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Medallions (medals)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Large commemorative medals.

Found in 4 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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Collectibles and Memorabilia, 1969 - 1979

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 292, Series 3
Scope and Contents

Includes commemorative glassware, toys, pins, medallions, and a commemorative Apollo 11 plaque titled, "The Flight of Apollo Eleven."

Dates: 1969 - 1979
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Gordon Yoder collection of Space Exploration memorabilia

Dorothy Stratton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Christening and Commissioning collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 111
Scope and Contents

This collection contains programs, a dvd, photographs and ephemera documenting the christening in 2010 and the commissioning in 2012 of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, named after Purdue University’s first full-time Dean of Women, Dorothy Stratton.

Dates: 2010 - 2012; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections