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Newspapers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Serials published at stated, frequent intervals, such as daily or weekly, and containing news, editorials, features, advertisements, and other items of current interest.

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Military Career, 1917 - 1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2
Scope and Contents This series includes documents, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and artifacts related to Clarence Frank Cornish's time served in World War One, his work with the Army Reserves, service with the Army Air Forces for World War Two, and his retirement. Of note are letters Cornish wrote home while at camp during World War One depicting his first flight, growing interest in flying, and mention of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, in addition to artifacts such as military pins and a...
Dates: 1917 - 1972
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clarence Frank Cornish papers

New Harmony collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 145
Scope and Contents

The New Harmony collection contains materials from and information related to the New Harmony community in Southern Indiana and the family of Robert Owen, one of its leaders. The collection includes correspondence, newspapers, illustrations, maps, pamphlets, and historical research about New Harmony.

Dates: 1820-1980s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Owen Hall records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 198
Scope and Contents

The Owen Hall records document the history of Owen Hall, a residence hall on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. The collection includes photographs, guide books, newspaper clippings, administrative documents, and optical disks.

Dates: 1957 - 2007
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Personal Files, 1908 - 1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series includes photographs, clippings, documents, and papers related to Cornish's early life and work outside of aviation. Of note are autobiographies Cornish wrote about various events in his life, his collection of first day covers and aviation stamps, and documents on his early work with radios.

Dates: 1908 - 1996
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clarence Frank Cornish papers

John Purdue newspaper collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 4
Scope and Contents

Newspapers collected by John Purdue. Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.

Dates: 1834 - 1924
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University administrative scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 183
Scope and Contents

The Purdue University administrative scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, administrative records and forms, photographs, maps, and advertisements for events at Purdue. Newspaper articles cover a wide range of topics about Purdue, including students, faculty, events, sports, conferences, research, funding, and campus buildings.

Dates: 1875 - 1975
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Office of Marketing and Media historical publications

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20140923
Dates: 1910 - 2015
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine records, addition 04

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-172
Dates: 1895 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ronald G. Reifenberger papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-142
Dates: 1952 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Stanton S. Shirk papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 376
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the Agriculture class of 1938, including class lists, commencement letters, newspapers, fliers, programs, postcards, alumni materials, and directories.

Dates: 1934 - 1969
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Douglass Shortridge collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213
Scope and Contents

The Douglass Shortridge collection contains artifacts from Shortridge's student years at Purdue, historical newspapers from the end of World War II, a newspaper obituary of Abram C. Shortridge, and other documents accumulated during Shortridge's career.

Dates: 1919 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99
Scope and Contents The Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University documents newspapers produced by students at Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area. It primarily features underground newspapers that reflect the counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Other newspapers, primarily from the 1990s-2000s, feature varying political perspectives. The collection also includes independent student newspapers that focus on apolitical audiences, such as international students. Some newspaper runs were...
Dates: 1930 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1977
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

The Purdue Exponent student newspaper collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 313
Scope and Contents

This collection includes issues of The Purdue Exponent student newspaper.

Dates: 1889 - 2021
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

The Purdue Exponent student newspaper collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170915
Dates: 2013 - 2016
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

The Purdue student newspaper (1875) collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSP 312
Scope and Contents

Includes three issues of The Purdue student newspaper of 1875.

Dates: April 1875 - June 1875
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

The Purdue student newspaper (1880s) collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 245
Scope and Contents Includes a complete run of The Purdue student newspaper of the 1880s, which ran from 1882-1888. A total of 54 issues appear in the collection, separated into six volumes. Volume 1 has eight issues, published monthly from November 1882 until June 1883. Volumes 2 through 6 have nine issues each, published monthly from October to June. There is also a Special Edition issue published in June 1888, in addition to the regularly published June issue for that year. Also present in the...
Dates: November 1882 - June 1888
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Theodore Holliday collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-038
Dates: 1925 - 1955
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Tippecanoe County Extension Homemakers records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190808.1
Dates: 1913 - 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

World War Two and Retirement, 1924 - 1972

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2, Subseries 2
Scope and Contents This subseries includes correspondence, documents, photographs, clippings, and artifacts from Cornish's service in World War Two and the years leading up to his retirement in 1958. Artifacts included are various military pins from the entirety of his military career. Other items of note are correspondence from his service as the Chief of the Flight Operations division in Washington D.C. during World War Two, his military personnel file, and newspapers from World War Two depicting the United...
Dates: 1924 - 1972
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clarence Frank Cornish papers / Military Career

Gordon Yoder collection of Space Exploration memorabilia

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 292
Scope and Contents The Gordon Yoder collection of Space Exploration memorabilia primarily contains items related to Apollo 11, with additional items related to NASA. Types of items include books and serials, commemorative plates, glassware, liquor bottles, space toys, posters, one of which is related to STS-1, along with other commercially produced commemorative objects produced to celebrate human spaceflight. Of note are issues of The Eagle, the newsletter of the Apollo 11 Collectors Society, magazines and...
Dates: 1964 - 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections