1952
Minutes 1974-1979
file: SCA Newspaper '1955 to present'
Master copies of Student Cooperative brochures
file: Student Cooperative Report 1960-1961
Dates:
1941-1984; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2013
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 48, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSP 220
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1 packet of black and white photographs used in the Purdue Engineer Magazine, undated. Photographs cover a wide variety of subjects from the lion fountain, to Hovde Hall, to students doing research, computers, space exploration, engineering activities, and ships.
Dates:
1960s-1990s
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 65, Placement: 11, Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 168
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The collection consists of one 1939 freshman year report card in Engineering. The report card was issued to Vern C. Vanderbilt, native of Indianapolis, who graduated from Purdue with a Bacelor in Mechanical Engineering in 1942.
Dates:
1939
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 86
Identifier: UA 199
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The Purdue for Life Foundation records consist of material created or collected by the Purdue for Life Foundation. It includes a booklet for the 2023 Purdue Women's Conference.
Dates:
June 8-9, 2023
