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Postcards

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards on which a message may be written or printed for mailing without an envelope, usually at a lower rate than that for letters in envelopes.

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University photographs card

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 2
Identifier: 20140521.3
Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine records, addition 04

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-172
Dates: 1895 - 2002
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Writing Lab records, addition 02

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-052
Dates: circa 1955 - 2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Red-Crown Mini-Museum history and post card

 Collection — Communal collections box 2, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSP 58
Scope and Contents

The Red Crown Mini-Museum history and post card documents the chronological history of the museum. The collection consists of an 8 ½" x 11" sheet of paper detailing the chronological history, along with three copies of a picture post card of the Red Crown Mini-Museum.

Dates: 1927 - 1991
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ralph H. Schneck Military collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 123
Scope and Contents The Ralph H. Schneck Military collection (2.2 cubic feet; 1854-1973) documents Ralph H. Schneck’s childhood, military training, and service in the United States Army Air Corps.  The collection includes personal correspondence, photo albums with detailed captions, artifacts and a DVD of Schneck giving a personal account of his childhood until his enlisting in the Army. Schneck’s correspondence and photographs in particular give a rare, detailed glimpse into the daily existence of a soldier...
Dates: 1854 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Steve Sailor collection of Purdue University postcards

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 50
Identifier: 2022-066
Dates: circa 1910
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Stockton family collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 12: Series MSA 213, Series 1, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 22
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of materials relating to Purdue alumni James W. Stockton and Ann Stockton, 1919-1947. Includes one postcard of Theta Xi house at Purdue University, one report card for James W. Stockton, and one newspaper clipping on Ann Stockton's injury in the Purdue bleachers collapse.

Dates: 1919 - 1947
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Tank scrap postcard

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 50
Identifier: 2022-061
Dates: January 21, 1911
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Tank Scrap postcard

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-097
Dates: 1908
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Thanksgiving postcard

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-081
Dates: November 26, 1912
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Wagner Collection of Space Exploration and Moon Landing First Day Covers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 491
Scope and Contents This collection contains eight volumes of Space Exploration and Moon Landing First Day Covers, containing an extensive and unique look into the stamps and first day covers of the early era of flight and space. They are primarily United States issued, but the collection also contains numerous international first day covers.  Binder one begins with a stamp, issued July 20, 1969 and includes a "memorandum for the vice president, as Chairman of the Space Council to be in charge of...
Dates: 1961 - 1986; Other: Majority of material found within 1969
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William Whalen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 100
Scope and Contents

The William Whalen papers includes personal correspondence and materials created during Whalen’s service during and after World War II, as well as a small number of assorted documents related to his time as director of the Purdue University Press.

Dates: 1943 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1947
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Helen Bass Williams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 310
Abstract

This collection includes documents, correspondence, published materials, photographs, and audio recordings collected and created by Helen Bass Williams that document her personal life, education, and her work as a civil rights activist in the South, educator, and counselor and professor at Purdue University.

Dates: 1915 - 2004; Majority of material found within circa 1960s and 1970s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Charles Zergiebel collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 13, Placement: 18
Identifier: MSA 244
Scope and Contents

Dance cards from Tau Chapter of Phi Delta Chi Fraternity, programs, certificate of entrance to Purdue, military special orders and miscellaneous items from Charles Zergiebel's time as a student at Purdue University from 1918-1923.

Dates: 1918 - 1924
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections