Medals
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small pieces of metal, usually gold, silver, or bronze and bearing a relief design on one or both sides and having a commemorative purpose; resembling a coin, but not used as a medium of exchange.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Awards, Medals, Citations collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 239
Scope and Contents
The Awards, Medals, Citations collection consists of several medals and medallions awarded to Purdue University and various staff members for their contributions to their respective fields. Medals were created from varying materials, with a majority consisting of bronze in varying sizes.
Dates:
1892 - 1966
Collection of Purdue University Spring Fling medals
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20210430
Dates:
2005 - 2021
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, addition 03
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-090
Dates:
1917 - 1956
Helen B. Schleman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 334
Scope and Contents
The Helen Schleman papers document the life of Helen B. Schleman from her time as a student at Northwestern University in the 1920s up until her death in 1992. Much of the collection documents Schleman’s tenure at Purdue University as Head of the Women’s Residence Halls, Dean of Women, and Dean Emeritus, as well as her military service in the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs) during World War II. Additionally, the collection contains Schleman’s collection of newspaper clippings pertaining...
Dates:
1920 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1980
Virginia Nilles collection on Virginia Claypool Meredith
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-069
Dates:
1892 - 1928