Seals (artifacts)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Objects bearing designs, emblems, letters, names, words, etc. in intaglio that are used for stamping a flat surface or for making an impression in relief on some soft, tenacious substance such as clay or wax. They may be flat or cylindrical, the impression made by rolling the seal over the surface. Seals may be used to authenticate documents or for decoration.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Carl Deimling papers, addition 01
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-111
Dates:
1958 - 2023
Collection of British indentures
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 105
Scope and Contents
The Collection of British Indentures documents seventheeth and eighteenth century British land laws and the transfer or renting of land between individuals and/or family members. All of the indentures are handwritten in English on vellum, which was standard for legal documents during this time.The indentures were written during the reigns of eight monarchs and exemplify British land law during the seventheeth and eighteenth centuries. Most of the indentures have either a blue...
Dates:
1607 - 1769
Collection on Bruce Rogers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 45
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, printed material, audio-visual materials, artifacts and ephemera collected by Purdue University Libraries during or after the lifetime of Bruce Rogers.
Dates:
1886 - 1996
Collection on the Purdue University seal
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 119
Scope and Contents
The collection on the Purdue University seal documents the evolution of the seal (griffin brand or logo). Materials include correspondence, articles, printed ephemera, artifacts, and Purdue publications, including publications from World War II such as "Purdue serves because Purdue was prepared: Purdue University in the war" by Thomas R. Johnston and a Purdue Alumnus issue from 1943.
Dates:
undated
Albert J. Gowan papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 474
Scope and Contents
The Albert J. Gowan papers document Albert J. Gowan's involvement in the design of the Purdue University seal, Purdue centennial material, and Krannert logo, along with miscellaneous items, such as press clippings related to the projects. Information on the various designs of the Purdue seal proceeding Gowan's 1968 design is also included among the papers. The press material also provides key information on the Purdue seal, Purdue centennial graphic materials, and the design of the Krannert...
Dates:
1890 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1969
Griffin Seal postcard
Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 50
Identifier: 2022-096
Dates:
September 13, 1907
John DeCamp papers
Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: decaj00
Scope and Contents
This contains artifacts pertaining to the Purdue Seal and Speed Reducer Assembly. It includes one set of bookends with Purdue seal, a metal casting of a Purdue seal, a resin/composite of a Purdue seal, and a leather Purdue pennant.
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
Large Purdue Pete decal
Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 39
Identifier: 2024-140
Dates:
1974
Percy Hauser Wooden Seal of Purdue University
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-017
Dates:
ca. 1890s
Purdue University News Service records, addition 03
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20170322
Dates:
undated
Purdue University Reamer Club records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 179
Scope and Contents
This collection includes documents and artifacts from the Reamer Club and associated Purdue historical items. These include engraved reamers and paddles, record albums from Purdue Bands and the Purdue Groove, programs from Reamer Club banquets dating between the 1930s and the 1990s, sheet music, a Purdue student handbook from 1940, the Reamer office copy of the 1976-77 Women's Intercollegiate Sports Program, the brass 5 from the Boilermaker Special and the side panel from the Boilermaker...
Dates:
1892 - 2018