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Booklets

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small books consisting of a few sheets that are glued, stitched or stapled together between thin card or paper covers.

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Annual Beta Mu of Beta Theta Pi chapter letter

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-099

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

Marion Baumgardner Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 562
Content Description

Personal and professional papers that include family history, photographs, awards, and correspondence from Marion Baumgardner.

Dates: April 13, 1872 -2024; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2016

Betty Nelson papers, addition 07

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20190401
Dates: 2008 - 2019; Majority of material found within 2018 - 2019

Purdue University Chinese Students collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 155
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Chinese Students collection documents the Chinese Students' Alliance Conference, Mid-West Section, hosted by Purdue University in 1921 and 1925.  The collection consists of various brochures and programs from the conferences. Other material included is a "Chinese Students at Purdue" brochure; a 1927 Purdue University Chinese Students' yearbook; a booklet, in Chinese, used to recruit potential Chinese students in 1930 and correspondence between the Purdue Club of China...
Dates: 1920 - 1961

Ferd Christen scrapbook

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 326
Scope and Contents The Ferd Christen scrapbook documents Ferd Christen’s student life at Purdue University during the 1920s. The leather-bound scrapbook has a Purdue crest on the cover. Though Christen attended Purdue from 1922-1926, the scrapbook focuses mostly on the years 1924-1926. Christen collected mostly materials related to student events and organizations, especially those for/by Agriculture majors and the university-wide Junior Prom. Types of materials include photographs, booklets, clippings,...
Dates: 1918 - 1926

College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 44
Scope and Contents

The College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture, Records (1869-2009; 124.95 cubic feet) consists of administrative books, correspondence, financial records, faculty minutes, reports, and other materials relating to the administration of Purdue University’s School of Agriculture.

Dates: 1869-2009; Other: Date acquired: 03/08/2008

Cecil G. Cooley papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 337
Scope and Contents

The Cecil George Cooley papers documents the involvement and accomplishments of Cecil George Cooley who graduated in 1921. There are 3 items in this collection. The items are a leatherbound Gala Week program booklet and a wooden fraternity letter. Also included is a Big Ten Medal of Honor encased in thick plastic to be used as a paperweight. The medal is inscribed "Mens Fervida In Corpore Lacertoso" on the front and "Cecil George Cooley for Scholastic and Athletic Prowess" on the back.

Dates: circa. 1921

Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 151
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection features, among other memorabilia, a tank scrap chain and padlock from 1913, a label from the first bottle of beer served to a Purdue student after the repeal of prohibition, numerous buttons and pins, including a hatpin with the Purdue seal from 1895 on it (third design), a Reamer's Club "R" from the early 1990s, a Purdue Murad cigarette silk, a 1902-1903 matriculation ticket signed by Purdue President Winthrop E. Stone, along with...
Dates: 1877 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1940

Dauch Alumni Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 137
Scope and Contents

The Dauch Alumni Center records contain an information booklet describing the center's purpose and offerings to the Purdue Community as well as a floorplan of the building.

Dates: 2004

Discovery Park Building records

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 60: Series UA 23, series 4, Placement: 19
Identifier: UA 131
Scope and Contents

The Discovery Park Building records contain information on buildings constructed in Discovery Park as well as publications and contributions of Discovery Park to the STEM disciplines.

Dates: 2001 - 2009

Keith Dowden papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 05, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSF 520
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a copy of "A Little in Return," a compilation in honor of Constance M. Winchell, an American librarian who worked at Columbia University. A note accompanying a copy of "Jumping Jupiter" from Ernestine G. Gilbreth to Keith Dowden is also part of the collection.

Dates: 1976 - 1979

Charles M. Ehresman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490
Scope and Contents The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials...
Dates: 1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009

Ethics and Compliance booklet

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 73
Identifier: 2024-137
Dates: September 2011

"First Steps on the Moon" statue informational booklet

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 41
Identifier: 2025-056

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

Glen M. Nelson collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 68
Identifier: 2024-096

Horticulture Building records

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 60: Series UA 23, series 4, Placement: 10
Identifier: UA 122
Scope and Contents

The Horticulture Building records contain the program from the building's dedication in 1926 and associated booklet "Indiana Horticulture: A Story of Horticultural Progress Prepared in Connection with the Dedication of the Horticultural Building, Purdue University." The booklet provides a brief history of horticulture in Indiana and lists the programs offered in the building at the time.

Dates: 1926

Jacqueline Kruper Women in Aviation papers and rare books

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 187
Scope and Contents The Jacqueline Kruper Women in Aviation papers and rare books give a glimpse into the lives of key aviatrices in the earliest years of flight, along with pioneer aviators. The ephemera includes magazine advertisements from 1943, which provide a unique look into how women aviators were portrayed during the 1940s. The papers also include Jacqueline Kruper's writings for Woman Pilot magazine, and book reviews for Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, and H-Minerva, H-Net...
Dates: 1927 - 2015; Other: Majority of material found within 1991 - 2009

LaVina Harmon collection of Purdue University brochures and booklets

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 2
Identifier: 20190830

M. Jeanne Lucke papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 125
Scope and Contents The M. Jeanne Lucke papers reflect Lucke's 20 years of employment with the TRW Systems Group in the 1960s-1980s. The types of material consists of an Apollo, Pathfinder and two Spacelab Mission adhesive patches, photographs with detailed descriptions of rocket launches and photographs of the planet Saturn taken from Voyager, along with a Titan IIIE/Centaur D-1T diagram and description. Also included among the items are a Voyager Encounters Jupiter booklet published by the National...
Dates: 1968 - 1985

Mechanical Engineering Building records

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 60: Series UA 23, series 4, Placement: 12
Identifier: UA 124
Scope and Contents

The Mechanical Engineering Building records contain the program from the building's dedication and a booklet with information describing the new building, the history of the Mechanical Engineering program at Purdue University, and the speeches delivered during the dedication ceremonies.

Dates: 1933

Elmer Q. Oliphant collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 10, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSA 183
Scope and Contents

Contains one biographical booklet, "Elmer Quillen Oliphant, Sports Legend," written by Miss Dale Leslie French.

Dates: 2005

Peace studies publications

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2025-001

Purdue Chi Omega scrapbook of Mildred Bobak

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 328
Scope and Contents

The Purdue Chi Omega scrapbook of Mildred Bobak (1949; 0.2 cubic feet) documents the pledging process and sorority life of Chi Omega pledge Mildred Bobak. The red, yarn-bound scrapbook is of particular interest to researchers interested in Greek culture at Purdue, and focuses mostly on the early months of new members' experiences. Types of materials include: notes, booklets, programs (documents), ephemera, and newsletters.

Dates: 1949; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2017