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Purdue University -- Sports

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Athletics collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 160
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Athletics collection documents Purdue athletics from the earliest years to recent times. The majority of the collection consists of items related to Purdue football; a scrapbook of clippings from the 1800s that contains Purdue football related articles from Lafayette, Indianapolis and Chicago newspapers. The clippings include an article about Purdue’s first football win on November 16, 1889, an article about the game against Wabash, November 23, 1889, that prompted the...
Dates: 1880 - 2016

Charles Allen Rodibaugh collection

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20181220.1

Richard J. Coffee papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 323
Abstract

Letters, photographs, clippings, and material artifacts documenting the student life of Richard J. Coffee, 1934-1939.   Also included are items from his professional life after graduation.

Dates: 1934 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1939

Harvey Dart papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 375
Scope and Contents

One scrapbook containing photos of the Purdue campus, people, social events such as parades and sport, and machinery. The scrapbook also contains souvenirs and documents from Dart's trips to places including Niagara Falls and the Field Museum. There are also various documents from his time at Purdue, such as letters, reciepts, sports tickets, and event programs/notices.

Dates: 1915 - 1917

Department of Physical Education for Women report on tennis

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 46
Identifier: 20200917
Dates: circa 1948-1952

Henry Gerald Venemann papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 551
Content Description

Materials created, written, and collected by Henry Gerald Venemann when he was a Purdue student and faculty in Mechanical Engineering. Also includes materials collected and written about him after his death. Includes book, newspaper clippings, certificates, photographs, letters, and a letter sweater awarded to him in 1947, many years after his athletic achievements.

Dates: 1906 - 2010

Joseph Burke Knapp scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 335
Scope and Contents The Joseph Burke Knapp scrapbook contains news clippings, programs, photogaphs, postcards, and other information related to Knapp's senior year at Purdue University.  A popular student and great athlete, much of the scrapbook consists of sports notes, news, photographs, items, pins, and ribbons attached in the beginning of the scrapbook as well as loose materials near the end of the scrapbook.  The scrapbook also includes details about the 1903 train wreck that claimed the lives of several...
Dates: 1900 - 1905

Herbert S. O'Brien papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 260
Scope and Contents

The Herbert S. O'Brien papers contain materials that were created by, received by, or that are about Herbert O'Brien. Contents include, but are not limited to, a Class of 1915 photo album, photographs of O'brien, letters, notes, newspaper clippings, and various publications.

Dates: circa 1912-1982

Purdue University Archives photograph collection, addition 26

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-131

Purdue University autographed football

 Unprocessed Material — Box 01
Identifier: 20180417.2

Robert and Melinda Bain papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-069

Ted Townsend letter on bleachers collapse

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 28
Identifier: 20170321.3
Dates: February 25, 1947

William J. Miller papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2023-001