Purdue University -- Sports
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 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 — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20181220.1
Dates:
1916 - 1920
Class of 1915 photo album, 1912 - 1939
Item — Box 1, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 260, Item 1
Scope and Contents
The Class of 1915 photo album documents class activities and Greek events of the Class of 1915, including the Tank Scrap and Greek house parties. Types of materials within the album include black-and-white photographs and newspaper clippings.Of particular interest may be the photographs of campus scenery and buildings, and documentation of the 1913 flood in the Lafayette area. Some photographs identify class members through handwritten notes and captions. Herbert S. O’Brien, class...
Dates:
1912 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1915
Richard J. Coffee papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 323
Overview
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 — 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
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
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
Purdue University Archives photograph collection, addition 26
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-131
Dates:
circa 1950
Purdue University autographed football
Unprocessed — Box 01
Identifier: 20180417.2
Dates:
circa 1980s
Robert and Melinda Bain papers, addition 01
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-069
Dates:
1971 - 2018
Ted Townsend letter on bleachers collapse
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 28
Identifier: 20170321.3
Dates:
February 25, 1947
William J. Miller papers
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2023-001
Dates:
circa 1958