Purdue University -- Commencement ceremonies -- Indiana -- West Lafayette
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Purdue Alumni Association records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 182
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Alumni Association (PAA) records consist of material documenting the history and activity of the PAA. Also included are records relating to the various local and regional Purdue alumni clubs affiliated with the PAA, as well as the records of the PAA’s affiliate organization, the Purdue Black Alumni Organization (PBAO).The collection includes correspondence between PAA members, alumni, and outside organizations; PAA election ballots, financial documents, committee reports,...
Dates:
1887 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1948
Purdue University Commencement programs and invitations collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 158
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Commencement programs and invitations collection documents Purdue University commencement exercises and related events. The collection contains two scrapbooks which hold items from the earliest Purdue commencement and related events; 1883-1900. The first scrapbook contains invitations and programs from the 9th Purdue commencement - 18th commencement, along with Carlyle Literary Society, Philalethean and Irving Literary Society programs and related events that took place...
Dates:
1883 - 2018
Dauch Alumni Center collection of printed materials, addition 02
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190415
Dates:
1945 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1964
1909 Gala Week booklet
Collection — Box Communal Collections 65, Placement: 14, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 281
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one green leather-bound Gala Week booklet from 1909.
Dates:
1909
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
Charles M. Romanowitz papers
Collection — Box Communal Collections 56, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSA 345
Scope and Contents
The Charles M. Romanowitz papers (1907-1971; 0.2 cubic feet) document Charles Romanowitz’s Purdue career, from his application to Purdue in 1907 to a certificate for his sixtieth anniversary of his degree in 1971. The postcards in the collection, adressed to family members and his future wife Ruth Ritchie, are panoramic scenes of Purdue campus. Of particular interest might be his original senior thesis, “Comparative Costs Foundations in 11-story office bldg. (Variation story height).” The...
Dates:
1907 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1911
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
Aubrey H. and Doris M. Smith papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 525
Scope and Contents
The Aubrey H. and Doris M. Smith papers contain Aubrey Smith's certificates and letters of recognition for distinguished service to Purdue, a train ticket from 1945, as well as his notebook, masters thesis, doctoral gown, and collection of materials relating to Purdue including a commencement brochure and an issue of the Purdue Alumnus. The papers also contain Doris M. Smith's copy of the Purdue Women's Club program and her notes, poems, and essays from Education 410 and English 551 classes...
Dates:
1929 - 1972
Torque Fraternity Petition book
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-018
Dates:
June 9, 1921 - June 18, 1925