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Printed ephemera

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Printed works that are created to meet an array of immediate needs, usually transitory in nature not intended to be saved. Examples could be broadsides, posters, leaflets, pamphlets, programs, postcards, tradecards, labels, tickets, handbills, sale notices, and valentines.

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Marketing and Media production samples, addition 10

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 72
Identifier: 2024-139

J. E. Raffensperger collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 11, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 196
Scope and Contents

Programs, clippings, photographs and Purdue Semi-Centennial ephemera from J. E. Raffensperger's time as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1922 - 1929

Robert and Melinda Bain papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-069

Stanislav Grof papers, addition 28

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accession 41
Identifier: 20181101
Dates: 1965 - 2018; Majority of material found within 2015 - 2017

Opal D. Stech scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 36
Scope and Contents The Opal D. Stech collection is contained in a scrapbook, which documents Opal Stech's time as a Purdue student. The scrapbook includes programs from various events, invitations, newspaper clippings, news photographs and mementos. Some of the organizations and subjects in the scrapbook include the Purdue Christian Foundation, the Little Theater, the Women's Athletic Association, numerous convocations and lectures, Kappa Beta, Mother's Day events, The Twelve (Christian group), R. O. T. C.,...
Dates: 1928 - 1934

Stockton family collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-024

Dorothy Stratton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Christening and Commissioning collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 111
Scope and Contents

This collection contains programs, a dvd, photographs and ephemera documenting the christening in 2010 and the commissioning in 2012 of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, named after Purdue University’s first full-time Dean of Women, Dorothy Stratton.

Dates: 2010 - 2012; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2012

Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 24
Scope and Contents The Clifford and Jo Swanlund papers document the lives and careers of Cliff Swanlund and Jo Carty Swanlund. The collection contains an extensive number of letters written by Cliff and Jo from the beginning of their relationship through the early years of their marriage. It also contains many letters written by Cliff's parents to him, while he was a student at Purdue University. The correspondence gives one a unique perspective not only on the family itself, but on outside events which...
Dates: 1943 - 2002; Other: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953

T. Lewis Graham collection of Purdue University memorabilia

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 52
Identifier: 2023-050

Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records, addition 05

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2025-034

United States Astronaut Hall of Fame 2014 Induction Ceremony poster and program

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 74
Identifier: 2025-044

Tony Vevers papers

 Collection — Communal collections box 40, Placement: 01
Identifier: MSF 400
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one folder which contains a catalog and text designed by Tony Vevers.

Dates: 1976

William A. Delmer collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-054
Dates: circa 1937 - 2011

William Nelson collections of Purdue Crew uniforms, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-149

Carlton A. Wilmore papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 293
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and ephemera collected by Carlton A. Wilmore during his time at Purdue, as well as some items from after he moved to Alabama.

Dates: 1902 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1906

Kenneth M. Wood Jr. collection

 Collection — Communal collections box 13, Placement: 15
Identifier: MSA 241
Scope and Contents

Two campus newspapers and two miscellaneous items from Kenneth M. Wood Jr.'s time as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1938