Student activities
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Harlequin Club records, addition 06
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 25
Identifier: 2023-017
Dates:
Circa 1917
Irving Literary Society records
Collection — Box 1: Series MSP 34, Series 1; Series MSP 34, Series 2
Identifier: MSP 34
Overview
The collection includes records ledgers documenting meetings of the society, event programs, handbooks, and other clippings relating to the activities of the Irving Literary Society.
Dates:
1875 - 1925
James M. Thomas collection
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 68
Identifier: 2024-065
Dates:
circa 1930
Jeanne St. Pierre Fisher collection of Purdue publications
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20210105.1
Dates:
1950 - 1955
John O. Trott collection on the Purdue Drill Team
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20190424.1
Dates:
1950 - 1959
Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: Series MSA 303, Series 1; Series MSA 303, Series 2; Series MSA 303, Series 3; Series MSA 303, Series 4; Series MSA 303, Series 5; Series MSA 303, Series 6; Series MSA 303, Series 7; Series MSA 303, Series 8; Series MSA 303, Series 9; Series MSA 303, Series 10; Series MSA 303, Series 11; Series MSA 303, Series 12
Identifier: MSA 303
Scope and Contents
The Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook documents the academic, military, personal and social activities of an Engineering student while on Purdue University's campus from 1936-1939, as well as various aspects of his life prior to college from 1917-1936. Keck titled the scrapbook, "Scraps and Snaps, May 27, 1917 - August 1, 1939," but most of the content is from his time at Purdue, 1936-1939.The scrapbook contains many unique photographs of campus and events from the 1930s. Some of the events...
Dates:
1917 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1939
Latino Cultural Center records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 185
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Latino Cultural Center. This includes records, publications, correspondence, and media related to the Latino Cultural Center and its goals and activities, both within Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area and surrounding communities. This collection may be helpful to researchers interested in minority communities, student life, immigration studies, and minority women...
Dates:
1986 - 2019; Majority of material found within 2003 - 2016
Meredith Hall records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 80
Scope and Contents
The Meredith Hall Records contain four series regarding various information about the residence hall; History of the hall, Administrative documents, Events held at the hall, and information about Students that resided at the hall. The collection contains information about the building such as schematics and maps of the X shaped dormitory. A postcard that was sent to space on the space shuttle Discovery can be found in the collection. Information regarding the Winter Whisper, an elegant social...
Dates:
1937-2008
Glennard Miller photo album
Collection — Box Communal Collections 56, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSA 348
Scope and Contents
The Glennard Miller scrapbook contains 24 pages of photographs affixed to black paper documenting student life at Purdue in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Images include campus scenes, student activities, sporting events, military band, and steam engine lab, as well as photographs documenting the incident of Harry Weinshank being run off campus by his classmates for repeatedly impersonating a military officer.
Dates:
1914 - 1921
1964 Mock Political Debate program
Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 288
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one color photocopy of the program from Purdue's 1964 mock political debate.
Dates:
1964
1968 Mock Political Debate scrapbook
Collection — Box Communal Collections 49: Series MSA 29, Series 2; Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series MSF 83, Series 3; Series MSP 142, Series 2, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSP 273
Abstract
Scrapbook detailing the 1968 Mock Political Debate undertaken by Purdue students.
Dates:
1967- 1968
Robert A. Moller scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 329
Scope and Contents
The Robert A. Moller scrapbook documents the student and military life of Purdue Chemical Engineering student Robert Moller. Most content is related to Moller’s personal acquaintances, though the scrapbook includes several photographs of Purdue campus and scenes around the Greater Lafayette area. Because Moller withdrew from Purdue during his second year (February 1920), materials cover mostly first-year student experiences. The scrapbook includes clippings (information artifacts),...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919 - 1920
Purdue University News Service photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 19
Scope and Contents
The News Service Photograph collection contains photos taken by the News Service Office from 1948 to 2000. The majority of the collection are negatives, but there is also one box of slides removed from slide carousels (notes includes) and a small box of loose slides. There is also a small stack of loose photos from 1977 with negatives included. Negatives from more recent years are B&W and color 35mm while older negatives are B&W 4”x5” large format negatives. The collection covers...
Dates:
1948 - 2000
Philalethean Literary Society records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 101
Overview
This collection contains records ledgers, photos, and event programs documenting the activities of the Philalethean Literary Society, as well as their published constitution.
Dates:
1877 - 1924
Purdue Alumni Association records, addition 03
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190522.2
Purdue Grand Prix Foundation records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-083
Dates:
1950 - 2021
Purdue Memorial Union records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 111
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Memorial Union records contain information regarding the construction of the building, its uses, and promotional materials throughout its existence, including the student petition to raise funds and encourage the Board of Trustees to finish the building when construction was delayed due to World War I. Several pamphlets contain floor plans of the Union and show how the building has changed over the years with new additions.
Dates:
1920 - 1999
Purdue News (1882) collection
Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 325
Scope and Contents
Includes one bound volume, containing vol. 1, no. 2 - vol. 1, no. 19 of Purdue News.
Dates:
February 4, 1882 - June 7, 1882
Purdue Student Government records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20111114
Dates:
1960s - 2007
Purdue University News Service records, addition 02
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20140501.5
Dates:
circa 1960s - 2000s
Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media historical publications
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20140923
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Purdue University Office of Publications negatives collection
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-107
Dates:
circa 1900 - 1920
Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine records, addition 02
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 20180820.3
Dates:
1988 - 1989